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It was written by the Chenaults. The name of the game was from Gygax, but not the system.

He means Castles and Crusades, I imagine. CoC is the d100 BRP system.

Phew, problem solved!

If a body at rest accelerates at 6G for 0.2s it will move 1.18m (or 1.2m as Sigtrygg rounded it to, since we assume 10 m per second per second, not earth’s gravitational constant). Whether or not it starts at rest, that's the change in position due to the 6G in acceleration. Your answer (12m)...

That's why the chart of target DMs by size is logarithmic and not linear. It makes sense to me. Especially with practical elements like Rinku's allowance for movement, or the fact that - despite the ardent wishes of physicists down through the years - "first, we shall assume that the...

If it interests anyone, here is the data from last year from match.rpg.net: it's not perfect since it only counts those who have rpg.net accounts, for one thing. But right now it is probably the best data we have available, and the largest sample size from a neutral platform that's available...

The propagation of multiple settings - and, thereby, fractured audience markets - was a major factor in the death of TSR. MongooseMatt has explicitly said that they're very aware of that, too. It's a shame: TSR created some amazing settings during that period. But it helped kill them.

I entirely agree: of course there isn't! There are just a small handful of forum posters who insist non-stop - with zero evidence - that what Traveller needs is either to be system neutral (ignoring that most humans engage with narrative, not rules) or to act like TSR in the years running up to...

Well, the current ones do tell you how to tie the player characters into Greyhawk.

That fits the figure for Clarke, certainly.

I hope that the compounding effect of economic growth fuelled by improvements in productivity and technology over a few millenia, even with the odd Long Night to set things back a bit, will leave society a bit richer than "slightly poorer than the average person in Illinois". I mentioned in the...

For elements that are open to interpretation - those which are not explicitly stated in canon - that's gloriously true! There are huge areas of everyday life that are left open to us by Traveller to interpret as we wish. Which is ace. Embrace the freedom to create! Have you ever played in...

It's been extensively discussed, as you very rightly say, because some agree and some don't. You don't get extensive discussions when everyone agrees or it is beyond debate. It's your traveller universe version. It's pretty much mine. And it's some other peoples' too. But others interpret it...

You forgot "IMTU"

I agree with a lot of what you said, but this is too sweeping. We know from canon over decades that the Third Imperium contains many outright communist states, socialist states, liberal democracies, feudal technocracies etc etc. The Third Imperium won't stop anyone running up the red flag and...