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I did once write a one-page Blake's 7 rpg. It's a Lasers and Feelings hack, called Blasters and Angst, and you can download it for free on drivethru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/452027/Blasters--Angst

The bottom line for me is that the existing Traveller combat rules are pretty good. They provide a good feeling of realism and tactical options with quite an elegant level of abstraction. If you're going to play around with the rules, I wouldn't start here. How about putting this thought and...

The AP changes are dreadful. More finicky than the existing system, with less feeling of realism and inevitably a whole load of problematic edge cases. What is this for? What problem is it solving? It just feels entirely misconceived. Removing the ability to use pistols in melee range is just...

Thanks, that's very helpful.

I'm running a sandbox campaign in the Spinward Marches, and my group has started to get interested in the Abyss Rift. I'm wondering if it's worth me getting Whispers on the Abyss? I wouldn't be running the campaign as written, but rather cannibalising the material for my own uses. I'm...

Bloody hell, that was quick. Thanks, Matt!

Hi Matt, I'm having exactly the same issue as Farqs: my two most recent pdf purchases are on the downloads page of my Mongoose account, but the Traveller Companion is not. ORDER 100021728 September 8, 2020 at 12:26 am

The release date of the physical version of the Spinward Extents seems to have slipped a couple of times. Is it definitely coming out this month?

Profession is an exception to the rule that a skill level in a speciality grants skill zero in all other specialities, but Science is not.

Great to see, thanks.

I'm also looking forward to seeing the new character sheet in the Downloads area. I'm starting a campaign in the new year, and it would be great to have it for then.

The first edition of Mongoose Traveller did break the science specialisations down into Physical Science, Biological Science and so forth. It wasn't very satisfactory, with all kinds of anomalies. So I had a go at doing my own breakdown. It too turned out to be not very satisfactory. It turns...

University and Military Academy: between Skills and Graduation, insert an instruction to roll on the event table. This step is easily missed. Also, if a traveller enters a military career at rank O1, clarify whether they receive the automatic skill for that rank. Graduation benefits: instead...

I have over 20 publications in astrophysics and space science. I once spent a year of my life doing tedious calculations of the relative positions of various spacecraft in the solar system in order to trace the flow of the solar wind. I really could not give a toss about "realistic" space...

You win the prize! Which is to be shot down like a dog by Federation troopers in a dingy basement. Sorry.