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    How to play Traveller solo?

    Very much appreciated.
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    How to play Traveller solo?

    Thanks Reisender. I hadn't heard of spine codes before and have just spotted a couple of posts online about them. This game is a deep rabbit hole and it's only been dawning on me over the last few days just how much has been developed for it over 47yrs. One thing that brought that home to me...
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    How to play Traveller solo?

    Good questions! I grew up with sci-fi movies and it's my first love for fiction...Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Alien, Close Encounters and all the amazing cartoon series like Battle of the Planets, not to mention the games like Elite and the X series by Egosoft that I spent a...
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    How to play Traveller solo?

    Here's today's 'progress', sort of... I tried looking through the rulebook and it reminded me just how unwieldy a pdf document is on a tablet/PC when you have to flick back and forth to various chapters. It's possible to create bookmarks and make this chore slightly less cumbersome, I know...
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    How to play Traveller solo?

    I'll post something more when I have made progress with the game. I'm just debating whether to stick with the pdf core rulebook on a tablet for the moment or buy the printed version immediately. Electronic PDF files are a pain to use when there are so many pages.
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    How to play Traveller solo?

    Thank you both for the replies, they helped! The Ed May videos are in my subscription list to watch. The D100 system is ok, but it didn't click with me when I tried it. The article posted by Wiganer34 was a great read and clarified a few things for me that weren't clear before. SOLO by Zozer...
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    How to play Traveller solo?

    Hello, I have wanted to play Traveller again for a long time after delving into the game briefly in the late 80's. However, I'd have to go it alone these days. What would I need to play Traveller solo please? What I'd like to avoid is having to learn a complex game like this just to be able to...
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