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    What was your 1st edition of Traveller?

    My birthday was in April. A couple of days later a friend emailed me to apologise for missing it, and asked how old I was. I told him 41, to which he replied "Well, your only as old as the woman you feel", to which I responded, "In that case I'm 34 (28 on Wednesdays)." :wink: ObTrav: given...
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    What was your 1st edition of Traveller?

    I got into RPGs (via AD&D) just before I hit high school, about 1979, So I guess my first Traveller experience would have been the first half of 1980. I really enjoyed the role-playing experience but the guy with the books was a control-freak and budding rules-nazi who got every book and...
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    alien books for Traveller

    Something I've been pondering - I'd like to see a Zho book too. Something that makes sense to me would be a Zhodani, Sword Worlders and Darrians book (non-Imperial humans of the Spinward Marches). I started a survey on which races people would like to see first, and the concensus seemed to...
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    Racial profiling in the OTU

    Sorry about that - the survey question was supposed to read "What OTU (non-human) race would you like to see first in a dedicated Mongoose Traveller supplement?" I always assumed that they'd all be covered eventually, and those of us who are "compleatists" could not but purchase each one of...
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    Racial profiling in the OTU

    Hey, Hivers are peop... well, ok, Hivers aren't exactly "people"... They are extremely manipulative and often go by names like"Bob", so they're kind of like people. Actually, come to think of it, they're exactly like my nephew, Bob. Except for the whole starfish thing.
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    Racial profiling in the OTU

    A case of "The Original, and still the Best". Interestingly, the 1248 supplements have the Vilani asserting themselves as the rightful heirs to the Imperial legacy after the Second Civil War (the Rebellion) and the collapse of the Third Imperium.
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    Racial profiling in the OTU

    Sorry about that - gimicky subject line to get people's attention. Although while we're on the subject, I don't think everywhere in the Imperium would necessarily show racist tendencies (at least not on a purely racial basis). I think the locals on some worlds will look at anyone who steps off...
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    Racial profiling in the OTU

    Around a hundred pages seems to be something of an industry standard these days. Personally, I'm reluctant these days to by a hard copy of anything shorter than this (access to a colour printer helps with this decision ). I coudn't agree more. There's a difference between making light of the...
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    Racial profiling in the OTU

    I've got a question for the Mongeese, and I guess a follow on question for the Traveller fans out there: To Matt, et al. - I'm guessing there's not rules included in the Traveller core rulebook regarding alien races - I didn't notice anything in the playtest-doc, and none of the previous...
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    Not Impressed with MGT Preview #4

    Once again the good Cap'n manages to capture the true spirit of Traveller. Players play, GMs ref; but the real fans whine... :wink:
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    Worst places to live in the OTU

    I should order a few of those for the next local church fête. Why "Captain Jack", of course. It's the last track on the Piano Man album (Billy Joel's second album). It's famous for the line, "Your sister's gone out, she's on a date / You just sit at home and masturbate." It also includes...
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    Worst places to live in the OTU

    Funny - the first thing I thought of when I saw the good Captain's nom de plume was Marcus and Stephen's contact on their trip to Mars colony. The second thing was the Billy Joel song. But now I'm dating myself...
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    Late commer

    "Gunnamblery"?
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    Not Impressed with MGT Preview #4

    I'm one of those who came to Traveller with the LBBs. There's a lot of us out there who hve been playing for an awlfully long time (actually I took a circumstance-enforced break from gaming for nearly twenty years in the middle, and came back to it about five years ago). It would be an...
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    Will you buy Mongoose Traveller when released?

    I pre-ordered my copies a couple of days ago through Amazon (the Australian dollar looks much better against the US$ than Stirling at the moment. I'd really like to be able to support local game stores, but Adelaide has pretty slim pickings in that department - the best couple of stores have...
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