Recent content by MongooseChris

Funny you should mention it. I put in to make that change a few weeks ago. Lemme go check in on the Powers That Be to have that done. MongooseGriffen sounds like quite an ugly beast. I think I'll just do Chris.

What I like about Islands in the Rift is that it gets them doing several of the things you do in Traveller: Jumping from system to system in a sandbox (some on a rail; some more sandboxy) Combat Starship combat Vehicle combat Experiencing different starports, environments, etc.

I haven't. I didn't know what that was. I remember Keep on the Borderlands, but I had to Google to see the starter set. I see they're producing something new this year that's related.

Death Station is great, but consider this: It's a bit of a dungeon crawl. That could be good to help a D&D player transition to Traveller by showing them something familiar and then overlapping the elements of Traveller that are very un-D&D, but it also could hinder them if presented all alone...

💯 I can almost guarantee you that 'the kids' do not surf this forum. Their demographic does not play that game. That said, it's great to engage in a dialogue about how we might reach out to them.

That's awesome! I assume it's Studio 2's stand.

The Traveller setting with jump drive is kind of predicated on limited transit speeds. If you could skip all those nothing worlds, you would. Hence, the long travel times between worlds is kind of intrinsic to the game, at least when it comes to the default jump-drive narrative. However...

It's always rankled me a bit, and we've talked about it at the office.

I watched the first one on the recommendation of one of my sons, and he's been badgering me to finish it. I gotta get back to it. Liked what I saw!

You said DVDs, so I'll assume you specifically want film, not books. For the urban feel on high-population worlds, Bladerunner and its sequel Bladerunner 2049. The Alien films and recent show for the gritty feel of starships and the depersonalized feel of civilized space. Aliens is good...

What do stand-up comedians say? Don't get ahead of me! :D

It is, made into a full-size campaign.

There are a few in Singularity Act 2.

They will, yes.

It's got a lot of new art, some new content and corrections. In addition, the Ascondi have been completely visually reimagined.. I think for the better!