Recent content by Studio Cat

OK, that is my mistake. I prefer in person gaming and have little experience with VTTs. I didn't know that they required that great of a time investment. Mea culpa.

Sounds like you are arguing for your limitations. If Foundry works for Traveller, what is preventing anyone from running a quick Traveller demo, like character creation and maybe running Death Station?

I agree with this to a point. The FLGS that are surviving economically are changing their business model to accommodate having game spaces in the store where gamers can play I believe. It isn't just point of sale anymore. Into this arena is where Traveller demos should step.

My first science fiction novel was "Have Space Suit, Will Travel" by the master. I was 12, a year before finding Traveller, and I read the book in one night with a flashlight under my bedcovers. But that's a distraction to our main discussion here.

If that works for you, run with it. To me, GNS Theory is nothing but a distraction when applied to attracting interest to a game like Traveller.

I can grok that, but it depends on how the game is run and most people who are not deep in gaming don't know what GNS theory is (and learning it prior to playing is an added detriment to player interest). Now Traveller is so flexible that I bet you could even use it do cozy gaming and I will be...

I'm over here wondering how GNS theory is going to help with getting more people exposed to Traveller and interested in playing the game.

This is all that was needed for a setting primer in Classic Traveller, taken from Understanding Traveller p11. Seems to work fine.

I thought that it was a Mimbari weapon from Babylon 5.

You are still evading. I don't want you to do the work for me, I want you to be honest with us and tell us what your sources are so I can look at the raw data. Yet you won't, so I call your claims into question. This is the Internet and people, bots, and AI make up claims all the time. Hell, I...

What convention were you using as an example? What major metropolitan area were you using as an example? What contributions to gaming have Mothership and Scum & Villainy made to gaming that they are given accolades for? Usually when someone hides behind the defense of "I'm not going to do your...

Interestingly you haven't answered any of my questions regarding your assertions, yet concentrated on my own acknowledgement of being acerbic towards you. Your evasion speaks volumes.

When Mothership and Scum & Villainy have been around for 50 years and still played and are still profitable for their owning company, I will concede my point on longevity. What game convention in your area are you talking about? What major metropolitan area are you talking about? What...

Both Mothership and Scum & Villainy are entire games based around a single adventure type: survival horror and small package trade respectively. Traveller has been able to run both kinds of adventures for the past 50 years and many others. When you specialize too much, you breed in your own...

Considering that most AI primary sources of data are Reddit and Facebook, this tracks. Newer gamers know how to manipulate the algorithm and that is why you see Mothership plus Scum and Villainy show up a lot online while you never see people playing them out in the Real World. Kind of like how...