Recent content by Tathlum

So I was half considering using MGT2 to run a Traveller game set in the New Era timeline. Mos of the equipment translates over easily. The Body Sleeve is cloth armour with a medi-kit. Stuff like that. Battledress shows up a bit earlier in TNE than most Traveller. TL12 is sufficient to build...

For a first impression, it seems pretty solid. I have games that do bits better, but they also do some things worse. I love MegaTraveller's task rolls and personal combat, but starship combat is an ungodly mess. Traveller 4's starship combat is much neater, but the basic task system is a mess...

WooooHooooo!!!!! It's arrived. Initial impression is very positive. Big hefty good looking book. A quick flick through and I like the art and presentation. The equipment that looks like adverts are a nice touch. Can't wait till the kids are in bed and I can take a proper look :)

My compliments to the guy who built Norway. The fjords are really well done. He deserves some sort of award.

Well there we go, that's encouraging. I've also used non Traveller systems to run Traveller; Star Wars Saga edition and Spacemaster Privateers. And like I said, there are bits of each Traveller edition I'm not happy with. Now that I have kids I have less time to be fiddling with things, as...

Ooops. Awkward. You would have won and all, I just took a punt on a minimum bid. Tell you what, if I find it isn't for me, and you're still interested, I'll offer to sell to you for what I bid. Sound fair? ....Although, if it's good like you suggest, I'm keeping it :wink:

Thanks for the details. I'm a little lost by the comparisons to 1st though, I didn't pick that up. Were the changes to 2e well received? It seems to be more of a refinement than a big shake up. So, good things; Big plans, plenty of long term support planned and products with more polish. I'm...

I guess was hoping for some more hype. Is it just that the second edition is similar enough to first, that there isn't any drastic changes to go nuts about? From pictures on line the presentation looks much better, which I support. And I saw a comment by Matt saying that the focus has changed...

I didn't get the first edition, but I have just impulse bought the 2nd on ebay (and the Ref Screen). I have the following previous editions:- Classic (starter anyway) MegaTraveller - lots Traveller New Era - lots Traveller 4 - lots Traveller t20 - some Gurps Traveller (core and starships) I...

D&DI absolutely rocks. The character and monster builders are so easy to use and so darn usefull that I think it absolutely is the way to go. The compendium is a very usefull tool with all the info in the game quickly available. It is so darned good that although I originally thought online...

This discussion doesn't have to fly off to extremes. It isn't PC fanatics versus Racist apologists or whatever. It is not a crusade or an iconic statement to pick one. When I first encountered 2300AD I passed on it. I didn't have a nerdrage fit, get into a discussion on racism or even think...

I use them to replace Ithiklur as a more interesting alternative. The first time I heard of Kafers my mind did make the negative link with the word Kaffir and put me off reading more. Not an impassioned boycot or anything, but I did put the game back on the shelf and moved on. Maybe just...

Nope, I just try to avoid absolute statements or thinking online. X absolutely sucks, Y will never happen, that kind of thing. I don't always succeed of course..... But I hereby absolutely swear I am not looking at a Runequest Conan playtest. Or something.

Things change though. Mongoose have said other stuff that later turned out to no longer be true. I was fully expecting the anouncement that Starship Troopers was being cancelled to be an anouncement of the Fleet sourcebook. It wasn't. Starship Troopers was mentioned as a possible future...

Hmm, it's missing a certain something. Does it come with antlers?