Ask MongooseMatt ANYTHING!!!

[Terry Mixon]

Okay, not really anything, but when we post questions about the rules or potential typos in the feedback area, we often don't receive a response, so I'm creating this thread in the hopes of getting some response to questions we have, even if it is "we're looking at that" or some such.

I'll kick this off with a question I posted a few days ago. The emergency low berths in High Guard 2022 Update are listed at MC1 a pop. Seems real pricy since Mongoose 1e and all the previous versions of Traveller we checked had it being KCr100. In Mongoose 1e, it was listed as MCr.1 and we suspect a typo. Can we get some clartity on that so we can update the starship build sheet to reflect what we suspect if we're right? Thanks.

Also, allow me to suggest that adding KCr, BCr (or GCr to please @Geir), and TCr to your repertoire would be really helpful and would minimize the complaints about not having comma separation in your big numbers, too.

And sorry for all the wild AMA questions you're about to get @MongooseMatt.

 

[ottarrus]

@MongooseMatt I know you hate giving definitive answers, but please answer these. What is Traveller? Is it a setting or a ruleset? If it is a ruleset then why do the settings other than Charted Space not use the Traveller CRB? If it is a setting, then Traveller is no longer a setting-agnostic game system. Which of these is Mongoose using going forward?

Matt has said that Mongoose expects to get the Twilight 2000 license after Free League's contract is done. And I'm not 100% sure that Traveller is the right system for that setting....

 

[hopsnbaer]

Matt has said that Mongoose expects to get the Twilight 2000 license after Free League's contract is done. And I'm not 100% sure that Traveller is the right system for that setting....

It's currently a neat game system, though understand why Mongoose would want the license.

 

[Condottiere]

Ideally, single game engine.

Cosmetic overlays for different settings.

 

[MasterGwydion]

Matt has said that Mongoose expects to get the Twilight 2000 license after Free League's contract is done. And I'm not 100% sure that Traveller is the right system for that setting....

I have no issue with Mongoose having other systems, but what's the point of Traveller being this great setting-agnostic sci-fi RPG system if the only thing Mongoose puts out for Traveller is Charted Space stuff? It has gotten so bad that stuff that is exclusive to Charted Space is being published in books that are supposed to be setting-agnostic.

 

[CordwainerFish]

Now what would be cool but will probably never happen (I expect it's been lost) is for Mongoose to get the Great Game that the GDW folks played to develop the 2000-2300 timeline for Traveller: 2300 2300CE.

 

[hopsnbaer]

I would not expect them to keep the existing game engine but to port it to Traveller rules like 2300.

 

[MasterGwydion]

I am starting to think that maybe Mongoose has too many projects on the fire and no longer has enough time to do any of them properly. Perhaps they need to scale back production so quality control can catch up. A lot of things have occurred at Mongoose over the last little chunk of time with them gaining ownership of a Library of Congress worth of previous editions and adventures. That might have been more than a bit overwhelming for them, so some patience on my end may be required as well.

 

[Sigtrygg]

Now what would be cool but will probably never happen (I expect it's been lost) is for Mongoose to get the Great Game that the GDW folks played to develop the 2000-2300 timeline for Traveller: 2300 2300CE.

It is outlined on the FFE T2300 cd rom collection, so I imagine Mongoose has access to it.

 

[Sigtrygg]

I am starting to think that maybe Mongoose has too many projects on the fire and no longer has enough time to do any of them properly. Perhaps they need to scale back production so quality control can catch up. A lot of things have occurred at Mongoose over the last little chunk of time with them gaining ownership of a Library of Congress worth of previous editions and adventures. That might have been more than a bit overwhelming for them, so some patience on my end may be required as well.

I think, now they have ownership of all that past material, they should insist every author writing for The Third Imperium and every editor checking their work reads through every cd rom of avaialable information.

I would also suggest that rule systems, design sequences, supplements and adventures be used as the basis for any Mongoose Traveller re-write - a back to basics core rules and comprehensive setting books...

I can but dream.

I just hope I am still around for 2027...

Foundation season 4 should drop then