Crowded Hours

[MongooseMatt]

Now with 43% more quality...

 

[IanBruntlett]

Because of delays with the Secrets of the Ancients scenarios, I've shifted over to running the Crowded Hours adventures - currently Type S. From a playing point of view, its good. And we used 1,001 Characters instead of rolling up characters for a change.

 

[IanBruntlett]

Despite the poor weather conditions here in Northumberland, I ran the final part of the Type-S scenario.

There were a couple of times when I got a bit lost so had to ad-lib. Fortunately it worked out OK in the end.

I only started running Crowded Hours because Secrets of the Ancients downloads weren't ready in time. Will return to SOTA later. However, I can say I'm pleased with Crowded Hours.

I have noticed, though, that some Traveller adventures have a "game within game" in them and I find that this can be quite demanding in terms of preparation time and GM concentration.

Am thinking up a Christmas project - possibly get to grips with the Core Rules coverage of Space Ships and writing up some quick reference sheets.

 

[Jericho]

I've got to say the Windermann Incident is very much my type of scenario.

I also liked Type S and Crowded Hours as good examples of scenarios without combat, but still have a lot of action.

 

[IanBruntlett]

The maps for Crowded Hour's Windermann Incident vary in quality.

The worst ones are those that are obviously bitmapped. The text on pages 68-81 are particularly awful.

Despite those flaws, I still like Crowded Hours. But I find the scenarios within to be labour intensive so I've resumed ad-libbing adventures while in the background getting familiar with the Windermann Incident.

 

[Jericho]

Yes, the maps in the book are shoddy, the updated Mongoose PDF maps are a lot better.

 

[Mithras]

I use Word. My stuff looks fantastic. And I'm no pro.