New Books and Old Books Corelation

[iwakun]

I'm just getting into Traveller and looking for my next fix. There are tons of Mongoose books out there, but I don't want to get something that will be included later in one of the new edition books.

Below, I've listed the new books and the old books. Can someone point out which books I shouldn't get because they'll be covered in the new books? Or which books I shouldn't get because they won't be compatible with the new edition? Or which books I shouldn't get because they just aren't that good? Which books should I definitely get? Assume that I'll probably get all the new books.

New Books

• Core Rulebook
  High Guard
  Central Supply Catalogue
  Vehicle Handbook
  Traveller Companion

Old Books

• Core Rulebook
  Book 1: Mercenary
  Book 2: High Guard
  Book 3: Scout
  Book 4: Scion
  Book 5: Agent
  Book 6: Scoundrel
  Book 7: Merchant Prince
  Book 8: Diletante
  Book 9: Robot
  Book 10: Cosmopolite

• Supplement 1: 760 Patrons
  Supplement 2: Traders and Gunboats
  Supplement 3: Fighting Ships
  Supplement 4: Central Supply Catalogue
  Supplement 5-6: The Vehicle Handbook
  Supplement 7: 1001 Characters
  Supplement 8: Cybernetics
  Supplement 9: Fighting Ships
  Supplement 10: Merchants and Cruisers
  Supplement 11: Animal Encounters
  Supplement 12: Dynasty
  Supplement 13: Starport Encounters
  Supplement 14: Space Stations
  Supplement 15: Powers and Principalities
  Supplement 16: Adventure Seeds

 

[ShawnDriscoll]

It all depends on the kind of game your group wants to play for the next 12 months.

 

[TrippyHippy]

Can't go wrong with the adventures, campaigns and NPC books! I'd be wary of any of the major crunch books just yet.

 

[haveahappy]

Speaking for myself only here - I own nothing but core, and one setting book, and there's no way I'm buying anything else until 2e has "gone gold" and the landscape is clearer.

I know the official word is everything should be easily portable back and forth between editions, but I am an incredibly lazy referee and prefer to keep it 1=1.

 

[phavoc]

Unless you pick something up on sale for real cheap, I'd say you should hold off on getting anything (at least what you listed there).

There are some new supplements as well as some 3rd party books that will make the transition easily. Anything with plots or story ideas would be safe. The core books, like the ones with ships in them, have less applicability - especially since we have no idea what the transition rules look like for ships.

 

[Wizard]

I'm getting back into Traveller after a long absence. The very first RPG that I ran was Traveller way back in the early 1980's. Feels nice to be back.

I am on the fence on whether to pick up some 1e PDFs or just wait for 2e. If Mongoose had a nice juicy sale on all the 1e PDFs I would likely get a few to fill the gaps between now and when 2e is released.