Pre-Order the Traveller Starter Box Set

[MongooseMatt]

We are now taking pre-orders for the Traveller Starter Set, which is currently at print and expected to arrive at our warehouse around August. You can reserve your very own copy right here: http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpgs/traveller-1/traveller-starter-set.html

Travellers in the US can pre-order in Dollars here: http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/us/rpgs/traveller-1/traveller-starter-set.html

Valeria One to Valeria Two, increase thrust…
Nail Beowulf before he leaves the gravity well and jumps…
Good shot! Target’s main drive is hit, acceleration has ceased…
Prepare boarding party. Tell them to watch out for any heroes…
Matching velocity and rotation. This is going to be a good payday…

…Commence boarding…

Traveller is a science fiction roleplaying game of bold explorers and brave adventurers. The Traveller Core Rulebook contains everything you need to create one of these adventurers and begin exploring the galaxy.

Spaceports, ancient civilisations, air/rafts, cold steel blades, laser carbines, far distant worlds, and exotic alien beasts – this is the futuristic universe of Traveller, the original and classic science fiction roleplaying game.

Come visit the future.

The Traveller Starter Set contains:
Book 1: Characters and Combat
Book 2: Worlds and Spacecraft
Book 3: The Fall of Tinath
Giant blank Sector Maps
6 Pre-generated Character Cards

 

[Sigtrygg]

Is there a discount for those of us who already bought the pdf version from drivethru?

Or are you no longer going to give away a free copy of the pdf to everyone who buys the box?

 

[MongooseMatt]

That is a toughie - we will always give a free PDF to those who order direct from us, but we cannot give a discount on the physical box set, I am afraid...

Thinking this through...

The way round it would be to put the physical books up for pre-order at the same time the PDFs appear. The reason wee have not done that so far is that we have a three (sometimes nearer four) month lead time to print and ship colour books - which we thought was a bit long to have for a pre-order.

What would you chaps think about that?

 

[mancerbear]

I'm happy to wait the 3 to 4 months on the pre-order to get the PDF free from Mongoose.

Speaking of which, I'll pre-order this on payday.

 

[Narl]

Any chance it will be available at Gen Con?

 

[MongooseMatt]

Hopefully! Still waiting for a final date from the printers.

 

[TrippyHippy]

I have preordered it, although I'm unsure about the late pdf release thing. Generally, I think the pdf should come out the same time as the preorder - at least it would avoid confusion.

 

[crazy_cat]

If I pre-order now do I get the PDF now, or do I have to wait to get the PDF at the same time as the hard copy?

 

[MongooseMatt]

If I pre-order now do I get the PDF now, or do I have to wait to get the PDF at the same time as the hard copy?

Straight away - just drop me a line at msprange@mongoosepublishing.com and we'll sort you out!

 

[nats]

That's very expensive especially when you consider the D&D Starter set is around £15 for similar content, and the Pathfinder Beginners Box is £32 with card tokens, dice set, adventures, rules and a re-usable map sheet. The Traveller Starter Set is really not going to get anyone new into the game by allowing them to take a punt at it for the price of a typical night's beer money. One wonders who this set is aimed at? I thought it was going to be around £15. I mean not including black and red dice or even a stylised Traveller pen/pencil/notepaper for that price?

 

[Hopeless]

I do admit wondering what they were thinking when they started saying they were pimping this out!
I assumed they'd make the three books of lbb in size so the box would be smaller with a map folded up inside similar to the earlier box sets for Traveller.
Have yet to read, listen or watch a review of this and will wait for it to be released and reviewed properly before deciding whether it's worth picking up!