Quickstary Rules?

[Golan2072]

One thing I'd find as very useful in demoing Traveller to new players (who are new to Traveller but not to RPGs in general) are quickstart rules - a short document, say 10-15 pages long, with basic rules, available for free PDF download. It doesn't need to have character/world/ship generation rules, but should cover the cooler sides of the game (skills, combat, maybe also ship combat). Games such as Savage Worlds or Shadowrun have such things - these are very good ways to let new players test-drive the rules and thus get a taste for them, before buying the full thing (and hopefully get hooked by the quickstart and thus go and buy a lot of MGT book). Add a short starter adventure and let people test it...

This is something I'd like to see from Mongoose.

 

[locarno24]

Well, there is such a document - book 0: Introduction to Traveller.

It's not free though.

 

[Reynard]

Every now and then there is the Free RPG day at various game shops in the US. On a Saturday, a table is covered in various thin quickstart booklets being given away. This should be a great way to introduce Traveller to the gaming public and get people to notice those book on the shelf nearby.