So, Mongoose...other milieus, 1248 and all that.

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Charakan

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I'm currently rereading MJD's excellent 1248 books and I think he did a great job of sorting out all the loose threads of the whole MegaTraveller and TNE history and bringing about the birth of the 4th Imperium (there were some stirring tales of honor and heroism during the Dark Years that made me feel quite emotional - the sign of a well written product).

So I'm wondering if Mongoose have any plans to publish materials in other eras of the OTU, 1105 is great or the classic traveller campaign but its a bit stagnant up until the assassination.

1248 is a timeline that has great potential for players and gamemasters alike - a lot of the old orders and predjudices are gone and large parts of charted space lay in ruins.

So any plans to expand on this or any other OTU period?
 
As I recall, 1248 came out as 'systemless' sourcebooks, and thus can be used essentially as they stand, even with Mongoose Traveller. If you want more 1248, you would probably be well-advised to post your inquiry to the attention of MJD.

That said, I would certainly hope that Mongoose would endorse such further expansion of 1248.
 
FreeTrav said:
As I recall, 1248 came out as 'systemless' sourcebooks, and thus can be used essentially as they stand, even with Mongoose Traveller. If you want more 1248, you would probably be well-advised to post your inquiry to the attention of MJD.

That said, I would certainly hope that Mongoose would endorse such further expansion of 1248.

I was thinking about new 1248 material for other players and an advancement of the OTU timeline. I have the 1248 books in PDF but I think due to licensing agreements they aren't available to purchase any more, checking DTRPG earlier I couldn't find them for sale under either the TNE section or the Comstar section.
 
I also thought that if MJD wanted to continue with the 1248 timeline he might have to do it through Mongoose, but then again I'm fairly ignorant of the whole licensing situation and politics of designing/releasing stuff for the game.
 
Charakan said:
I also thought that if MJD wanted to continue with the 1248 timeline he might have to do it through Mongoose, but then again I'm fairly ignorant of the whole licensing situation and politics of designing/releasing stuff for the game.

Well, he's still releasing material through Comstar (Project Steel, for one), probably under Comstar's license (and I don't know whether that license is from Marc directly or from Mongoose). As I said, he's probably the best one to ask.
 
I've got to say I'm being just a little selfish here. I wrote two scenarios this week set in 1105 for players that are fairly new to Traveller and I just can't bring myself to run them!

I did a lot of the classic traveller type campaign in my teens, had a long break from tabletop RPGs, ran an extensive Megatraveller campaign that lasted for a few years. I guess I'm a little jaded with the whole 3I, so that leaves me with the option of creating a homebrew (I don't have time). Or 1248, I love a lot of the icons of Traveller but guess I just want an age thats a little less civilised.

I'll message MJD through a board and see what he says, thanks for the advice FreeTrav.
 
1248 is indeed awesome. I'm glad Martin did it, and I'm glad it wrapped up the loose ends.

Hopefully it will be available again soon, because to have all that great material just disappear into oblivion would be a huge crime.
 
I am very interested in 1248, but I am not able to find it for purchase. Can anyone please let me know if I am still able to buy it, and where if still available? Thanks!
 
Not right now (shakes fist at licensing issues).

But the hope is that they will be released again in future on the 2nd TNE CD that FFE will release. No release date for that yet though.
 
EDG said:
But the hope is that they will be released again in future on the 2nd TNE CD that FFE will release. No release date for that yet though.

Probably quite a bit earlier than T5. :wink:
 
As EDG says they aren't available at the moment, which is a shame because the back story that ties together all the loose threads of Rebellion/Second Civil War and The New Era is really inspired.

I guess I was lucky I bought them in pdf when they were still available.

Its a shame that the 1248 era can't be expanded as I'd like to see the OTU move forward. The milieu has so much potential.
 
Does FFE hold the license then? Are there talks about letting it get released again? Who can I email to show my support? Do I ask to many questions? :D
 
I see the TNE line available at RPGNow.com. I haven't tried to buy any of the products, but they are available on the website. If you're looking for the PDFs, I hope this helps.
 
Rockmonkey said:
I see the TNE line available at RPGNow.com. I haven't tried to buy any of the products, but they are available on the website. If you're looking for the PDFs, I hope this helps.

The TNE PDFs at DTRPG and RPGNow deal with the Star Viking/Reformation Coaliton and Regency settings, 1248 is a later period released by Comstar/Avenger and isn't available in print or e-book at the moment.
 
Charakan said:
1248 is a later period released by Comstar/Avenger and isn't available in print or e-book at the moment.

It seems ridiculous to me that people can still buy out of print material from the CT era (e.g. Judges Guild) long after those third party licenses have expired, but they can't buy out of print 1248 material largely because it was released electronically as PDFs.

Would Mongoose allow Comstar/Avenger to release 1248 material via Flaming Cobra?
 
Charakan said:
EDG said:
Would Mongoose allow Comstar/Avenger to release 1248 material via Flaming Cobra?

Apparently there are reasons why this can't happen at the moment which I think is a shame.

I thought it was because Mongoose didn't want to support another OTU era yet... but if it's done through FC then they wouldn't have to support it because Avenger would be writing all the material.

It seems like a win/win to publish it again - it gets the material out there again, and both Avenger and Mongoose make money from the FC side of it with minimal effort. Where's the problem?
 
EDG said:
Charakan said:
EDG said:
Would Mongoose allow Comstar/Avenger to release 1248 material via Flaming Cobra?

Apparently there are reasons why this can't happen at the moment which I think is a shame.

I thought it was because Mongoose didn't want to support another OTU era yet... but if it's done through FC then they wouldn't have to support it because Avenger would be writing all the material.

It seems like a win/win to publish it again - it gets the material out there again, and both Avenger and Mongoose make money from the FC side of it with minimal effort. Where's the problem?

Well It makes complete sense to me as well but I'm not involved in the publishing and licensing game so who knows.

The thing that appeals to me is that in 1105 everythings boxed up with virtually no room for manouver except for maybe Foreven and the regions beyond Hiver space and other polities (sp?).

1248 is a lot more open and pretty much anything could be done with it within reason.
 
I really wish that the default era for the OTU was 1248. It'd be a vastly more interesting and exciting setting then, IMO at least.
 
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