I'm wondering if the 'New rulebook' may possibly be a "Time Traveller" title some of us were discussing online earlier this year? I did also have some hopes of doing a Traveller version of Space: 1889, which could actually incorporate time travel by way of H.G. Wells, but I'm not sure what the licensing situation is or whether that is actually Mongoose's inclination.New Traveller Projects
In 2024 we will be committing some serious time to some serious Traveller projects, aiming for releases in 2025. We don’t want to spoil too many surprises at the moment, though you should absolutely keep your eye on our various social media platforms for concept previews, but for now:
A New Rulebook: Don’t panic, the Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022 will remain the frontline book in 2024 and well beyond. This new book is for… a different type of Traveller. For different types of Travellers. In different types of universes.
A New Setting: This is something that we have had a bee in our bonnet about for some time now, and development will properly begin in 2024. It is set in the far future (but not the Far Future), will feel very, very different from Charted Space… but will also include a set of rules and mechanics that we have been asked for a lot.
The oldest publications of Mongoose that I still have in dead tree format. First printing of MGP 0001.... I still think I have some of your old Slayer's Guides. Hard to believe it's been two decades plus. ...
Bust the Old Timer out of the Sailor's Rest Retirement Home to narrate the one on starship operations!I would love to see an animated series or a comic strip akin to "How it's Made," but set in the Traveller universe.
If they are full-time. Freelance writers live where they like
But that commute wouldn't be nice (I'm on the other side of North America).Seems fair!
Don't get me wrong, a friend of mine and I both read your State of the Mongoose last year, and we both agreed the HQ and its arrangements for staff sounded excellent, a great place to work.
Ah, yes, indeed - not only have we thought about this, but we have the first scriptIn response to your plans for expanding Traveller into various media in 2024, I’d like to suggest an idea that's has been clawing at the back of my mind. I would love to see an animated series or a comic strip akin to "How it's Made," but set in the Traveller universe.
We have a copy of Ships of the Goblinoids in pride of place atop Cassie's bookshelfThe oldest publications of Mongoose that I still have in dead tree format. First printing of MGP 0001.
@MongooseMatt It has been a long time.
Indeed - we are already ploughing through the Singularity and Sky Raiders campaigns, and we have a fair mountain slotted in to be writtenAre there any non-FFW Charted Space products set for next year? In particular, any new Sector books?
We did actually look at doing this, but the property has been bought lock, stock and barrel by another company.Traveller version of Space: 1889
If you adapted H.G.Wells or Jules Verne directly, which are both in the public domain, you could possibly come up with something similar.We did actually look at doing this, but the property has been bought lock, stock and barrel by another company.
We did actually look at doing this, but the property has been bought lock, stock and barrel by another company.
I think there is a new company that has taken over from Ulisses Spell. The new edition is called Space: 1889 After I think, but I had a glance at it and not really sure it is what I am after. I wanted an application of Traveller rules.Didn't that company then decide to give a good impression of a certain parrot? Or was that just the german company that did the translation?
Well, I'm sure its no surprise that I'm quite excited for the first thing on this list, since I've been advocating pretty strongly for a 'how to merchant' campaign. And I run my own campaign in what I suspect are "a certain two adjacent subsectors". Be interesting to see a different take on them. My version is highly idiosyncratic at this point, but I'm always happy for new art, new ships, and new ideas to think about.1. Can't say too much about the new mega-campaign, but it will concentrate on a 'typical' trader crew in its early stages and will be set in a certain two adjacent subsectors...
2. Not yet set, but at the moment Singularity and Pioneer are kinda pencilled in for Kickstarters in 2024. Could easily change.
3. No solid plans for cyberware and psions, but both are areas we very much want to go in to.
OK, here is a left field suggestion for a new licensed setting......Star Wars!
It would certainly cause a splash and I’m not sure that FFG is doing anything with RPGs anymore. The were some unofficial Traveller: Star Wars rules floating about already and it can work as a game......so, difficult to think of it but a possibility?
Sigh. And no news on Traveller: Prime Directive either.Since 2020, Edge Studio have published and developed FFG's Star Wars RPG: https://www.edge-studio.net/categories-games/starwarsrpg/
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