State of the Mongoose 2023
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TrippyHippy
Emperor Mongoose
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.
But anyway, along with 2300AD and Pioneer, it looks like Traveller will be branching out a bit from the Charted Space setting alone.
Anstett
Cosmic Mongoose
The oldest publications of Mongoose that I still have in dead tree format. First printing of MGP 0001.
@MongooseMatt It has been a long time.
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CordwainerFish
Emperor Mongoose
Bust the Old Timer out of the Sailor's Rest Retirement Home to narrate the one on starship operations!
If they are full-time. Freelance writers live where they like
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.
Regards,
Robin
AndrewW
Emperor Mongoose
But that commute wouldn't be nice (I'm on the other side of North America).
Ah, yes, indeed - not only have we thought about this, but we have the first script
On the list of Things To Do!
We have a copy of Ships of the Goblinoids in pride of place atop Cassie's bookshelf
Indeed - we are already ploughing through the Singularity and Sky Raiders campaigns, and we have a fair mountain slotted in to be written
We did actually look at doing this, but the property has been bought lock, stock and barrel by another company.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
You're probably better off creating your own steampunk variant of Traveller.
If you move up the tech tree, you'd get to dieselpunk, and then atomicpunk, ending with clifi.
If you move up the tech tree, you'd get to dieselpunk, and then atomicpunk, ending with clifi.
To Tha Moon!
Banded Mongoose
This sounds awesome!
Thank you, Matt, for everything you've helped me with this year.
Thank you, Matt, for everything you've helped me with this year.
TrippyHippy
Emperor Mongoose
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.
The use of the word ‘Traveller’ as an add on to pretty much anything gives scope to expand into different settings. So ‘Time Traveller’ or ‘Steampunk Traveller’ or ‘Pulp Traveller’ are all possibilities.
I don't think there's much chance of this, but I'd love to see Transhuman Space done under the Traveller ruleset. Geopolitically it's massively out of date now, but hey, alternative timelines and all that.
Regards,
Robin
TrippyHippy
Emperor Mongoose
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.
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.
TrippyHippy
Emperor Mongoose
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?
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?
Yatima
Cosmic Mongoose
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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TrippyHippy
Emperor Mongoose
Sigh. And no news on Traveller: Prime Directive either.
EDIT: I looked at the Edge site and it appears that, while they obviously have the license, they still aren’t actually releasing much new material for it. What about trying to get a very specific licence - like Traveller: Rogue One?
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Prime_Evil
Emperor Mongoose
Can I give a shout out for Shield Maidens? I recently picked up the PDF and it's a fun universe.
There's a lot going on in the Traveller space. 2024 is shaping up as a huge year.
If you are doing a custom licence for the Traveller Open Content program, would you consider releasing it for general use by other games too? Most companies were happy with the OGL except for the time bomb WoTC built into it. We could do with a few more solid alternatives ....
Still no news on the Legend front though, but not entirely surprising. You have a lot of balls in the air right now!.
There's a lot going on in the Traveller space. 2024 is shaping up as a huge year.
If you are doing a custom licence for the Traveller Open Content program, would you consider releasing it for general use by other games too? Most companies were happy with the OGL except for the time bomb WoTC built into it. We could do with a few more solid alternatives ....
Still no news on the Legend front though, but not entirely surprising. You have a lot of balls in the air right now!.
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