The New Great Rift is Here!

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The Great Rift has been updated!

Now in an attractive two-book slipcase with three giant poster maps and a new chapter covering adventures in this vast expanse of space, it has been completely updated with stunning new art and the current Traveller formatting. Perfect for your Travellers to dive into a barely explored region of space.

Those of you who purchased the previous Great Rift box set will find that your PDF files on both our website and Drivethru have already been updated to the new edition.

Everyone else can grab their own copy right here: https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/the-great-rift

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The Last Great Unknown in Charted Space

Only the boldest dare venture into the depths of the Great Rift, crossing the abyss of empty space to find unexplored star systems and forgotten wonders. Deep in the Great Rift lie ancient mysteries, strange alien civilisations and human cultures who have not seen offworld contact in centuries. Portside rumours speak of giant creatures capable of interstellar flight, and of starship wrecks belonging to no known peoples.

From the cold war of the Islands Cluster to the isolation of the Boulderfield, the Great Rift is a place of danger both varied and insidious. A miscalculated jump means a slow death in deep space – yet Travellers are ever willing to take the risk.

What awaits the intrepid voyager who finds an undiscovered star system or deep space object? What secrets lie within the Great Rift, hidden in the vast emptiness and forgotten by ordinary starfarers? There are great risks here, it is true, but with them comes the chance to be the first people in history to stand on a new world and gaze upon what no-one else has ever seen.


Inside this set you will find:

Book 1: The Great Rift – A Traveller’s guide to the Great Rift, how to traverse it, and explorations of the Corridor and Reft sectors.

Book 2: Deep Space Exploration – What is beyond Charted Space in the cold void of the Great Rift? Push further into the night with this guide to deep space phenomena and the spacecraft that traverse it. Then continue exploring deeper into the Great Rift with the Afawahisa, Riftspan Reaches and Touchstone sectors.

Plus three giant double-sided posters illustrating the sectors of the Great Rift bordering the Third Imperium and Aslan Hierate.
 
Thanks! However, it has FOUR sector maps (Afawahisa, Corridor, Riftspan Reaches, and Touchstone) and a fifth one -- Reft-- in the zip file. Not sure why Reft was relegated to the zip and the rest are on the main downloads page. Seems confusing.

EDIT: Ah, I see. Double sided. That make it right. We still need the updated Reft sector map, though.

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Is the physical version already in stock? Release Schedule page says May, but the product page just says "Add to Cart" instead of "Pre-Order" like other pre-order books. It also does't show any pre-order message/popups on the cart or anything.
 
I downloaded mgp40013_thegreatrift.zip which appears to be the first edition (which I have already).

The Reft sector map appears in the downloads page twice. I ran sha256sum on those files and they look identical to me.

So I've downloaded:
'Sector Map - Afawahisa_ebook.pdf'
'Sector Map - Corridor_ebook.pdf'
'Sector Map - Reft_ebook.pdf'
'Sector Map - Riftspan Reaches_ebook.pdf'
'Sector Map - Touchstone_ebook.pdf'
'The Great Rift Book 1_ebook.pdf'
'The Great Rift Book 2_ebook.pdf'

Is that everything? Thank you and have a great weekend!
 
I was about to buy this then noticed I get the update for free.

Which got me thinking. Why do my drivethru kickstarter rewards not also show up on my Mongoose account?

Is there a way to get the Mongoose store version of files I already own through drivethru rewards from kickstarters?

Next.

The production values and artwork are superb.

I will be purchasing the new slipcase edition because I want the books, not just the electronic files.

And on to my final point.

When are we getting the coffee table book of Bu and Embla's Visual Guide to Traveller?
 
I downloaded mgp40013_thegreatrift.zip which appears to be the first edition (which I have already).

The Reft sector map appears in the downloads page twice. I ran sha256sum on those files and they look identical to me.

So I've downloaded:
'Sector Map - Afawahisa_ebook.pdf'
'Sector Map - Corridor_ebook.pdf'
'Sector Map - Reft_ebook.pdf'
'Sector Map - Riftspan Reaches_ebook.pdf'
'Sector Map - Touchstone_ebook.pdf'
'The Great Rift Book 1_ebook.pdf'
'The Great Rift Book 2_ebook.pdf'

Is that everything? Thank you and have a great weekend!
There is a system map that needs to be added to the downloads.
 
There is a system map that needs to be added to the downloads.
Unless it the system was removed from the books. it was sort of an odd thing, a mix of races in the middle of nowhere. I guess I have to skim the new books to see.
 
You had mentioned that previous owners of the Great Rift Box Set (GRBS) would be eligible for a free PDF update. Is that only for people who bought it directly from Mongoose Publishing? I bought the GRBS from Amazon in December 2024 and now am concerned I will need to rebuy the slip case reprint just to get the update. Thank you for your attention in this matter.

Folke Sonin
 
I got the updated .pdfs through DriveThruRPG today.

I have the boxed set too, but I'm obviously going to have to re-purchase that if I want an updated version.
 
I can't see the file in my Downloads bit on Mongoose site - I don't see The Great Rift at all, not even the old one.
If I go to the order itself, I can see the product but does nothing if I click it.

Am I doing something wrong?

(I have been able to access other previously updated books, like Companion 2024)
 
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