Traveller Release Schedule 2026

[Endie]

My assumption is, and has been, that we’d be paying, but @tytalan said on Facebook that he’d heard differently so I thought I’d ask. I expect to be paying for it but I figured I’d see what @MongooseMatt says.

Nobody ever lost money by betting heavily on the opposite of whatever Tytalan says.

 

[ProfGrizzlyJon]

Is it wrong that I’d pay extra for early access?

 

[Terry Mixon]

Is it wrong that I’d pay extra for early access?

I keep hoping it’ll drop this week.

 

[tytalan]

I don’t know why we would have to pay for the Vehicle Handbook update 2026 when we didn’t have to pay for High Guard update 2022, Core Rulebook update 2022 and Central Supply Catalog update 2023. They are all listed as updates it’s not listed as revised or a new edition so why they would change their rules now. If I remember right when they started working on it they promised use that had the previous version would not have to rebuy the PDF.

 

[Sigtrygg]

We did pay for the HG2022 update, and the core rulebook 2022 update and 2024 new cover, and we paid for the CSC update. All of them had to be bought again even if you had the previous version.

 

[shirgall]

I don’t know why we would have to pay for the Vehicle Handbook update 2026 when we didn’t have to pay for High Guard update 2022, Core Rulebook update 2022 and Central Supply Catalog update 2023. They are all listed as updates it’s not listed as revised or a new edition so why they would change their rules now. If I remember right when they started working on it they promised use that had the previous version would not have to rebuy the PDF.

As Sigtrygg said, we did have to buy all of those updates. They are separate items in the DriveThruRPG catalog.

 

[GabrielGABFonseca]

The singular exception, as far as I am aware, was the recent update to The Great Rift box set, as the text in the two versions is exactly the same, the books having simply had a facelift.

And considering how different the new VHB is from the old one...

 

[Terry Mixon]

We did pay for the HG2022 update, and the core rulebook 2022 update and 2024 new cover, and we paid for the CSC update. All of them had to be bought again even if you had the previous version.

I think the Core 24 new cover was a free update.

 

[Sigtrygg]

The singular exception, as far as I am aware, was the recent update to The Great Rift box set, as the text in the two versions is exactly the same, the books having simply had a facelift.

And considering how different the new VHB is from the old one...

You got the pdf update - if you wanted the books you had to pay.

 

[Sigtrygg]

I think the Core 24 new cover was a free update.

No, it wasn't, you had to pay for the book. pdf update and books are different beasts.

 

[Terry Mixon]

No, it wasn't, you had to pay for the book. pdf update and books are different beasts.

Well, anyone talking about free updates isn’t talking about the printed book, and I believe that is what is being talked about.

 

[tytalan]

We did pay for the HG2022 update, and the core rulebook 2022 update and 2024 new cover, and we paid for the CSC update. All of them had to be bought again even if you had the previous version.

Not the PDF. Are you misunderstanding this on purpose just to start an argument? No one once suggested you would get a free physical copy suggesting that is just trying to start strife and is malicious.

 

[tytalan]

Well, anyone talking about free updates isn’t talking about the printed book, and I believe that is what is being talked about.

Exactly what I was talking about. I’m pretty sure Sigtrygg purposely misunderstood this so he could say that I was wrong. The PDFs were updated automatically! yes of course you have to buy the book if you want a physical copy just like you have to if your replacing a damaged or stolen book. No one once suggested that you would get a physical copy for free