feld said:So ... HOW early in May do I need to be ready to shell out money for Ships of the Frontier?
May be a short while yet - we are still wrestling with some of the deck plans
Traveller Release Schedule/New Books
- Thread starter MongooseMatt
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May be a short while yet - we are still wrestling with some of the deck plans
OrdosMalleus
Mongoose
MongooseMatt said:feld said:So ... HOW early in May do I need to be ready to shell out money for Ships of the Frontier?
May be a short while yet - we are still wrestling with some of the deck plans
How about the print release of the 2300 box set? Still this month?
OrdosMalleus said:
Just waiting for it to show up!
agentwigggles
Cosmic Mongoose
ah man...
Robot got pushed to June and Highguard got pushed back to July!
Robot got pushed to June and Highguard got pushed back to July!
agentwigggles said:
We promise it will be worth it for both
MasterGwydion
Emperor Mongoose
MongooseMatt said:agentwigggles said:
We promise it will be worth it for both
Awesome, as I find Myself currently in WANT of both of those books...lol
DemonSamurai
Mongoose
Oooh The Trailing Frontier book highlighted for release in October sounds interesting! I'm not sure whether that region has been tackled before? It will be really interesting to see how the K'kree are developed. 
Matt,
The schedule on the first page and the one on the Mongoose website here:
https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pages/releaseschedule
disagree on the release date for 2300AD Ships of the Frontier. First says May. Second says June.
I'm totally NOT asking when it's coming out but I cannot PM you so I thought this was the place to bring it to your attention!
v/r
Andy
PS Not at ALL asking when it's coming out. Nope.
PPS Not even a little bit.
The schedule on the first page and the one on the Mongoose website here:
https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pages/releaseschedule
disagree on the release date for 2300AD Ships of the Frontier. First says May. Second says June.
I'm totally NOT asking when it's coming out but I cannot PM you so I thought this was the place to bring it to your attention!
v/r
Andy
PS Not at ALL asking when it's coming out. Nope.
PPS Not even a little bit.
feld said:
One of those is correct - a bit of hedge betting there
I am _hoping_ it will come out on Friday... it may roll into next week slightly as we polish off the last of the art. So, 50/50 chance of May or June. But it is very close.
TerranStarbuck
Mongoose
Regarding Tools for Frontier Living 2300
Does this have rules for starting your own colony?
Does this have rules for starting your own colony?
TerranStarbuck said:
No, those rules grew in size and so will be getting their own book!
MasterGwydion
Emperor Mongoose
MongooseMatt said:
Will this be an updated version of the TNE: World Tamers Handbook? I would love to see a version of the that is compatible with UWP and the MgT2 ruleset.
Geir
Emperor Mongoose
MasterGwydion said:
Matthew is letting me work on a new World Builder's Handbook as my current project. I'm still working on system generation and the physical characteristics part of the UWP, but I do intend to do some things around economics when I get to the population-government-law level-tech level-starport part that could set the stage for World Tamers and Pocket Empires stuff, but nothing like the colony events and such to support a colony project as a campaign. Just greater detail on what a world looks like at a point in time - enough to figure out how big a world or nation state's shipyard or military budget would be, but not what you do with it going forward.
MasterGwydion
Emperor Mongoose
Geir said:
Geir- Here is My rework of the UWP system. Let Me know what you think. It allows for a more detailed UWP
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3c0lefdmhxlrvjkke1olm/UWP-Mechanic-Rework.docx?dl=0&rlkey=y5dsdnkqdk40hp84qx7w2v80u
and here is My Starport rework... It lets you know the amount of available Dtons of trade per set time period. From this you could use a simple revenue of 1,000Cr/ton of cargo to determine total planetary budget, then simply decide what % of the Planetary budget is allocated to the Fleet, both for construction of new ships and maintenance on existing ships. Just count any TL modifier of <0 as 0 and the formula works.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7f0906gksi0gnd8vl8ewk/Starport-Classification-Rework.docx?dl=0&rlkey=bxf3pnnkjx4z99sm4893r7gxx
Hope this helps a bit.
Geir
Emperor Mongoose
Thanks.MasterGwydion said:
On the UWP, one of the limitations and challenges of creating new material is the weight of 45 years of canon. Obviously, canon can change - that's the 'miracle of retconning' - but there has to be a pretty big reason to do so. Messing the existing UWP definitions needs to have a really big reason. Mostly I've added detail, for instance on atmospheres: how to calculate oxygen partial pressure, atmosphere scale height, and tables for not only types but also persistence of taint. But all of that comes with the requirement that it's additional information that can be added on without altering the underlying UWP values. In T5 Marc Miller makes a point of emphasizing Map Only As Really Necessary or MOARN, meaning you can drill down into excruciating detail, but only if you have or want to do so. The bigger picture should still be the same as it was without the extra rules and the extra rules have to work when they are only applied as necessary. I'm still sneaking in a couple of extra Atmosphere classes at the upper extreme, but they might get edited out.
For the starport section, it's too early for me to have a deep look at it. I will try to take into account everything from Trillion Credit Squadron to World Tamers to Pocket Empires to Far Trader, but in the end, the capabilities and capacity of starports has to at least be compatible to the tables in the Core Book and High Guard.
And I don't want to hijack this thread, so I'll start a new topic on World Builders for anyone with suggestions or strong opinions...
feld said:
Looks like it will be tomorrow afternoon!
