Travellers Needed! Traveller's 50th

[Sigtrygg]

I didn't doubt it for a second. I just used a passive framing ("I wonder if...") because I know that if you state something as a fact on this fine forum, three professional-grade contrarians will start a six page argument.

Seven... sorry couldn't resist

 

[Condottiere]

 

[Yenaldlooshi]

I would love to see a boxed set of components specifically for handling starship encounters and combat. Possible a redo of "Brilliant Lances". It should have a thrust counting mat. Tokens for maneuvers, target locks, jamming, bogeys etc. It does not have to violate Core RAW but it should fill in the holes. Things like what exact info you get from sensors, when do you change programs and how long does it take, how long does it take to do a combat jump and what are the requirements....
Also Starship forms that are actually useful for combat. HG and CORE have no such form. I can supply an example of this.
I have filled in these holes myself and have created an outline and even my own in house gaming aids for this. I really thing this would be a great item regardless if it is for the 50th or not.

 

[MasterGwydion]

After 50 years, I would simply like to see Mongoose writers obey their own rules when constructing ships in their new books and not keep violating the ship construction rules. Same thing with planetary UWPs. I wish the writers could simply obey the rules as written or change them to something else, but change them everywhere, not just in one supplement. How after 50 years is quality control still not important?

 

[Micky]

One thing that would be great to see in the run up to the big 5 0 is Mongoose up its game in promoting its products. Learning from TSR's mistakes is great but there is also learning from the successes of others. Namely contemporary publishers like Chaosium.

I was struck while checking out the Pioneer Kickstarter page, and not the first time (Opening Moves) about how fun your actual play clips are. And by how short they are! Leave you wanting more!!

Yet those two are not even listed on the Mongoose Youtube page. Shown as unlisted. It would be great, for us as many of us love to watch those things, and as Chaosium has shown, great for Mongoose if you did promote your products with actual play videos. It seems like to me you have a fun and charismatic group that are doing the plays. The real strength of Chaosium's long time play group they had. Entertaining while promoting your products. Especially as many of Mongoose's recent products get crickets for reviews and playthroughs on outlets like Youtube outside of Seth's play based reviews on his channel which are generally of older 'classic' Traveller material.

 

[MongooseMatt]

Yet those two are not even listed on the Mongoose Youtube page. Shown as unlisted. It would be great, for us as many of us love to watch those things, and as Chaosium has shown, great for Mongoose if you did promote your products with actual play videos.

The full fat, two-hour, Actual Play of Pioneer is coming next week!

 

[tzunder]

Chaosium have flooded cons with giveaways and con support in this their 50th year, so how about just stealing some ideas:
1: Traveller pin badges
2: Traveller bookmarks, maybe with range rules on them
3: An organised demo team of volunteers who run core Traveller one offs and receive store credit

 

[Yenaldlooshi]

More 50th Anniversary Oriented:
Adventure Idea. I can't say this all my idea. I seem to remember part of this as something I read somewhere, at least the part about intercepting the transmission years later.

"Mayday: The Fate of the Beowulf": A descendant of one of the crew of the Beowulf has been passing the last 49 years chasing the last transmission and distress call from the Free Trader Beowulf. The signal has been travelling for 49 years and is now coming upon its 50th year. It has travelled just over 15 parsecs from it origin point in the Spinward Marches. Once every few weeks, they jump ahead of the signal, intercept it with comms and sensors and try to find clues as to the fate of the ship.

This is the year they learn the truth...

 

[Fluffy Bunny Feet]

This is the year they learn the truth...

Out of desperation they tried a jump that went bad taking them 50 years into the future. Now the adventure

Spoiler: Spoiler

dealing with a 50 year over due mortgage, theft charges for the cargo and kidnapping for the passengers. The passengers also sue them because they have been ruled deceased and all their property passed on to heirs who don't want to give it back (with interest).

 

[CryAxe]

For the 50th anniversary, the first ever…

Traveller Omnibus

50 Anniversary deluxe editions of all the core rulebooks (all errata and corrections included, painstakingly edited and proofread by both professionals and the community ((through preliminary PDFs)), and an expertly done layout).
Each volume includes additional art, multiple ribbons and is color coded in faux leather with inset titles.
All in a single set faux leather slipcase.

Individual volumes could be sold as well, for those that don’t want to go all-in on the whole set.

Also, MongooseMatt announces that he will never retire. He will sit upon the Mongoose throne in perpetuity.
Even when in a passive deathlike state. Hooked up to various devices and receiving milky infusions of a life prolonging anti-matter, spinal fluid and soul juice cocktail. Something similar to the 40K emperor.

 

[MasterGwydion]

For the 50th anniversary, the first ever…

Traveller Omnibus

50 Anniversary deluxe editions of all the core rulebooks (all errata and corrections included, painstakingly edited and proofread by both professionals and the community ((through preliminary PDFs)), and an expertly done layout).
Each volume includes additional art, multiple ribbons and is color coded in faux leather with inset titles.
All in a single set faux leather slipcase.

Individual volumes could be sold as well, for those that don’t want to go all-in on the whole set.

I would totally buy this if I didn't live in an environment that hates books. (Caribbean sea air)

Also, MongooseMatt announces that he will never retire. He will sit upon the Mongoose throne in perpetuity.
Even when in a passive deathlike state. Hooked up to various devices and receiving milky infusions of a life prolonging anti-matter, spinal fluid and soul juice cocktail. Something similar to the 40K emperor.

I support this decision!

 

[Terry Mixon]

For the 50th anniversary, the first ever…

Traveller Omnibus

50 Anniversary deluxe editions of all the core rulebooks (all errata and corrections included, painstakingly edited and proofread by both professionals and the community ((through preliminary PDFs)), and an expertly done layout).
Each volume includes additional art, multiple ribbons and is color coded in faux leather with inset titles.
All in a single set faux leather slipcase.

Individual volumes could be sold as well, for those that don’t want to go all-in on the whole set.

Also, MongooseMatt announces that he will never retire. He will sit upon the Mongoose throne in perpetuity.
Even when in a passive deathlike state. Hooked up to various devices and receiving milky infusions of a life prolonging anti-matter, spinal fluid and soul juice cocktail. Something similar to the 40K emperor.

I’d buy that, and I, for one, support our deathless Mongoosian Overlord!

 

[Sigtrygg]

For the 50th anniversary, the first ever…

Traveller Omnibus

50 Anniversary deluxe editions of all the core rulebooks (all errata and corrections included, painstakingly edited and proofread by both professionals and the community ((through preliminary PDFs)), and an expertly done layout).

I have a £100 deluxe edition out of date core rulebook. It contains glaring errors, and has been superceeeded by the latest revised updated core rulebook.

I would want to see the pdf months in advance and see the printers proof before wasting money on another flawed deluxe edition.

 

[MongooseBella]

He's pinkie promised he won't retire guys, don't worry!

(we're just going to sit him in a corner when he gets too old and starts babbling on about meson guns, or something...)