Anybody here play Traveller?

capnq · #1 December 22nd, 2002, 08:18 PM

My favorite non-computer game company, Steve Jackson Games, still puts out material for GURPS Traveller {link}.

I haven't played Traveller myself, but I've bought two of the GURPS books for reference.

LostCommander · #2 December 22nd, 2002, 08:48 PM

I never played the original, but I have most of the GURPS Traveller books by SJ Games and they are very nice. LOTS of depth and detail for whatever the group might want to do, and since it is in the GURPS system it is much easier for me to drop in random events for the PCs (they kept talking about what would happen if there was a borg cube to run into...). A Traveller shipset might be interesting.

Puke · #3 December 22nd, 2002, 11:24 PM

played the original AGES ago...

and am in a GURPS traveller campaign now, that is picking back up in january. i prefer the new ruels...

ALSO: there is a D20 (new d&d franchise, marketing out their 3rd ed rule system) traveller rule system, either out or coming out. sounds interesting, but i will reserve judgement..

geoschmo · #4 December 23rd, 2002, 12:43 AM

I'll have to check out that GURPS. I have heard of it but never played it. What is it you like better about it Puke? By the way, check your email.

Geoschmo

Puke · #5 December 23rd, 2002, 10:32 PM

the flexability of it, mostly. it can be as detailed as you could possibly want a game to be, but you can also scale it down to a more manageable set of rules. it can handle a variety of settings fairly well, and does a good job with sci-fi. the Traveller career system is missing from character creation, but i believe there are optional supplements to work it back in.

Sinapus · #6 December 23rd, 2002, 11:33 PM

The original Traveller rules are being reprinted by Far Future Enterprises. (So you get the Tech Level chart that says Earth discovered Fusion (TL9) in the 90s, while in reality we're still stuck at TL8.)

Dralasite · #7 December 24th, 2002, 01:44 AM

Never played Traveler (although I heard of it), but I was really into star frontiers! My group got through most of the volturnous modules, only playing 1 hour a day during lunch in school.

Thanks for reminding me about Star Frontiers desdinova! I have been lurking on this forum forever, partially because I couldn't think of a name. Now I have one

In retrospect, Star Frontiers was not that great of an rpg system. GURPS is a much better thought out system. I sort of wish someone would license and write the core rules (at least the charager building, skills, and combat system) into a game engine...