Mayday! Mayday! Happy Traveller Day
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40 Years a Gamer – A Life in 100 Games
Hello friends! Welcome back. Continuing my celebration of 40 years in this hobby, today I want to move from the “proto-history” I wrote about…
A look at the Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022
When I first read about Mongoose Publishing releasing a rather expensive update to their Traveller 2nd Edition core rulebook I expected a cash grab.…
FTL and Setting Design
As I am currently working on my own settings for use with Traveller or the Cepheus Engine, I’ve thought about faster-than-light (FTL) travel and…
Cepheus Subsector Generator
About two and a half years ago I wrote a simple Python script which generates subsectors for me in the Cepheus Engine format. Why?…
In My Traveller Universe: Near Space
One of my favorite sourcebooks for Traveller and the Cepheus System is definitely Stellagama Publishing’s Near Space. It’s a small booklet containing maps and…
The Cepheus Engine As Multi-Genre RPG?
First and foremost the Cepheus Engine like the game it tries to emulate, Traveller, are science fiction roleplaying games. But instead of being limited…
Alternate Character Creation Rules For Cepheus
Traveller (and Cepheus for that matter) are (in)famous for their character creation. Being able to die during character creation is one of the quirks…
IN MY TRAVELLER UNIVERSE … Part 2
Yesterday I have put some more thought into my planned Traveller universe. The idea of using the Spinward Marches as a canvas for my…
In My Traveller Universe …
My relationship to Traveller is … complicated. Classic Traveller was the first tabletop RPG I bought, but I was never really comfortable with its…
Classic Traveller “Starter Traveller” now available for free
In 1983 GDW released a boxed set for Traveller (now called Classic Traveller) which contained everything you needed to get started with Traveller. The…
Bundle of Holding: Traveller New Era
If you are into science fiction and space opera roleplaying games the latest Bundle of Holding may be of interest to you. For about…
Why I Love Kevin Crawford’s Games
If you haven’t been living under a rock you’ve at least heard of one of his games: Stars Without Number, Silent Legions, Godbound, Other…
New Traveller Starter Set
Sometimes I don’t know what’s going on in the minds of the people working at Mongoose. Recently they released the digital version of a…
Interview with Marc Miller
If you are a fan of science fiction roleplaying games, then you probably know of Marc Miller. Back in the late 1970s he designed Traveller,…
Video: Why Traveller Leads the Pack of SF RPGs
Today I’ve stumbled upon a YouTube video by the Complex Games Apologist which I wanted to share with you. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxdIPzwcWmE You definitely should also…
Traveller: No Hero’s Journey
During the preparation of my upcoming Traveller campaign I realized something about Traveller: it’s different in one important aspect from most other roleplaying game.…
In My Traveller Universe
The work on my version of the Traveller universe continues. Initially I planned to create a subsector from scratch and place it at the…
Cepheus, Python & Me
UPDATE: I just found an error in my code that was responsible for the ridiculously high populations on many worlds. Line 108 is pp…
What about Mindjammer for Traveller? A Review…
So, I’m jumping on the blog’s Traveller bandwagon! About three months too late… I’ve been working on this review for a while and RL…