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Post by Vile Traveller on May 1, 2023 9:22:45 GMT -6
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Post by rayotus on May 1, 2023 11:53:51 GMT -6
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Post by rhialto on May 3, 2023 4:43:43 GMT -6
If you're using the facsimile edition of CT I highly recommend the Tales to Astound! blog. Fair warning: it may lead to a misjump into the past... And Far Future Enterprises has digital versions (used to be CD's, now maybe thumb drives?) of all the Traveller materials, which are well worth the $35 ea. |
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Post by rsdean on May 3, 2023 7:19:22 GMT -6
CK!’s blog is well worth reading. I have the little white book facsimile edtion as well, since I can mistreat it and still replace it if need be, but you can also get a POD of The Traveller Book from DriveThru. Sometimes I like the larger format for easier reading; sometimes I like the little books for portability. It depends.  |
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Post by ochrejelly on May 3, 2023 7:31:14 GMT -6
Something often overlooked is that there are 2 editions of classic traveller. The facsimile edition is a reprint plus errata of the 1981 2nd edition.
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Post by ochrejelly on May 3, 2023 7:31:41 GMT -6
Also, the tales to astound blog is indeed fantastic.
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Post by Vile Traveller on May 3, 2023 10:52:38 GMT -6
For Traveller Day I finally caved and ordered a physical copy of the facsimile edition. Though my old LBBs died a death a long time ago I have just about everything in PDF from the CD-ROMs, and I printed the 1977 booklets on the office printer several years ago.
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Post by rhialto on May 3, 2023 12:13:01 GMT -6
Something often overlooked is that there are 2 editions of classic traveller. The facsimile edition is a reprint plus errata of the 1981 2nd edition. Indeed, and I mostly prefer the wide-open version in '77 vs. '81 (primarily due to the Jump Routes table and accompanying text, which was cut from the '81 version). But I prefer the whole-dice weapons damage from '81. |
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Post by rsdean on May 3, 2023 15:56:42 GMT -6
I have the pdfs so I usually print out a trade routes chart from 1977. I actually have my 1977 LBBs, too, but they are a bit fragile…
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Post by chicagowiz on May 14, 2023 9:05:22 GMT -6
Something often overlooked is that there are 2 editions of classic traveller. The facsimile edition is a reprint plus errata of the 1981 2nd edition. Something I'm learning, much to my chagrin as I try to relearn CT, is that the Starter set rules also has many differences from 1977/1981. For example, it added cover/concealment, darkness combat, 0g effects on combat - I learned that last night after thumbing thru 77/81/facsimile trying to find the cover rules... Fun stuff! |
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Post by rhialto on May 14, 2023 12:00:05 GMT -6
Something often overlooked is that there are 2 editions of classic traveller. The facsimile edition is a reprint plus errata of the 1981 2nd edition. Something I'm learning, much to my chagrin as I try to relearn CT, is that the Starter set rules also has many differences from 1977/1981. For example, it added cover/concealment, darkness combat, 0g effects on combat - I learned that last night after thumbing thru 77/81/facsimile trying to find the cover rules... Fun stuff! Frank Filz did this, if you've a mind to make sure you're not missing any differences in the variations of CT.  |
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Post by chicagowiz on May 14, 2023 19:55:03 GMT -6
Something I'm learning, much to my chagrin as I try to relearn CT, is that the Starter set rules also has many differences from 1977/1981. For example, it added cover/concealment, darkness combat, 0g effects on combat - I learned that last night after thumbing thru 77/81/facsimile trying to find the cover rules... Fun stuff! Frank Filz did this, if you've a mind to make sure you're not missing any differences in the variations of CT. Holy... Someone on the Traveller Discord #classictraveller channel was looking for this. |
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Post by rhialto on May 15, 2023 4:19:07 GMT -6
Frank Filz did this, if you've a mind to make sure you're not missing any differences in the variations of CT. Holy... Someone on the Traveller Discord #classictraveller channel was looking for this. Cool, I'm not on Discord (death of a thousand distractions), so happy to help. |
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Post by ochrejelly on May 16, 2023 22:43:43 GMT -6
Something often overlooked is that there are 2 editions of classic traveller. The facsimile edition is a reprint plus errata of the 1981 2nd edition. Something I'm learning, much to my chagrin as I try to relearn CT, is that the Starter set rules also has many differences from 1977/1981. For example, it added cover/concealment, darkness combat, 0g effects on combat - I learned that last night after thumbing thru 77/81/facsimile trying to find the cover rules... Fun stuff! Haha, yes this is true. Starter traveller, the traveller book, deluxe traveller…. Little differences in all of them |
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Post by flightcommander on Jun 24, 2023 13:43:43 GMT -6
I have the pdfs so I usually print out a trade routes chart from 1977. Same. I tried using this for the first time recently and found the results not very satisfying — I think I would've preferred just winging it and drawing my own. Anybody have a good experience with the trade routes table? |
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Post by coffee on Jun 30, 2023 23:48:20 GMT -6
Something I'm learning, much to my chagrin as I try to relearn CT, is that the Starter set rules also has many differences from 1977/1981. For example, it added cover/concealment, darkness combat, 0g effects on combat - I learned that last night after thumbing thru 77/81/facsimile trying to find the cover rules... Fun stuff! Frank Filz did this, if you've a mind to make sure you're not missing any differences in the variations of CT. Yeah, I was going to give Frank a shout out for this. An incredible document. And he's a good guy, to boot! |
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