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'''John G. Wood''' is a RPG author. His Traveller work includes more than 15 articles for [http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/ JTAS Online], and a contributing author to BITS 101 series of books.  
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'''John G. Wood''' is a part-time RPG author (although he derives most of his income from software engineering and technical authoring). He has always had a particular interest in '''''Traveller''''', and ran a game using the '''''GURPS''''' rules long before the two were officially combined.  
  
John has given permission to publish his Traveller material from his web site on the Wiki.  
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=='''''Traveller''''' Publishing History==
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===[http://www.bits.org.uk/ BITS]:===
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* '''101 Religions''': contributor.
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* '''101 Corporations''': main author and collator.
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===[http://www.sjgames.com/ Steve Jackson Games] Books:===
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* '''GURPS Traveller: Starships''': uncredited contribution of vignettes.
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===[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/ JTAS Online]:===
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?309 Port Director Keshav Ama and Deputy Alex Niemiec]''' (6-12-2001, rated 3.33 - Two characters to go with Port in a Storm, also in this issue)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?308 Port in a Storm]''' (6-12-2001, rated 3.60 - A little courier mission leads to bigger things . . . Don't they always?)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?426 Musayid]''' (6-25-2002, rated 4.03 - A low-tech world, ruled by a benevolent dictator)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?589 Things To Do in Jump]''' (1-6-2004, rated 4.36 - Cleaning, carousing, and chasing monsters are just a few of the ways to pass time in jump)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?624 Nashu Direma]''' (4-27-2004, rated 3.29 - A merchant ship owner with a dark past)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?629 The Last Hand-to-Mouth Adventure]''' (5-11-2004, rated 3.88 - A group living from job to job suddenly gets a chance at fame)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?644 Zee, Stowaway]''' (7-6-2004, rated 3.38 - A minor complication for starship crews)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?668 Akhal and Dhu]''' (9-28-2004, rated 3.64 - No cat and dog jokes, please)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?706 Green for Danger]''' (2-1-2005, rated 3.89 - Perilous Plants of the L'sis Main)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?708 Rubrak]''' (2-15-2005, rated 3.90 - An agricultural world as a campaign background)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?713 Enli Rivera]''' (3-1-2005, rated 3.07 - Something a little different)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?738 The L'sis Main]''' (5-24-2005, rated 4.12 - Some background material for John G. Wood's recent (and upcoming) articles)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?763 Without Rule]''' (8-16-2005, rated 4.21 - Anarchies and informal governments in Traveller)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?770 Dame Alison Berghaus]''' (9-13-2005, rated 3.59 - A famous travel writer)
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?845 Designing Alien Martial Arts]''' (6-6-2006, rated 3.84 - That's martial arts used by aliens . . .
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* '''[http://jtas.sjgames.com/login/article.cgi?864 The Sea Road]''' (with Les DeGroff - 8-15-2006, rated 3.73 - A Caladib Adventure)
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John has given permission to publish the Traveller material from his web site on the Wiki.  
  
 
===External Links===
 
===External Links===

Revision as of 07:56, 24 September 2006

John G. Wood is a part-time RPG author (although he derives most of his income from software engineering and technical authoring). He has always had a particular interest in Traveller, and ran a game using the GURPS rules long before the two were officially combined.

Traveller Publishing History

BITS:

  • 101 Religions: contributor.
  • 101 Corporations: main author and collator.

Steve Jackson Games Books:

  • GURPS Traveller: Starships: uncredited contribution of vignettes.

JTAS Online:

  • Port Director Keshav Ama and Deputy Alex Niemiec (6-12-2001, rated 3.33 - Two characters to go with Port in a Storm, also in this issue)
  • Port in a Storm (6-12-2001, rated 3.60 - A little courier mission leads to bigger things . . . Don't they always?)
  • Musayid (6-25-2002, rated 4.03 - A low-tech world, ruled by a benevolent dictator)
  • Things To Do in Jump (1-6-2004, rated 4.36 - Cleaning, carousing, and chasing monsters are just a few of the ways to pass time in jump)
  • Nashu Direma (4-27-2004, rated 3.29 - A merchant ship owner with a dark past)
  • The Last Hand-to-Mouth Adventure (5-11-2004, rated 3.88 - A group living from job to job suddenly gets a chance at fame)
  • Zee, Stowaway (7-6-2004, rated 3.38 - A minor complication for starship crews)
  • Akhal and Dhu (9-28-2004, rated 3.64 - No cat and dog jokes, please)
  • Green for Danger (2-1-2005, rated 3.89 - Perilous Plants of the L'sis Main)
  • Rubrak (2-15-2005, rated 3.90 - An agricultural world as a campaign background)
  • Enli Rivera (3-1-2005, rated 3.07 - Something a little different)
  • The L'sis Main (5-24-2005, rated 4.12 - Some background material for John G. Wood's recent (and upcoming) articles)
  • Without Rule (8-16-2005, rated 4.21 - Anarchies and informal governments in Traveller)
  • Dame Alison Berghaus (9-13-2005, rated 3.59 - A famous travel writer)
  • Designing Alien Martial Arts (6-6-2006, rated 3.84 - That's martial arts used by aliens . . .
  • The Sea Road (with Les DeGroff - 8-15-2006, rated 3.73 - A Caladib Adventure)

John has given permission to publish the Traveller material from his web site on the Wiki.

External Links

Home Page
Pen and Paper RPG database entry