Editing Journal of the Travellers Aid Society

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[[Journal of the Travellers Aid Society]] was a role-playing game magazine devoted to [[Traveller]], commonly abbreviated '''JTAS'''.

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
Articles in the magazine were grouped in various categories, some of which only started in later issues: 
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|+ JTAS Article Categories
|-
! Section
! Remarks
|-
| '''From the Management''': 
| Editorial, sometimes including comments, ideas, and short news items
|-
| '''Cover Article''': 
| The headline article for the issue
|-
| '''Amber Zone''': 
| Ready-to-play scenarios, complete with [[patron]]s, [[rumor]]s and nasty surprises
|-
| '''Contact!''': 
| [[Sophont|Intelligent beings]] or [[sophont]]s of the [[Universe]]
|-
| '''Modules''': 
| Official additions to the '''Traveller''' rules
|-
| '''[[Ship's Locker]]''': 
| Expansions to the [[equipment]] lists in the basic game
|-
| '''Bestiary''': 
| Expansions to the original ''[[Creature|Animal Encounters]]'' in the basic game
|-
| '''Variant''': 
| A modification to an existing game
|-
| '''Ref's Notes''': 
| Discussions on some aspect of '''Traveller''' from the [[referee]]'s viewpoint
|-
| '''Review''': 
| An in-depth look at items of interest to SF gamers
|-
| '''New Products Seen''': 
| Short reviews of new releases
|-
| '''Q&A''': 
| Answering questions on all facets of '''[[Traveller]]'''
|-
|}

=== Table of Contents ===
Issue Listing:
;JTAS (Issues 1-24)
* [[JTAS1|No. 1]]: [[Annic Nova]]
* [[JTAS2|No. 2]]: [[Victoria]]
* [[JTAS3|No. 3]]: Asteroid Mining
* [[JTAS4|No. 4]]: [[Gazelle Class Close Escort]] Vessels
* [[JTAS5|No. 5]]: [[Imperium]]
* [[JTAS6|No. 6]]: The [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service]]
* [[JTAS7|No. 7]]: [[Champa Interstellar Starport]]
* [[JTAS8|No. 8]]: [[Broadsword class]] Mercenary Cruisers
* [[JTAS9|No. 9]]: War!
* [[JTAS10|No. 10]]: Planet-building, a Referee's Guide
* [[JTAS11|No. 11]]: [[Striker]] Miniatures Issue
* [[JTAS12|No. 12]]: Merchant Prince
* [[JTAS13|No. 13]]: [[Hiver]]s
* [[JTAS14|No. 14]]: Laws & Lawbreakers
* [[JTAS15|No. 15]]: [[Azun (world)|Azun]]: A High-Population World in the [[Solomani Rim Sector|Solomani Rim]]
* [[JTAS16|No. 16]]: [[SuSAG]]
* [[JTAS17|No. 17]]: Atmospheres
* [[JTAS18|No. 18]]: Traveling Without Jumping
* [[JTAS19|No. 19]]: [[Skyport Authority]]
* [[JTAS20|No. 20]]: Prologue
* [[JTAS21|No. 21]]: [[Vargr]]
* [[JTAS22|No. 22]]: Port to [[Jump-point]]
* [[JTAS23|No. 23]]: [[Zhodani]] Philosophies
* [[JTAS24|No. 24]]: Religion in the [[Two Thousand Worlds]]

;Best of Series
* [[Best of the Journal Volume 1]] (Issues 1-4)
* [[Best of the Journal Volume 2]] (Issues 5-8)
* [[Best of the Journal Volume 3]] (Issues 9-12)
* [[Best of the Journal Volume 4]] (Issues 13-16)

;Challenge (Issues 25-33)
* [[Challenge25|No. 25]]: [[Lisiani]]
* [[Challenge26|No. 26]]: Cargo
* [[Challenge27|No. 27]]: Grandfather's Worlds
* [[Challenge28|No. 28]]: Sector to Sector
* [[Challenge29|No. 29]]: A Decade of Traveller
* [[Challenge30|No. 30]]: The Warehouse
* [[Challenge31|No. 31]]: Hazardous Cargos
* [[Challenge32|No. 32]]: Swift Water
* [[Challenge33|No. 33]]: [[Project Farstar]]

;JTAS (Issues 25-26)
* [[JTAS25|No. 25]]: Vestiges
* [[JTAS26|No. 26]]: Artifacts Unearthed

== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
The first issue was published by {{GDW}} in 1979 and the last of the first run was #24 in 1985. It was superseded by the magazine ''[[Challenge]]'', which took up its numbering scheme and ran from issue 25 onwards with a broader role-playing game focus. All 24 issues in the first run, and the first nine issues of [[Challenge]] magazine were collected into three publications by [[Far Future Enterprises]] in 2002-3:
* [[The Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 1-12]].
* [[The Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 13-24]]. 
* [[The Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 25-33]].

The Journal was resurrected for two additional issues in 1996 under [[Imperium Games]], where the numbering was taken from where it was left off (JTAS #25 and #26). 

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society was resurrected as an e-zine edited by [[Loren Wiseman]] under [[Steve Jackson Games]] and [[GURPS Traveller]].  It is off-line since 2015, but been re-printed by [[Far Future Enterprises]], released on a single CD-ROM. See [[Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society Online]].

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society was again resurrected in 2019 by [[Mongoose Publishing]] as a six issue limited series. See: [[Mongoose 2nd: Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society]]. This was followed by an additional six issues funded in late 2021.

=== JTAS / Challenge Issues === 
This is an overview of the JTAS / Challenge Magazine (periodical) run: 
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== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
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