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== References & Contributions (Sources) == | == References & Contributions (Sources) == |
Revision as of 16:58, 5 January 2018
Journal of the Travellers Aid Society is 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:
- 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 patrons, rumors and nasty surprises;
- Contact!: intelligent beings 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 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.
Meta-history & Background
The first issue was published by Game Designers' Workshop 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 It was superseded by the magazine Challenge, which took up its numbering scheme and ran from issue 25 onwards with a broader role-playing game focus.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 currently out-of-print, but is pending “re-print” by Far Future Enterprises in 2018. See JTAS SJG.
Credits (Primary Sources)
- Editor
- Loren Wiseman
JTAS / Challenge Issues
This is an overview of the JTAS / Challenge Magazine (periodical) run:
References & Contributions (Sources)
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science