Difference between revisions of "Journal of the Travellers Aid Society"
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*'''Review''': an in-depth look at items of interest to SF gamers; | *'''Review''': an in-depth look at items of interest to SF gamers; | ||
*'''New Products Seen''': short reviews of new releases; | *'''New Products Seen''': short reviews of new releases; | ||
− | *'''Q&A''': answering questions on all facets of '''Traveller. | + | *'''Q&A''': answering questions on all facets of '''Traveller. |
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+ | === 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 == | == Meta-history & Background == |
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.
Table of Contents
Issue Listing:
- JTAS (Issues 1-24)
- No. 1: Annic Nova
- No. 2: Victoria
- No. 3: Asteroid Mining
- No. 4: Gazelle Class Close Escort Vessels
- No. 5: Imperium
- No. 6: The Imperial Interstellar Scout Service
- No. 7: Champa Interstellar Starport
- No. 8: Broadsword class Mercenary Cruisers
- No. 9: War!
- No. 10: Planet-building, a Referee's Guide
- No. 11: Striker Miniatures Issue
- No. 12: Merchant Prince
- No. 13: Hivers
- No. 14: Laws & Lawbreakers
- No. 15: Azun: A High-Population World in the Solomani Rim
- No. 16: SuSAG
- No. 17: Atmospheres
- No. 18: Traveling Without Jumping
- No. 19: Skyport Authority
- No. 20: Prologue
- No. 21: Vargr
- No. 22: Port to Jump-point
- No. 23: Zhodani Philosophies
- 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)
- No. 25: Lisiani
- No. 26: Cargo
- No. 27: Grandfather's Worlds
- No. 28: Sector to Sector
- No. 29: A Decade of Traveller
- No. 30: The Warehouse
- No. 31: Hazardous Cargos
- No. 32: Swift Water
- No. 33: Project Farstar
- JTAS (Issues 25-26)
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