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* It covers and reviews the differences between a number of early [[Classic Traveller]] rulesets. | * It covers and reviews the differences between a number of early [[Classic Traveller]] rulesets. | ||
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The Classic Traveller core rules actually exist in three different rulesets. Logic would suggest using the most recent released edition; but in this case, there are rules elements of interest to the collector which would not be included. | The Classic Traveller core rules actually exist in three different rulesets. Logic would suggest using the most recent released edition; but in this case, there are rules elements of interest to the collector which would not be included. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:35, 28 March 2019
| Lost Rules of Traveller | |||
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 Special Supplement 4 Lost Rules of Traveller | |||
| Author | Don McKinney | ||
| Publisher | Far Future Enterprises | ||
| Version | Classic Traveller | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
| Format | Book (PDF) | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Pages | 26 | ||
| Year Published | 2010 | ||
| Canonical | Yes | ||
| Available from | Yes | ||
| Lost Rules of Traveller | |||
| Table of Contents | |||
| TBD | |||
The Lost Rules of Traveller is an FFE-produced rules document, discussing the differences between early Classic Traveller books between 1977 and 1983 CE.
- It is a background book discussing the development of the game.
- It covers and reviews the differences between a number of early Classic Traveller rulesets.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Classic Traveller core rules actually exist in three different rulesets. Logic would suggest using the most recent released edition; but in this case, there are rules elements of interest to the collector which would not be included.
The original 1977 release of Traveller contained three books – Characters and Combat, Starships, and Worlds and Adventures. This set of rules contains everything needed to play Traveller. However, in 1981, GDW took advantage of a need to reprint the core rules to also address and clean up the rules. This "second edition" actually adds quite a bit to the rules, but there are also some items dropped from the rules. This second edition also incorporated errata printed in Book 4 – Mercenary for the original 1977 edition.
This cleaned up "second edition" would be used for producing The Traveller Book in 1982, along with some additional material, including a special introduction for new players, two adventures, and additional details on what was becoming the Official Traveller Universe (OTU). Some additional rules did slip into The Traveller Book that appear nowhere else.
Finally, in 1983, GDW released Starter Traveller, intended at giving a younger audience a streamlined and simpler set of Traveller rules. This release dropped some of the more complicated rules, but added a different starship combat system (using range bands, much like the personal combat system, as opposed to vector movement) which many consider a great improvement on the original. Except where noted, Starter Traveller uses the 1981 edition rules.
Finally, other minor Classic Traveller rules appeared in other releases (notably Mayday, Snapshot, and the Alien Modules) which some referees and players of the Classic Traveller rules will find useful without adopting the game models in those products. This document presents a collection of rules elements for purchasers of FFE's The Classic Books 0 - 8 to give them access to these lost rules not available in the Classic Reprints collection. [1]
Table of Contents[edit]
| Special Supplement 4: Lost Rules of Traveller | |
|---|---|
| Section | Page/s |
| Cover Page | 1 |
| Overview | 2 |
| Characters & Skills | 3 |
| Personal Combat | 4 to 6 |
| Combat Equipment | 6 to 10 |
| Travelling | 10 to 13 |
| Starship design | 14 to 18 |
| Starship Movement | 18 to 19 |
| Starship Combat | 19 to 20 |
| Computers & Programming | 20 to 22 |
| Worlds | 22 to 23 |
| Animals | 24 to 26 |
| Credits | 26 |
Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]
- Animal (Creature)
- Combat Equipment
- Computer
- Programming
- Starship Combat
- Starship Design
- Travelling
- Worlds
Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]
| Library data entries | |
|---|---|
Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]
This special supplement was designed and edited by Don McKinney. Special contributions by Daniel Burns and Mike Wightman; suggestions and corrections by the members of the Citizens of the Imperium board. [2]
Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]
| Credits (Primary Sources) | |
|---|---|
| Credit | Authors & Contributors |
| Author | Don McKinney |
| Special contributions | Daniel Burns & Mike Wightman |
| Suggestions & corrections | Members of the Citizens of the Imperium board. |
External Link/s[edit]
COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES:
- EXTERNAL LINK: RPG GEEK Article
- EXTERNAL LINK: RPG NET Article
REVIEWS:
- EXTERNAL LINK: CotI Post
- EXTERNAL LINK: Tales to Astound Books 1-3 Review
- EXTERNAL LINK: RPG Now Page
Other articles:
- EXTERNAL LINK: TBD
References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Don McKinney. Lost Rules of Traveller (Far Future Enterprises, 2010), 2.
- ↑ Don McKinney. Lost Rules of Traveller (Far Future Enterprises, 2010), 26.