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− | [[The Traveller Book]] is | + | [[The Traveller Book]] is a [[Game Designers Workshop]] product. |
− | * It | + | * It is an adeventure source book with several adventure-scenarios written for {{CT}}. |
− | == Description (Specifications) == | + | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == |
The complete core rulebook for {{CT}}, this included the contents of [[Book 1]], [[Book 2]] and [[Book 3]], together with extra material, in particular three adventures: | The complete core rulebook for {{CT}}, this included the contents of [[Book 1]], [[Book 2]] and [[Book 3]], together with extra material, in particular three adventures: | ||
* Into the Subsector | * Into the Subsector | ||
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# [[Yori]] {{Page cite|name= The Traveller Book|page= 156 |version=Classic Traveller}} | # [[Yori]] {{Page cite|name= The Traveller Book|page= 156 |version=Classic Traveller}} | ||
# [[Zhodani]] {{Page cite|name= The Traveller Book|page= 156 |version=Classic Traveller}} | # [[Zhodani]] {{Page cite|name= The Traveller Book|page= 156 |version=Classic Traveller}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) === | ||
+ | {{LibraryEntries}} | ||
=== [[Drug|Selected Drugs]] === | === [[Drug|Selected Drugs]] === | ||
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− | ''[[Sensory Aid]]s:'' {{Page cite|name= The Traveller Book|page= 114 |version=Classic Traveller}} | + | ''[[Sensor|Sensory Aid]]s:'' {{Page cite|name= The Traveller Book|page= 114 |version=Classic Traveller}} |
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− | == Meta-history & Background (Dossier) == | + | == Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) == |
+ | ''The Traveller Book'' is an early [[Classic Traveller]] rules, adventure, and source book. | ||
+ | * It compiles and updates Books 1, 2, and 3 as well as includes new materials and lavish illustrations seen nowhere else in Traveller publication. | ||
+ | |||
Available in both hardcover and paperback. The hardbook version was also available with and without a dust jacket. The hardcover dust jacket and the cover of the paperback where as shown in the picture above. When available without the dust jacket, the hardcover was similar to a scaled up [[Little Black Book]] in appearance. | Available in both hardcover and paperback. The hardbook version was also available with and without a dust jacket. The hardcover dust jacket and the cover of the paperback where as shown in the picture above. When available without the dust jacket, the hardcover was similar to a scaled up [[Little Black Book]] in appearance. | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | 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 (book)|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|The Classic Books 0 - 8]] to give them access to these lost rules not available in the Classic Reprints collection. {{Page cite|name= Lost Rules of Traveller |page= 2}} | ||
=== Credits (Primary Sources) === | === Credits (Primary Sources) === | ||
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| Artists | | Artists | ||
− | | [[D.J. Barr]], [[Liz Danforth]], [[David Deitrick]], [[Richard Hentz]], [[Jennell Jaquays]], [[William H. Keith, Jr.]], [[Robert Liebman]], [[John M. Morrison]], and [[Kevin Siembieda]] | + | | [[D.J. Barr]], [[Liz Danforth]], [[David Deitrick]], [[Richard Hentz]], [[Jennell Jaquays]], [[William H. Keith, Jr.]], [[Bob Liebman|Robert Liebman]], [[John M. Morrison]], and [[Kevin Siembieda]] |
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== External Link/s === | === External Link/s === | ||
− | '' | + | ''Commentary & Data articles:'' |
+ | # EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Reviews:'' | ||
# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]] | # EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]] | ||
− | '' | + | ''Other Articles:'' |
# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]] | # EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]] | ||
− | == References & Contributions (Sources) == | + | == References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) == |
{{Advanced}} | {{Advanced}} | ||
{{Sources | {{Sources |
Latest revision as of 11:45, 17 December 2021
The Traveller Book | |||
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TBD | |||
Author | Marc Miller | ||
Publisher | Game Designers Workshop | ||
Version | Classic Traveller | ||
Edition | 1st | ||
Format | Book (Hardback) | ||
Language | English | ||
Pages | 160 | ||
Year Published | 1982 | ||
Canonical | Yes | ||
Available from | RPGNow | ||
Also See | Vargr | ||
Product #201 |
The Traveller Book is a Game Designers Workshop product.
- It is an adeventure source book with several adventure-scenarios written for Classic Traveller.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The complete core rulebook for Classic Traveller, this included the contents of Book 1, Book 2 and Book 3, together with extra material, in particular three adventures:
Table of Contents[edit]
Section | Page/s |
---|---|
Introduction | 9 |
Characters | 17 |
Personal Combat | 33 |
Travel | 49 |
Starship Economics | 52 |
Ship Design and Construction | 56 |
Computers | 70 |
Space Combat | 72 |
Worlds | 80 |
Animal Encounters | 90 |
Encounters | 98 |
Experience | 103 |
Trade and Commerce | 104 |
Drugs | 106 |
Equipment | 107 |
Vehicles | 110 |
Psionics | 116 |
Basic Traveller Activities | 122 |
Referee's Guide to Adventuring | 123 |
Adventure: Into the Subsector | 126 |
Adventure: Shadows | 130 |
Adventure: Exit Visa | 141 |
Travellers Guide to the Universe | 147 |
Regina Subsector | 150 |
Library Data | 152 |
Pre-Generated Characters | 157 |
Animal Encounter Tables | 158 |
The Traveller Series | 159 |
Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]
- Astrography [2]
- Capital [3]
- Civil War [4]
- Client State [5]
- Confederation [6]
- Directions, Galactic [7]
- Dating Systems [8]
- Efate [9]
- Empire [10]
- Express Boats [11]
- Federation [12]
- Festival [13]
- First Imperium [14]
- Forboldn [15]
- Frontier Wars [16]
- Heya [17]
- Holiday Year [18]
- Humaniti [19]
- Humans [20]
- Interdiction [21]
- Ling-Standard Products [22]
- Megacorporation [23]
- Menorb [24]
- Naasirka [25]
- Naval Base [26]
- Oberlindes Lines [27]
- Octagon Society [28]
- Pscias [29]
- Pyramids [30]
- Regina [31]
- Regina Subsector [32]
- Research Station [33]
- Roup [34]
- Rethe [35]
- Ruie [36]
- Rule of Man [37]
- Scout Base [38]
- Second Imperium [39]
- Sector [40]
- Shionthy [41]
- Solomani [42]
- Solomani Hypothesis [43]
- Spinward Main [44]
- Spinward Marches [45]
- Strephon [46]
- Subsector [47]
- Third Imperium [48]
- Tukera Lines [49]
- Twilight's Peak [50]
- Vilani [51]
- Way Station [52]
- Yori [53]
- Zhodani [54]
Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]
Selected Drugs[edit]
Selected Equipment (Combat)[edit]
Selected Equipment (Non-combat)[edit]
Selected Form/s & Terms[edit]
Forms:
Selected Ships[edit]
Selected Smallcraft[edit]
Selected Vehicles[edit]
Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The Traveller Book is an early Classic Traveller rules, adventure, and source book.
- It compiles and updates Books 1, 2, and 3 as well as includes new materials and lavish illustrations seen nowhere else in Traveller publication.
Available in both hardcover and paperback. The hardbook version was also available with and without a dust jacket. The hardcover dust jacket and the cover of the paperback where as shown in the picture above. When available without the dust jacket, the hardcover was similar to a scaled up Little Black Book in appearance.
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. [67]
Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]
Credit | Authors & Contributors |
---|---|
Author | Marc Miller |
Contributors | Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, and Loren Wiseman |
Jacket Illustration | William H. Keith, Jr. |
Artists | D.J. Barr, Liz Danforth, David Deitrick, Richard Hentz, Jennell Jaquays, William H. Keith, Jr., Robert Liebman, John M. Morrison, and Kevin Siembieda |
External Link/s[edit]
Commentary & Data articles:
- EXTERNAL LINK: TBD
Reviews:
- EXTERNAL LINK: TBD
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
- ↑ Marc Miller. The Traveller Book (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), 152-156.
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- ↑ Don McKinney. Lost Rules of Traveller (Far Future Enterprises, 2010), 2.