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Synopsis

Please add any useful links to Traveller related sites that you have.

Traveller Resources

Links to publishers of Traveller products and sites with information that will help Traveller games.

Current Publishers

Primary Publisher

Far Future Enterprises: Marc Miller's Far Future Enterprises reprints Classic Traveller books, also developing new Traveller⁵ game.

Secondary Publishers

13Mann: 13Mann Mongoose Traveller in German.
BITS: BITS (British Isle Traveller Support) produces supplements & adventures including the 101 Series.
Comstar Games/Avenger Enterprises: Comstar Games/Avenger Enterprises publishes all new Traveller adventures and supplements, supporting Classic Traveller rules, and HERO system. Sourcebooks are systemless.
GURPS Traveller: GURPS Traveller by Steve Jackson Games.
Jon Brazer Enterprises: Jon Brazer Enterprises publishes tech, ship, and vehicle books for Mongoose Traveller.
Mongoose Publishing: Mongoose Publishing is the newest Traveller license, producing a core rule book and complete set of supplements.
Spica Publishing: Spica Publishing publishes high quality rules supplements for Mongoose Traveller.

Defunct Sites

Benyamene' Ze'Abe Akella's Traveller: Benyamene' Ze'Abe Akella's Traveller (Articles, essays and the Farcast Sector ATU writeup)
Confederation of Nightrim: Confederation of Nightrim (Traveller campaign site)
Carina Confederacy: Carina Confederacy (Traveller campaign site)
Starbrightillustrations.com: Traveller at Starbrightillustrations.com (fansite for Traveller including support for Mongoose Traveller, 3D spaceships, and characters)
T20 Adventures: T20 Adventures (Jason Kemp's T20 site)

Digital Games

Traveller-AR MMORPG for iPhone by ingZ, inc.

Fan Sites

Behind the Claw: Behind the Claw Traveller podcast. A podcast focused on the "Classic" Traveller Role Playing Game.
Beowulf Down: Beowulf Down Homeport of Tavonni and library data.
Children of Earth: Children of Earth fansite for general Traveller publishing.
Daryen's Traveller Page: Daryen's Traveller Page including writeups of the Darrian's
Dave Redington's Traveller Art: The Border Worlds Dave Redington's Traveller art and home of the BurrowWolf webcomic
DED Zone: DED Zone campaign site.
Don McKinney's Traveller: Don McKinney's Traveller page, including the consolidated timeline and MegaTraveller Errata.
Galactic 2.4: Galactic 2.4 Some simple FREE software for CT type adventures, by C.Wallis and JIMV.
High Tortuga: High Tortuga Trade, piracy and Adventure beyond the Imperium.
Infinte Stars: Infinte Stars with Stars Without Number fanzine
My Campaign World: My Campaign World fansite for Classic Traveller and GURPS Fourth Edition conversions.
Reaver Deep: Reaver Deep Traveller campaign and Into The Deep Fanzine
Space Patrol: Space Patrol Traveller campaign set in the Five Sisters Subsector.
StuffOnline: StuffOnline - fansite for Traveller including support for MegaTraveller, naval campaigns, and the Universe program.
T5 Generators: T5 generators Online generator tools for T5.
Traveller Freeport: Traveller Freeport - A place to get your TNE fix. The site is currently quite gearheady, little campaign backgrounds.
Vyborg: Vyborg campaign site.
Waystar Highport: Waystar Highport Blog about Traveller, with a focus on GURPS Traveller, with scenarios, library data, and background.
Zhodani Base: Zhodani Base Classic traveller and online tools.

Map & Astrography Sites

Core Traveller map site.
Hexographer (create hex maps on line, including star maps)
Known Space (Traveller map site) documentation
Sectors of Known space (Traveller map site)
Traveller Map (based upon Google maps with dynamic zoom and scrolling)

Online Discussion Forums

Citizens of the Imperium: Citizens of the Imperium, online discussion at Traveller RPG.
Freelance Traveller: Freelance Traveller forums, both web and NNTP.
GURPS Traveller: GURPS Traveller Forum on the Steve Jackson Games public forums.
Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society: Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society official magazine of Traveller (all versions) for over 20 years.
Mongoose Traveller: Mongoose Traveller forum on the Mongoose Publishing public forums.
Nearby Gamers: Nearby Gamers is a portal site for locating other gamers. With a wiki and disucssions.
SFRPG Forums: The SFRPG Forums A completely independent discussion forum for Traveller and all other Scifi RPGs.
Spica Publishing: Spica Publishing forum on the Spica Publishing public forums.
TNE RCES List: TNE RCES List mailing list discussing Traveller's New Era.
Traveller Mailing List: Traveller Mailing List The granddaddy of all Traveller discussions.
Travellers' Aid Society forum for Avenger Enterprises and ComStar Games (now closed).
Yahoo Groups: Yahoo Groups has several older, but still active groups. You have to be a member of Yahoo and apply for membership to join these groups.
- Classic Traveller - for CT discussions
- MGT Aids - support for Mongoose Traveller
- CT Starships - for all your book 5 designs
- TNE - discussion of The New Era
- T20 - occasional discussion and support for Traveller T20
- CT Striker - vehicle designs and general gearheading around the Striker rules
- Deckplans - Traveller starship deckplans
- Traveller Downport - in association with the Traveller Downport website.
- Traveller Full Thrust - using the Full Thrust starship combat rules for Traveller.
- Megatraveller - For MT Discussions
- Tactics-0 - A Traveller boardgaming group

Patreon pages

Individuals asking for monthly donations to support their ongoing Traveller works:

Portal Sites

Downport Portal to 25 different Traveller sites.
Freelance Traveller The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller Resource.
Journal of the Travellers' Aid Library and discussion forum.
Pocket Empires A collection of personal Traveller websites.
TML Landgrab with detailed writeups on worlds throughout the Spinward Marches Sector.
Traveller Bibliography endeavoring to make an illustrated bibliography of everything ever published for the Traveller game system.
Traveller Trader webstore for out of print Traveller products.
Wayne's Books Traveller Pages Exhaustive reference of Traveller releases of the 80s and 90s.

Social Media Pages

Facebook Group (page for Traveller)
Facebook (page for Traveller)
Facebook (page for the Zhodani Base)
Google+ (community for Classic Traveller)
Google+ (community for Traveller)

Webrings

Traveller Webring (ring of fansites)
Traveller Deckplans Webring (ring of fansites)
Traveller Gearhead Webring (ring of fansites)
Traveller Gearhead Ringsurf Ring (ring of fansites)
Traveller Ringsurf Ring (ring of fansites)
Traveller Starship Deckplans Webring (ring of fansites)

Traveller Videos

[1] - videos about and for Taveller

Non-Traveller Resources

These are sites that do not relate to Traveller per se, but contain information or resources useful for any version of Traveller.

Astronomy Sites

Stellar Habitability Zone - Calculation for star habitability zone and tidal locking, based upon star initial mass and as shown over time.

Game Sites

Deciphering the Text Foundations of Traveller by Michael Andre-Driussi. A long discussion of the sources that inspired Traveller.
GermsWorld Paper Vehicles page Useful SciFi vehicles and installations in 15mm Striker and Naval combat.

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-== Community Portal (Traveller RPG) Synopsis ==
+==Synopsis ==
 Please add any useful links to Traveller related sites that you have.
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-== Community Portal (Traveller RPG) Traveller Resources ==
+==Traveller Resources ==
 Links to publishers of Traveller products and sites with information that will help Traveller games.
-=== Traveller Resource (External Link) Current Publishers ===
+===Current Publishers ===
-==== Traveller Primary Publisher ====
+==== Primary Publisher ====
 * '''[[Far Future Enterprises]]:''' [http://www.farfuture.net Marc Miller's Far Future Enterprises] reprints Classic Traveller books, also developing new Traveller<sup>5</sup> game.
-==== Traveller Secondary Publishers ====
+==== Secondary Publishers ====
 * '''[[13Mann]]:''' [http://13mann.de/ 13Mann] Mongoose Traveller in German.
 * '''[[BITS]]:''' [http://www.bitsuk.net/ BITS (British Isle Traveller Support)] produces supplements & adventures including the 101 Series.
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 * '''[[Spica Publishing]]:''' [http://www.spicapublishing.co.uk/ Spica Publishing] publishes high quality rules supplements for Mongoose Traveller.
-=== Traveller Resource (External Link) Defunct Sites ===
+===Defunct Sites ===
 * '''[[Benyamene' Ze'Abe Akella's Traveller]]:''' [http://www.sierratel.com/aum/BZAT/Main.html Benyamene' Ze'Abe Akella's Traveller] (Articles, essays and the [[Farcast Sector]] ATU writeup)
 * '''[[Confederation of Nightrim]]:''' [http://members.shaw.ca/nightrim/Home.html Confederation of Nightrim] (Traveller campaign site)
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 * '''[[T20 Adventures]]:''' [http://www.reocities.com/flynnwd/trav/index.html T20 Adventures] (Jason Kemp's T20 site)
-=== Traveller Resource (External Link) Digital Games ===
+=== Digital Games ===
 * [http://www.traveller-ar.com Traveller-AR] MMORPG for iPhone by ingZ, inc.
-=== Traveller Resource (External Link) Fan Sites ===
+=== Fan Sites ===
 * '''[[Behind the Claw]]:''' [http://behindtheclaw.blogspot.co.uk/ Behind the Claw] Traveller podcast. A podcast focused on the "Classic" Traveller Role Playing Game.
 * '''[[Beowulf Down]]:''' [http://members.pcug.org.au/~davidjw/ Beowulf Down] Homeport of Tavonni and library data.
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 * '''[[Zhodani Base]]:''' [http://zho.berka.com/ Zhodani Base] Classic traveller and online tools.
-=== Traveller Resource (External Link) Map & [[Astrography]] Sites ===
+=== Map & Astrography Sites ===
 * [http://111george.com/core/astrogat/textmap.htm Core] Traveller map site.
 * [http://inkwellideas.com/?page_id=160 Hexographer] (create hex maps on line, including star maps)
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 * [http://www.travellermap.com/ Traveller Map] (based upon Google maps with dynamic zoom and scrolling)
-=== Traveller Resource (External Link) Online Discussion Forums ===
+===Online Discussion Forums ===
 * '''[[Citizens of the Imperium]]:''' [http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/ Citizens of the Imperium], online discussion at Traveller RPG.
 * '''[[Freelance Traveller]]:''' [http://forums.freelancetraveller.com/Forum.aspx Freelance Traveller] forums, both web and NNTP.
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 ** [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Tactics-0/ Tactics-0] - A Traveller boardgaming group
-=== Traveller Resource (External Link) Patreon pages ===
+=== Patreon pages ===
 Individuals asking for monthly donations to support their ongoing Traveller works:
 * [https://www.patreon.com/dslironworks DSL Iron Works]
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 * [https://www.patreon.com/StarShipsRUs Ken Burnside Starships]
-=== Traveller Resource (External Link) Portal Sites ===
+=== Portal Sites ===
 * [http://www.downport.com/ Downport] Portal to 25 different ''Traveller'' sites.
 * [http://www.freelancetraveller.com/ Freelance Traveller] The Electronic Fan-Supported ''Traveller'' Resource.
 * [http://jtas.net/ Journal of the Travellers' Aid] Library and discussion forum.
 * [http://www.pocketempires.com/ Pocket Empires] A collection of personal ''Traveller'' websites.
-* [http://www.downport.com/landgrab/ TML Landgrab] with detailed writeups on worlds throughout the [[Spinward Marches]].
+* [http://www.downport.com/landgrab/ TML Landgrab] with detailed writeups on worlds throughout the [[Spinward Marches Sector]].
 * [http://www.travellerbibliography.org/ Traveller Bibliography] endeavoring to make an illustrated bibliography of everything ever published for the ''Traveller'' game system.
 * [http://www.travellertrader.com/ Traveller Trader] webstore for out of print ''Traveller'' products.
 * [http://www.waynesbooks.com/Traveller.html Wayne's Books Traveller Pages] Exhaustive reference of Traveller releases of the 80s and 90s.
-=== Traveller Resource (External Link) Social Media Pages ===
+=== Social Media Pages ===
 * [https://www.facebook.com/groups/197449257039924/ Facebook Group] (page for Traveller)
 * [https://www.facebook.com/pages/TRAVELLER-Science-Fiction-Adventure-in-the-Far-Future/263631460098 Facebook] (page for Traveller)
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 * [https://plus.google.com/communities/103312193461568568045 Google+] (community for Traveller)
-=== Traveller Resource (External Link) Webrings ===
+=== Webrings ===
 * [http://r.webring.com/hub?ring=traveller Traveller Webring] (ring of fansites)
 * [http://x.webring.com/hub?ring=deckring Traveller Deckplans Webring] (ring of fansites)
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 * [http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?action=info&ring=firelock_ny Traveller Starship Deckplans Webring] (ring of fansites)
-=== Traveller Resource (External Link) Traveller Videos ===
+=== Traveller Videos ===
 * [https://www.youtube.com/user/ShawnDriscollCG] - videos about and for Taveller
-== Community Portal (Traveller RPG) Non-Traveller Resources ==
+==Non-Traveller Resources ==
 These are sites that do not relate to Traveller per se, but contain information or resources useful for any version of Traveller.
-=== Non-Traveller Resource (External Link) Astronomy Sites ===
+=== Astronomy Sites ===
 * [http://astro.unl.edu/naap/habitablezones/animations/stellarHabitableZone.html Stellar Habitability Zone] - Calculation for star habitability zone and tidal locking, based upon star initial mass and as shown over time.
-=== Non-Traveller Resource (External Link) Game Sites ===
+=== Game Sites ===
 * [http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10119 Deciphering the Text Foundations of Traveller] by Michael Andre-Driussi. A long discussion of the sources that inspired Traveller.
 * [http://www.germy.co.uk/vehicles.htm GermsWorld Paper Vehicles page] Useful SciFi vehicles and installations in 15mm [http://traveller.wikia.com/wiki/Striker Striker] and Naval combat.