Classic Traveller: Mercator
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| Mercator | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Trading Adventures in the Ancient World | |||
| Author | Paul Elliott | ||
| Publisher | Freelance Traveller | ||
| Version | Generic | ||
| Format | |||
| Language | English | ||
| Pages | 56 | ||
| Year Published | 2010 | ||
| Canonical | No | ||
| Available from | Freelance Traveller | ||
Mercator is, an attempt to transport Traveller's ethos and game systems almost directly to the Roman Empire in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. The Third Imperium becomes the Roman Empire, Regina becomes Alexandria, and goods like dried fruits or fish sauce are traded instead of machine parts or radioactives.
This shouldn't be taken as an accurate historical RPG version of imperial Rome, but it isn't a magical fantasy, either. Mercator is supposed to be a game of adventure, and the Roman Empire is a well known and familiar world full of tropes, adventure seeds and above all inspiration.
Credits[edit]
- Author
- Paul Elliott
- Artist
- Axel Nelson
This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- Paul Elliott. "Contents." Mercator (2010): 1.