John G. Wood

John G. Wood is a prolific Traveller author, contributor, and fan.

• He often goes by the handle of Elvwood.

Description (Biography)

John G. Wood is a part-time RPG author (although he derives most of his income from software engineering and technical authoring).

External Links

This person has the following external links available:

• EXTERNAL LINK: Home Page
• EXTERNAL LINK: Pen and Paper RPG database entry

History & Background (Dossier)

He has always had a particular interest in Traveller, and ran a game using the GURPS rules long before the two were officially combined.

• Ziafrplians Sector

Traveller RPG Wiki Participation

John has given permission to publish the Traveller material from his web site on the Wiki.

Bibliography-Ludography (Published Products)

This person has authored, contributed, playtested, or otherwise participated in the publication of the following products:

Publications where this person is mentioned in the credits
101 Corporations 101 Religions GURPS Traveller: Starships JTAS SJG 2008 Mongoose Traveller: Powers and Principalities

BITS:

• 101 Religions: contributor.
• 101 Corporations: main author and collator.

Steve Jackson Games Books:

• GURPS Traveller: Starships: uncredited contribution of vignettes.

JTAS Online:

• Port Director Keshav Ama and Deputy Alex Niemiec (6-12-2001, rated 3.33 - Two characters to go with Port in a Storm, also in this issue)
• Port in a Storm (6-12-2001, rated 3.60 - A little courier mission leads to bigger things . . . Don't they always?)
• Musayid (6-25-2002, rated 4.03 - A low-tech world, ruled by a benevolent dictator)
• Things To Do in Jump (1-6-2004, rated 4.36 - Cleaning, carousing, and chasing monsters are just a few of the ways to pass time in jump)
• Nashu Direma (4-27-2004, rated 3.29 - A merchant ship owner with a dark past)
• The Last Hand-to-Mouth Adventure (5-11-2004, rated 3.88 - A group living from job to job suddenly gets a chance at fame)
• Zee, Stowaway (7-6-2004, rated 3.38 - A minor complication for starship crews)
• Akhal and Dhu (9-28-2004, rated 3.64 - No cat and dog jokes, please)
• Green for Danger (2-1-2005, rated 3.89 - Perilous Plants of the L'sis Main)
• Rubrak (2-15-2005, rated 3.90 - An agricultural world as a campaign background)
• Enli Rivera (3-1-2005, rated 3.07 - Something a little different)
• The L'sis Main (5-24-2005, rated 4.12 - Some background material for John G. Wood's recent (and upcoming) articles)
• Without Rule (8-16-2005, rated 4.21 - Anarchies and informal governments in Traveller)
• Dame Alison Berghaus (9-13-2005, rated 3.59 - A famous travel writer)
• Designing Alien Martial Arts (6-6-2006, rated 3.84 - That's martial arts used by aliens . . .
• The Sea Road (with Les DeGroff - 8-15-2006, rated 3.73 - A Caladib Adventure)

References & Contributions (Sources)

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.

• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Elvwood
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science