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Signs & Portents was a periodical that published a number of Traveller-related articles over the years.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Signs & Portents was the home magazine of Mongoose Publishing, that since issue #55 (April 2008) was featuring regular articles in support of their Mongoose Traveller edition.
External Link/s[edit]
This periodical has the following external links available:
Selected Traveller Articles[edit]
| Signs & Portents Traveller Articles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Author | Date | Issue | Remarks | ||||
| The Road Travelled so Far ... | Gareth Hanrahan | April 2008 | Signs & Portents 55 | None | ||||
| The Rescue (Adventure) | Gareth Hanrahan | April 2008 | Signs & Portents 55 | None | ||||
| An Introduction to 760 Patrons (Review) | Bryan Steele | <May 2008 | Signs & Portents 56 | None | ||||
| Starchild part 1 (Adventure) | Courtney Parsons | June 2008 | Signs & Portents 57 | None | ||||
| The Reptii Assault Triax (Ship) | Bryan Steele and Nick Robinson | June 2008 | Signs & Portents 57 | None | ||||
| Starchild part 2 (Adventure) | Courtney Parsons | July 2008 | Signs & Portents 58 | None | ||||
| Fair Game (Adventure) | Carl Walmsley | August 2008 | Signs & Portents 59 | None | ||||
| Adapt and Overcome (Adventure) | Carl Walmsley | October 2008 | Signs & Portents 61 | None | ||||
| Jury-Rigging #2 (Optional rules) | Gareth Hanrahan | October 2008 | Signs & Portents 62 | None | ||||
| The Fall of Rigella Namsey (Adventure) | Nick Robinson | October 2008 | Signs & Portents 62 | None | ||||
| Medic! part 1 (Supplement) | Alan Greene | December 2008 | Signs & Portents 63 | None | ||||
| Medic! part 2 (Supplement) | Alan Greene | January 2009 | Signs & Portents 64 | None | ||||
| Zephnil (Planet) | Dale McCoy Jr. | January 2009 | Signs & Portents 64 | None | ||||
| Missile Systems Defence Boat (Ship) | Bryan Steele | February 2009 | Signs & Portents 65 | None | ||||
| Systems Defence Command Frigate (Ship) | Bryan Steele | February 2009 | Signs & Portents 65 | None | ||||
| The Type-S Scout Deckplan (Review) | Bryan Steele | March 2009 | Signs & Portents 66 | None | ||||
| The Sad Death of Sadder Villin (Adventure) | Gareth Hanrahan | March 2009 | Signs & Portents 66 | None | ||||
| The Levall Affair (Adventure) | Paul Dutton | April 2009 | Signs & Portents 67 | None | ||||
| Hammer's Slammer Art (Preview) | TBD | April 2009 | Signs & Portents 67 | None | ||||
| Beltstrike Errata (Errata) | Lawrence Whitaker | May 2009 | Signs & Portents 68 | None | ||||
| Kresdekka I (Supplement) | Dale McCoy Jr. | May 2009 | Signs & Portents 68 | None | ||||
| The Arhiyao Clan (Aslan supplement) | Gareth Hanrahan | June 2009 | Signs & Portents 69 | None | ||||
| Ships Locker (Supplement) | Alex Greene | June 2009 | Signs & Portents 69 | None | ||||
| Ship Locker (Supplement) | Alex Greene | July 2009 | Signs & Portents 70 | None | ||||
| Victory Class Advanced Destroyer (Ship) | Bryan Steele & Stuart Machin | August 2009 | Signs & Portents 71 | None | ||||
| Creating Kinships (Aslan supplement) | Simon Beal | September 2009 | Signs & Portents 72 | None | ||||
| Ships Locker (Supplement) | Alex Greene | September 2009 | Signs & Portents 72 | None | ||||
| The Derelict (Adventure) | Paul Dutton | September 2009 | Signs & Portents 72 | None | ||||
| In Potters Fields (Adventure) | Gareth Hanrahan | October 2009 | Signs & Portents 73 | None | ||||
| Psionic Healing (Supplement) | Richard Hazlewood | October 2009 | Signs & Portents 73 | None | ||||
| A Friend in Need (Patrons) | August Hahn | November 2009 | Signs & Portents 74 | None | ||||
| Heavy Systems Defense Boat (Ship) | Nick Robinson | November 2009 | Signs & Portents 74 | None | ||||
| A Gane of Worlds part 1 (Adventure) | Gareth Hanrahan | December 2009 | Signs & Portents 75 | None | ||||
| A Friend in Need (Patrons) | August Hahn | December 2009 | Signs & Portents 75 | None | ||||
| Fuel Efficency in Traveller (Optional rules) | Benjamin Pew | January 2010 | Signs & Portents 76 | None | ||||
| Duellist (Career) | James Desborough | January 2010 | Signs & Portents 76 | None | ||||
| Military Specialist (Career) | James Desborough | January 2010 | Signs & Portents 76 | None | ||||
| TL-7+ Conditioned Soldier (Career) | James Desborough | February 2010 | Signs & Portents 77 | None | ||||
| Information Warfare Specialist (Career) | James Desborough | February 2010 | Signs & Portents 77 | None | ||||
| Gods of the Space Age (Supplement) | Uri Kurlianchik | March 2010 | Signs & Portents 78 | None | ||||
| SF Ref's Emergency Toolkit (Optional rules) | Alan Oliver | March 2010 | Signs & Portents 78 | None | ||||
| The Gangsta (Career) | Alan Oliver | March 2010 | Signs & Portents 78 | None | ||||
| Xenologist (Career) | Uri Kurlianchik | April 2010 | Signs & Portents 79 | None | ||||
| A Gallery of Outsiders (Characters) | Bryan Steele | April 2010 | Signs & Portents 79 | None | ||||
| Availability (Optional rules) | Matthew Sprange | May 2010 | Signs & Portents 80 | None | ||||
| The Sword Worlders (Characters) | Shannon Appelcline | May 2010 | Signs & Portents 80 | None | ||||
| Planet Choxlatl (Planet) | Harry C. Kruger III | June 2010 | Signs & Portents 81 | None | ||||
| Chthonian Stars (Preview) | TBD | June 2010 | Signs & Portents 81 | None | ||||
| Darrian Characters (Characters) | Pete Nash | July 2010 | Signs & Portents 82 | None | ||||
| Augumetics and Prosthetics (Supplement) | Alan Oliver | July 2010 | Signs & Portents 82 | None | ||||
| Preview of the Planets (Preview) | Christooher Doren, Fraser McKay, Matthew Grau & Robert Grass | July 2010 | Signs & Portents 82 | None | ||||
| Armed Free Trader (Ships) | Ian Stead | July 2010 | Signs & Portents 82 | None | ||||
| Ships for Traveller (Ships) | Andrew Welty | August 2010 | Signs & Portents 83 | None | ||||
| 800T Centaur Mercenary Carrier (Ships) | Ian Stead | August 2010 | Signs & Portents 83 | None | ||||
| Ships for Traveller (Ships) | Andrew Welty | September 2010 | Signs & Portents 84 | None | ||||
| Ships for Traveller (Ships) | Andrew Welty | October 2010 | Signs & Portents 85 | None | ||||
| Ships for Traveller (Ships) | Andrew Welty | November 2010 | Signs & Portents 86 | None | ||||
| Death Station (Adventure) | Marc W. Miller | December 2010 | Signs & Portents 87 | None | ||||
| Chupucabra (Creatures) | TBD | December 2010 | Signs & Portents 87 | None | ||||
| Old Flames (Characters) | Alex Greene | December 2010 | Signs & Portents 87 | None | ||||
| Taking the Law to the Lawless (Careers) | John White | December 2010 | Signs & Portents 87 | None | ||||
| Parallel Dimensions (Optional rules) | Jacob D. C. Ross | January 2011 | Signs & Portents 88 | None | ||||
| Space Bazaar (Supplement) | Carl Walmsley | January 2011 | Signs & Portents 88 | None | ||||
| Red in Tooth and Claw (Creatures) | John R. White | January 2011 | Signs & Portents 88 | None | ||||
| The Clock's Ticking (Adventure) | John R. White | February 2011 | Signs & Portents 89 | None | ||||
| Ashton Ramsey, Human Scientist/Researcher (Character) | August Hahn | February 2011 | Signs & Portents 89 | None | ||||
| The Thing in the Pit (Adventure) | Alex Greene | February 2011 | Signs & Portents 89 | None | ||||
| Kian (Creatures) | Roger E. Moore | February 2011 | Signs & Portents 89 | None | ||||
| Springer (Creatures) | Liz Danforth & Loren K. Wiseman | February 2011 | Signs & Portents 89 | None | ||||
| Annic Nova (Adventure) | Marc W. Miller | June 2011 | Signs & Portents 93 | None | ||||
| Apologies for Absence | Linsday Jackson | June 2011 | Signs & Portents 93 | None | ||||
Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The first 24 issues were were released as a printed magazine, thereafter in PDF format only. From issues 26 through to 53 each issue contained two separate magazines sharing the same issue number, one titled "Signs & Portents Wargamer" and the other "Signs & Portents Roleplayer": from issue 54 both wargame and roleplay contents returned to be published together. The last published issue was #93, but issues #90, 91 and 92 were never published.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Bryan Sycamore
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science