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Major Traveller Versions

Classic Traveller

1977-1986 Original Rules published by Game Designers Workshop. Set in the years 1100-1116 Imperial calendar, around the time of the Fifth Frontier War. There were a number of supplements based on Classic Traveller - notably Merchant Prince, High Guard, and Mercenary, which extended the character generation system , as well as adding to the core rules. A later GDW product, Striker added very detailed ground combat and mercenary unit rules as well as detailed vehicle design rules which in parts became incorporated into the core rules for future editions.

MegaTraveller

1986-1991 published by Game Designers Workshop. Set in the years 1116-1124 Imperial, during the time of the Rebellion. This was published as a boxed set, covering the core rules, a setting encyclopedia, and rules covering what was previously expansion material (such as character generation options similar to High Guard and Mercenary).

Traveller The New Era

1992-1995 published by Game Designers Workshop, and using the GDW newer game system. Set after the year 1200 Imperial, post Virus timeline.

Marc Miller's Traveller

1996-1998 published by Imperium Games using a new multi-die system for task resolution. Set just after Year Zero, in the early days of the Third Imperium.

GURPS Traveller

1998-2004 published by Steve Jackson Games and using the GURPS 3rd Edition Rules. Set in the years 1116-1124 Imperial, in an alternate timeline which differs principally in that the Rebellion of 1116 never happened.

GURPS Traveller Interstellar Wars

2004 published by Steve Jackson Games and using the GURPS 4th Edition rules. Set in the Interstellar Wars 2400 years before the founding of the Third Imperium, and covering the interactions of the First Imperium and the new Terran empire.

Traveller D20

2002-2008 published by QuikLink Interactive and using an open game system version of the D20 Rules. Set around the year 990 Imperial, about 100 years before Classic Traveller, during the era of the Solomani Rim war, but in the Domain of Gateway.

Traveller Hero

2006-2008 Published by ComStar Games using the Hero Games Star Hero rules and covering several previous milieus including Milieu 0, the T20 milieu 1000, and the New Era.

Mongoose Traveller 1st edition

2008-2016 Published by Mongoose Publishing using a new set of rules, updating and streamlining the Classic Traveller rules. The setting is largely not covered in the core rules book, supplements are set in 1105 and centered largely on the Spinward Marches and Trojan Reaches. The core rules are available as open content.

Traveller 5th

2013-Present published by Far Future Enterprises using a updated version of the Traveller 4th rules adding a wealth of new additional rules and enhancements and providing a basis for the future of Traveller. The setting is 'The Galaxiad', a FAR FAR FUTURE of Traveller (1902).

Mongoose Traveller 2nd edition

2016-Present Published by Mongoose Publishing with an updated version of the 1st edition rules. All of the books are full color and the core books are all hardcovers. The setting is largely not covered in the core rule books, supplements are set in 1105 and centered largely on the Spinward Marches/Trojan Reach area.