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[[Don Turnbull]] is a Traveller author, contributor, and fan.
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[[Don Turnbull]] was an author and editor of [[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf Magazine]]
  
 
== Description ([[Biography]]) ==
 
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[[Don Turnbull|Donald Joseph Turnbull]] was an author and editor of [[White Dwarf (magazine)|White Dwarf Magazine]] where his review of [[Traveller]] stated:
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"Its appeal is immediate, its attraction compelling and its topicality apposite, but my guess is that it will occupy shelves rather than players' minds."<ref>[[Don Turnbull]], White Dwarf, Issue #6, page 16-18, 1978</ref>
  
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Despite this start, the magazine ran several encouraging articles relating to [[Traveller]] while under his direction. These helped attract many UK adherents to the game.
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
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[[Don Turnbull|Donald Joseph Turnbull]] died on 5 August 2003
  
 
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Don Turnbull was an author and editor of White Dwarf Magazine

Description (Biography)

Donald Joseph Turnbull was an author and editor of White Dwarf Magazine where his review of Traveller stated:

"Its appeal is immediate, its attraction compelling and its topicality apposite, but my guess is that it will occupy shelves rather than players' minds."[1]

Despite this start, the magazine ran several encouraging articles relating to Traveller while under his direction. These helped attract many UK adherents to the game.

History & Background (Dossier)

This person has been involved with Traveller in the following ways:

  • Author

Donald Joseph Turnbull died on 5 August 2003

Traveller RPG Wiki Participation

None.

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


References & Contributions (Sources)

Smallwikipedialogo.png This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Turnbull (game designer) Don Turnbull (game designer). The list of authors can be seen in the Turnbull (game designer)&action=history page history. The text of Wikipedia is available under the Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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.
    1. Don Turnbull, White Dwarf, Issue #6, page 16-18, 1978