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|name     = Star Trader
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|author    = Paul Elliott
|publisher=[[Zozer Games]]
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|available = {{DTRPG|id=118337}}
|version=[[Mongoose Traveller]]
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|canon    = Yes
|author=[[Paul Elliott]]
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|caption  = TBD
|pages=28
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|contents  = TBD
|format=PDF
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|edition  = 1st
|available=[http://www.rpgnow.com/product/118337/Star-Trader RpgNow]
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|footnote  = TBD
|year=2013
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|format   = Book (PDF)
|footnote= TBD
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|image    = StarTrader 350.jpg
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|language  = English
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|pages    = 28
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|publisher = Zozer Games
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|version  = Mongoose Traveller
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|year      = 2013
 
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A Solo Trading Game for Traveller
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[[Star Trader]] is a ''Solo Trading Game'' developed for [[Traveller]] by [[Paul Elliott]].
  
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== Description (Specifications) ==
 
The aim of Star Trader is to travel from world to world buying cargoes as cheaply as possible then selling them elsewhere for as high a price as possible. But this is Traveller, not 'fantasy stocks and shares' and the great appeal of solo gaming is the interaction with Traveller's high technology, its starships, exotic planets and interesting NPCs.  
 
The aim of Star Trader is to travel from world to world buying cargoes as cheaply as possible then selling them elsewhere for as high a price as possible. But this is Traveller, not 'fantasy stocks and shares' and the great appeal of solo gaming is the interaction with Traveller's high technology, its starships, exotic planets and interesting NPCs.  
  
The Star Trader game fills the player's journey through the cosmos with these events and encounters, putting him into predicaments that his character will have to resolve before the game can continue. To some extent the encounters are sets and backdrops to the trading game, but frequent events force the character to respond and the player will need to refer to the task and combat rules in order to tackle these situations. Of course, it's this interaction with the Traveller setting that gets our juices flowing.
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The Star Trader game fills the player's journey through the cosmos with these events and encounters, putting him into predicaments that his character will have to resolve before the game can continue. To some extent the encounters are sets and backdrops to the trading game, but frequent events force the character to respond and the player will need to refer to the task and combat rules in order to tackle these situations. Of course, it's this interaction with the Traveller setting that gets our juices flowing.
  
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=== Table of Contents ===
 
Star Trader includes:
 
Star Trader includes:
 
 
*    A flowchart of activities
 
*    A flowchart of activities
 
*    Options to decrease the accounting & book-keeping
 
*    Options to decrease the accounting & book-keeping
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*    Fast-play Mission Resolution Rules
 
*    Fast-play Mission Resolution Rules
 
*    Lots of excuses for adventure!
 
*    Lots of excuses for adventure!
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== Meta-history & Background (Dossier) ==
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Never be bored again... Requires only the [[Mongoose Traveller Main Rulebook]], available from [[Mongoose Publishing]].
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=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
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! Credit
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! Authors & Contributors
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| Author
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| [[Paul Elliott]]
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=== External Link/s ===
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COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
  
Never be bored again...
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REVIEWS
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
  
Requires only the [[Mongoose Traveller Main Rulebook]], available from Mongoose Publishing.
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== References & Contributions (Sources) ==
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{{Intermediate}}
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{{Detail}}
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{{Sources
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|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
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Latest revision as of 01:34, 29 September 2021

Star Trader
StarTrader 350.jpg
TBD
Author Paul Elliott
Publisher Zozer Games
Version Mongoose Traveller
Edition 1st
Format Book (PDF)
Language English
Pages 28
Year Published 2013
Canonical Yes
Available from DriveThru RPG
TBD
Table of Contents
TBD

Star Trader is a Solo Trading Game developed for Traveller by Paul Elliott.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

The aim of Star Trader is to travel from world to world buying cargoes as cheaply as possible then selling them elsewhere for as high a price as possible. But this is Traveller, not 'fantasy stocks and shares' and the great appeal of solo gaming is the interaction with Traveller's high technology, its starships, exotic planets and interesting NPCs.

The Star Trader game fills the player's journey through the cosmos with these events and encounters, putting him into predicaments that his character will have to resolve before the game can continue. To some extent the encounters are sets and backdrops to the trading game, but frequent events force the character to respond and the player will need to refer to the task and combat rules in order to tackle these situations. Of course, it's this interaction with the Traveller setting that gets our juices flowing.

Table of Contents[edit]

Star Trader includes:

  • A flowchart of activities
  • Options to decrease the accounting & book-keeping
  • Planetary Event Tables
  • Jumpspace Event Tables
  • Detailed Ship Encounter Tables
  • Fast-play Space Combat Rules (NEW!)
  • Rules for trading without a starship
  • Advice for creating dynamic & interesting ship crews
  • Fast-play Mission Resolution Rules
  • Lots of excuses for adventure!

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Never be bored again... Requires only the Mongoose Traveller Main Rulebook, available from Mongoose Publishing.

Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit Authors & Contributors
Author Paul Elliott

External Link/s[edit]

COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

REVIEWS

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]

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