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This page presents information of the traveller game Mayday, see [[Signal GK]] for the Library entry for Mayday.
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''NOTE: This page presents information of the Traveller game Mayday, please see [[Signal GK]] for the Library entry for Mayday.''
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{{InfoboxBook2
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|name      = Mayday
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|alsosee  =
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|author    = Marc Miller
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|available = http://www.rpgnow.com/product/80205/CTG01Mayday?affiliate_id=875229
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|canon    = Yes
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|caption  = Mayday, Bag, small box and large box
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|contents  =
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|edition  = 3rd
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|footnote  = Product no 404, 601
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|format    = Game (8.5x11 ziplock, 5.5x8.5 box, 9x12 box)
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|image    = Maydayx3.jpg
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|language  = English
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|pages    = TBD
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|publisher = Game Designers Workshop
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|version  = Classic Traveller
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|year      = 1978
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}}
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[[Mayday]] is Game 1 for Classic Traveller.
  
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{{InfoboxBook|name=Mayday|image=[[Image:Maydayx3.jpg]]|caption=Mayday, Bag, small box and large box|year=1978, 1980, 1983|format=8.5x11 ziplock, 5.5x8.5 box, 9x12 box|canon=yes|footnote=product no 404, 601|edition=3|pages=|publisher={{GDW}}|version=[[Classic Traveller]]|author=[[Marc Miller]]}}
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== Description (Specifications) ==
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Basic two-player SF wargame of ship-to-ship space combat featuring movement (responding to both thrust and [[gravity]]), laser fire, missile fire, and ship-computer programming.
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* Scenarios include The Grand Prix, The Attack, Piracy, Battle, and Smuggling.  
  
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'''Mayday''' Game 1 for Traveller.
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=== Table of Contents ===
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No information yet available.
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== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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Intended as Game 1 for the "Traveller" RPG universe and uses a variant of the "Traveller" starship rules. One of GDW's Series 120 games, designed to be played in two hours or less. The original 1978 version won the Charles Roberts Award for the Best Science Fiction Game of the Year; other editions were published in 1980 and 1983.
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=== Early Classic Traveller Game Modules ===
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These games helped to set the [[setting]] of the very early [[Third Imperium]] in the early 1980's:
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# [[Asteroid (game)]]
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# [[Azhanti High Lightning]]
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# [[Dark Nebula (game)]]
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# [[Fifth Frontier War (game)]]
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# [[Imperium]]
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# [[Invasion Earth]]
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# [[Mayday]]
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# [[Snapshot]]
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# [[Striker]]
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=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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!colspan="2"| Credits (Primary Sources)
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|-
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! Credit
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! [[Author]]s & Contributors
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|-
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| [[Author]]
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| TBD
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|-
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|}
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=== External Link/s ===
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''Commentary & Data articles:''
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
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''Reviews:''
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
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''Other Articles:''
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
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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= {{Ludography cite|name=Mayday|page=1}}
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}}
  
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Basic two-player SF wargame of ship-to-ship space combat featuring movement (responding to both thrust and gravity), laser fire, missile fire, and ship-computer programming. Scenarios include The Grand Prix, The Attack, Piracy, Battle, and Smuggling.
 
  
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Intended as Game 1 for the "Traveller" RPG universe and uses a variant of the "Traveller" starship rules. One of GDW's Series 120 games, designed to be played in two hours or less. The original 1978 version won the Charles Roberts Award for the Best Science Fiction Game of the Year; other editions were published in 1980 and 1983.
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[[Category: Ship Source]]
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{{MET|}}

Latest revision as of 06:23, 21 December 2021

NOTE: This page presents information of the Traveller game Mayday, please see Signal GK for the Library entry for Mayday.

Mayday
Maydayx3.jpg
Mayday, Bag, small box and large box
Author Marc Miller
Publisher Game Designers Workshop
Version Classic Traveller
Edition 3rd
Format Game (8.5x11 ziplock, 5.5x8.5 box, 9x12 box)
Language English
Pages TBD
Year Published 1978
Canonical Yes
Available from RPGNow
Product no 404, 601

Mayday is Game 1 for Classic Traveller.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Basic two-player SF wargame of ship-to-ship space combat featuring movement (responding to both thrust and gravity), laser fire, missile fire, and ship-computer programming.

  • Scenarios include The Grand Prix, The Attack, Piracy, Battle, and Smuggling.

Table of Contents[edit]

No information yet available.

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Intended as Game 1 for the "Traveller" RPG universe and uses a variant of the "Traveller" starship rules. One of GDW's Series 120 games, designed to be played in two hours or less. The original 1978 version won the Charles Roberts Award for the Best Science Fiction Game of the Year; other editions were published in 1980 and 1983.

Early Classic Traveller Game Modules[edit]

These games helped to set the setting of the very early Third Imperium in the early 1980's:

  1. Asteroid (game)
  2. Azhanti High Lightning
  3. Dark Nebula (game)
  4. Fifth Frontier War (game)
  5. Imperium
  6. Invasion Earth
  7. Mayday
  8. Snapshot
  9. Striker

Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit Authors & Contributors
Author TBD

External Link/s[edit]

Commentary & Data articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

Reviews:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

Other Articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]

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