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| − | Traveller is a science-fiction role-playing game set in the distant future, when | + | Traveller is a science-fiction role-playing game set in the distant future, when humanity has made the leap to the stars and interstellar travel is as common as international travel is today. This means that Traveller is set against a background drawn from adventure-oriented science fiction literature, and the scope and breadth of the game are limited only by the imagination and skill of the players and their referee. Players are no longer limited to wandering inside a single underground labyrinth, to exploring a single continent, or even a single [[world]]. In Traveller there is an entire [[universe]] to be explored. Almost any situation which occurs in any SF novel, movie, or short story can be recreated in Traveller with a little work on the part of the referee. |
| − | humanity has made the leap to the stars and interstellar travel is as common as | ||
| − | international travel is today. This means that Traveller is set against a background | ||
| − | drawn from adventure-oriented science fiction literature, and the scope and breadth | ||
| − | of the game are limited only by the imagination and skill of the players and their | ||
| − | referee. Players are no longer limited to wandering inside a single underground | ||
| − | labyrinth, to exploring a single continent, or even a single world. In Traveller there | ||
| − | is an entire universe to be explored. Almost any situation which occurs in any SF | ||
| − | novel, movie, or short story can be recreated in Traveller with a little work on the | ||
| − | part of the referee. | ||
| − | In Traveller, mankind has conquered the | + | In Traveller, mankind has conquered the [[star]]s, and travels from one [[stellar system]] to another as easily as present day [[Terran]]s can travel from one continent to another. The tremendous distances involved, however, dictate that interstellar voyages can take weeks, months, and sometimes even years. A situation similar to earth in the eighteenth century is created, where communication is limited to the speed of travel, and the stage is set for adventure in a grand fashion, with all the trappings of the classic space opera: giant, star-spanning empires (good, evil, or both), huge starfleets, wily interstellar merchants (or pirates, depending upon your point of view), complex diplomatic maneuvers, larger than life heroes, heroines, and villains — the mind boggles. |
=== Table of Contents === | === Table of Contents === | ||
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== Meta-history & Background (Dossier) == | == Meta-history & Background (Dossier) == | ||
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Revision as of 03:46, 28 January 2018
| Introduction to Traveller | |||
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 Book 0 | |||
| Author | Loren Wiseman | ||
| Publisher | Game Designers Workshop | ||
| Version | Classic Traveller | ||
| Format | Digest | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Pages | 48 | ||
| Year Published | 1981 | ||
| Canonical | Yes | ||
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Description (Specifications)
Traveller is a science-fiction role-playing game set in the distant future, when humanity has made the leap to the stars and interstellar travel is as common as international travel is today. This means that Traveller is set against a background drawn from adventure-oriented science fiction literature, and the scope and breadth of the game are limited only by the imagination and skill of the players and their referee. Players are no longer limited to wandering inside a single underground labyrinth, to exploring a single continent, or even a single world. In Traveller there is an entire universe to be explored. Almost any situation which occurs in any SF novel, movie, or short story can be recreated in Traveller with a little work on the part of the referee.
In Traveller, mankind has conquered the stars, and travels from one stellar system to another as easily as present day Terrans can travel from one continent to another. The tremendous distances involved, however, dictate that interstellar voyages can take weeks, months, and sometimes even years. A situation similar to earth in the eighteenth century is created, where communication is limited to the speed of travel, and the stage is set for adventure in a grand fashion, with all the trappings of the classic space opera: giant, star-spanning empires (good, evil, or both), huge starfleets, wily interstellar merchants (or pirates, depending upon your point of view), complex diplomatic maneuvers, larger than life heroes, heroines, and villains — the mind boggles.
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Meta-history & Background (Dossier)
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