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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
Revision as of 18:07, 19 April 2019
Signs & Portents was a periodical that published a number of Traveller-related articles over the years.
Description (Specifications)
Signs & Portents was the home magazine of Mongoose Publishing, that since issue #55 (April 2008) was featuring regular articles in support of their Mongoose Traveller edition.
Selected Traveller Articles
| Name | Author | Date | Issue | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Road Travelled so Far ... | Gareth Hanrahan | April 2008 | Signs & Portents 55 | None |
| The Rescue (Adventure) | Gareth Hanrahan | April 2008 | Signs & Portents 55 | None |
| An Introduction to 760 Patrons (Review) | Bryan Steele | <May 2008 | Signs & Portents 56 | None |
| Starchild part 1 (Adventure) | Courtney Parsons | June 2008 | Signs & Portents 57 | None |
| The Reptii Assault Triax (Ship) | Bryan Steele and Nick Robinson | June 2008 | Signs & Portents 57 | None |
| Starchild part 2 (Adventure) | Courtney Parsons | July 2008 | Signs & Portents 58 | None |
| Fair Game (Adventure) | Carl Walmsley | August 2008 | Signs & Portents 59 | None |
| Adapt and Overcome (Adventure) | Carl Walmsley | October 2008 | Signs & Portents 61 | None |
| Jury-Rigging #2 (Optional rules) | Gareth Hanrahan | October 2008 | Signs & Portents 62 | None |
| The Fall of Rigella Namsey (Adventure) | Nick Robinson | October 2008 | Signs & Portents 62 | None |
| Medic! part 1 (Supplement) | Alan Greene | December 2008 | Signs & Portents 63 | None |
| Medic! part 2 (Supplement) | Alan Greene | January 2009 | Signs & Portents 64 | None |
| Zephnil (Planet) | Dale McCoy Jr. | January 2009 | Signs & Portents 64 | None |
| Missile Systems Defence Boat (Ship) | Bryan Steele | February 2009 | Signs & Portents 65 | None |
| Systems Defence Command Frigate (Ship) | Bryan Steele | February 2009 | Signs & Portents 65 | None |
| The Type-S Scout Deckplan (Review) | Bryan Steele | March 2009 | Signs & Portents 66 | None |
| The Sad Death of Sadder Villin (Adventure) | Gareth Hanrahan | March 2009 | Signs & Portents 66 | None |
| The Levall Affair (Adventure) | Paul Dutton | April 2009 | Signs & Portents 67 | None |
| Hammer's Slammer Art (Preview) | April 2009 | Signs & Portents 67 | None | |
| Beltstrike Errata (Errata) | Lawrence Whitaker | May 2009 | Signs & Portents 68 | None |
| Kresdekka I (Supplement) | Dale McCoy Jr. | May 2009 | Signs & Portents 68 | None |
| The Arhiyao Clan (Aslan supplement) | Gareth Hanrahan | June 2009 | Signs & Portents 69 | None |
| Ships Locker (Supplement) | Alex Greene | June 2009 | Signs & Portents 69 | None |
| Ship Locker (Supplement) | Alex Greene | July 2009 | Signs & Portents 70 | None |
| Victory Class Advanced Destroyer (Ship) | Bryan Steele & Stuart Machin | August 2009 | Signs & Portents 71 | None |
| Creating Kinships (Aslan supplement) | Simon Beal | September 2009 | Signs & Portents 72 | None |
| Ships Locker (Supplement) | Alex Greene | September 2009 | Signs & Portents 72 | None |
| The Derelict (Adventure) | Paul Dutton | September 2009 | Signs & Portents 72 | None |
| In Potters Fields (Adventure) | Gareth Hanrahan | October 2009 | Signs & Portents 73 | None |
| Psionic Healing (Supplement) | Richard Hazlewood | October 2009 | Signs & Portents 73 | None |
| A Friend in Need (Patrons) | August Hahn | November 2009 | Signs & Portents 74 | None |
| Heavy Systems Defense Boat (Ship) | Nick Robinson | November 2009 | Signs & Portents 74 | None |
| A Gane of Worlds part 1 (Adventure) | Gareth Hanrahan | December 2009 | Signs & Portents 75 | None |
| A Friend in Need (Patrons) | August Hahn | December 2009 | Signs & Portents 75 | None |
| Fuel Efficency in Traveller (Optional rules) | Benjamin Pew | January 2010 | Signs & Portents 76 | None |
| Duellist (Career) | James Desborough | January 2010 | Signs & Portents 76 | None |
| Military Specialist (Career) | James Desborough | January 2010 | Signs & Portents 76 | None |
| TL7+ Conditioned Soldier (Career) | James Desborough | February 2010 | Signs & Portents 77 | None |
| Information Warfare Specialist (Career) | James Desborough | February 2010 | Signs & Portents 77 | None |
| Gods of the Space Age (Supplement) | Uri Kurlianchik | March 2010 | Signs & Portents 78 | None |
| SF Ref's Emergency Toolkit (Optional rules) | Alan Oliver | March 2010 | Signs & Portents 78 | None |
| The Gangsta (Career) | Alan Oliver | March 2010 | Signs & Portents 78 | None |
| A Gallery of Outsiders (Characters) | Bryan Steele | April 2010 | Signs & Portents 79 | None |
| Availability (Optional rules) | Matthew Sprange | May 2010 | Signs & Portents 80 | None |
| The Sword Worlders (Characters) | Shannon Appelcline | May 2010 | Signs & Portents 80 | None |
| Planet Choxlatl (Planet) | Harry C. Kruger III | June 2010 | Signs & Portents 81 | None |
| Chthonian Stars (Preview) | June 2010 | Signs & Portents 81 | None | |
| Darrian Characters (Characters) | Pete Nash | July 2010 | Signs & Portents 82 | None |
| Augumetics and Prosthetics (Supplement) | Alan Oliver | July 2010 | Signs & Portents 82 | None |
| Preview of the Planets (Preview) | Christooher Doren, Fraser McKay, Matthew Grau & Robert Grass | July 2010 | Signs & Portents 82 | None |
| Armed Free Trader (Ships) | Ian Stead | July 2010 | Signs & Portents 82 | None |
| Ships for Traveller (Ships) | Andrew Welty | August 2010 | Signs & Portents 83 | None |
| 800T Centaur Mercenary Carrier (Ships) | Ian Stead | August 2010 | Signs & Portents 83 | None |
| Ships for Traveller (Ships) | Andrew Welty | September 2010 | Signs & Portents 84 | None |
| Ships for Traveller (Ships) | Andrew Welty | October 2010 | Signs & Portents 85 | None |
| Ships for Traveller (Ships) | Andrew Welty | November 2010 | Signs & Portents 86 | None |
| Death Station (Adventure) | Marc W. Miller | December 2010 | Signs & Portents 87 | None |
| Chupucabra (Creatures) | December 2010 | Signs & Portents 87 | None | |
| Old Flames (Characters) | Alex Greene | December 2010 | Signs & Portents 87 | None |
| Taking the Law to the Lawless (Careers) | John White | December 2010 | Signs & Portents 87 | None |
| Parallel Dimensions (Optional rules) | Jacob D. C. Ross | January 2011 | Signs & Portents 88 | None |
| Space Bazaar (Supplement) | Carl Walmsley | January 2011 | Signs & Portents 88 | None |
| Red in Tooth and Claw (Creatures) | John R. White | January 2011 | Signs & Portents 88 | None |
| The CLock's Ticking (Adventure) | John R. White | February 2011 | Signs & Portents 89 | None |
| Ashton Ramsey, Human Scientist/Researcher (Character) | August Hahn | February 2011 | Signs & Portents 89 | None |
| The Thing in the Pit (Adventure) | Alex Greene | February 2011 | Signs & Portents 89 | None |
| Kian (Creatures) | Roger E. Moore | February 2011 | Signs & Portents 89 | None |
| Springer (Creatures) | Liz Danforth & Loren K. Wiseman | February 2011 | Signs & Portents 89 | None |
| Annic Nova (Adventure) | Marc W. Miller | June 2011 | Signs & Portents 93 | None |
| Apologies for Absence | Linsday Jackson | June 2011 | Signs & Portents 93 | None |
External Link/s
https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/signsnportentsarchive https://index.rpg.net/display-search.phtml?key=magazine&value=Signs+%26+Portents&type=pictures
History & Background (Dossier)
The first 24 issues were were released as a printed magazine, thereafter in PDF format only. From issues 26 through to 53 each issue contained two separate magazines sharing the same issue number, one titled "Signs & Portents Wargamer" and the other "Signs & Portents Roleplayer": from issue 54 both wargame and roleplay contents returned to be published together. The last published issue was #93, but issues #90, 91 and 92 were never published.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
