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'Traveller' se ha publicado en 11 versiones oficiales, cada una con su propio conjunto de reglas de juego subyacentes y haciendose cargo del escenario.
Traveler se diseñó originalmente como un juego de rol de ciencia ficción con un sistema genérico y el escenario original fue el que los diseñadores prefirieron entre los distintos escenarios disponibles. Si bien se alentó a los árbitros a usar las partes que querían y cambiar lo que no les gustaba, la gran cantidad de material de trasfondo hizo que el espacio conocido del escenario fuera omnipresente.
Descripción (Especificaciones)
Cada una de las versiones de Traveler utilizaba un escenario ligeramente diferente del universo de Traveler. El Traveller Clásico tiene lugar durante el Tercer Imperio, Megatraveller durante la Rebelión. La Nueva Era tiene lugar después de que un Virus informático finalizo el período de rebelión, durante un tiempo de exploración y reconstrucción. GURPS Traveler tiene lugar en una línea de tiempo alternativa donde muchos de los eventos de MegaTraveller y La Nueva Era nunca ocurrieron. El Traveller de Marc Miller tiene lugar en los primeros días del Tercer Imperio.
Algunas de las distintas versiones están relacionadas entre sí en términos de reglas. Traveller Clásico, MegaTraveller y Traveller de Mongoose utilizan sistemas de reglas similares, siendo MegaTraveller la más "variante" del grupo. La Nueva Era usa la segunda edición del sistema de reglas de Twilight, T20 se basa en el sistema de juego de licencia D20, y las versiones GURPS y Hero usan GURPS y HERO System respectivamente.
Si bien los personajes generalmente pueden ser trasladados de un sistema relacionado a otro con poco o ningún esfuerzo, otras creaciones como los diseños de naves espaciales pueden serlo o no, aunque los planos de cubierta (a menudo basados libremente en los diseños de barcos implícitos) se utilizan frecuentemente en todas las versiones.
Major Traveller Versions
- Classic Traveller
- 1977-1986 Original Rules published by Game Designers Workshop. Set in the years 1100-1116 Imperial calendar, around the time of the Fifth Frontier War. There were a number of supplements based on Classic Traveller - notably Merchant Prince, High Guard, and Mercenary, which extended the character generation system , as well as adding to the core rules. A later GDW product, Striker added very detailed ground combat and mercenary unit rules as well as detailed vehicle design rules which in parts became incorporated into the core rules for future editions.
- MegaTraveller
- 1986-1991 published by Game Designers Workshop. Set in the years 1116-1124 Imperial, during the time of the Rebellion. This was published as a boxed set, covering the core rules, a setting encyclopedia, and rules covering what was previously expansion material (such as character generation options similar to High Guard and Mercenary).
- Traveller The New Era
- 1992-1995 published by Game Designers Workshop, and using the GDW newer game system. Set after the year 1200 Imperial, post Virus timeline.
- Marc Miller's Traveller
- 1996-1998 published by Imperium Games using a new multi-die system for task resolution. Set just after Year Zero, in the early days of the Third Imperium.
- GURPS Traveller
- 1998-2004 published by Steve Jackson Games and using the GURPS 3rd Edition Rules. Set in the years 1116-1124 Imperial, in an alternate timeline which differs principally in that the Rebellion of 1116 never happened.
- GURPS Traveller Interstellar Wars
- 2004 published by Steve Jackson Games and using the GURPS 4th Edition rules. Set in the Interstellar Wars 2400 years before the founding of the Third Imperium, and covering the interactions of the First Imperium and the new Terran empire.
- Traveller D20
- 2002-2008 published by QuikLink Interactive and using an open game system version of the D20 Rules. Set around the year 990 Imperial, about 100 years before Classic Traveller, during the era of the Solomani Rim war, but in the Domain of Gateway.
- Traveller Hero
- 2006-2008 Published by ComStar Games using the Hero Games Star Hero rules and covering several previous milieus including Milieu 0, the T20 milieu 1000, and the New Era.
- Mongoose Traveller 1st edition
- 2008-2016 Published by Mongoose Publishing using a new set of rules, updating and streamlining the Classic Traveller rules. The setting is largely not covered in the core rules book, supplements are set in 1105 and centered largely on the Spinward Marches and Trojan Reaches. The core rules are available as open content.
- Traveller 5th
- 2013-Present published by Far Future Enterprises using a updated version of the Traveller 4th rules adding a wealth of new additional rules and enhancements and providing a basis for the future of Traveller. The setting is 'The Galaxiad', a FAR FAR FUTURE of Traveller (1902).
- Mongoose Traveller 2nd edition
- 2016-Present Published by Mongoose Publishing with an updated version of the 1st edition rules. All of the books are full color and the core books are all hardcovers. The setting is largely not covered in the core rule books, supplements are set in 1105 and centered largely on the Spinward Marches/Trojan Reach area.
Publisher support
In addition to the core publisher, several of the editions had material produced by other publisher. In many cases these additional publishers were officially licensed by the original publisher.
- Classic Traveller
- Ad Astra Products, Adjutant, Cargonaut Press, Digest Group Publications, Fantasy Production, FASA, Galaxy Games, Gamelords, Grenadier Models Inc., Group One, Herb Petro, Judges Guild, Marischal Adventures, Paranoia Press, Reilly Associates, Warfield Games
- MegaTraveller
- Digest Group Publications, Starlance Publications, Paragon
- Traveller The New Era
- Avenger Enterprises
- Marc Miller's Traveller
- BITS
- Mongoose Traveller (Both Editions)
- 13Mann, Avalon Game Company, Avenger Enterprises, ComStar Games, D. B. Game Design, DSL Ironworks, Gorgon Press, Gypsy Knights Games, Jon Brazer Enterprises, K-Studio, Moon Toad Publishing, Samardan Press, Skortched Urf Studios, Scrying Eye Games, Spica Publishing,Thunderegg Productions, Zozer Games
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science