Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 08

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 08
JTAS #8
Author		Loren Wiseman
Publisher		Game Designers Workshop
Version		Classic Traveller
Edition		1st
Format		Periodical (Digest)
Language		English
Pages		TBD
Year Published		1981
Canonical		No
Available from		RPGNow
Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 8
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Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 08 was the first major periodical for Classic Traveller.

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Table of Contents

Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 8

Section / Article	Author/s	Page/s
Cover Article
Broadsword class Mercenary Cruisers	by Marc Miller	24
Amber Zone
Crystals from Dinom		10
A Dagger at Efate		6
Contact!
The Vargr	by Frank Chadwick and Loren Wiseman	13
Feature Articles
The Umpire Strikes Back!	by J. Andrew Keith	16
Maps of the Moon and Planets		8
High Guard (Part III of III) (Ship Combat)		19
A Traveller Bibliography		38
Features
From the Management		2
Just Detected		4
Traveller News Service		5

Meta-history & Background

The Cover Article on Broadsword class Mercenary Cruisers, was the first appearance of what would become Adventure 7: Broadsword.

• The High Guard article, and the companion articles in the previous two issues, essentially covered the main changes from the first to the second editions of Book 5: High Guard.
• The Contact! article on the Vargr was the start of the various publications detailing the Vargr for different versions of Traveller.

Credits (Primary Sources)

Editor

Loren Wiseman

Artists

William H. Keith, Jr., Jennell Jaquays, and Chris Purcell

JTAS / Challenge Issues

This is an overview of the JTAS / Challenge Magazine (periodical) run:

Journal of the Travellers Aid Society - Challenge Magazine

CT / JTAS / GDW Periodicals: (1979 to 1985) Issue 1 - Issue 2 - Issue 3 - Issue 4 - Best 1 to 4 - Issue 5 - Issue 6 - Issue 7 - Issue 8 - Best 5 to 8 - Issue 9 - Issue 10 - Issue 11 - Issue 12 - Best 9 to 12 - JTAS 1-12 - Issue 13 - Issue 14 - Issue 15 - Issue 16 - Best 13 to 16 - Issue 17 - Issue 18 - Issue 19 - Issue 20 - Issue 21 - Issue 22 - Issue 23 - Issue 24 - JTAS 13-24 MT / Challenge / GDW Periodicals (1986 to 1988): Issue 25 - Issue 26 - Issue 27 - Issue 28 - Issue 29 - Issue 30 - Issue 31 - Issue 32 - Issue 33 - JTAS 25-33 MT / Expanded Challenge / GDW Periodicals (1988 to 1993): Issue 34 - Issue 35 - Issue 36 - Issue 37 - Issue 38 - Issue 39 - Issue 40 - Issue 41 - Issue 42 - Issue 43 - Issue 44 - Issue 45 - Issue 46 - Issue 47 - Issue 48 - Issue 49 - Issue 50 - Issue 51 - Issue 52 - Issue 53 - Issue 54 - Issue 55 - Issue 56 - Issue 57 - Issue 58 - Issue 59 - Issue 60 - Issue 61 - Issue 62 - Issue 63 - Issue 64 - Issue 65 - Issue 66 - Issue 67 - Issue 68 - Issue 69 - Issue 70 TNE / Expanded Challenge / GDW Periodicals (1993 to 1995): Issue 71 - Issue 72 - Issue 73 - Issue 74 - Issue 75 - Issue 76 - Issue 77 - Challenge 25-77 T4 / JTAS / Imperium Games Periodicals (1996 to 1997): Issue 25 / 78 - Issue 26 / 79 Trav / JTAS-Challenge / FFE Compilations (2002 to 2017): JTAS 1-12 - JTAS 13-24 - JTAS 25-33 - Challenge 25-77

References & Contributions (Sources)

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• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science