Maksim-Smelchak

Maksim-Smelchak is a Traveller contributor, fan, player, and playtester.

Description (Biography)

Maksim-Smelchak is a long-time Traveller player, fan, and playtester. He very much enjoys the Traveller universe and has a large collection of 6mm sci-fi game miniatures including a number of Traveller forces, which he uses to play a variety of sci-fi mini games including Dirtside II.

• While Maksim served in the US Air Force, an old friend gave him a cache of LBB's (Little Black Books). Maksim spent many a C-130 and C-5 transport plane ride pouring through LBB's in-between missions. Maksim currently lives in Northern California in the United States, and is a frequent enjoyer of all kinds of gaming goodness: RPG's (role-playing games), board games, miniature games, etc.
• In the past, Maksim has contributed to a variety of gaming products in various roles.
• He has previously contributed material to the Traveller RPG Wiki including creating new material, spellchecking, proofreading, Wiki code corrections, wordsmithing, and other additions.

External Links

This gentlesophont has the following external links available:

• Deviant Art Page

Three Biggest Traveller Influences

The three biggest influences on my Traveller works are as follows:

1. Marc Miller
2. Loren Wiseman
3. Don McKinney

I base my Traveller community interactions on the standards and examples that they pioneered. Any of my personal shortcomings are my own and not theirs. I have been blessed to have communicated with them, although not as well as I might have liked.

History & Background (Dossier)

This person has been involved with Traveller in the following ways:

• Playtester
• Fact-checker and editor
• Wiki Curator, Author, and Editor

Traveller RPG Wiki Participation

Maksim-Smelchak has extensively participated at the wiki. He was an editor of this wiki from 2015 to 2019.

• He will give permission to quote his writing or use his ideas if asked.

Bibliography-Ludography (Published Products)

Maksim-Smelchak has contributed to the following products:

Publications where this person is mentioned in the credits
Cirque: The Usual Suspects Cryptoludography Theta Borealis Sector (book) Traveller Integrated Timeline

References & Contributions (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

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