MegaTraveller
MegaTraveller (Game Edition) Synopsis
MegaTraveller (1986-1991) was published by Game Designers' Workshop but designed by Digest Group Publications which published the popular Travellers' Digest (later the MegaTraveller Journal) Traveller support magazine.
MegaTraveller was replaced in 1992 by Traveller: The New Era.
MegaTraveller (Game Edition) Description
The game system used revised versions of the Classic Traveller mechanics with ideas first developed in the Traveller's Digest (and later also adapted to Traveller: 2300).
The game was set during the Rebellion era which shattered the Imperium. Supplements and magazines produced during this era detailed the progression of the Rebellion from the initial assassination of the Emperor in 1116 to the collapse of large-scale interstellar trade in roughly 1124 (the beginning of the supplement Hard Times). The system is often referred to as "MT".
MegaTraveller (Game Edition) Meta-history & Background
Digest Group Publications also produced a number of top-quality MegaTraveller supplements, including alien modules detailing the Aslan, Vargr, Vilani and Solomani for MegaTraveller and the World Builders' Handbook, which expanded greatly on the world-building system found in the main rulebooks.
MegaTraveller (Game Edition) Ludography Selection (Game Books)
Game Book Publisher Format Date of Publication Author/s Notes MegaTraveller CD-ROM (Far Future Enterprises) Game Book/s 2005 Various Contains most of the MegaTraveller product line on a CD Rom disk or in PDF format as an electronic file. Megatraveller [Box Set] (GDW) Boxed Set 1987 Various Contained the Player's Manual, Referee's Manual, Imperial Encyclopedia, and a poster map of the Spinward Marches Sector. Arrival Vengeance - The Final Odyssey (GDW) Game Book 1992 Greg Videll None Assignment: Vigilante (GDW) Game Book 1992 Charles E. Gannon None Astrogators' Guide to the Diaspora Sector (GDW) Game Book 1992 Charles E. Gannon None COACC: Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command (GDW) Game Book 1989 Terry McInnes None Fighting Ships of the Shattered Imperium (GDW) Game Book 1990 Marc Miller None Hard Times (GDW) Game Book 1991 Greg Videll None Imperial Encyclopedia (GDW) Game Book 1987 Marc Miller Included in the MegaTraveller boxed set. Knightfall (GDW) Game Book 1990 Joe D. Fugate, Sr. None Player's Manual (GDW) Game Book 1987 Marc Miller Included in the MegaTraveller boxed set. Rebellion Sourcebook (GDW) Game Book 1988 Marc Miller None Referee's Companion (GDW) Game Book 1988 Marc Miller None Referee's Manual (GDW) Game Book 1987 Marc Miller Included in the MegaTraveller boxed set. 101 Vehicles (DGP) Game Book 1988 Rob Caswell, Joe Fugate & Bryan Gibson. None MegaTraveller Alien Volume 1 - Vilani & Vargr: The Coreward Races (DGP) Game Book 1990 Joe D. Fugate, James Holden & Terry McInnes None The Early Adventures (DGP) Game Book 1988 Joe Fugate, Nancy Parker, Robert Parker, & Gary L. Thomas None The Flaming Eye (MegaTraveller Campaign Sourcebook - The Flaming Eye) (DGP) Game Book 1990 J. Andrew Keith None Referee's Gaming Kit (DGP) Game Folder 1988 Various None Starship Operator's Manual - Volume 1 (DGP) Game Book 1988 Rob Caswell, William W. Connors, Joe D. Fugate, Sr. & Gary L. Thomas None The Travellers' Digest Issues #11-21 (DGP) Periodical 1985-1990 Various None World Builder's Handbook (DGP) Game Book 1989 Joe Fugate, J. Andrew Keith & Gary L. Thomas None Gvurrdon Sector Campaignbook (Roger Malmstein) Game Book (Fan Publication) 2002-2008 Roger Malmstein A fan-produced publication covering Vargr space. Far & Away #1-3 (Pacific Rim Publishing) Periodical (Fanzine) 1990-1991 Jeffry Tibbetts None Jumpspace Issues #1-6 (Starlance Publications) Periodical (Fanzine) 1987-1988 Various Jumpspace was transformed into the Voyager magazine after Issues #1-6, addressing a wide array of games, which was published for 10 more issues. Security Leak Issues #1-5 (Gregg Giles) Periodical (Fanzine) 1987-1988 Various None Signal GK Books Issues #1-13 (Signal-GK) Periodical (Fanzine) 1989-1997 Various Not all issues were written for MegaTraveller Megatraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy (Paragon) PC Game 1990 Various Computer Software (Game) Megatraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients (Paragon) PC Game 1991 Various Computer Software (Game)