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{{InfoboxBook|name=Starter Traveller|publisher={{GDW}}|version={{CT}}|format=Box|canon=Yes|image=[[Image:Travstarterboxset1.jpg]]|author=[[Marc Miller]]|pages=96|year=1983|footnote=no. 251|caption=}}
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{{InfoboxBook2
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|name     = Starter Traveller
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|alsosee  = [[Lost Rules of Traveller]]
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|author    = Marc Miller
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|available = http://www.rpgnow.com/product/80190/CTSTStarter-Traveller?affiliate_id=875229
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|canon     = Yes
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|caption  = TBD
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|contents  =
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|edition  = 1st
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|footnote  = No. 251
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|format    = Book (Softback)
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|image     = Travstarterboxset1.jpg
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|language  = English
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|pages     = 96
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|publisher = Game Designers Workshop
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|version  = Classic Traveller
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|year      = 1983
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}}
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[[Starter Traveller]] is a Traveller Boxed Basic Set created by [[Game Designers Workshop]].
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* It is a rules book, source book, and includes several adventures.
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* It's a compilation and update of previous rules dates and materials written for [[Classic Traveller]].
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* It is a different product than the [[Deluxe Traveller Boxed Set]].
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* This [[publication]] has the following errata file: [[Errata Basic Traveller 1981 Edition]]
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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Box contains 2 booklets, two-sided map, two dice.
  
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=== Table of Contents ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!colspan="2"| ''[[Classic Traveller]] Edition:<br> Starter Traveller Boxed Set''
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|-
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!colspan="2"| ''Rules Book''
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|-
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! Section
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! Page/s
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|-
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| Introduction
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| 5
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|-
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| Characters
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| 8
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|-
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| Personal Combat
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| 19
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|-
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| Travel
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| 27
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|-
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| Starship Economics
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| 29
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|-
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| Computers
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| 38
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|-
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| Space Combat
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| 39
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|-
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| Worlds
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| 43
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|-
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| Animal Encounters
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| 46
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|-
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| Encounters
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| 50
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|-
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| Trade and Commerce
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| 52
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|-
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| Equipment
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| 52
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|-
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| Vehicles
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| 55
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|-
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| Psionics
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| 57
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|-
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| Basic Traveller Activities
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| 61
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|-
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| Referee's Guide to Adventuring
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| 62
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|-
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| Into the Subsector
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| 63
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|-
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|}
  
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Traveller Boxed Basic Set
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!colspan="2"| ''Charts and Tables''
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|-
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! Section
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! Page/s
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|-
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| Characters
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| 2-3
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|-
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| Personal Combat
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| 4-7
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|-
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| Travelling
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| 8
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|-
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| Starship Economics
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| 9
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|-
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| Starship Design and Construction
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| 10-11
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|-
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| Space Combat
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| 12-13
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|-
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| Worlds
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| 14-17
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|-
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| Animal Encounters
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| 18-19
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|-
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| Encounters
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| 20-21
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|-
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| Trade and Commerce
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| 22
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|-
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| Personal Equipment and Vehicles
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| 23
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|-
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| Psionics
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| 24
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|-
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| TAS Form 2 (Personal History)
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| Inside Front Cover
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|-
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| TAS Form 6 (Subsector Map Grid)
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| Inside Back Cover
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|-
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|}
  
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Box contains 2 booklets, two-sided map, two dice
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=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
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# [[Type A class Free Trader]]
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# [[Type C class Mercenary Cruiser]]
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# [[Type K class Safari Ship]]
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# [[Type L class Laboratory Ship]]
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# [[Type M class Subsidized Liner]]
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# [[Type R class Subsidized Merchant]]
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# [[Type S class Scout/Courier]]
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# [[Type T class Patrol Ship]]
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# [[Type Y class Yacht]]
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# [[World class Battle Tender]]
  
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Credits:
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=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
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{{LibraryEntries}}
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== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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The Classic Traveller core rules actually exist in three different rulesets. Logic would suggest using the most recent released edition; but in this case, there are rules elements of interest to the collector which would not be included. 
  
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:Name Credit
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The original 1977 release of Traveller contained three books – [[Characters and Combat]], [[Starships]], and [[Worlds and Adventures]]. This set of rules contains everything needed to play Traveller. However, in 1981, [[GDW]] took advantage of a need to reprint the core rules to also address and clean up the rules. This "second edition" actually adds quite a bit to the rules, but there are also some items dropped from the rules. This second edition also incorporated errata printed in [[Book 4]] – [[Mercenary (book)|Mercenary]] for the original 1977 edition. 
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:[[Marc Miller]] Design
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:[[John Harshman]] Developer
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This cleaned up "second edition" would be used for producing [[The Traveller Book]] in 1982, along with some additional material, including a special introduction for new players, two adventures, and additional details on what was becoming the [[Official Traveller Universe]] ([[OTU]]). Some additional rules did slip into [[The Traveller Book]] that appear nowhere else. 
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:[[Paul R. Banner]] Development Contribution
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:[[Frank Chadwick]] Development Contribution
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Finally, in 1983, [[GDW]] released [[Starter Traveller]], intended at giving a younger audience a streamlined and simpler set of Traveller rules. This release dropped some of the more complicated rules, but added a different starship combat system (using range bands, much like the personal combat system, as opposed to vector movement) which many consider a great improvement on the original. Except where noted, [[Starter Traveller]] uses the 1981 edition rules. 
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:[[Loren K. Wiseman]] Development Contribution
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:[[David R. Deitrick]] Box Cover Artist
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Finally, other minor [[Classic Traveller]] rules appeared in other releases (notably [[Mayday]], [[Snapshot]], and the Alien Modules) which some referees and players of the [[Classic Traveller]] rules will find useful without adopting the game models in those products. This document presents a collection of rules elements for purchasers of [[FFE]]'s [[The Classic Books|The Classic Books 0 - 8]] to give them access to these lost rules not available in the Classic Reprints collection. {{Page cite|name= Lost Rules of Traveller |page= 2}}
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:[[Chris Purcell]] Box Design
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:[[Paul R. Banner]] Art Director
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=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
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:[[Donna Barr]] Interior Artist
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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:[[Liz Danforth]] Interior Artist
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!colspan="2"| Credits (Primary Sources)
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:[[David R. Deitrick]] Interior Artist
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|-
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:[[William H. Keith Jr.]] Interior Artist
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! Credit
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:[[Bob Liebman]] Interior Artist
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! Authors & Contributors
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:[[John M. Morrison]] Interior Artist
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|-
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| Design
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| [[Marc Miller]]
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|-
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| Developer
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| [[John Harshman]]  
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|-
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| Development Contribution
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| [[Paul R. Banner]], [[Frank Chadwick]] and [[Loren Wiseman|Loren K. Wiseman]]
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|-
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| Box Cover Artist
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| [[David Deitrick|David R. Deitrick]]  
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|-
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| Box Design
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| [[Chris Purcell]]  
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|-
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| Art Director
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| [[Paul R. Banner]]  
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|-
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| Interior Artist
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| [[D.J. Barr|Donna Barr]], [[Liz Danforth]], [[David Deitrick]], [[William H. Keith, Jr.]], [[Bob Liebman]] and [[John M. Morrison]]
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|-
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|}
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=== External Link/s ===
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''COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES:''
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [TBD]
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''REVIEWS:''
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [TBD]
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''Other Articles:''
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
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== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
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{{Intermediate}}
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{{Detail}}
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{{Sources
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|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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}}
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[[Category: Equipment Source]]
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[[Category: Ship Source]]
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[[Category: Smallcraft Source]]
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{{MET|}}

Latest revision as of 13:43, 23 October 2019

Starter Traveller
Travstarterboxset1.jpg
TBD
Author Marc Miller
Publisher Game Designers Workshop
Version Classic Traveller
Edition 1st
Format Book (Softback)
Language English
Pages 96
Year Published 1983
Canonical Yes
Available from RPGNow
Also See Lost Rules of Traveller
No. 251

Starter Traveller is a Traveller Boxed Basic Set created by Game Designers Workshop.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Box contains 2 booklets, two-sided map, two dice.

Table of Contents[edit]

Classic Traveller Edition:
Starter Traveller Boxed Set
Rules Book
Section Page/s
Introduction 5
Characters 8
Personal Combat 19
Travel 27
Starship Economics 29
Computers 38
Space Combat 39
Worlds 43
Animal Encounters 46
Encounters 50
Trade and Commerce 52
Equipment 52
Vehicles 55
Psionics 57
Basic Traveller Activities 61
Referee's Guide to Adventuring 62
Into the Subsector 63
Charts and Tables
Section Page/s
Characters 2-3
Personal Combat 4-7
Travelling 8
Starship Economics 9
Starship Design and Construction 10-11
Space Combat 12-13
Worlds 14-17
Animal Encounters 18-19
Encounters 20-21
Trade and Commerce 22
Personal Equipment and Vehicles 23
Psionics 24
TAS Form 2 (Personal History) Inside Front Cover
TAS Form 6 (Subsector Map Grid) Inside Back Cover

Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]

  1. Type A class Free Trader
  2. Type C class Mercenary Cruiser
  3. Type K class Safari Ship
  4. Type L class Laboratory Ship
  5. Type M class Subsidized Liner
  6. Type R class Subsidized Merchant
  7. Type S class Scout/Courier
  8. Type T class Patrol Ship
  9. Type Y class Yacht
  10. World class Battle Tender

Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]

Library data entries


Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]

The Classic Traveller core rules actually exist in three different rulesets. Logic would suggest using the most recent released edition; but in this case, there are rules elements of interest to the collector which would not be included.

The original 1977 release of Traveller contained three books – Characters and Combat, Starships, and Worlds and Adventures. This set of rules contains everything needed to play Traveller. However, in 1981, GDW took advantage of a need to reprint the core rules to also address and clean up the rules. This "second edition" actually adds quite a bit to the rules, but there are also some items dropped from the rules. This second edition also incorporated errata printed in Book 4 – Mercenary for the original 1977 edition.

This cleaned up "second edition" would be used for producing The Traveller Book in 1982, along with some additional material, including a special introduction for new players, two adventures, and additional details on what was becoming the Official Traveller Universe (OTU). Some additional rules did slip into The Traveller Book that appear nowhere else.

Finally, in 1983, GDW released Starter Traveller, intended at giving a younger audience a streamlined and simpler set of Traveller rules. This release dropped some of the more complicated rules, but added a different starship combat system (using range bands, much like the personal combat system, as opposed to vector movement) which many consider a great improvement on the original. Except where noted, Starter Traveller uses the 1981 edition rules.

Finally, other minor Classic Traveller rules appeared in other releases (notably Mayday, Snapshot, and the Alien Modules) which some referees and players of the Classic Traveller rules will find useful without adopting the game models in those products. This document presents a collection of rules elements for purchasers of FFE's The Classic Books 0 - 8 to give them access to these lost rules not available in the Classic Reprints collection. [1]

Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit Authors & Contributors
Design Marc Miller
Developer John Harshman
Development Contribution Paul R. Banner, Frank Chadwick and Loren K. Wiseman
Box Cover Artist David R. Deitrick
Box Design Chris Purcell
Art Director Paul R. Banner
Interior Artist Donna Barr, Liz Danforth, David Deitrick, William H. Keith, Jr., Bob Liebman and John M. Morrison

External Link/s[edit]

COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: [TBD]

REVIEWS:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: [TBD]

Other Articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]

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