Traveller Calendar 2013 Andrew Boulton Memorial Edition
| Traveller Calendar 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Andrew Boulton Memorial Edition | |||
| Author | Ian Stead | ||
| Publisher | Spica Publishing | ||
| Version | Generic Traveller | ||
| Format | Calendar (PDF) | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Pages | 22 | ||
| Year Published | 2012 | ||
| Canonical | Yes | ||
| Available from | DriveThru RPG | ||
The Traveller Calendar 2013 Andrew Boulton Memorial Edition is a Spica Publishing calendar designed for Generic Traveller.
The Traveller calendars were a neat series of Traveller art organized for charity benefits. The art was mostly CG (computer generated) and came from the sci-fi art community. Andrew Boulton headed the project every year.
The annual Traveller Calendar was the brain child of Andrew Boulton, who for the past several years has assem- bled a truly talented band of artists to produce the calendar, proceeds of which went to various good causes.
Sadly Andrew passed away this year (2012) and it looked like the next calendar would not happen. But the artists would not let that happen: Ian Stead stepped forward to manage the project; the artists all stepped forward with truly great Traveller art, and all wanted to make this a tribute to Andrew.
Everyone donated their time; the Traveller permissions and licensing (as always) was donated.
Now you are the last link in the chain: we hope you enjoy this calendar as much as we enjoyed putting it together.
Credits
- Author
- Ian Stead
Table of Contents
| Traveller Calendar 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Title | Artist | Remarks |
| Preface Art #1 | Missing Man | Donavan Lambertus | A flight of three Imperial space fighters passing a small planet with a ring in the missing man formation. |
| Preface Art #2 | Grand Census | David Redington | A landed Imperial smallcraft with filter masks explore and survey a world with abundant plant life. They are probably IISS scouts. |
| January | Derelict Planet | Bryan Gibson | A crashed and long derelict Type R class Subsidized Merchant on the surface of a lush world with a high technology city in the background. Bat-winged avianoids fly in the background under the bright light of a brilliant sun. |
| February | Relic Hunt | Mirco Adam | What appears to be a Type TI class Merchant flies past a gas giant with a ring that has the derelict ruins of a former technological craft in orbit. It might have been a spacecraft, possibly a space station. |
| March | Prepare to be Boarded | Ian Stead | Two ships face off in deep space: A Type R class Subsidized Merchant and a Fiery class Gunned Escort. |
| April | First Ship this Yea | Thomas Peters | A party of locals with trade goods drawn by unknown dray creatures and a pet approach a landed Beowulf class Free Trader. What looks like the stripped out hulk of a Type R class Subsidized Merchant can be seen in the background. |
| May | Leaf on the Wind | Wayne Peters | Two IISS scouts mounted on racing ponis gesture to a nearby Type S class Scout/Courier in nap of the earth flight. |
| June | The Job Proposal | Rob Caswell | A Zhodani and possibly a Solomani human haggle on a space station. In the space station window, one can see an orbiting Type R class Subsidized Merchant. An object, probably a spy cam, is floating in the background. |
| July | Annic Nova | Winchell Chung | An Annic Nova class Far Trader in orbit around a gas giant with several stars in the background. |
| August | Dust Runner | Steve Attwood | A Rucker class Trader travels the cosmos with a gas giant in the background. |
| September | Rendevous | Mark Hirst | A Venture Star craft is landed in a small cove with a lone crewman glancing at it. |
| October | Close Escort | Magmagmag | Stylized render of a Gazelle class Close Escort starship with a Gig smallcraft. |
| November | IISS Ground Survey | Andrew Staples | A Wheeled ATV and an airbourne smallcraft patrol the surface of a rocky Vacuum World. A crewman in a vacuum suit watches on. |
| December | Season Greetings | Andrew Boulton | An IISS Type S class Scout/Courier conveys the season’s greetings! |
| Closing Art | Tigress with Stars | Shawn Driscoll | A mighty Tigress class Dreadnought patrols at high guard position along with a Azhanti High Lightning class Cruiser and several Rampart class Fighters. |
Andrew Boulton 1969-2012
Andrew Boulton was a devoted Traveller fan who made substantial efforts to support the game and share it with others. He served admirably as an admin on these boards, never becoming intrusive, but always concerned and facilitating.
Andrew also took great pride (and justly so) in his contributions to Traveller. He was extremely pleased that his Beowulf in Distress was selected for the cover of the Traveller5 Beta CDROM, although the selection was based on his talent and execution rather than any special connections.
Andrew produced the Traveller Calendar annually since 2007, showcasing a variety of interesting and excellent art for Traveller, and devoting the proceeds to several worthy charities.
Andrew was a widower with a continuing devotion to Penny. He wrote touchingly of his meeting her and falling in love and having that love returned. They were married in 2003 (he called it the happiest day of his life). Alas, they had less than a year together before she died on New Years Day 2004.
Andrew was a participant in the Traveller5 Beta and shared his constructive criticism with logic and passion, and his contributions have made the game better for it. We (and specifically I) will miss Andrew terribly, but I am grateful to have known him and have had his support.
Marc Miller
Traveller Calendar Series
Calendars were a regular fan item for a number of years:
- Traveller Calendar 2006
- Traveller Calendar 2007
- Traveller Calendar 2008
- Traveller Calendar 2009
- Traveller Calendar 2010
- Traveller Calendar 2011
- Traveller Calendar 2012
- Traveller Calendar 2013 Andrew Boulton Memorial Edition
- Traveller Calendar 2014 (...wasn't created or published)
- Traveller Calendar 2015
- Ian Stead. Traveller Calendar 2013 (Spica Publishing, 2012), 1.