White Dwarf (magazine)
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White Dwarf is a gaming magazine published by Games Workshop, and first published in June/July 1977 CE.
- Some of the early editions featured articles about Traveller.
- The last regular issue of White Dwarf to feature Traveller content material was issue 82 in 1986 CE.
- Occasional product reviews occurred after this date.
Description (Specifications)
The full title is "White Dwarf, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Games Magazine".
- According to Ian Livingstone, one of the founders of Games Workshop, the name White Dwarf was chosen because it refers to fantasy (...a Dwarf is a Tolkienesque character) but also to science fiction (...a white dwarf is a dense star).
Traveller Articles in White Dwarf Magazine
This is a list of articles specific or applicable to Traveller in the first 100 issues of White Dwarf, along with their issue number.
White Dwarf Issues 1 to 25
| White Dwarf Magazine Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Author | Issue | Date | Page | Remarks |
| Traveller: The New Game Reviewed | Don Turnbull | Issue 6 | April/May 1978 | 16-18 | "Its appeal is immediate, its attraction compelling and its topicality apposite, but my guess is that it will occupy shelves rather than players' minds." |
| The Experienced Traveller: Continued Improvement of (current) Skills | Mike Ferguson | Issue 9 | Oct/Nov 1978 | 6-7 | TBD |
| The Experienced Traveller: Part II: Gaining New Skills | Mike Ferguson | Issue 10 | Dec/Jan 1978/1979 | 18-19 | TBD |
| Fire-Arms: 3000AD: Weapons additions | Brian Asbury | Issue 11 | Feb/Mar 1979 | 6-7 | TBD |
| Expanding Universe: Additions to Traveller rules part 1 | Andy Slack | Issue 13 | Jun/Jul 1979 | 14-16 | Skills and their Use, Poison and Chemical Warfare |
| Expanding Universe: Additions to Traveller rules part 2 | Andy Slack | Issue 14 | Aug/Sept 1979 | 8-11 | Starships, Computers, Engineering, Gunnery and Missiles, Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Effects of Explosives, Artillery |
| Expanding Universe: Additions to Traveller rules part 3 | Andy Slack | Issue 15 | Oct/Nov 1979 | 10-13 | Campaign Location, Stellar Systems, Planets, Alien Life, Robots |
| Expanding Universe: Additions to Traveller rules part 4 | Andy Slack | Issue 16 | Dec/Jan 1979/1980 | 11-12 | Social Status, Psionic Special Talents |
| The Sable Rose Affair: scenario | Bob McWilliams | Issue 17 | Feb/Mar 1980 | 16-20 | "A Task Force Traveller Mini-Adventure" |
| Criminals: An additional livelihood for Travellers | Trevor Graver | Issue 19 | Jun/Jul 1980 | 8-9 | TBD |
| Star Patrol: Scout Service in Traveller | Andy Slack | Issue 20 | Aug/Sept 1980 | 12-13 | An expanded generation system procedure |
| Starbase: Setting up Traveller Campaigns | Bob McWilliams | Issue 20 | Aug/Sept 1980 | 25 | First installment of a regular column |
| Starbase: The Lift | Bob McWilliams | Issue 21 | Oct/Nov 1980 | 26-27 | A mini-scenario |
| Robe and Blaster: Upgrading Aristocracy in Traveller | Rick D. Stuart | Issue 22 | Dec/Jan 1980/1981 | 11-12 | TBD |
| Starbase: Port Facilities | S. L. A. McIntyre | Issue 22 | Dec/Jan 1980/1981 | 23 | TBD |
| An Interview with Marc Miller, the Creator of Traveller | TBD | Issue 23 | Feb/Mar 1981 | 10-11 | TBD |
| Starbase: Khazad-Class Seeker Starship | Roger E. Moore | Issue 23 | Feb/Mar 1981 | 24 | TBD |
| Setting up Traveller Campaigns: Backdrop of Stars | Andy Slack | Issue 24 | Apr/May 1981 | 12-13 | Reprinted in Best of the White Dwarf, V1 |
| Starbase: Laser Swords and Foil | Bob McWilliams | Issue 24 | Apr/May 1981 | 24 | TBD |
| The Self-Made Traveller: Optional Skill Acquisition | Trevor Graver | Issue 25 | Jun/Jul 1981 | 11 | TBD |
| Blowout!: Vacc Suits in Traveller | Andy Slack | Issue 25 | Jun/Jul 1981 | 21 | TBD |
| Starbase | Bob McWilliams | Issue 25 | Jun/Jul 1981 | 25 | TBD |
White Dwarf Issues 26 to 50
| White Dwarf Magazine Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Author | Issue | Date | Page | Remarks |
| Starbase: Jump Drive Problems | Bob McWilliams | Issue 26 | Aug/Sept 1981 | 14 | TBD |
| Amber to Red: Scenario | Neil Cheyne | Issue 26 | Aug/Sept 1981 | 17-19 | The Prizewinning Traveller Scenario |
| The Imperial Secret Service | Robert McMahon | Issue 27 | Oct/Nov 1981 | 10 | Imperial Bureaucracy |
| Starbase: On the Cards: Reference system for weapons | Bob McWilliams | Issue 27 | Oct/Nov 1981 | 21 | TBD |
| Starbase: Sorry! | Bob McWilliams | Issue 28 | Dec/Jan 1981/1882 | 12-13 | A Traveller Mini-scenario |
| On Target: Critical hit system | Stephen Cook | Issue 28 | Dec/Jan 1981/1882 | 19 | TBD |
| Starport: The Mudskipper: A multi-terrain vehicle | Dryden Badenoch | Issue 29 | Feb/Mar 1982 | 16 | Reprinted in Best of the White Dwarf Vol 1 |
| Weed War: Dinorian | S. McIntyre | Issue 29 | Feb/Mar 1982 | 20-23 | A Traveller Scenario |
| Androids in Traveller | Roger E. Moore | Issue 30 | Apr/May 1982 | 10-11 | A Bio-engineered Career for Traveller |
| Starport: Ideas for Traveller | Bob McWilliams | Issue 30 | Apr/May 1982 | 23 | TBD |
| Prior Service in Traveller: Alternative character generation | John Conquest | Issue 31 | Jun/Jul 1982 | 14-15 | TBD |
| Additional Detector Systems for Traveller Starships | Antony Cornell and Martin Barrett | Issue 31 | Jun/Jul 1982 | 23 | TBD |
| STL: Slower than Light Ships | Marcus L. Rowland | Issue 32 | Aug 1982 | 12 | Slower-Than-Light Ships in Traveller |
| Striker: Design of Civilian Vehicles | Bob McWilliams | Issue 32 | Aug 1982 | 23 | A Strike Design competition |
| Weapons for Traveller | Bob McWilliams | Issue 33 | Sep 1982 | 10 | TBD |
| Guns for Sale: Buying weapons in Traveller | Bob McWilliams | Issue 33 | Sep 1982 | 17 | TBD |
| Droids: Robots for Traveller | TBD | Issue 34 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Morality in Traveller | TBD | Issue 34 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| We Have a referee Malfunction: Tips for refereeing | TBD | Issue 35 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| An Introduction to Traveller Part 1 | TBD | Issue 36 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| An Introduction to Traveller: Part 2: Refereeing | TBD | Issue 37 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Starbase: New vehicles | TBD | Issue 37 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| An Introduction to Traveller: Part 3: Scenarios | TBD | Issue 38 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| An Introduction to Traveller: Part 4: Campaigns | TBD | Issue 39 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Stand by to repel boarders: Starship security | TBD | Issue 39 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Explorer Class Scoutships | TBD | Issue 40 | TBD | TBD | Explorer class Scoutship |
| The Snowbird Mystery: Scenario | TBD | Issue 41 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| The covert Survey Bureau: Imperial intelligence agency | TBD | Issue 41 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| ...to catch a thief: Crime Prevention | TBD | Issue 42 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Careers in Traveller: Basic program | TBD | Issue 42 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Vehicle Combat | TBD | Issue 43 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Happy Landings: Starport Design in Traveller | Thomas M. Price | Issue 43 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Interstellar Charter Enterprises: An organisation for campaigns | TBD | Issue 44 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Gateway to Adventure: An introduction to Traveller scenarios | TBD | Issue 45 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Worldy Power: Additional government types | TBD | Issue 46 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Aliens: New monsters | TBD | Issue 47 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Database: Computers in Traveller | Marcus L. Rowland | Issue 48 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Shuttle Scuttle: A Traveller scenario for two opposing groups | Thomas M. Price | Issue 49 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| A Fleeting Encounter: Book 2 Fleets | TBD | Issue 49 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| A Few Small Formalities: Red Tape in Traveller | TBD | Issue 50 | TBD | TBD | The complications, trials, and tribulations of bureaucracy at its worst. |
White Dwarf Issues 51 to 100
| White Dwarf Magazine Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Author | Issue | Date | Page | Remarks |
| Extending UPPs for NPCs | TBD | Issue 51 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| To Live Forever: immortallity in Traveller | TBD | Issue 52 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Three of a Kind: NPCs for Traveller | TBD | Issue 53 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| The Edge of Infinity: Universes in Traveller | TBD | Issue 55 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Plying the Spacelanes: Ship encounters in Traveller | TBD | Issue 56 | TBD | TBD | Adventure encounters of starships. |
| Skyrig: Traveller scenario | TBD | Issue 57 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| The Staurni: An alien race for Traveller | TBD | Issue 57 | TBD | TBD | A sophont species. |
| For a Few Credits More: Money in Traveller | TBD | Issue 58 | TBD | TBD | The specie or currency of interstellar commerce. |
| CORE: Consulary Office of Reconnaisance and Exploration | Edited by Bob McWilliams | Issue 59 | 38 | Nov 1984 | Mysterious Zhodani scout / intelligence agency. |
| The Motivated Traveller: Column for Traveller | TBD | Issue 61 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| An Alien Werewolf in London: Traveller scenario | TBD | Issue 62 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Arms and the man: How to kill vehicles | Michael Holman | Issue 63 | March 1985 | 6-8 | TBD |
| Imperial Trooper: New characters | Nic Weeks | Issue 63 | March 1985 | 43 | TBD |
| Smile Please: A unique Traveller adventure | TBD | Issue 65 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| The Other Imperium: Civilian Organisations in Traveller | TBD | Issue 65 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Worldy Wiles: Social customs in Traveller | TBD | Issue 67 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Lone Dragon: A Traveller scenario | TBD | Issue 68 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Battle Stations: Ship combat damage | TBD | Issue 69 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Dead or Alive: The Bounty Hunter career in Traveller | Nic Week | Issue 70 | TBD | TBD | Type HT class Bounty Hunter |
| Avionics Failures: Traveller space problems | TBD | Issue 71 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Tower Trouble: Traveller scenario | TBD | Issue 71 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 3-D Space: Traveller discussion of space | TBD | Issue 73 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Mass Media: Communication in Traveller | TBD | Issue 75 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Mercy Mission: Traveller adventure | TBD | Issue 82 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
History & Background (Dossier)
Starting with issue 100 (May 1988) Games Workshop announced that all future White Dwarf issues would be devoted exclusively to in-house Games Workshop games.
References & Contributors (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.
- External Link: White Dwarf Traveller Index
- External Link: White Dwarf Index: Archive Site
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Marcus L. Rowland
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science