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{{InfoboxBook2
 
|name      = Worlds and Adventures
 
|name      = Worlds and Adventures
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|alsosee  =  
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|alsosee  = [[World]]
 
|author    = Marc Miller
 
|author    = Marc Miller
 
|available = http://www.rpgnow.com/product/80179/CT-B03Worlds-and-Adventures?affiliate_id=875229
 
|available = http://www.rpgnow.com/product/80179/CT-B03Worlds-and-Adventures?affiliate_id=875229
 
|canon    = Yes
 
|canon    = Yes
 
|caption  = Book 3
 
|caption  = Book 3
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|contents  = TBD
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|contents  =  
 
|edition  = 1st
 
|edition  = 1st
 
|footnote  = TBD
 
|footnote  = TBD
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|format    = LBB (Digest)
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|format    = [[LBB]] (Digest)
 
|image    = Book3 200px.jpg
 
|image    = Book3 200px.jpg
 
|language  = English
 
|language  = English
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|year      = 1977
 
|year      = 1977
 
}}
 
}}
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[[Book 3]] [[Worlds and Adventures]] created the [[UWP]], and helped to flesh out the [[OTU]] of [[Classic Traveller]].
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[[Worlds and Adventures|Book 3 Worlds and Adventures]] is a [[Game Designers Workshop]] product.
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* It is a primary source book, a rules book, designed for [[Classic Traveller]].
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== Description (Specifications) ==
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* It created the [[UWP]], and helped to flesh out the [[OTU]] of [[Classic Traveller]].
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Books 1, 2, and 3 came together to provide a great, well-developed sci-fi RPG.
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 +
''Book 3'' concerns the [[World|alien world]]s and [[star system]]s that can be encountered in the [[Imperial Fringe|far reaches]] of the [[universe]]. The referee is concerned with that part as he or she generates those worlds before the [[Traveller Gene|travellers]] arrive. Later, the players are concerned with the same data as they explore and investigate the [[world]] they have travelled to. {{Page cite|name= Characters and Combat |page=7|version=Classic Traveller}}
  
 
=== Table of Contents ===
 
=== Table of Contents ===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"  
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|+ ''Book 3 Worlds and Adventures''
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!colspan="2"|''[[Classic Traveller]]  <br> Book 3: Worlds and Adventures''
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|-
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! Section
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! Page/s
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|-
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| Cover & Publication Information 
 +
| 1-2
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|-
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| Table of Contents   
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| 3
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|-
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| [[World]]s   
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| 4-16
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|-
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| [[Equipment]]
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| 17-19
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|-
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| [[Vehicle]]s
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| 20-23
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[World]]s    || align="right" |1
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| Encounters
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| 24-27
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Equipment]] || align="right" |13
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| [[Creature|Animal Encounters]]  
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| 28-37
 
|-
 
|-
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| Encounters    || align="right" |19
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| [[Psionics]] 
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| 38-47
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Creature|Animal Encounters]] || align="right" |24
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| A Final Word
 +
| 48
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Psionics]]  || align="right" |33
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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=== Selected Goods & Gear ===
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=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries (Public)]] ===
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[[Personal Equipment]]
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# [[Drug]]
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# [[Equipment]]
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# [[Personal Device]]
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# [[Personal Equipment]]
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# [[Psionics]] {{Page cite|name=Worlds and Adventures|page=38}}
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# [[Shelter]]
 +
# [[Tool]]
 +
# [[Vision Aid]]
 +
 
 +
=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
 +
{{LibraryEntries}}
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 +
=== [[Drug|Selected Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)]] ===
 +
* [[Psi-Booster Drug]] {{Page cite|name=Worlds and Adventures|page=45}}
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* [[Psi-Double Drug]] {{Page cite|name=Worlds and Adventures|page=45}}
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* [[Psi-Special Drug]] {{Page cite|name=Worlds and Adventures|page=45-46}}
 +
 
 +
=== [[Equipment|Selected Equipment (Non-combat)]] ===  
 +
"[[Personal Equipment]]:"
 
# [[Artifical Gill]]
 
# [[Artifical Gill]]
 
# [[Cold Weather Clothing]]
 
# [[Cold Weather Clothing]]
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# [[Combination Filter Mask-Respirator]]
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# [[Combination Filter Mask-Respirator]] {{Page cite|name=Worlds and Adventures|page=17}}
 
# [[Filter Mask]]
 
# [[Filter Mask]]
 
# [[Oxygen Tank]]
 
# [[Oxygen Tank]]
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# [[Vacc Suit]]
 
# [[Vacc Suit]]
  
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[[Personal Device]]s
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"[[Personal Device]]s:"
 
# [[Artificial Psionic Shield Helmet]]
 
# [[Artificial Psionic Shield Helmet]]
 
# [[Bull-Horn]]
 
# [[Bull-Horn]]
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# [[Wrist Watch]]
 
# [[Wrist Watch]]
  
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[[Shelter]]s
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"[[Shelter]]s:"
 
# [[Advanced Base]]
 
# [[Advanced Base]]
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# [[Pre-Fabricated Cabin]]
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# [[Pre-Fabricated Cabin]] {{Page cite|name=Worlds and Adventures|page=17}}
 
# [[Pressure Tent]]
 
# [[Pressure Tent]]
 
# [[Tarpaulin]]
 
# [[Tarpaulin]]
 
# [[Tent]]
 
# [[Tent]]
  
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[[Tool]]s
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"[[Tool]]s:"
 
# [[Carpentry Tool Set]]
 
# [[Carpentry Tool Set]]
 
# [[Chain Saw]]
 
# [[Chain Saw]]
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# [[Metalwork Tool Set]]
 
# [[Metalwork Tool Set]]
  
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[[Vision Aid]]s
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"[[Vision Aid]]s:"
 
# [[Binoculars]]
 
# [[Binoculars]]
 
# [[Cold Light Lantern]]
 
# [[Cold Light Lantern]]
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# [[Torch]]es
 
# [[Torch]]es
  
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=== Selected Vehicles ===
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=== [[Master Abbreviation List|Selected Form/s & Terms]] ===
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# [[Ground vehicle]]s
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''Forms:''
 +
* [[TAS Form 6 Subsector Map Grid]]
 +
 
 +
''[[Master Abbreviation List|Terms]]:''
 +
# [[AFV]]
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# [[ATV]]
 +
# [[Cr]]
 +
 
 +
=== [[Vehicle|Selected Vehicles]] ===
 +
# [[Groundcraft]] AKA [[Ground Vehicle]]s
 
## [[AFV]]
 
## [[AFV]]
 
## [[ATV]]
 
## [[ATV]]
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### [[Wheeled ATV]]
 
### [[Wheeled ATV]]
 
## [[Ground Car]]
 
## [[Ground Car]]
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### [[Convertible Ground Car]]
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### [[Limousine]]
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### [[Motorcycle]]
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### [[Sports Ground Car]]
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### [[Truck]]
 +
### [[Unicycle]]
 +
### [[Van]]
 
## [[Hovercraft]]
 
## [[Hovercraft]]
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# [[Grav Vehicle]]s
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# [[Gravcraft]] AKA [[Grav Vehicle]]s
 
## [[Air/Raft]]
 
## [[Air/Raft]]
 
## [[GCarrier]]
 
## [[GCarrier]]
 
## [[Grav Belt]]
 
## [[Grav Belt]]
 
## [[Speeder]]
 
## [[Speeder]]
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# [[Primitive Transportation]]
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# [[Primitive Craft]] AKA [[Primitive Transportation]]
 
## [[Animal-drawn Cart]]
 
## [[Animal-drawn Cart]]
 
## [[Beast of Burden]]
 
## [[Beast of Burden]]
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## [[Riding Beast]]
 
## [[Riding Beast]]
 
## [[Sailing Ship]]
 
## [[Sailing Ship]]
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# [[Winged Craft]]
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# [[Aircraft]] AKA [[Winged Craft]]
 
## [[Fixed Wing Aircraft]]
 
## [[Fixed Wing Aircraft]]
 
## [[Helicopter]]
 
## [[Helicopter]]
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## [[Motor Boat]]
 
## [[Motor Boat]]
 
## [[Small Steamship]]
 
## [[Small Steamship]]
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## [[Submerisible]]
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## [[Submersible]]
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 +
== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 +
Books 1, 2, and 3 came together to provide a great, well-developed sci-fi RPG.
  
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== Meta-history & Background (Dossier) ==
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----
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{{CT}} [[Book 3]] Worlds and Adventures (1977) created the [[UWP]], which was later expanded with "Extended [[UWP]] Statistics", and was continued with the following products:
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{{Ludography cite|name=Worlds and Adventures|page=}}(1977) created the [[UWP]], which was later expanded with "Extended [[UWP]] Statistics", and was continued with the following products:
 
* [[World Displays]] (1981), by [[Ad Astra Products]], which provided subsector and world record forms.  
 
* [[World Displays]] (1981), by [[Ad Astra Products]], which provided subsector and world record forms.  
 
* [[Grand Survey (book)]] (1986), by [[Digest Group Publications]], which detailed the [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service]] ad the  [[Grand Survey]]s, which allowed detailed physical characteristics and an accurate map of the world. [[Grand Survey (book)]] called the [[UWP]], the UPP or Universal Planetary Profile.
 
* [[Grand Survey (book)]] (1986), by [[Digest Group Publications]], which detailed the [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service]] ad the  [[Grand Survey]]s, which allowed detailed physical characteristics and an accurate map of the world. [[Grand Survey (book)]] called the [[UWP]], the UPP or Universal Planetary Profile.
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* [[World Tamer's Handbook]] (1994), by {{GDW}}, which brought even more detail to the survey and colonization processes.
 
* [[World Tamer's Handbook]] (1994), by {{GDW}}, which brought even more detail to the survey and colonization processes.
 
* [[Traveller 5th]] (2013), by [[Far Future Enterprises]], which further continues the [[UWP]] legacy with many new features.
 
* [[Traveller 5th]] (2013), by [[Far Future Enterprises]], which further continues the [[UWP]] legacy with many new features.
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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. 
 +
 +
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. 
 +
 +
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|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}}
  
 
=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
 
=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
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;Author
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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:[[Marc Miller]]
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!colspan="2"|Credits (Primary Sources)
 +
|-
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! Credit
 +
! [[Author]]s & Contributors
 +
|-
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| Original Concept and General Game Design
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| [[Marc Miller]]
 +
|-
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| Supplemental Design
 +
| [[Frank Chadwick]], [[John Harshman]], [[Loren Wiseman]], [[Darryl Hany]]
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|-
 +
| Playtesting
 +
| [[Winston Hamilton]], [[Tony Svajlenka]], [[Scott Renner]], [[Doug Po]], [[David MacDonald]], [[Wayne Roth]]
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|-
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| Art Direction
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| [[Paul R. Banner]]
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|-
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| Publisher
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| [[Game Designers' Workshop]]
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|-
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|}
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=== External Link/s ===
 +
"COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES:"
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/44382/worlds-and-adventures RPG GEEK Entry]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=667 RPG NET Entry]
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# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.librarything.com/series/Classic+Traveller+Main+Books Library Thing Classic Traveller]
 +
 
 +
"REVIEWS:"
 +
# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
 +
 
 +
''Other Articles:''
 +
# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]
  
 
== References & Contributions (Sources) ==
 
== References & Contributions (Sources) ==
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{{Intermediate}}
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{{Advanced}}
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{{Detail}}
 
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
 
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
 
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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[[Category: Creature Source]]
 
[[Category: Creature Source]]
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[[Category: Drug Source]]
 
[[Category: Equipment Source]]
 
[[Category: Equipment Source]]
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[[Category: Psionics]]
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[[Category: Vehicle Source]]
 
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{{MET|}}

Latest revision as of 14:23, 6 May 2019

Worlds and Adventures
Book3 200px.jpg
Book 3
Author Marc Miller
Publisher Game Designers Workshop
Version Classic Traveller
Edition 1st
Format LBB (Digest)
Language English
Pages 48
Year Published 1977
Canonical Yes
Available from RPGNow
Also See World
TBD

Book 3 Worlds and Adventures is a Game Designers Workshop product.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Book 3 concerns the alien worlds and star systems that can be encountered in the far reaches of the universe. The referee is concerned with that part as he or she generates those worlds before the travellers arrive. Later, the players are concerned with the same data as they explore and investigate the world they have travelled to. [1]

Table of Contents[edit]

Classic Traveller
Book 3: Worlds and Adventures
Section Page/s
Cover & Publication Information 1-2
Table of Contents 3
Worlds 4-16
Equipment 17-19
Vehicles 20-23
Encounters 24-27
Animal Encounters 28-37
Psionics 38-47
A Final Word 48

Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]

  1. Drug
  2. Equipment
  3. Personal Device
  4. Personal Equipment
  5. Psionics [2]
  6. Shelter
  7. Tool
  8. Vision Aid

Library Data Entries (Automated)[edit]

Library data entries


Selected Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)[edit]

Selected Equipment (Non-combat)[edit]

"Personal Equipment:"

  1. Artifical Gill
  2. Cold Weather Clothing
  3. Combination Filter Mask-Respirator [6]
  4. Filter Mask
  5. Oxygen Tank
  6. Protective Suit
  7. Respirator
  8. Swimming Equipment
  9. Underwater Air Tank
  10. Vacc Suit

"Personal Devices:"

  1. Artificial Psionic Shield Helmet
  2. Bull-Horn
  3. Hand Calculator
  4. Hand Computer
  5. Handcuffs
  6. Inertial Locator
  7. Long Range Communicator
  8. Magnetic Compass
  9. Medium Range Communicator
  10. Metal Detector
  11. Radiation Counter
  12. Short Range Communicator
  13. Wrist Watch

"Shelters:"

  1. Advanced Base
  2. Pre-Fabricated Cabin [7]
  3. Pressure Tent
  4. Tarpaulin
  5. Tent

"Tools:"

  1. Carpentry Tool Set
  2. Chain Saw
  3. Disguise Kit
  4. Electronic Tool Set
  5. Lock Pick Set
  6. Mechanical Tool Set
  7. Medical Kit
  8. Metalwork Tool Set

"Vision Aids:"

  1. Binoculars
  2. Cold Light Lantern
  3. Electric Torches
  4. Gas Lamp
  5. IR Goggles
  6. Light Intensifier Goggles
  7. Oil Lamp
  8. Torches

Selected Form/s & Terms[edit]

Forms:

Terms:

  1. AFV
  2. ATV
  3. Cr

Selected Vehicles[edit]

  1. Groundcraft AKA Ground Vehicles
    1. AFV
    2. ATV
      1. Tracked ATV
      2. Wheeled ATV
    3. Ground Car
      1. Convertible Ground Car
      2. Limousine
      3. Motorcycle
      4. Sports Ground Car
      5. Truck
      6. Unicycle
      7. Van
    4. Hovercraft
  2. Gravcraft AKA Grav Vehicles
    1. Air/Raft
    2. GCarrier
    3. Grav Belt
    4. Speeder
  3. Primitive Craft AKA Primitive Transportation
    1. Animal-drawn Cart
    2. Beast of Burden
    3. Galley
    4. Riding Beast
    5. Sailing Ship
  4. Aircraft AKA Winged Craft
    1. Fixed Wing Aircraft
    2. Helicopter
    3. Primitive Biplane
  5. Watercraft
    1. Motor Boat
    2. Small Steamship
    3. Submersible

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Books 1, 2, and 3 came together to provide a great, well-developed sci-fi RPG.

Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), .Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), .(1977) created the UWP, which was later expanded with "Extended UWP Statistics", and was continued with the following products:

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. [8]

Credits (Primary Sources)[edit]

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit Authors & Contributors
Original Concept and General Game Design Marc Miller
Supplemental Design Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, Loren Wiseman, Darryl Hany
Playtesting Winston Hamilton, Tony Svajlenka, Scott Renner, Doug Po, David MacDonald, Wayne Roth
Art Direction Paul R. Banner
Publisher Game Designers' Workshop

External Link/s[edit]

"COMMENTARY & DATA ARTICLES:"

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: RPG GEEK Entry
  2. EXTERNAL LINK: RPG NET Entry
  3. EXTERNAL LINK: Library Thing Classic Traveller

"REVIEWS:"

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

Other Articles:

  1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]

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.
  1. ↑ Marc Miller. Characters and Combat (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 7.
  2. ↑ Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 38.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 38.
  3. ↑ Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 45.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 45.
  4. ↑ Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 45.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 45.
  5. ↑ Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 45-46.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 45-46.
  6. ↑ Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 17.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 17.
  7. ↑ Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 17.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 17.
  8. ↑ Don McKinney. Lost Rules of Traveller (Far Future Enterprises, 2010), 2.
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