Editing X-Boat: A Traveller5 Zine

{{InfoboxBook2
|name      = X-Boat: A Traveller5 Zine
|alsosee   = 
|author    = Robert Eaglestone
|available = Not yet
|canon     = Yes
|caption   = TBD
|contents  = 
|edition   = 1st
|footnote  = 
|format    = Book (Softback) (PDF)
|image     = Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif
|language  = English
|pages     = 16
|publisher = Robert Eaglestone
|version   = Traveller 5th
|year      = 2019
}}
[[X-Boat: A Traveller5 Zine]] is a [[Robert Eaglestone]] product.
* It is a [[periodical]] written for [[Traveller 5th]] edition.

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
This is a true [[Fanzine|FanZine]], with most of the material being suggested by Traveller fans. Each issue is 24 printed half-pages (5.5 x 8.5) in a saddle-stitched booklet format. 

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'''Ian Stead's Art''' <br> 
Yes! And the better the Kickstarter response, the more I can leverage the experienced and capable [[Ian Stead]] for beautifully themed artwork.

'''Robert Pearce's Art''' <br> 
[[Robert Pearce]], of Starship Geomorph Deckplans fame, has agreed to do character artwork. Again, the better the KickStarter goes, the more I can ask from him.

'''Delivery''' <br> 
Distribution is four issues, with the first delivered this summer.  My intention is to deliver each issue quarterly thereafter, but I'm new to this, so it may be intermittent, and it may take 18 months before I deliver the last issue.  In addition to delivery, I will make available a PDF of each issue, following the same general schedule.

Shipping is extra.  For example, typical shipping to the U.S. is about $1.30 per issue, and international is about $3.25 per issue.  The low-cost PDF-only option gets you the PDFs and forego shipping, to cut costs. 

'''Is it Compatible with Version __ of Traveller?''' <br>  
While the [[T5|Fifth Edition]] is directly supported, these resources typically work with any version of Traveller, or science fiction role-playing games in general. 

'''Who Am I?''' <br> 
My name is [[Robert Eaglestone]]. I've loved the [[Traveller]] role-playing game for decades, and have had the privilege of working with [[Marc Miller]] and others on [[Traveller]]. I'm raising funds for a fanzine supporting Traveller -- [[Gentlesophont|people]], [[starship]]s, [[world]]s, [[animal]]s, and more -- with the fantastic artwork of [[Ian Stead]] and the moral support of [[Marc Miller]].

For years I've been accumulating ideas about the game. So along comes KickStarter's 'Zine Quest -- the perfect opportunity to do homage to Traveller, old-school fashion.
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=== Table of Contents ===
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=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
# [[TBD]]

=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
{{LibraryEntries}}

== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
On 21 February 2019 [[CE]], [[Robert Eaglestone]] launched a Kickstarter to get a new Traveller [[periodical]] founded and funded. It funded on the first day.

=== Xboat Fanzine Series ===
# [[Xboat 01]]
# [[Xboat 02]]
# [[Xboat Special Supplement 1: Contact]]
# [[Xboat 03]]
# [[Xboat 04]]
# [[Xboat 05]]

=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
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! Credit
! [[Author]]s & Contributors
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| [[Author]]
| [[Robert Eaglestone]]
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=== External Link/s ===
''Commentary & Data articles:''
# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/762366408/xboat-zinequest?ref=thanks_share&fbclid=IwAR2nkjJI05F48Vh3b7P74dPD8BkdmLhopFJhCHmk3OnnPpjzTNQRpB_pHzc Kickstarter Page]

''Reviews:''
# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]

''Other Articles:''
# EXTERNAL LINK: [[TBD]]

== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Detail}}
{{Sources
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
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