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<blockquote data-quote="TrippyHippy" data-source="post: 7737061" data-attributes="member: 27252"><p>Really?! </p><p></p><p>It's the second edition of the first edition Mongoose Traveller rules (2008) that were, in turn based on the Classic Traveller rules (1977). The new edition represents an evolution of these rules rather than a revolution, so they are mostly backwards compatible, and are built with a sense of robust and easy use in play as much as anything else. The changes in this edition are mainly cosmetic - the full colour presentation and production quality is a significant step up - and polishing the functionality of the rules. Various subset rules have been expanded and/or clarified - like including a Prisoner career in character generation, tweaking the skill list, or tidying up the Initiative rules, or having starship combat work in conjunction with standard combat. They have also included a bonus/penalty dice system akin to advantage/disadvantage in other games, with an aim to reducing the emphasis on +/- modifiers from previous editions. </p><p></p><p>The game is less deliberately generic than before. It's more focussed upon developing Marc Miller's original Third Imperium setting, and the default is assumed to be for that use primarily. You can, regardless, still use it as a generic engine (and the Third Imperium is so diverse and vast, it's easy to just develop your own subsector of space with your own setting, in effect), while there is a Mindjammer (transhumanist) supplement for making use of that setting instead and there is a 2300AD (hard scifi) setting coming soon too. </p><p></p><p>The main advantage of all this is really felt in the supplements, however, where Mongoose is really pushing the button in terms of their ambition and quality of produce. The Starter Set, the Pirates or Drinax Campaign and soon to be coming Great Rift box set are arguably some of the best works in the game's entire history. This new edition reaffirms Traveller's place as the premier science fiction roleplaying game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TrippyHippy, post: 7737061, member: 27252"] Really?! It's the second edition of the first edition Mongoose Traveller rules (2008) that were, in turn based on the Classic Traveller rules (1977). The new edition represents an evolution of these rules rather than a revolution, so they are mostly backwards compatible, and are built with a sense of robust and easy use in play as much as anything else. The changes in this edition are mainly cosmetic - the full colour presentation and production quality is a significant step up - and polishing the functionality of the rules. Various subset rules have been expanded and/or clarified - like including a Prisoner career in character generation, tweaking the skill list, or tidying up the Initiative rules, or having starship combat work in conjunction with standard combat. They have also included a bonus/penalty dice system akin to advantage/disadvantage in other games, with an aim to reducing the emphasis on +/- modifiers from previous editions. The game is less deliberately generic than before. It's more focussed upon developing Marc Miller's original Third Imperium setting, and the default is assumed to be for that use primarily. You can, regardless, still use it as a generic engine (and the Third Imperium is so diverse and vast, it's easy to just develop your own subsector of space with your own setting, in effect), while there is a Mindjammer (transhumanist) supplement for making use of that setting instead and there is a 2300AD (hard scifi) setting coming soon too. The main advantage of all this is really felt in the supplements, however, where Mongoose is really pushing the button in terms of their ambition and quality of produce. The Starter Set, the Pirates or Drinax Campaign and soon to be coming Great Rift box set are arguably some of the best works in the game's entire history. This new edition reaffirms Traveller's place as the premier science fiction roleplaying game. [/QUOTE]
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