Traveller 5e coming from World's Largest RPG in cooperation with Mongoose Publishing

[schneeland]

In an unexpected turn of events, Mongoose has just posted new on their Facebook page that there will be a 5e-based version of Traveller, developed by World's Largest RPG in cooperation with Mongoose:

The best science-fiction role-playing game ever, adapted at last to the world's most popular rules! All of Traveller's key activities (character and world generation, personal and ship combat, you name it) fully converted to 5E's exciting, heroic game system.
Spearheaded by GDW and TSR veteran Timothy Brown, with a savvy team of Traveller and 5E experts, and in full coordination with Mongoose Publishing, this new approach goes beyond just the established universe, paving the way for whole new settings. No small undertaking, Traveller 5E is envisioned as combining the key Mongoose Publishing books into new volumes, making a 4-5 book, potentially 2,000+ page slipcase set, with a steady flow of rules, adventures, and entirely new settings to follow.
It's a gateway, a portal, to bring lots of gamers loyal to their favourite game system into the Traveller community.
Traveller 5E, coming from World's Largest RPGs, crowdfunding in March 2026.

 

[payn]

Do not want, but if it brings more folks to the Traveller fold then its worth doing.

 

[The Soloist]

I'm getting a year 2000 d20 OGL era feeling about this. Maybe multi-classing will be the way they reproduce successive 'career' tours during 5e character generation.

 

[payn]

I'm getting a year 2000 d20 OGL era feeling about this. Maybe multi-classing will be the way they reproduce successive 'career' tours during 5e character generation.

Ohhhh, thats a good thought. How is chargen gonna work in a 5E reskin?

 

[Mongoose_Matt]

Ohhhh, thats a good thought. How is chargen gonna work in a 5E reskin?

First question we asked them

 

[sevenbastard]

Not for me, but if it helps pay the mortgage why not jump on the 5e band wagon.

 

[billd91]

I'm getting a year 2000 d20 OGL era feeling about this. Maybe multi-classing will be the way they reproduce successive 'career' tours during 5e character generation.

Having read the d20 version of Traveller.... it wasn't horrible. Definitely got some things right. But the most important thing that was a weird departure was that the pre-game career system did produce characters of different levels. That didn't work too horribly in d20 Trav, and with bounded accuracy in 5e, there may be ways to mitigate it there too.

 

[andyvanhout]

In an expected turn of events

Hey! Dumb question here. Why is this an expected turn of events (is that just snark or was this leaked or something)? Is it just because of the popularity of 5E? Lots of people on Bluesky and /r/Traveller are scratching their heads over this one.

Personally, I'm in the "not for me" crowd. But if someone can make a boatload of money off of this and if it widens the Traveller tent, I don't think there's a clear downside. I made a joke on /r/Traveller that maybe if this is a better product for space combat than the 5E Spelljammer supplement was, that would tickle me just enough that I might have a positive take on it.

At the moment though, I'm definitely more excited for whatever Mothership is up to, or the Shadowdark hack Darkspace that has an active Kickstarter for a few more weeks. My Pirates of Drinax game will continue uninterrupted -- I heard there's supposed to be an anniversary edition next year for Pirates of Drinax which will probably be right around the time I'm wrapping up that beast of a campaign!

 

[Nikosandros]

For me, the main attraction of Traveller is the system, so I guess that this won't be for me, but best of luck to this product line!

 

[payn]

Hey! Dumb question here. Why is this an expected turn of events (is that just snark or was this leaked or something)? Is it just because of the popularity of 5E? Lots of people on Bluesky and /r/Traveller are scratching their heads over this one.

Personally, I'm in the "not for me" crowd. But if someone can make a boatload of money off of this and if it widens the Traveller tent, I don't think there's a clear downside. I made a joke on /r/Traveller that maybe if this is a better product for space combat than the 5E Spelljammer supplement was, that would tickle me just enough that I might have a positive take on it.

At the moment though, I'm definitely more excited for whatever Mothership is up to, or the Shadowdark hack Darkspace that has an active Kickstarter for a few more weeks. My Pirates of Drinax game will continue uninterrupted -- I heard there's suppose to be an anniversary edition next year for Pirates of Drinax which will probably be right around the time I'm wrapping up that beast of a campaign!

Pirates of Drinax rocks!