Recent content by TrippyHippy

I think this is true of a lot of aspects of Traveller design - they quietly revolutionised aspects of play through quiet inference rather than explicit fanfares. We always get people suggesting that the game doesn’t have an experience system, when it has always had a system included for...

You do have the optional ‘iron man’ rules, where any failed survival rolls in career development is character death. Also, of course, you can just limit the number of Terms served and take note that some careers (military) are more dangerous than others. I did have a problem with some players...

Well, that’s how Pirates of Drinax works. The PCs are gifted a state-of-the-art spacecraft that is in a state-of-disrepair, and given a licence to pirate with it! So, instead of them paying off a mortgage on their craft, they use their ill gotten gains to repair and enhance their craft (and then...

I put that down to the earlier development of scifi SFX in the 70s and 80s, while the effects in fantasy movies lagged behind for decades (till LotR and Harry Potter, basically). I’m not sure there has been a more popular sci-fi TV series than Game of Thrones in recent years though.

Traveller is, basically, my favourite game. In terms of why it didn’t become as mainstream as D&D, I think you have to respect that D&D was the first RPG and the fantasy genre has always been bigger than the sci-fi genre (in general literature sales, in any case). The exceptions to this ‘rule’...

No mention of Traveller? Oh well. 🤷‍♂️

Apparently, lawyers have spoken.

I see Onyx Path as a fairly separate entity to White Wolf these days. Although there is an overlap, sometimes, they are really a 3rd party when it comes to WoD games and seem to be moving away from it towards their own brands more and more. In terms of the new White Wolf, I’ll be interested in...

Notably, in the first Starter Set, all the PreGens were Hobbits. In this set, it appears, there is at least some variation in that.

Personally, I found all of the 20th Anniversary books too big to be practical, especially for any newcomer to the games. V5 itself is a pretty large book but the mechanical design is sleek and compelling, and I think it resets a lot of the setting in ways I personally approve of - not wishing...

Looking forward to this, although I’ve yet to be convinced that the dark future envisioned in the game is any worse than the real world now!

I sold it on as soon as it arrived, to be honest. I had made up my mind about the new edition (not a new edition) some time around Christmas after the DMG arrived. Ultimately, the game was no longer that appealing to me. I was just waiting for the last of the pre-order books to arrive. The MM...

There seems to be an indication on the Mongoose site that not only are they aiming to release a new edition of Dark Conspiracy but also possibly another setting set in its spacefaring future. Only cursory info at the moment though.

Well, even the second edition was produced in 2016, and Mongoose has since updated that multiple times and had turnovers of staff and production, layout and so on too. Moreover, I have both the 2300AD box set and Free League’s Twilight: 2000 in front of me now and know that what you are saying...

Well, I own both and disagree with you. Your representation is far from my own experience. You are wrong. Mongoose had issues 15 years ago, but not now.