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There was a point - when and where I cannot recall now - where it was shown that something like a fifth of all books sold in the UK was written by Terry Pratchett. I think he's been overshadowed in recent decades by Harry Potter though. For me, I am happy to keep my copy of GURPS Discworld. It...

I think that is a pretty harsh appraisal of the article’s statement based on personal interpretation of what ‘Initiative’ means. In the case of both games, the point is that there is no mechanical use of an initiative system to determine the speed of consequential actions. Unlike other games...

Why sad? They still have the license, just with somebody else who owns the IP.

I’d take note that Marc Miller did mention Cepheus Engine in his address and they are included in the CotI message board too, so there isn’t any official hostility to it. The situation arose when MGT1e transitioned to 2e, which involved a new license. This altered the terms established in the...

There are rules to develop skills through training in the core rules and alternative rules for an experience style system in the Companion book. Incidentally, there has always been rules to advance skills and characteristics through training in all editions of Traveller, but it usually takes a...

While Mongoose Publishing had their problems about...what...20 years ago now? ....they have matured a lot as a professional company. I’ve said it on their website also, but my personal experience of their customer service, delivery times and costs, and the general quality of their products is...

All I will leave with this is the notion that a shared 50th Anniversary of Traveller AND Star Wars is a marriage made in the stars....

Is there any chance of getting some big licensed settings for the Traveller ruleset? I mean, I’ve asked about Star Wars before.....

To be honest, the Third Imperium is akin to Forgotten Realms for D&D- a fairly generic, all encompassing setting that you can run a wide variety of scenarios, adventures and campaigns in. That said. It does still feel a lot more science fiction than many other RPGs that are really more space...

While there will be one or two grognards who don’t like this news, I think Mongoose have become increasingly a great company in the last few years - including customer service and product quality. It is a good development and, to be sure, Mongoose have held the Traveller license (since 2008) as...

Well, there was Firefly/Serenity.... Seriously, though, I’m not sure that a Traveller IP could make enough of a splash in the TV/Movie world to get a big viable investment. I have suggested before that Traveller could still make a good ruleset to adapt a big license - like Star Wars - to it...

Sorry, I thought there was no new edition and everything was 100% backwards compatible - why should any content be considered redundant?

Not worth it.....

And likewise, no matter how much WotC don’t like it, fans will call the new edition of D&D what they want. Oh, look, I just did!

The .5 labelling came from computer software most likely, but this still has no bearing of WotC declaring that they get to define what ‘edition’ means. They don’t. They can label the game want they like as a title, but they are not doing this. They are simply trying to tell people what they...

There has never been any exclusive definition of ‘D&D edition’. This is the first and only time that there has been any debate on the matter - where WotC have deliberately avoided calling a new edition what it is. I wouldn’t have minded if they had actually called it something else for clarity...

Actually it was quoted to illustrate the ridiculous nature of the attitude on display. People don’t get to redefine the English language in their own image. ‘Edition’ is a term of common usage not a trademark. Moreover, WotC didn’t try to define what is was, only enforce what they unilaterally...

Then why are we debating this? Why aren’t we discussing new builds and the like? Why is this review and many others, along with many other fans online and in person actually talking about this at all? Because it is a new edition to them.....and the customer is not wrong! Aside from the people...

I haven’t claimed they are lying. I have simply stated that their stance is ridiculous. They don’t get to force their fans to adjust their understanding of the word ‘edition’ just because it suits WotC’s marketing. And I repeat, I am customer of WotC. I have bought these new books and I like a...

I am talking about the policy on their platforms where they have slapped down talk of it being a new edition with censorship and sanctions. None of this is misinformation - it is information their marketing team don’t want people talking about. That some fans just want to parrot what WotC says...