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<blockquote data-quote="TrippyHippy" data-source="post: 7902519" data-attributes="member: 27252"><p>It’s not 3rd party as such, because Mongoose are also publishing it, but there is an upcoming box set for the 2300AD setting coming out this year. This will be the ‘hard sci-fi’, near future setting for the Traveller rules - using real astronomical data for star maps, more realism in the physics explanations and alien concepts, Earth based national identities and politics, and the like. There is FLT space travel, but it’s more short ranged and the explanation for it is different. Beyond that, the setting's premise doesn’t deviate much away from established science.</p><p></p><p>Regarding most other third party publishers, they generally tended to shift from Mongoose Traveller 1st edition (which had an open license) to the Cepheus Engine (Traveller rules by another name), due to some licensing issue with the publication of the 2nd edition (basically, it’s effectively not an open system anymore). All the settings provided for Cepheus are about 95% compatible as they are really a clone of the 1st edition rules with tweaks and Mongoose 2nd edition is really just a mild evolution and tidy up of 1st edition rules. I’ve yet to come across a setting that really grabs me so far, to be honest though. Mongoose also used to publish Judge Dredd under the Traveller rules too, but that license has shifted to ENWorld since, and you may still find things like Babylon 5 or Hammers Slammers out there too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TrippyHippy, post: 7902519, member: 27252"] It’s not 3rd party as such, because Mongoose are also publishing it, but there is an upcoming box set for the 2300AD setting coming out this year. This will be the ‘hard sci-fi’, near future setting for the Traveller rules - using real astronomical data for star maps, more realism in the physics explanations and alien concepts, Earth based national identities and politics, and the like. There is FLT space travel, but it’s more short ranged and the explanation for it is different. Beyond that, the setting's premise doesn’t deviate much away from established science. Regarding most other third party publishers, they generally tended to shift from Mongoose Traveller 1st edition (which had an open license) to the Cepheus Engine (Traveller rules by another name), due to some licensing issue with the publication of the 2nd edition (basically, it’s effectively not an open system anymore). All the settings provided for Cepheus are about 95% compatible as they are really a clone of the 1st edition rules with tweaks and Mongoose 2nd edition is really just a mild evolution and tidy up of 1st edition rules. I’ve yet to come across a setting that really grabs me so far, to be honest though. Mongoose also used to publish Judge Dredd under the Traveller rules too, but that license has shifted to ENWorld since, and you may still find things like Babylon 5 or Hammers Slammers out there too. [/QUOTE]
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