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<blockquote data-quote="Bluenose" data-source="post: 5682674" data-attributes="member: 49017">Well, as someone who still has the original black box set, I'd say the Mongoose version is &quot;cleaned up&quot;. At least, task resolution uses a much more elegant system than that presented in the original books. Of course, it's very similar to the task system that DGP developed and that then got used in MT. That doesn't make the original game broken, but I think the Mongoose version is &quot;tidier&quot; in that respect. This version reminds me a lot of Classic Traveller towards the end of it's life, just before MegaTraveller came out.&nbsp;Oddly enough, I also have ended up not really liking the Mongoose version. Partly I think because it's so similar to Classic, which I already have. If they'd changed more, or less, I'd probably like it more. As it is there's just enough different to confuse me, and just enough the same that I don't really remember that not eveerything is the same. I do like the fact that I can pull out my CT material and use it without having to make significant modifications.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bluenose, post: 5682674, member: 49017"] Well, as someone who still has the original black box set, I'd say the Mongoose version is "cleaned up". At least, task resolution uses a much more elegant system than that presented in the original books. Of course, it's very similar to the task system that DGP developed and that then got used in MT. That doesn't make the original game broken, but I think the Mongoose version is "tidier" in that respect. This version reminds me a lot of Classic Traveller towards the end of it's life, just before MegaTraveller came out. Oddly enough, I also have ended up not really liking the Mongoose version. Partly I think because it's so similar to Classic, which I already have. If they'd changed more, or less, I'd probably like it more. As it is there's just enough different to confuse me, and just enough the same that I don't really remember that not eveerything is the same. I do like the fact that I can pull out my CT material and use it without having to make significant modifications. [/QUOTE]

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