Mongoose's New IP: Traveller is BACK

[Glyfair]

Huh-wha? They pioneered that concept? How do they rationalize that? Chaosium did that very thing 25 years ago, with the exact same games and settings.

Indeed, I think Hero Games & Chaosium were neck & neck with that concept.

That's an interesting take on it. Both games always struck me as quintessentially American, especially Traveller. Traveller especially, in large part due to the support it got in Dragon magazine in the early to mid 80s. Warhammer was the game I always saw as being the British RPG.

Traveller definitely seems more American than British to me. Runequest (and more so Glorantha) was kept alive in the 90's by it's popularity outside the U.S The fanzine Tales of the Reaching Moon was based in the UK.

Of course, during that same era Games Workshop was handling D&D in that market. They handled a lot of games.

 

[Goblinoid Games]

This isn't the Holy Grail they've been talking about. It's the "popular gaming IP" they've been talking about independently of the Holy Grail, which will be using the RuneQuest rules Mongoose released last year.

Cheers,
Cam

To me, the only thing that really would classify as the Holy Grail would be Lord of the Rings. It would surprise me a great deal to hear of anything else.

Hmmm, LotR powered by RuneQuest? Sounds interesting to me.

As for Traveler, I think this is great news, and with Mongoose releasing it under the OGL I think this is a really generous move. Mongoose has been very generous with what they release as OGC, which makes them, in my mind, one of the greatest contributors to open gaming that we have at the moment.

 

[Flynn]

I wonder what the task system they mention will look like. Will it be similar to MegaTraveller's, and thus based on CT's 2d6 approach to most task resolutions, or will it be like T5, which is based on T4's task resolution system? I certainly hope for the 2d6 approach, as it is essentially CT to me (due to the Traveller's Digest magazine), instead of a T4/T5 hybrid. I personally would be disappointed if it were the T4 task system, since that's definitely not CT to me.

With Regards,
Flynn

 

[ColonelHardisson]

To me, the only thing that really would classify as the Holy Grail would be Lord of the Rings. It would surprise me a great deal to hear of anything else.

Hmmm, LotR powered by RuneQuest? Sounds interesting to me.

Like someone else mentioned, it may just be a play on words - it may be a new edition of Pendragon.

 

[Goblinoid Games]

Like someone else mentioned, it may just be a play on words - it may be a new edition of Pendragon.

Good point, I hadn't thought of it like that.

 

[Glyfair]

Good point, I hadn't thought of it like that.

Heh, it was the first thing I thought of when I heard "holy grail" and "runequest" used in the same sentence.

 

[painandgreed]

If you cannot die in chargen I have no use for this version.

Actually, that's very true for me too. If it is CT 2.0, then I'll probably get it. If it is some new system and such, I'll view it with a skeptical eye. Lord knows that CT could have used a revision, but MT and the others just never did it for me, especially with the settings they tried to provide.

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

This announcment almost put me back to sleep. "YAWN"

 

[Shades of Green]

This is very good news - it has the potential of revitalizing Traveller. And February 2008 is very soon - I've gotta pre-order this if possible. Do they ship to Israel as well?

 

[trancejeremy]

I really do hope it's like the original Traveller. The 2d6 system still works quite well, I think, much better than the reverse D6 system used in T4 (and I think T5).

Still, with Mongoose involved, I really can't be too optimistic. I've sworn off their products probably 3-4 times, only to give them yet another chance when they come out with a cool license or product idea, only to be burned again.