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<blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 3693277" data-attributes="member: 26473"><p><strong>T. Foster</strong>, thank you for sparing me the trouble of typing out how skills in original <em>Traveller</em> worked.</p><p></p><p>It was mentioned up-thread, but it bears repeating here: the universal task system originated with DGP's "classic" <em>Traveller</em> supplements, not <em>MegaTraveller</em>.</p><p></p><p>And the optional rule for mustering out instead of dying on a failed survival role during chargen also goes back the later printings of the Little Black Books - again, this predates <em>MegaTraveller</em>. And of course there are variant options in other supplements as well (i.e., Paranoia Press' <em>Scouts and Assassins</em>).</p><p></p><p>(Sad that the only times I feel motivated to post are to play gaming historian and correct misinforation.)</p><p></p><p>About the Mongoose announcement: I am pretty indifferent, sad to say. Reading the snippets posted by <strong>Mytholder</strong> here and on other websites suggest that we have a different idea of what "compatible with <em>Classic Traveller</em>" means. Backwards compatability with the original <em>Traveller</em> rules would be great, but I have my doubts that a planet generation system based on <em>Burning Empires</em>' "World Burner," as alluded to on another 'site for example, really reflects an "updating" of the "classic" <em>Traveller</em>" system - sounds more like substitution of a whole new system in place of the old.</p><p></p><p>That doesn't make it bad, of course - it just makes it different. As it stands right now, I'm not really in the market for different. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised, so I'll reserve judgement until the book is in my hand.</p><p></p><p>Either way, I'm not getting too excited about this announcement with respect to my own gaming, but it is great to see <em>Traveller</em> being discussed with excitement and interest by those who've never played, or perhaps haven't played for many years. I enjoyed many, many fun hours traveling through Charted Space, and I'm happy that others may have a similar opportunity in the near future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Shaman, post: 3693277, member: 26473"] [b]T. Foster[/b], thank you for sparing me the trouble of typing out how skills in original [i]Traveller[/i] worked. It was mentioned up-thread, but it bears repeating here: the universal task system originated with DGP's "classic" [i]Traveller[/i] supplements, not [i]MegaTraveller[/i]. And the optional rule for mustering out instead of dying on a failed survival role during chargen also goes back the later printings of the Little Black Books - again, this predates [i]MegaTraveller[/i]. And of course there are variant options in other supplements as well (i.e., Paranoia Press' [i]Scouts and Assassins[/i]). (Sad that the only times I feel motivated to post are to play gaming historian and correct misinforation.) About the Mongoose announcement: I am pretty indifferent, sad to say. Reading the snippets posted by [b]Mytholder[/b] here and on other websites suggest that we have a different idea of what "compatible with [i]Classic Traveller[/i]" means. Backwards compatability with the original [i]Traveller[/i] rules would be great, but I have my doubts that a planet generation system based on [i]Burning Empires[/i]' "World Burner," as alluded to on another 'site for example, really reflects an "updating" of the "classic" [i]Traveller[/i]" system - sounds more like substitution of a whole new system in place of the old. That doesn't make it bad, of course - it just makes it different. As it stands right now, I'm not really in the market for different. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised, so I'll reserve judgement until the book is in my hand. Either way, I'm not getting too excited about this announcement with respect to my own gaming, but it is great to see [i]Traveller[/i] being discussed with excitement and interest by those who've never played, or perhaps haven't played for many years. I enjoyed many, many fun hours traveling through Charted Space, and I'm happy that others may have a similar opportunity in the near future. [/QUOTE]
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