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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cardboard Carnage" data-source="post: 4640935" data-attributes="member: 82167">Greetings all...I am a long time gamer (since the early 80's), and although I've only consistently played D&D over the years, back in the 80's our gaming group was pretty heavy into RuneQuest and Traveller as well. Now that I am getting my feet with on the internet with forums and groups of people (like here), I've started to think back at those old games and decided to try and get some info on them both now. The main reason being that I have four sons, and the two oldest are becomming gamers, so the fun I had in my youth is something I'd like to relive with them now.I've gathered a little info online and have some questions, I was hoping someone who was familiar with RQ and Traveller could give me some help.------====== TRAVELLER QUESTIONS ======------First, I notice on the Traveller game, there are reprints of the originals being put out by the original creator Marc Miller (Are his reprints the "Classic" version I played, or are they different in some way?), also he has a new 5th edition too, it is supposed to be coming out sometime soon... also it looks like he is reprinting MegaTraveller.Further investigation has brought the new Mongoose version to my attention. Digging even further,  have found there were GURPS versions, D20 versions, New Era and Twilight versions, yada, yada. --- I am confused! The last time I saw Traveller it was just "Traveller", it looks like the license has been handed out to anyone who wants to take a jab at it.Can someone streamline a quick summary of each version? Is Mongoose the only "Current" version? How much material does each version have available? In your opinion, which is the best and why? I explored the Mongoose website, and all it really says is that Traveller has been 'updated' for the 21st century, no solid details on what that means. I'm wondering if I should just go with the new Mongoose version, or go with the reprints Marc Miller is selling (which I think are the ones I remember as a kid unless he has changed them), or wait on the 5th edition, try the D20, GURPS, etc, etc, etc.------====== RUNEQUEST QUESTIONS ======------My questions for RuneQuest are about the same as Traveller. I did an ebay search and can't really locate any of the original versions I played in the 80's. I noticed one of the original creators has a modified version of the rules, but his site looks very out of date and without much content, so I think that option is out right off the bat... I noticed Mongoose is also redoing this game, and from what I saw it looks like they have done an amazing job, (I downloaded their preview PDF files, but they don't give much info or show you enough to get a good feel for the whole game).I assume buying the original RQ is not an option for me since I can't locate it for sale on the net, which leaves me with the new Mongoose version - how is it? Can anyone who is familiar with the original system offer some insight on the changes? Were there other versions of RQ after the original but before the Mongoose?As I said, I'm a 1e D&D player from way back, but the new 4e system is great and the kids have a lot of fun, I'm hoping that Traveller and RQ have been given the same treatment and the new systems are good as well, it will be nice to step back into my childhood and open these worlds up to my boys!Thanks in advance!D.</blockquote>

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