Traveller 5e coming from World's Largest RPG in cooperation with Mongoose Publishing

Also I feel like Traveller is one of those big original D&D competitors dating back to the 1970s. Isn’t it the first sci-fi RPG? Getting absorbed into 5E makes it feel a bit like D&D has won that 50 year contest.

I love D&D and I love Traveller. I love most that they are so different not just in design but in ethos. It saddens me a little to see this. Traveller should stand proud!
 

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Also I feel like Traveller is one of those big original D&D competitors dating back to the 1970s. Isn’t it the first sci-fi RPG? Getting absorbed into 5E makes it feel a bit like D&D has won that 50 year contest.

I love D&D and I love Traveller. I love most that they are so different not just in design but in ethos. It saddens me a little to see this. Traveller should stand proud!
The was a d20 Traveller called T20 edition back in 2002.
 

Also I feel like Traveller is one of those big original D&D competitors dating back to the 1970s. Isn’t it the first sci-fi RPG? Getting absorbed into 5E makes it feel a bit like D&D has won that 50 year contest.

I love D&D and I love Traveller. I love most that they are so different not just in design but in ethos. It saddens me a little to see this. Traveller should stand proud!
Technically, Metamorphosis Alpha was the first 'Sci-Fi' game, released by TSR back in 1975. However, the term is loosely defined as it is much more of a 'Science Fantasy' (and later morphed into Gamma World). Traveller is a full-bore science fiction RPG and was released in 1977 (notably just before Star Wars was released in the cinemas). I'd describe Traveller as the 'archetypal sci-fi rpg' though and is a hugely significant, Hall of Fame level game. For me, personally, Traveller is in the Top 3 tabletop rpgs ever released.

If they release a 5E version of it, I'm pretty happy, because not nearly enough gamers know about it. In terms of the D20/OGL/DnD market - which is probably half of all gamers at least, I'd imagine, the only other game of note is Starfinder, I think. So, it could be quite a hit. I still prefer my 2D6 though.
 


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