Traveller News - Secrets of the Ancients & Core Rulebook Update 2022

Mongoose_Matt · Oct 20, 2021

New goodies coming very soon for Traveller!

First off, we have an excerpt from the revised-for-new-Update 2022-format Secrets of the Ancients campaign. We are expecting this to go on pre-order and PDF release next week, all going well!

And while you are waiting for that, it looks like the new Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022 will be going on pre-order and PDF release this Friday (afternoon GMT - I'll tell you all what Mongoose is doing in the morning at a later date...), so you will be able to dive into the very latest version of Traveller this weekend!

It is also worth noting that the Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022 Collectors Edition is also going to be going live at the same time. You get the PDF for free as normal, but you will also be bagging a gorgeous book with a faux-leather cover, metal corner protectors, printed endpapers, double ribbons, and rounded/silvered pages.

There are less than 300 of these available - we don't expect them to disappear instantly... but if you are after one, please keep an eye out as once they are gone... they really are gone!

crazy_cat · Oct 20, 2021

Do you have a page count and price for Secrets of the Ancients yet?

Mongoose_Matt · Oct 20, 2021

I am not in the office at the moment, but it is $49.99 and over 256 pages - I'll doublecheck tomorrow morning, but it is bigger than the original.

crazy_cat · Oct 20, 2021

Bugger! There goes my (already struggling) not spending too much more on RPGs in the run up to Christmas!

Mongoose_Matt · Oct 20, 2021

I do sympathise

If it helps any, it has been shaping up very, very nicely and has some of the nicest art that has appeared in Traveller yet! Katrina has been laying it out and directing the art - she is absolutely dippy about Secrets and regards it as her favourite Traveller campaign, so there is a lot of heart and passion in this one.

Willie the Duck · Oct 20, 2021

What are the changes from the MgT2 release however many years ago? Just formatting and errata or major changes?

Mongoose_Matt · Oct 20, 2021

Nothing massive or fundamental - this is not a new edition, and the current Core Rulebook remains compatible with all future supplements of this edition. In fact, you can run a game with both books on the table and you won't have any clashes worth speaking of.

However, all errata has been applied, some things have been re-written, and the reformatting makes everything look gorgeous - there is some serious high tier art in this book. Also, a spacecraft construction chapter and an index have been added!