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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Morrow" data-source="post: 2329736" data-attributes="member: 27012">MegaTraveller is, by far, the more "mainstream" of the two.  Traveller: The New Era takes place in what is essentially a post-holocaust version of the Traveller setting that the later editions of Traveller and most Traveller fans seem to ignore.I'll vote for Classic Traveller, perhaps with a few elements of MegaTraveller dealing with task resolution used if desired.  The important thing to remember if you start looking for Classic Traveller is that (A) the three core Books (Book 1, Book 2, and Book 3) contain only 6 (mainly military) careers, no bows, and very sparse setting material.  If you want a lot of civilian careers and rules for bows, you'll need Supplement 4: Citizens of the Imperium.  I point this out because it's not obvious at all.  It's the result of the way Traveller expanded over time.  If you want setting information for the Traveller Imperium, you'll need the Subsector and Library Data supplements (Supplements 3, 10, 8, and 11).  If you want starship deck plans, you'll want Supplement 7.  Finally, the Traveller board games like Mayday add some details not easy to find elsewhere, such as missiles in space combat.You can find a list of Classic Traveller material here:<a href="http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/prodlist/gdw.html" target="_blank">http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/prodlist/gdw.html</a>If you prefer a more streamlined game with somewhat more complicated rules and character generation for all careers, perhaps MegaTraveller would be a better deal, since it includes a good variety of careers and treats them all with more similar complexity.  To a certain degree, you can mix and match between Classic Traveller and MegaTraveller fairly easily.The easiest way to get all of the Classic Traveller material is via the Far Future Enterprises reprints, though they really can't replace the feel of those little black books.  Of the reprints, I think all are worth getting but the Books reprint and the Supplements reprint are probably the most important to get.Classic Traveller is light and fast.  It gets the job done.</blockquote>

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