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What I want to know is, why completely ignore Judges Guild's works in the newer versions (This over rights and money, or quality of materials not acceptable)

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ShaneG.

What about modules for Traveller from that other company...the Iron Hoof Highlands guys?

I for one have never seen anyone shell out large sums of money for any of the Judges Guild Traveller adventures or supplements.  They are so common they can usually be had for less than $5.

FASA and Gamelords items arent quite as prolific as Judges Guild but IIRC they usually hover around the $10 - $15 mark.

Prices on the Paranoia Press, Digest Group, Cargonaut Press, Group One, and Marischal Adventures stuff vary but will usually go for a pretty penny.

I myself have never played Traveller.  :(   Always wanted to but the local game store never carried it.  I dont know a single person that has played or wants to play it.

Kingofpain89 wrote:I myself have never played Traveller.  :(   Always wanted to but the local game store never carried it.  I dont know a single person that has played or wants to play it.

You know one now. :P

FormCritic, Classic Traveller's longevity far exceeds Original Dungeons & Dragons.  The total number of copies of Classic Traveller bear this out, there having been some 150,000 copies printed between the original edition, revised edition, starter edition, and The Traveller Book (PDF copies and the reprints by Marc Miller's FFE imprint as well as Quicklink Interactive do not count).  Compare that to the estimated 50,000 copies of OD&D.  Rather odd don't you think for a game that "almost no one played"?

Traveller is the first science-fiction role playing game, with Metamorphosis Alpha and Starfaring being either science-fantasy or having science-fantasy elements.  Unlike OD&D and AD&D, it's STILL officially supported today, as all the Quicklink Interactive stuff recently released and the stuff from Avenger Enterprises is usable without alteration in Classic Traveller.

The reason there are so many copies of Judges Guild Traveller stuff out there in shrinkwrap is that Judges Guild printed way too many to meet demand.  Nothing more, nothing less.

leadjunkie wrote:I recently bought a Traveller map from Marc Miller on eBay and he sent me some promotional material for his latest version of Traveller (4th ed. ?).  Anyone know anything about it.

According to http://www.traveller5.com/ it is supposed to be set for release this June...but somehow I doubt it.  All of the QLI stuff I have looked at is for Traveller D20 so I haven't bothered to buy any of it.  Most of it is in .pdf as well which I don't care to buy.  I have seen some items from Avenger Enterprises that look interesting:

http://www.comstar-games.com/csg-store/ ... ex&cPath=1

Looks like the majority of their stuff is set after the "New Era" timeline.

Leadjunkie, I had no idea where Nevada, TX was until I noticed it under your handle.  You live about 20 - 30 minutes from me in Plano.  You should consider getting together with the rest of us North Texas Acaeum members the next time we do so.  Actually I think Badmike was wanting to  try to do so again sometime in July.  The last time we had a gathering there were five of us including Steve Marsh and Geoff Dale.  We had a lot of fun just talking and getting to know each other.  But the real entertainment came later when Steve brought out some real swords and we took turns slicing up water-filled plastic bottles.  I learned more about swordfighting technique in 30 minutes than I did the previous 34 years.  :D

And I thought I would post a link to this for any Traveller fans:

http://www.travellermap.com/

I am sure some of you have seen this already.  The guy who did this did a fantastic job.  I can't imagine how much time it took to complete.  8O

I disagree with the niche market comment purely for historical reasons, primarily the fact that Traveller was the most popular forefather of science-fiction role playing, stepping away from the "dungeon in space" mold established by Metamorphosis Alpha.

One thing I think we can agree on is that Judges Guild printed far too many copies of Traveller material to meet demand.  Given the number of websites devoted to Traveller out there compared to other science-fiction role playing games, can it really be said that Traveller is a "niche market" game?

I don't believe so.

Traveller wrote:I disagree with the niche market comment purely for historical reasons, primarily the fact that Traveller was the most popular forefather of science-fiction role playing, stepping away from the "dungeon in space" mold established by Metamorphosis Alpha.

One thing I think we can agree on is that Judges Guild printed far too many copies of Traveller material to meet demand.  Given the number of websites devoted to Traveller out there compared to other science-fiction role playing games, can it really be said that Traveller is a "niche market" game?

I don't believe so.

All table-top RPG's are really niche market games.  Science Fiction RPG's really are a niche within that niche full of niches.  

By the way, the other day, at the University of Washington area Half-Price Books, I paid $3 for a publication from Far Future Enterprises.  It is called Adventures 1-13 The Classic Adventures.  It is in pretty good condition...I have seen new books with more dings.  The date is 2000.  Is it any kind of a find?

FormCritic wrote:By the way, the other day, at the University of Washington area Half-Price Books, I paid $3 for a publication from Far Future Enterprises.  It is called Adventures 1-13 The Classic Adventures.  It is in pretty good condition...I have seen new books with more dings.  The date is 2000.  Is it any kind of a find?

Would cost you somewhere around $30 (plus, of course, shipping) for a new copy if ordered direct from FFE -- except for the fact that it's one of their few Classic Traveller books that's out of print.  So yes, it's not a bad find.

I prefer the double adventures over the single adventures, but that's just a personal preference.