Will the Trave:PD be a "you must have XYZ book to use this product," or will it be like the other G book in that it includes the basic rules. I didn't use the G word....

By Mike West (Mjwest) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 12:56 am: Edit

Yes, I am reading this. It has just taken time to catch up. (I have been trying to keep up with the topics on the Mongoose forum, too.)

Anyway, for the main book, it is going to have to follow the general guidelines given by prior editions of Prime Directive. I am fully aware that there are aspects that Traveller players will expect. I am one. I have been one for a long time. I have actually written Traveller material and contributed to other Traveller material. I do actually know Traveller.

The 'main book' question is a good one. I will have to let Steve answer that question, as I don't know what the license proscribes regarding that issue. The only other 'licensed' book for MGT that I have is the Babylon 5 one, and that one specifically requires the use of the core Traveller book. So, it would not surprise me if we had to do so, too.

By Peter A. Kellerhall (Pak) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 03:24 am: Edit

How will this deal affect F&E?

By Peter A. Kellerhall (Pak) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 03:31 am: Edit

How will this deal affect F&E?

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 06:36 am: Edit

Peter, the primary way it affects F&E is that more people will learn about it and we hope some of them will buy it.

By Michael Tisdel (Jtisdel) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 09:24 am: Edit

With the expansion into PD: Traveler, how will this affect the release schedule for the other PD systems - specifically, PD: d20M Romulans and the future source book?

p.s. Zimdars? Yeah, the same guy who used to work at Toys by Roy in Lubbock Tx in the '70's and sold me my zip-lock bag version of Star Fleet Battles. Oh, yes nurse, I'll come take my Geritol (tm) now...

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 09:54 am: Edit

Romulans PD20M will have to wait until after the Traveller version. I will work on it in between, but I will need to get my head wrapped into the language and style of that game and get it out.

By David Zimdars (Zimdarsdavid) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 12:50 pm: Edit

Michael, I've never worked in Toys by Roy in Lubbock! Must have been another David Zimdars

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 01:05 pm: Edit

I think that was David Crump.

By Michael Tisdel (Jtisdel) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 05:42 pm: Edit

David Z, Sorry, about that. SVC is right, I think it was David Crump. Memory is the second thing to go... and I can't remember what the first one is.

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 06:16 pm: Edit

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By Darren Kehrer (Kehrer1701) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 10:25 pm: Edit

It's just nice to be able to purchase an RPG and it works right from that product and not find "to use this product, you must also have XYZ product, etc." To me, that is a draw for the GURPS. Yes, you can purchase other GURPS products (non ADB), but it's nice having all the GURPS PD products building off the main "Prime Directive" rulebook (with that book containing the basic rules to play the game). In this economy, one has to focus ones spending. I like the idea of buying on book to start that is completly usable.
As a previous game store manager, I can say that I have seen those comments from customers "I have X dollars to spend on a game and can't afford anything else right this second. Oh cool, GURPS PD, I have everything I at least need to start in one book."

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 10:34 pm: Edit

It's not necessarily going to be up to us. We want to do standalone, but if Mongoose says no, then we're not going to be able to argue.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 10:55 am: Edit

Mongoose says:

"Don't make it stand alone - it will end up being massive, and we have already trained our customers to know that the main book is needed for everything. Also, incidentally, that every core book (everything with a black cover) can be used with every setting."

So, not going to be stand alone.

By Darren Kehrer (Kehrer1701) on Friday, June 17, 2011 - 12:50 pm: Edit

thanks for finding out the answer..

By Shawn Hantke (Shantke) on Monday, July 18, 2011 - 01:35 am: Edit

Will there be a new version of the G1 Deck plans or will they just get a mongoose sticker?

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, July 18, 2011 - 09:59 am: Edit

I don't know that either is necessary.

By Mike West (Mjwest) on Monday, July 18, 2011 - 11:31 am: Edit

There will be no need to redo the stand alone G1 deck plan pack. On the "other" side the plans are done using 1.5 meter squares, which works perfectly with Mongoose Traveller.

By George M. Ebersole (George) on Sunday, January 08, 2012 - 02:38 am: Edit

Traveller and Star Trek, err... SFB? It's interesting, but isn't Traveller supposed to be a almost "GURPS-ish" kind of RPG for a sci-fi setting? The two systems don't seem at odds, but it seems an old mix of milieus.

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Sunday, January 08, 2012 - 02:51 am: Edit

George, the SFU works fine with GURPS. Our starting work indicates no problems adapting the SFU to Traveller.

By George M. Ebersole (George) on Sunday, January 08, 2012 - 05:20 am: Edit

I didn't think there would be as such, it just seems so ... odd. I mean, Traveller's official Imperium (with Earth et al) is going to be a strange fit with Trek/SFB. I'm just curious how it'll all look when all is said and done.

By Terry O'Carroll (Terryoc) on Sunday, January 08, 2012 - 08:19 am: Edit

PD: Traveller will be 100% SFU background. There won't be any integration with the Third Imperium background at all.

By A. David Merritt (Adm) on Sunday, January 08, 2012 - 09:43 am: Edit

The plan is to use the same set of rules that Mongoose uses, not the setting. If you want GURPS Traveller or D20 Traveller you can do that now.

Note that Traveller is as old as D&D and has been adapted to several different rpg systems, Mongooses is supposed to be closest to the original rule set currently available.

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Sunday, January 08, 2012 - 11:42 am: Edit

To echo Terry and David, there is no plan to integrate the settings. This game will require the main rulebook because there is no need to recreate the wheel, but the SFU's technology is so far beyond Traveller's base that any integration wouldn't be wise from the GM's perspective.

By George M. Ebersole (George) on Sunday, January 08, 2012 - 11:46 am: Edit

Er, hmm, okay. So, in essence, it's a sort of "official new setting" for the Traveller rules set. Neat.