Crazy Hybrid Idea?

[kilemall]

Does anyone know the history of Traveller?

We all know that D & D got its start with Braunstein which led to Dave Arneson refereeing a similar game set in a fantasy medieval town (Blackmoor) which eventually evolved into D & D. And we know T & T got its start when Ken St. Andre red the OD & D rules, couldn't make heads or tails of the mechanics but understood the concepts and wrote up his own rules.

How did Traveller come to be? The reason I'm asking is because I'm wondering whether it all started out as something like En Garde...the character generation system seems to have evolved from the actual game of En Garde.

The answer should be in the Mayday book.

 

[mike wightman]

Necro ing this thread! Folks we’ve done it and are doing it, 1977 Traveller using the competitive pencil and paper games of the era treating it as a Braunstein.

Check out our intro video and blog post:

An epic Classic Traveller campaign of 17 players all at once? (And easier to run than a table of 4)

Voidstein Part 1- An ambitious, Classic Traveller Braunstein

open.substack.com

The proof of concept works and we are moving into grand scale always on! Reply in my main post with questions or message for details, we need more collaborators and referees.

Main post incoming later

Subscribed to your youtube channel - looking forward to this.

 

[mike wightman]

The answer should be in the Mayday book.

They asked the question in 2008...

Marc has also done many interviews since during which he explains the genesis of Traveller.

 

[Mythic Mountains]

Subscribed to your youtube channel - looking forward to this.

Thank you!

 

[Talifon]

They asked the question in 2008...

Marc has also done many interviews since during which he explains the genesis of Traveller.

He's been very explicit how the social standing mechanic in En Garde! resulted a very different style of roleplaying than in D&D and influenced his own design of Traveller.