far-trader
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Just an fyi to the GT crowd that may have missed it, I'm offering my copy of "First In" for sale in the Duty Free section of the boards:
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GURPS Traveller "First In"
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sandmanninja
SOC-9
Great book. I got two when it was published, but sold the spare when times got tight.
JcFalkenburg
SOC-9
you guys piqued my interest so much, i ordered a copy from amazon. How Does it compare to the world builder's handbook.
far-trader
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Personally I wasn't impressed. Not that it was bad, just that I had it all in other forms already. I bought it because I got a deal and I'd long been curious because it was so touted. I was led to believe it had so much more. If it did I didn't see it, but it did have some nice pictures.
So I turned around and sold it cheap (compared to what some were selling for, I got about what I paid for it iirc) in short order. I simply didn't need it and figured I'd give someone else a shot at it for a decent price.
Not much of a review I guess
So I turned around and sold it cheap (compared to what some were selling for, I got about what I paid for it iirc) in short order. I simply didn't need it and figured I'd give someone else a shot at it for a decent price.
Not much of a review I guess
ShapeShifter
SOC-13
I'm curious about "First In", as I've recently heard some good things about it on another forum.
Is it geared to be used only with the GURPS ruleset (of which I have positively no experience), or can I use it with little or no adaptation for Classic Traveller, the only edition of which I can profess any familiarity?
http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG30-6605
Is it geared to be used only with the GURPS ruleset (of which I have positively no experience), or can I use it with little or no adaptation for Classic Traveller, the only edition of which I can profess any familiarity?
http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG30-6605
far-trader
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Well, what I recall of it was pretty much GT specific generation stuff (though some ideas could be borrowed as I recall) but the fluff of course was system-less and pretty good. If you have a full collection of CT I don't think First In will add anything to your game. But I don't really recall it too well.Maybe somebody else would be better for a more detailed answer
spinwardpirate
SOC-13
What far-trader said. I wouldn't tell you to run right out and get it unless you are a Traveller or a GURPS completest. I'd also recommend GURPS Space 4e over First In for overall usefulness in a scifi world-making book.
I have actually gotten a ton of use out of this book, even though I don't use GURPS. The world generation details created can be easily ported back into good old UWPs.
Maybe if I had the World Generators Handbook I'd feel differently, but since I don't, I found First In extremely helpful, and the results seemed much less wonky than anything I generated with the CT Scouts book.
Maybe if I had the World Generators Handbook I'd feel differently, but since I don't, I found First In extremely helpful, and the results seemed much less wonky than anything I generated with the CT Scouts book.
Same for me - I really like the First In stellar data and system generation system. Nicely detailed and feels very natural. Also you have a kind of map of the system when you're done, which is great for flavor/fluff.
I've been using it for my Terran ATU, and have been getting very nice, believable systems based on real-life stars in the neighborhood.
I've been using it for my Terran ATU, and have been getting very nice, believable systems based on real-life stars in the neighborhood.
