captainmage1966
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Hello folks , just stopped by to say hi and check out what traveller is all about .
just saying hello
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BlackBat242
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Boy, did you pick a strange place...in a good way. :rofl:
Welcome, and don't mind us "hide-bound Paleo-gamers" (like me)... we just hate all new forms of classic early RPGs.
There are lots of friendly Neo-gamers around, too... like Hunter... if you like D20 RPGs, he is the one responsible for T20... the official D20 system Traveller.
Or you can try out one of the many variants of earlier stuff.
Traveller comes in many forms and flavors... you are sure to find one that suits you.
And again, welcome from an old-timer (born 1962)!
Welcome, and don't mind us "hide-bound Paleo-gamers" (like me)... we just hate all new forms of classic early RPGs.
There are lots of friendly Neo-gamers around, too... like Hunter... if you like D20 RPGs, he is the one responsible for T20... the official D20 system Traveller.
Or you can try out one of the many variants of earlier stuff.
Traveller comes in many forms and flavors... you are sure to find one that suits you.
And again, welcome from an old-timer (born 1962)!
Well, since there are several threads on it, just do a quick search. And welcome.
Many of us are various flavors of Grognard. Me, I do MegaTraveller and T20, kind of in hybridization these days, and my name is in the T20 core books.
I'm looking forward to the new Mongoose Publishing Traveller, affectionately know as "Rikki Tikki Traveller" or RTT, or less affectionately as MoTrav or MongTrav.
I'm from the hatchings of 1969, and started playing traveller in 1983... D&D in 1979, and wargames in 1978...
Many of us are various flavors of Grognard. Me, I do MegaTraveller and T20, kind of in hybridization these days, and my name is in the T20 core books.
I'm looking forward to the new Mongoose Publishing Traveller, affectionately know as "Rikki Tikki Traveller" or RTT, or less affectionately as MoTrav or MongTrav.
I'm from the hatchings of 1969, and started playing traveller in 1983... D&D in 1979, and wargames in 1978...
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captainmage1966
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Here is bit more about me. Traveller was the first RPG back in 1983 since then I have played and GMed many RPGS . I was looking at the traveller D20 at a near by gaming shop . I would post the link but I am not sure about the boards policy on that .
Greetings and welcome to the boards.
Simply put, Traveller is about adventure in the far future.
Rover
I must be one of those 7 term geezers. I was gaming 5 years by 1983.
Grognard?? This on went right over my head. Plain English translation please.
BlackBat242
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Grognard [gro-nyär], is French for "old soldier".
Courtesy of Alan Emrich
We frequently bandy about the term "grognard" among our fellow wargaming hobbiests. Often, online and in print publications, people have speculated about the origin of this label for veteran wargamers -- who coined this term that has been adopted as part of our hobby's lexicon, how did it get popular, and what is its root meaning? Allow me to present the real story, as told by the Dean of Board Wargaming himself, Jim Dunnigan:
"The term 'grognard,' as applied to veteran wargamers, was first coined back in the early 1970's by John Young. He was, at that time, an employee for [the board] wargame publisher SPI, and the use of the term around the office (and among the local play testers) soon led to 'grognards' being mentioned in one of SPI's magazines (Strategy & Tactics). Several hundred thousand board wargamers picked up the term from that publication and it spread to computer wargamers, as the the board wargamers (the ones with PCs, of course) were the first people to snap up computer wargames when they appeared.
"Consider this a first hand account, not an urban legend. I actually heard John Young utter it the first time and was one of the people who razzed him about it for some time thereafter. I was also the one who actually put the term into circulation in Strategy & Tactics [during my tenure there as Editor].
"Alas, John Young passed away in 1976 (or was it 77?). I can confirm that also; I was at the funeral. Now you know. . ." -- Jim Dunnigan
Grognard: a soldier of Napoleons' Old Guard; a veteran soldier; grumbler (French) - Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed
Grognard: (slang) an experienced wargamer - John Young, Strategy & Tactics magazine
Courtesy of Alan Emrich
We frequently bandy about the term "grognard" among our fellow wargaming hobbiests. Often, online and in print publications, people have speculated about the origin of this label for veteran wargamers -- who coined this term that has been adopted as part of our hobby's lexicon, how did it get popular, and what is its root meaning? Allow me to present the real story, as told by the Dean of Board Wargaming himself, Jim Dunnigan:
"The term 'grognard,' as applied to veteran wargamers, was first coined back in the early 1970's by John Young. He was, at that time, an employee for [the board] wargame publisher SPI, and the use of the term around the office (and among the local play testers) soon led to 'grognards' being mentioned in one of SPI's magazines (Strategy & Tactics). Several hundred thousand board wargamers picked up the term from that publication and it spread to computer wargamers, as the the board wargamers (the ones with PCs, of course) were the first people to snap up computer wargames when they appeared.
"Consider this a first hand account, not an urban legend. I actually heard John Young utter it the first time and was one of the people who razzed him about it for some time thereafter. I was also the one who actually put the term into circulation in Strategy & Tactics [during my tenure there as Editor].
"Alas, John Young passed away in 1976 (or was it 77?). I can confirm that also; I was at the funeral. Now you know. . ." -- Jim Dunnigan
Grognard: a soldier of Napoleons' Old Guard; a veteran soldier; grumbler (French) - Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed
Grognard: (slang) an experienced wargamer - John Young, Strategy & Tactics magazine
