Ackehece
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as the sector generator would not be in this book the blank subsector map would not be appropriate
Player's Book: Setting Support
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as the sector generator would not be in this book the blank subsector map would not be appropriate
Timerover51
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Blank subsector maps always come in handy, regardless of where located.
Ackehece
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they exist in the BBB and they will be in the GM book as well. Extra Pages that do nothing are not appropriate to the book. They would not be useful unless you had the T5BBB already (and it has them)
Timerover51
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A generic adventure or two, similar to Annic Nova or maybe Mission to MIthril, where the Imperium is not a factor.
Or maybe simply exploring a new Earthlike planet with a few booby-traps. Sort of like Jumala in Star Hunter, Arzor in the Beast Master series, or Warlock with its Wyverns.
Or maybe simply exploring a new Earthlike planet with a few booby-traps. Sort of like Jumala in Star Hunter, Arzor in the Beast Master series, or Warlock with its Wyverns.
Neither of those belong in a PLAYER book.
It is possible to have Library Data that's setting-neutral, but it'd be limited & potentially pretty bland.
In other words, "not much fun" ???
Timerover51
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My boxed Starter Edition of Traveller included both Shadows and Mission to Mithril with it, along with a map of the Spinward Marches. The Traveller Book included Shadows.
Edit Note: The Traveller Starter Edition that I downloaded from DriveThruRPG also came with the Mission to Mithril and the Shadows adventures.
I assume that the Starter Edition would be about what the T5 Player's Book is intended to be.
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mike wightman
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They were both full games, not player's books.
Take a look at LBB1 or the MT Payers' Manual - no adventures.
There is a holy trinity to this intro guide thing, sort of - player guide, referee guide, sample adventure - with an optional fourth, setting guide.
Take a look at LBB1 or the MT Payers' Manual - no adventures.
There is a holy trinity to this intro guide thing, sort of - player guide, referee guide, sample adventure - with an optional fourth, setting guide.
As Mike already noted, Starter Traveller isn't a Player''s Box... it's an alternate core box.
CT had 4 different core box options:
[Basic] Traveller
Deluxe Traveller
The Traveller Book
Starter Traveller
All were intended for the Ref.
Timerover51
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Then what were the players supposed to use, if all of those are for the Referee.
My experience, covering some 300+ players over the last 36 years...
In games without a dedicated player's book, few players buy the core set, but most GM's do.
In games with a dedicated player's book, it's still a minority, but nearly half of players will buy the player's book.
My experiences of the last 5 years tend to indicate most players who wouldn't buy a monolithic core will happily pirate it. Especially if there's no legal PDF, or if the game is OOP.
Most of my Classic Traveller players back in the 80's either used my retypes of the tables, or used Judges Guild's The Traveller Logbook, or simply photocopied the character generation tables.
Note that the Logbook included the core character generation tables and the Bk 4 Merc CG tables. It didn't include Sup 4.... nor Bk5. It also included bk2 trade, some expansions to CGen for homeworld effects, family background,etc. It was, very much, a player's book for CT.
kilemall
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Logbook, astrogator's world book and the ref shield were my three go to JG products.
More than one Traveller ref used those in lieu of rulebooks... Me amongst them, for a couple months.
mike wightman
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I have used CT Starter Edition book of charts and tables. Photocopy the relevant pages for each player.
