I've been out of traveller for quite a while. When they say that T5 AND Mongoose Traveller are coming out, is there a note somehwere that explains the relationship in more or less plain English? There are a lot of abbreviations here and not being in on it much over the last five years, it's confusing.
Some basic question?
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Plankowner
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Mongoose Traveller (lovingly called Rikki Tikki Traveller or RTT here) is supposed to be a simplified version of Traveller Version 5 being put out by Marc Miller (the original Traveller creator).
Details are few so far, although Mongoose has some bits of info on their website. T5 has been very quiet of late.
RTT should be out in Early 2008 with T5 at some future date.
Hope that helps.
Details are few so far, although Mongoose has some bits of info on their website. T5 has been very quiet of late.
RTT should be out in Early 2008 with T5 at some future date.
Hope that helps.
Plankowner
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True, but according to the press release stuff, somehow they will be connected. I haven't figure out how exactly that will work, but there has been precious little info on T5 and only a trickle of stuff so far on RTT.
Care to elaborate?
Plankowner
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From what was posted on the Mongoose site, I don't think they have finalized the Character Generation stuff yet. They seem to be close though.
And, as Aramis has stated, it looks a LOT like updated CT, but with some modern options (like point buy) available if desired.
And, as Aramis has stated, it looks a LOT like updated CT, but with some modern options (like point buy) available if desired.
Mongoose's Traveller will, almost certainly, come out in February - and is looking like a modernised version of Classic Traveller.
Traveller 5th Edition was projected to come out this year, but has been mooted as coming out next year, with a CD-Rom/PDF file coming out earlier. Previous files make it seem more like an updated version of T4.
There were press statements about the two games being compatable, although this may be just media spin to ensure that neither product has it's potential market damaged. There has been little public development of T5 since that point, however, and it's not entirely clear what is happening with the material, or actual release dates.
Traveller 5th Edition was projected to come out this year, but has been mooted as coming out next year, with a CD-Rom/PDF file coming out earlier. Previous files make it seem more like an updated version of T4.
There were press statements about the two games being compatable, although this may be just media spin to ensure that neither product has it's potential market damaged. There has been little public development of T5 since that point, however, and it's not entirely clear what is happening with the material, or actual release dates.
Oh, of course!
(I gathered from context that RTT seemed to be shorthand here for Mongoose Traveller, but I'm glad that I now know why.)
I thought I'd heard that T5 was supposed to be out on CD by the end of the year. Did anyone else hear that?
Yes, I heard that, too. But, once the summer release date slipped, I figured it would take longer...
