Traveller 2300 available for free from DTRPG

[Madarin Dude]

Well thought all woudl like a cool freebie. I got it quite good. Here you go. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_27&products_id=413

 

[Malenfant]

To be accurate, that's 2300AD, not Traveller 2300 - there is a difference.

 

[Madarin Dude]

Ok but still cool.

 

[Fritz_Brown]

What's the difference, Mal? I just realized the cover is different from my 2300 box. But, I haven't had my 2300 out in ages......

 

[Random Goblin]

Originally posted by Malenfant:
To be accurate, that's 2300AD, not Traveller 2300 - there is a difference.

What's the difference, then? I always thought they were the same thing! Where have I been?

 

[mike wightman]

2300AD was the second edition.
There were slight rules changes in a couple of places - mostly combat IIRC - and a lot more background info for the game.

T2300 has a 48 page Player's manual and a 49 page Ref's guide.
In 2300AD you get a 94 page Adventurer's Guide and a 110 page Director's Guide.

 

[Malenfant]

What Sigg said. 2300AD is basically the second edition of T2300. And it firmly separates it from the Traveller universe (which it was never really part of to start with. Quite why some people still claim that they're playing Traveller because they're playing 2300AD or T2300 is beyond me).

 

[Random Goblin]

Okay.

Back in the day, there was a half-assed attempt at GDW to link the continuities of Twilight 2000 and Traveller vis T2300, but it never quite fit right. At least that was the original intent, but the fit was never too good, so the idea was left out in the rain to die.

 

[Malenfant]

Oh, it's an extension of Twiight 2000. It just never fit with Traveller itself in the first place - even T2300 had completely different aliens and first contact scenarios to Traveller. The Vilani weren't found at Barnard's Star, for example, and I think humanity moved into space a lot sooner in 2300 than in Traveller anyway.

 

[mike wightman]

OTU
2050 - ESA launches STL colony ships
2087 - jump drive invented
2094 - first manned mission to Barnard's Star
2096 - first contact with the Vilani

T2300
2000 - Twilight war
2050 - manned missions into space begin again
2086 - star drive theory
2136 - first working starship

 

[Malenfant]

OK, so they're not as far apart as I thought

. But they're still quite obviously different universes (and different game systems too).

 

[mike wightman]

Except that the 2300 task system is just a d10 version of the DGP/MT system

I wonder if they ever considered using the d10 system for MT?

But yes, they are totally different universes.

2300AD's is 3d for a start - even if it is based on data that is thirty six years out of date

 

[Malenfant]

Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
2300AD's is 3d for a start - even if it is based on data that is thirty six years out of date

Yeah, well, I've pretty much fixed that... though using a more realistic star distribution would break the setting .