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When It's Cold I'd Like To Die (July 18th, 2005 interview with MWM on rpg.net)

CT 1st edition
CT 2nd edition - to include TTB and ST
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Did anything significantly change in the rules between these? I just count CT as one edition myself (namely, the corebooks reprint is that edition, all in one place).

GT 1st edition
GT 2nd edition
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These definitely aren't different enough to be classed as separate versions. These are the differences. Basically just a few clarifications and rules tweaks (and corrected errata).
 
Did anything significantly change between CT 1st and 2nd edition?

Yes, lots.

Your PC doesn't have to die if you fail a survival roll.

Scouts get 2 skills per term rather than one.

Some skills were changed - some renamed and redefined, others had how the skill was used changed.

Skill charts were changed in line with the above.

Weapon damage was changed.

The ship rules were changed in a couple of places - which have a major effect on the setting (e.g. the x-boat is broken under 2nd edition rules) - the drive potential table changed, jump fuel was no longer entirely consumed if you made a jump less than your maximum rated jump.

Ship combat changed scale and went metric - and the jump torpedo vanished.

In the Worlds book the trade lane table was removed.

There are probably others, but 1st edition and 2nd edition CT are different versions especially the changes to the ships ;)

I'll give you that GT 2nd edition isn't a great deal different, but it is technically a different edition to the first - it says so. Why not call it a second printing otherwise? ;)

But if we agree to GT being one version only, then that makes T5 the ninth version of Traveller.

Is't nine a lucky number somewhere??? ;)
 
Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
Is't nine a lucky number somewhere??? ;)
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It's an extremely unlucky number in Japan, which takes us back to the true topic of this thread...

Regards,

Tobias
 
It's an extremely unlucky number in Japan, which takes us back to the true topic of this thread...
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What, Marc's interview on rpg.net???
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5219584741&indexURL=1#ebayphotohosting

I ganked this photo of Peter Elson art from ebay of all places.

IMHO, the caption should read, "Here we see an early Imperial scout vessel crossing paths with a Zhunastu Industries subsidized merchant. Note how the HePlaR drives are flaring and the two captains are trying not to cross courses and damage each others' ship with the exhaust."

Of course we're talking about cool artwork for starships!
 
Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
There you go. T5 will be the tenth edition of Traveller
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Which would make it complete - in a Biblical numerology sense....

Tobias, I think the thread has been hijacked at least three separate times, now.
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the image is reversed and the signature has been cropped out, or photoshopped. In any case I liked the piece then and I like it now.
 
Yeah, I knew about the '82 copyright, I was hoping he'd actually dated the pic. Starliners was published two years earlier, so it's looking like WHK has been a bit naughty...
 
Well there are differences, as many or more than similarities. The most telling similarity is that tail flap thing though. When does inspiration cross the line into plagirism?
 
less than 10% difference is plagiarism. At least, it was when I checked the copyright laws last.
 
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