Playing by the Book
Freelance Traveller
(04 Apr 2016 22:32 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Playing by the Book
shadow@xxxxxx
(05 Apr 2016 01:27 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Playing by the Book
Kurt Feltenberger
(05 Apr 2016 01:37 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Playing by the Book
Kelly St. Clair
(05 Apr 2016 02:39 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Playing by the Book
Kurt Feltenberger
(05 Apr 2016 03:09 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Playing by the Book
Timothy Collinson
(05 Apr 2016 08:16 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Playing by the Book
Rob Dean
(05 Apr 2016 14:52 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Playing by the Book
Fred Kiesche
(05 Apr 2016 16:29 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Playing by the Book Jeffrey Schwartz (05 Apr 2016 14:24 UTC)
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I've run games loosely based on the Mageworld series by Debra Doyle. The current game I'm running, I've stolen a lot from there in the way the Zho think and how some of their Psi manifests. On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 6:32 PM, Freelance Traveller <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote: > In this case, I don't mean the Traveller rule book(s); I'm referring to > novels and series of SF that you've read and enjoyed. > > What novels or series have you read that you could see a Traveller > campaign being run in? How would you have to tweak the rules to make the > story universe work, and what "knock-on" effects do you see? Does the > universe in question seem to be conducive to one kind of campaign over > another? Why do you feel that the universe is suitable for Traveller? > > Inquiring minds (or at least one inquiring something-that-at-least- > sorta-resembles-a-mind) want to know! > > Note: While discussion of the "old standbys" that are said to have > influenced Traveller is certainly not to be discouraged, I think it > would be more interesting to "look farther afield" and consider novels > that were contemporary but not named as influences, or novels that > post-date Traveller, even by decades. Digressions as to how you might > render this or that alien or culture from a novel into Traveller terms > might also be of interest... > > -- > Jeff Zeitlin, Editor > Freelance Traveller > The Electronic Fan-Supported > Traveller® Fanzine and Resource > > xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com > http://www.freelancetraveller.com > http://freelancetraveller.downport.com/ > > > > ®Traveller is a registered trademark of > Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2014. Use of > the trademark in this notice and in the > referenced materials is not intended to > infringe or devalue the trademark. > > Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following > enterprises for hosting services: > > CyberNET Web Hosting (http://www.cyberwebhosting.net) > The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com) > ----- > The Traveller Mailing List > Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml > Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com > To unsubscribe from this list please goto > http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=vSy3NFQJMSbZKrzPfC3XucFBsUCMtKrI