Playing by the Book Freelance Traveller (04 Apr 2016 22:32 UTC)
Re: [TML] Playing by the Book shadow@xxxxxx (05 Apr 2016 01:27 UTC)
Re: [TML] Playing by the Book Kurt Feltenberger (05 Apr 2016 01:37 UTC)
Re: [TML] Playing by the Book Kelly St. Clair (05 Apr 2016 02:39 UTC)
Re: [TML] Playing by the Book Kurt Feltenberger (05 Apr 2016 03:09 UTC)
Re: [TML] Playing by the Book Timothy Collinson (05 Apr 2016 08:16 UTC)
Re: [TML] Playing by the Book Rob Dean (05 Apr 2016 14:52 UTC)
Re: [TML] Playing by the Book Fred Kiesche (05 Apr 2016 16:29 UTC)
Re: [TML] Playing by the Book Jeffrey Schwartz (05 Apr 2016 14:24 UTC)

Re: [TML] Playing by the Book Jeffrey Schwartz 05 Apr 2016 14:23 UTC

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
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> 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...
>
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