Backed. And I’ll get a copy of the one thing I got published in the Traveller universe as well.... 😂

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> On Aug 13, 2017, at 5:10 PM, Jeff Zeitlin <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:
>
> Marc is starting another Kickstarter for Traveller fans...
> http://kck.st/2uAViRl
>
> About this project
>
> Loren Wiseman was editor of the Journal of the Traveller' Aid Society (but
> if you think that the JTAS covers stories of helping distressed immigrants,
> you are in the wrong place) from 1979 to 2015. In that time, he wrote more
> than 400 editorials about games, game design, science-fiction, and a lot
> more. The writings range from the mundane (as in product announcements) to
> the sublime (with insights into the game design process, or memories of his
> days at GDW). At an average of 500 words each, the texts come to more than
> 250,000 words.
>
> Alas, Loren left us in February of this year and we think his thoughts and
> insights are worth reviewing and preserving. We have put together three
> examples just for an early peek:
> • His introductory editorial when JTAS Online started in February, 2000.
> (http://www.traveller5.net/2000JanEditorial.pdf)
> • An editorial from 2002 talking about how he would have done Traveller
> differently.  (http://www.traveller5.net/2002JanEditorial.pdf)
> • His thoughts on his 40th anniversary as a game designer.
> (http://www.traveller5.net/2013FebEditorial.pdf)
>
> The manuscript runs more than 250,000 words. For technophobes and
> bibliophiles, the printed book is about 500 pages with a full index.
>
> The book is divided into chapters by year (2000 through 2015), with about a
> hundred editorials per chapter. The Table of Contents shows chapters by
> year and individual dated editorials within.
>
> Steve Jackson has agreed to write a Foreword, and Marc Miller will write an
> Afterword.
>
> And There's More: Loren edited the Journal of the Traveller's Aid Society
> for GDW Game Designers' Workshop from 1979 to 1988, Challenge Magazine
> until 1996, and then JTAS Online for Steve Jackson Games from 2000 to 2015.
> We have collected all of the magazines Loren edited (the GDW JTAS and GDW
> Challenge Magazine are scanned PDFs; the SJG JTAS is HTML with an
> interface) on a USB Drive (it totals just under one GB).
>
> http://kck.st/2uAViRl
>
>
> Also...
>
> We've mentioned before that Marc will be at TravellerCON/USA this years. We
> now can reveal that he will be running character generation workshopping
> throughout the con (you must sign up in advance - see the TravellerCON/USA
> website), _plus_ he will be giving a lecture (subject not yet revealed)
> _and_ there will be a Q&A/Sign-My-Stuff session (again, you must sign up in
> advance, and if you have a question you'd like to see answered in the Q&A,
> you must submit it at the time you register for the session; questions will
> be pre-screened - see the TravellerCON/USA site)
>
> TravellerCON/USA: http://www.travellercon-usa.com/
> Con Registration: http://www.travellercon-usa.com/registration.html
> The Lectures: http://www.travellercon-usa.com/game-1---lecture.html
> The Workshops: http://www.travellercon-usa.com/game-20---strapovich.html
>
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