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[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 1 points 8 hours ago

Does anyone know the story about this edition? It does seem like it was intended to be faxed. 😅

Wait… did you even get to use fax machines? Geez, I’m old.

Anyway, while I didn’t play Traveller back in the day, this edition holds a special place in my heart. I had watched Seth Skorkowsky’s videos (I think he had completed the full series, not too long ago if you’re keeping score) and thought: this is the game I want to play. But I was absolutely broke. I got started with Cepheus Engine SRD, because I didn’t even know if my players would like it and didn’t want to spend money that I didn’t even have. I think I got this facsimile edition for $1, and I was ecstatic.

Granted, I had everything truly necessary out of the Cepheus Engine SRD, but I felt like I was chipping in somehow.

Thanks Marc!

 

cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/15151545

I’m pretty sure it’s slashed to $0 every now and then. If you don’t own it yet, you might as well add this museum piece to your collection.

 

I’m pretty sure it’s slashed to $0 every now and then. If you don’t own it yet, you might as well add this museum piece to your collection.

 
[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

For the longest time, I wasn’t sure if a Star Trek game would suit my table. But then they released the Lower Decks and fixed that for me. 😅

[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 2 points 5 days ago

Campaign Cartographer 3+

 

cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/14929800

Here I did the same than the post from a month ago: I used https://www.travellerworlds.com/ to generate a new star system, and then drew it with CC3+.

 

Here I did the same than the post from a month ago: I used https://www.travellerworlds.com/ to generate a new star system, and then drew it with CC3+.

 
 
[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Darn. I still had two “quadrant one”s on this version.

I thought I’d fixed that.

[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apparently my issue was a false positive. It seems Lemmy doesn't like large images (even if small in size) but the message saying "too many pixels" was off-screen at that time.

I resized the image and reuploaded. Everything seems fine now.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by roflo1@ttrpg.network to c/Traveller@ttrpg.network
 

cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/14674160

In case you're not familiar, Death Station is an adventure for Traveller.

As many more have done so, I have it a ty myself, mostly because I wanted a large map to place on the table.

Little did I know that the free 2D Deck Plans for the Core Rulebook includes a science station I could have used. Oh well.

I also have a couple of PDF versions: http://rpg20.com/Death%20station.pdf http://rpg20.com/Death%20station_labels.pdf

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by roflo1@ttrpg.network to c/scifi@ttrpg.network
 

In case you're not familiar, Death Station is an adventure for Traveller.

As many more have done so, I gave it a try myself, mostly because I wanted a large map to place on the table.

Little did I know that the free 2D Deck Plans for the Core Rulebook includes a science station I could have used. Oh well.

I also have a couple of PDF versions. One without labels/numbering: http://rpg20.com/Death%20station.pdf and with labels: http://rpg20.com/Death%20station_labels.pdf

 
 

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[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Congrats! I wasn't brave enough to do it, so I ended up creating a broader community for Sci-Fi RPGs - !scifi@ttrpg.network

 
[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yes. PBTA = Powered by the Apocalypse.

[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cepheus Deluxe aims to simplify many rules, and Position in space combat is a great example. It also replaces initiative (those with highest position choose if they want their action to happen before or after their opponent).

At the beginning of combat, pilots roll 1D + Piloting + DEX + Ship's maneuver. This is your starting Position.

If you want to attack ships with higher Position than you, you get a penalty (or restriction... or maybe prohibition).

There's also restritcitons depending on your weapon types (i.e.: fixed mounts are inflexible and may not attack without a favorable position). The Pilot must execute the Attack Vector action in order to allow the attack with fixed mounts (or main guns) when in an inferior position.

So, the position tracker/chart I made just lets you keep track how hard it is to hit your enemies.

I.e.: Ships placed in the top part have a better position than you; to hit them you need an Attack Vector, or to use Turrets. And you'd have a DM-3. You can hit those in the middle with DM-2, no other restrictions. Ships on the bottom are easy prey, you have a DM+1. Right area has DM0, and left area has DM-1.

So the chart/tracker is not... gamechanger, by any means. But I figured its a nice way to visualize the battle in a VTT. Perhaps someone will actually use it on a VTT and let me know if it was useful or at least cool to have.

[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I settled on Campaign Cartographer 3+.

It has a steep learning curve, but seems to be the most powerful tool by far.

[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 2 points 4 weeks ago

Traveller Discord?

Yeah. There's a very active Discord server for Traveller and all it's variants:

https://discord.gg/xMvmatKh

[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Love the art! Thanks for sharing.

From the outside, it seems like you’re close to finishing it. What’s next?

[–] roflo1@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago

😅 That’s probably beyond my skill level.

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