The summer holiday has arrived. I am done with work for five weeks and there are far fewer things for me to be worried about, day to day. With this in mind, I found myself back at the place I often arrive when I stop being a Game Master: I am playing alone. I feel … Continue reading Travelling Solo, Again
One of the phrases that irks me every time I hear it is the admonition that: "This is just a game." Games matter. They give meaning to play. It is never "merely" or "just" a game. As Huizinga puts it: [Play] is a significant function - that is to say, there is some sense to … Continue reading Role Games Matter
Just as with the previous posts in this series, I’ve continued to progress through trying the expanded character generation rules found with Traveller Books 4 to 7. Read from the beginning: Learning Traveller 1 Trey Dershyb Joins The MegaCorp Having worked my way through the first three additional books, I felt I needed to try … Continue reading Learning Traveller 6: Merchant Prince
I’ve just had a very pleasant morning rolling up a Scout character using Scouts: Traveller Book 6. Just as with the previous posts in this series, I’ve continued to progress through trying the expanded character generation rules found with Traveller Books 4 to 7. Read from the beginning: Learning Traveller 1 It was during this … Continue reading Learning Traveller 5: Scouts
As I mentioned in my last post, I’m pushing beyond the confines of Classic Traveller Books 1 to 3 and delving into the Character Generation systems presented in Books 4 to 7. This post is about my first taste (well, since about 1986) of High Guard: Traveller Book 5. High Guard presents rules that build … Continue reading Learning Traveller 4: High Guard
One of the great joys in playing Classic Traveller again after so many years has been rediscovering the various caches of Little Black Books (and other supplements) that are squirrelled around the house. Today, as I begin to develop and deepen my understanding of Classic Traveller, I’ve decided to begin to delve beyond Books 1 … Continue reading Learning Traveller 3: Mercenary
Go back to the beginning? Read: Learning Traveller 1 Having read through the Book 1 chapter on Combat, I feel ready to pitch two of my previously generated characters against each other. This will be a training simulation: we can imagine the two old hands meeting in some kind of urban combat practice range, complete … Continue reading Learning Traveller, Part 2: Combat Simulation
I've been having an enormous amount of fun rolling up characters using the Classic Traveller rules. It's an easy, quick, very entertaining mini-game. I totally get why we loved this game back in the 80's. Unlike most other RPGs, Traveller does not simply dump inexperienced 18-year-olds into the world and let them fend for themselves. … Continue reading Learning Traveller, Part 1: Making Characters
Yesterday, I outlined my project to learn how to play Traveller. This post is an update after the first 24 hours of reading and thinking. As with most projects, I find there is an initial flurry of activity before I settle into the slower pace of doing the things I aim to do. First, I … Continue reading Leaning Into Classic Traveller
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