Here’s a link, but the details are very vague. They are a deus ex machina.

The primary mode of communication within the community was TML or the traveler mailing list, which went on for more than 20 years.

As a former writer for 2020 I can say that the idea for exotics came from other source material and not the furry “culture” as it were.

This is one of the many reasons why the lab ship design makes no sense.

There isn’t really a consensus. There are as many “haters” as well as “lovers” of each timeline and ideas. I didn’t much care for IW, but I know and respect people who do. For me, a little chaos in the Imperium was sorely needed.

The everything from MT and TNE were definitely disliked. I thought the Hard Times setting was really fantastic.

There are three major dislikes, and all of them came from MegaTraveller and The New Era. The Empress Wave, the Assassination of Strephon, and the Virus. All of these are catastrophic changes in the setting, they rob the players of agency, and remove huge chunks of continuity.

Although I think there are some huge landmines in the road to this product, I also think it could bring a lot of people into the Traveller universe, and that could be very positive. Actually I believe that’s the main reason they’re doing it.

you might have hit a server that was having an issue.

The way these servers are federated may be the issue. As federation becomes more prevalent this may become more robust.

I do think it’s very premature to start judging this before we have seen literally anything. It is possible there could be some mechanisms that are very supportive of the genre and play style that we haven’t thought about yet. I refuse to judge the system or the content until it’s actually released.

I do think it’s very premature to start judging this before we have seen literally anything. It is possible there could be some mechanisms that are very supportive of the genre and play style that we haven’t thought about yet. I refuse to judge the system or the content until it’s actually released.

Fair, thanx for your response.

That’s fair. Just curious, do you also disregard publisher forums as well?

I absolutely do, and moderate the Traveller group here as well. I like having multiple sources of news and engagement.

Digg is its own thing. I don’t know if they plan on RSS support, but I can ask.

Worked on, or owned?

Of course that’s possible, but it could be that the smaller development team had a more unified approach.

RPGs, much like SF, have always been a mechanism to explore social issues in philosophy, governance, and thought. In Human society I don’t personally believe that “politics” can be avoided in any group anywhere. —of course that’s just one man’s opinion.