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From: Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Mongoose Traveller or Cepheus Engine
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On 6/21/2024 12:52 AM, Kyonshi wrote:
> On 6/20/2024 10:07 PM, Alex Schroeder wrote:
>> I have run Mongoose Traveller, the first one; years later I ran Classic
>> Traveller and it felt similar but also a bit weirder because the civil
>> careers aren’t there. But that betting element during character 
>> creation is
>> there, of course. I don’t know if many people play that way, however.
>> People click on generators until they get a character they like, I fear.
>>
>> I started thinking about a short Traveller replacement based on
>> conversations with Frotz. I never had any concrete plans and so it never
>> went anywhere.
>>
>> https://alexschroeder.ch/pdfs/Halbardier.pdf
>>
> 
> Yeah, I have to say the character generation system really is one of the 
> best parts of Mongoose Traveller, as it gives you a fully-fledged 
> backstory. It's not quite OSR though, as it involves too much investment 
> into the character at the beginning.

> It does work as a sort of party game though: everybody sits around the 
> table and tries to create their character, and sometimes you manage to 
> get connections with the other players. That's all very neat and easy, 
> and I think it would be a great way to spend a first session.


I only played Traveller once (if you don't count Megatraveller CRPG 
which I enjoyed too) and the session consisted of making a character. 
Never actually did anything.  I found it fun anyway.

I used Heroes of Legend in 2e AD&D quite a bit which has a similar 
background generation (no betting though, and no chance of death, 
unplayable characters yes) for fantasy.  I eventually found it a bit too 
complicated and long and affecting character power and pared it down 
considerably.  I stopped using it sometime in 3e altogether, but 
occasionally fondly reminisce about 'session 0' where we'd spend a good 
portion of the first session making backgrounds with it.

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-Justisaur

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