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Full circle

Darkhstarr

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Baron
It's amazing how acquiring Traveller products has gone full circle for me. Way back in the early 80's it was impossible to find Traveller products locally. I acquired mine through mailorder catalogs or thru some of the Air Force personnel who got me hooked on Traveller.
In the late 80's & through most of the 90's we got game stores who stocked a lot of Traveller stuff (& Space Opera). In the last decade it has gone full circle, with only one gamestore locally carrying Traveller books, a few of the first FFE reprints & a little of the Mongoose titles. The local big box bookstores carried Mongoose very briefly, but not only carry them online. And don't even think about 15mm minis, let alone SF (almost exclusively Warhammer) mins. I now find myself (when I can afford it) looking online for Traveller.
The irony is very amusing.
 
When it first came out I was able to find some Mongoose stuff at a Barnes and Noble bookstore near me, but I don't recall seeing any in that store lately.

As for 15s... even the guy at the local game store gave me an odd look when I mentioned them, and he's a big Traveller fan.

I suppose I'm lucky though. There are at least four game stores within easy driving distance of me, not counting Games Workshop stores, and another two or three in the hour+ range.
 
Thank God for the internet. Because of it i have aquired all WFRP products of all editions and quite a few Traveller CT material... one day hoping to complete my collection.

Forbidden Planet movie update: 2011. Can't wait.
 
Reminds I still haven't put together my Polar Lights C57D yet. I've been afraid to touch any model kits since I lost stereoscopic vision.
 
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