Best Traveller Fanzine(s)

[ShapeShifter]

In your collective opinion, which one or more Traveller fanzines were the best, not only in terms of rules-crunch, suggestions, setting material, and so on, but also in presentation (="gloss", "fluff", "chrome")? Of the ones I've thus far seen, the one that stands out over some others is High Passage. (And by fanzine, I mean 'magazine' in general. I'm not currently counting online, digital offerings, but stuff published in HC and disseminated in the 70s or 80s.)

 

[aramis]

As far as fanzines, Hmm... Far Stars...

As far as magazines, Traveller's Digest. But it morphed from fanzine to voice of the authorship with the move to MT.

 

[Spinward Scout]

I download Freelance Traveller all the time. Getting around to reading it is another matter...

 

[MJD]

Had things worked out differently, SITREP was destined for greatness. And I should know...

Its replacement, Starfarer's Gazette, will be appearing from Terra/Sol pretty soon. It's the same sort of thing - basically a Top Gear style look at the universe and the people, places and things found in it.

Not a fanzine though; Starfarer's Gazette is a commercial product, so it may not count. But I like it. But then I would, I wrote it.

 

[kafka47]

In the past, Signal GK had the right amount of girt and chrome - plus an interesting commentary on the Rebellion - my favorite era.

In the present, Freelance Traveller carries the torch high. I would like to see more Fanzines but I think the prohibition on not covering the OTU slows this down. For even if they would feature ATU they might want to refer back to something in the OTU as a baseline.

 

[E.D.Quibell]

In the past, Signal GK had the right amount of girt and chrome - plus an interesting commentary on the Rebellion - my favorite era.

In the present, Freelance Traveller carries the torch high. I would like to see more Fanzines but I think the prohibition on not covering the OTU slows this down. For even if they would feature ATU they might want to refer back to something in the OTU as a baseline.

It's only a prohibition on the OTU using MgT rules is it not?

Best regards,

Ewan

 

[MJD]

In reference to my above post, Starfarer's Gazette number 1 is out this month from Terra/Sol Games.