Classic Adventure Design
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Aramis,
Exactly. You nearly always got a lot of something else along with the adventure or adventures.
Other than the pregenerated PCs, equipment lists, and library data found in all of the CT adventures, many featured ship deckplans, still others had world descriptions, some showed subsectors or pieces of subsectors, the Mithril/Bright Face DA gave you an ATV floorplan and operation rules, Argon Gambit explained the Solomani, Twilight Peak did the same for the Droyne, Conquest gave you a new minor race, Prison Planet over 100 NPCs to use elsewhere, the list of 'extra' goodies is quite extensive.
They were far more than just 'adventures'. When we remember this was well before the internet and it's ability to produce background material 'on demand'. The CT adventures were one way for GDW to disseminate setting information.
Have fun,
Bill
Aramis,
Exactly. You nearly always got a lot of something else along with the adventure or adventures.
Other than the pregenerated PCs, equipment lists, and library data found in all of the CT adventures, many featured ship deckplans, still others had world descriptions, some showed subsectors or pieces of subsectors, the Mithril/Bright Face DA gave you an ATV floorplan and operation rules, Argon Gambit explained the Solomani, Twilight Peak did the same for the Droyne, Conquest gave you a new minor race, Prison Planet over 100 NPCs to use elsewhere, the list of 'extra' goodies is quite extensive.
They were far more than just 'adventures'. When we remember this was well before the internet and it's ability to produce background material 'on demand'. The CT adventures were one way for GDW to disseminate setting information.
Have fun,
Bill
They also left space for referees to fill in the gaps. This gave us flexibility to shoehorn things into a campaign. It's also occasionally a bit annoying, but necessary -- there's not enough room for everything you want in a Double Adventure. (If it wasn't necessary, the world map was omitted).
But Wil and Bill's point stands. The LBB Adventures are resources to be mined.
I'd like to point out the starships in particular. LBB1-3 didn't have room to detail them, so they were released as a bonus for the adventures. That's how we got deckplans, crew stations, and general operating information for the Kinunir, Lab Ship, Scout, Far Trader, Merchant, Liner, Safari Ship, Mercenary Cruiser, etc.
Nowadays, many of these deckplans are available on the web (or via reprint), and don't have to take up the significant chunk of space they did in the LBB adventures.
But Wil and Bill's point stands. The LBB Adventures are resources to be mined.
I'd like to point out the starships in particular. LBB1-3 didn't have room to detail them, so they were released as a bonus for the adventures. That's how we got deckplans, crew stations, and general operating information for the Kinunir, Lab Ship, Scout, Far Trader, Merchant, Liner, Safari Ship, Mercenary Cruiser, etc.
Nowadays, many of these deckplans are available on the web (or via reprint), and don't have to take up the significant chunk of space they did in the LBB adventures.
They also left space for referees to fill in the gaps. This gave us flexibility to shoehorn things into a campaign. It's also occasionally a bit annoying, but necessary -- there's not enough room for everything you want in a Double Adventure. (If it wasn't necessary, the world map was omitted).
But Wil and Bill's point stands. The LBB Adventures are resources to be mined.
I'd like to point out the starships in particular. LBB1-3 didn't have room to detail them, so they were released as a bonus for the adventures. That's how we got deckplans, crew stations, and general operating information for the Kinunir, Lab Ship, Scout, Far Trader, Merchant, Liner, Safari Ship, Mercenary Cruiser, etc.
Nowadays, many of these deckplans are available on the web (or via reprint), and don't have to take up the significant chunk of space they did in the LBB adventures.
But Wil and Bill's point stands. The LBB Adventures are resources to be mined.
I'd like to point out the starships in particular. LBB1-3 didn't have room to detail them, so they were released as a bonus for the adventures. That's how we got deckplans, crew stations, and general operating information for the Kinunir, Lab Ship, Scout, Far Trader, Merchant, Liner, Safari Ship, Mercenary Cruiser, etc.
Nowadays, many of these deckplans are available on the web (or via reprint), and don't have to take up the significant chunk of space they did in the LBB adventures.
P
Pickles
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In a very meaningful way, the adventures were the setting, shown in a much more accessible and PC-relevant manner than by the supplements.
P
Pickles
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In a very meaningful way, the adventures were the setting, shown in a much more accessible and PC-relevant manner than by the supplements.
In a very meaningful way, the adventures were the setting, shown in a much more accessible and PC-relevant manner than by the supplements. </font>[/QUOTE]Well that's an awfully good point. Player-centric material (the adventures) seemed much richer than plain old resources (the Spinward Marches Campaign).
In a very meaningful way, the adventures were the setting, shown in a much more accessible and PC-relevant manner than by the supplements. </font>[/QUOTE]Well that's an awfully good point. Player-centric material (the adventures) seemed much richer than plain old resources (the Spinward Marches Campaign).
In a very meaningful way, the adventures were the setting, shown in a much more accessible and PC-relevant manner than by the supplements. </font>[/QUOTE]Well that's an awfully good point. Player-centric material (the adventures) seemed much richer than plain old resources (the Spinward Marches Campaign). </font>[/QUOTE]Oh, how true. And The Traveller Adventure was the ultimate one.
In a very meaningful way, the adventures were the setting, shown in a much more accessible and PC-relevant manner than by the supplements. </font>[/QUOTE]Well that's an awfully good point. Player-centric material (the adventures) seemed much richer than plain old resources (the Spinward Marches Campaign). </font>[/QUOTE]Oh, how true. And The Traveller Adventure was the ultimate one.
