Supplement Four
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I just realized something that I should have realized a long time ago.
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. I've got a HUGE selection of Classic Trav supplements that I've collected over the years--things I've either bought brand new or found on eBay or used books stores. My collection is not "completely" complete, but its close. I have most items--only missing some obscure things (albeit my collection contains many hard-to-find-out-of-print items too).
So, having this, it colors my judgement when I think and speak of CT. When I refer to CT, I refer to the game in its entirety. CT is a huge game with more supplements published than any other Traveller edition. Many third party publishers contributed to the whole with magazines and full-fledged publictions of their own. So...to me, CT is a rather "complete" game. There isn't a lot of ground that hasn't been covered.
When many other people think of CT, I've realized, they think of The Traveller Book. Or, they think of Books 1-3 only. Or, they just think of the stuff published by GDW (which leaves out a lot of incredible stuff, like things written by the Keiths or DGP published items).
I think that this--that there is more than one perspective of what CT is--forms a basis for disagreement many times.
For example, the largest percentage of material contained in MT is just reprinted CT stuff. Or, it was derived from CT stuff. Some people look at T4 or MGT and say, "But look at all the stuff these editions are adding to the game!" And, what I think is, "You're crazy! They're just re-printing CT stuff! Or, they're expanding upon what CT already started--it wasn't originated with that edition!"
It's different points of view based on what CT stuff is available. Since I've been dilligent about collecting for my favorite version of Traveller over the years, CT, to me, is quite broad in scope. It's a huge game system.
For many, CT is only the stuff that is readily available for the game today: the stuff on the CD-ROM or the reprints.
I have one secret hope: As I've made clear, it is very unlikely that I will switch from CT to MGT. But, the game systems are "close". I'm thinking supplements and adventures written for MGT will be a breeze to use with CT.
And, Mongoose has a lot of very interesting supplements coming out.
Maybe we can pseudo-grow the CT universe of publication even more by taking advantage of them.
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. I've got a HUGE selection of Classic Trav supplements that I've collected over the years--things I've either bought brand new or found on eBay or used books stores. My collection is not "completely" complete, but its close. I have most items--only missing some obscure things (albeit my collection contains many hard-to-find-out-of-print items too).
So, having this, it colors my judgement when I think and speak of CT. When I refer to CT, I refer to the game in its entirety. CT is a huge game with more supplements published than any other Traveller edition. Many third party publishers contributed to the whole with magazines and full-fledged publictions of their own. So...to me, CT is a rather "complete" game. There isn't a lot of ground that hasn't been covered.
When many other people think of CT, I've realized, they think of The Traveller Book. Or, they think of Books 1-3 only. Or, they just think of the stuff published by GDW (which leaves out a lot of incredible stuff, like things written by the Keiths or DGP published items).
I think that this--that there is more than one perspective of what CT is--forms a basis for disagreement many times.
For example, the largest percentage of material contained in MT is just reprinted CT stuff. Or, it was derived from CT stuff. Some people look at T4 or MGT and say, "But look at all the stuff these editions are adding to the game!" And, what I think is, "You're crazy! They're just re-printing CT stuff! Or, they're expanding upon what CT already started--it wasn't originated with that edition!"
It's different points of view based on what CT stuff is available. Since I've been dilligent about collecting for my favorite version of Traveller over the years, CT, to me, is quite broad in scope. It's a huge game system.
For many, CT is only the stuff that is readily available for the game today: the stuff on the CD-ROM or the reprints.
I have one secret hope: As I've made clear, it is very unlikely that I will switch from CT to MGT. But, the game systems are "close". I'm thinking supplements and adventures written for MGT will be a breeze to use with CT.
And, Mongoose has a lot of very interesting supplements coming out.
Maybe we can pseudo-grow the CT universe of publication even more by taking advantage of them.
), MT or even T4.
