Classic Traveller boxed set

[tonieee]

When I was a teenager (too many years ago) I bought a boxed edition of Traveller from my local games shop. When I left home (much to my later regret) I gave it away to my brother's friend (along with with my MERP collection).

Starting in the mid-90s I got interested in Traveller again and have now a large collection Traveller books but have never seen the same version again.

The box art was similar to (or the same as) Starter Traveller but there was a single rule book not the seperate rule book/chart book like Starter Traveller. I remember the book had the vector movement rules for starship combat. This makes me think that the book was maybe The Traveller Book. Also, it contained Shadows and Mission on Mithril and a map of Mithril like Starter Traveller.

Is anybody else aware of this or am I completely mis-remembering it? One thought I had is that maybe it could have been a Games Workshop repackaging as they did do thier own versions of US games for the UK (e.g. the Games Workshop version of MERP has a completely different cover from the ICE version).

 

[flykiller]

do you mean the little black box set of books 0-3 with the "mayday" blurb on the box?

still have mine. they're a bit worn.

 

[tonieee]

it was a single, large format book in a box which has artwork like the Starter Traveller box. Definitely not LBB 0-3.

 

[aramis]

When I was a teenager (too many years ago) I bought a boxed edition of Traveller from my local games shop. When I left home (much to my later regret) I gave it away to my brother's friend (along with with my MERP collection).

Starting in the mid-90s I got interested in Traveller again and have now a large collection Traveller books but have never seen the same version again.

The box art was similar to (or the same as) Starter Traveller but there was a single rule book not the seperate rule book/chart book like Starter Traveller. I remember the book had the vector movement rules for starship combat. This makes me think that the book was maybe The Traveller Book. Also, it contained Shadows and Mission on Mithril and a map of Mithril like Starter Traveller.

Is anybody else aware of this or am I completely mis-remembering it? One thought I had is that maybe it could have been a Games Workshop repackaging as they did do thier own versions of US games for the UK (e.g. the Games Workshop version of MERP has a completely different cover from the ICE version).

I've heard rumors for decades now of a Deluxe boxed set with the softcover TTB, the Starter Adventures book, and the Deluxe map and dice.

 

[Hyphen]

I've heard rumors for decades now of a Deluxe boxed set with the softcover TTB, the Starter Adventures book, and the Deluxe map and dice.

I was about to say it sounds like the Deluxe boxed set, although I thought you still got the three LBB's.

http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/52814/traveller-deluxe-edition

http://www.amazon.com/Traveller-Deluxe-Edition-BOX-SET/dp/B000KICOK6

 

[tonieee]

I've heard rumors for decades now of a Deluxe boxed set with the softcover TTB, the Starter Adventures book, and the Deluxe map and dice.

That sounds exactly like what I had. So it wasn't all a dream after all! :-D

 

[aramis]

I was about to say it sounds like the Deluxe boxed set, although I thought you still got the three LBB's.

http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/52814/traveller-deluxe-edition

http://www.amazon.com/Traveller-Deluxe-Edition-BOX-SET/dp/B000KICOK6

I know that some later sales of the Deluxe box came with the Starter rulebooks plus book 0 and adventure 0 tossed in. I watched a friend open one such box NIS in 1986.

My 1983 Deluxe was Books 0-3 + Adv 0 + the big map.