maitrejeanth
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I'll be 39 next sunday. I have been playing Traveller since march 1980.
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How Old Are We?
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Never really followed the Conan stories, but highly recommend the Krishna canon (basically anything with a Z in the title).
I'm not sure if SF is healthier now that it's fairly popular than it was in the 'good old days' when it was a literary ghetto. Alas, I must console my self with Harrington, Vorkosigan and Serrano. Sigh
And I'm still 41
Want to buy a British 1st edition of Titus Groan? </font>[/QUOTE]Well I was referring more to purchasing "new" books by these authors to support more of the same getting published.
Does it have illustrations by the author himself? That might make it worth it for me. Morpheus' Library holds the 4th book on...
Casey
Hmmm. Well, I'll be 47 in about about two weeks. I've been playing Traveller since '78. Mostly CT, but forays into New Era and T4. Of late T20. I have lots of the old Traveller starship minis, some of the New Era minis, some of the old Traveller figs, Traveller Dice, etc.
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PapaGolfWhiskey
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36, started Gaming in '81 (D&D, Top Secret) bought Traveller to be the first kid in my cohort with something different and because I was a sci fi nut. I think within a year of that introduction.
Went through a 10+ year dry spell where I got my 'gaming fix' by selling amateur short stories to fanzines and participating in online Chat-style RPGs (Multi-User Chat Kingdoms, Multi-User Shared Halucinations and other MU*'s)
Currently, my most stable game is played with 4 other 30-somethings and one of their daughters. Whenever we can organise our dayplanners to book a day (current average 2 to 3 weeks)
I don't watch broadcast television except what I'm unfortunate to be afflicted by when caring for a patient with their TV on.
I am an avid Anime fan though. ;]
Gotta agree that most of what I see on the stands is tripe. Even Weber and Turtledove aren't... Bujold.
Even my old favourite H B piper... is not as blindly exciting as when I was a teenager. My older eyes read between the lines and see things they no longer agree with.
Lately the shift work has been intense and my apartment's needed cleaning. Seems I hardly read anymore let alone write.
If it weren't for intelligent forums like these I think my command of written english would fade away entirely. Use it or lose it.
I think I've rambled enough now.
ciao meow
Went through a 10+ year dry spell where I got my 'gaming fix' by selling amateur short stories to fanzines and participating in online Chat-style RPGs (Multi-User Chat Kingdoms, Multi-User Shared Halucinations and other MU*'s)
Currently, my most stable game is played with 4 other 30-somethings and one of their daughters. Whenever we can organise our dayplanners to book a day (current average 2 to 3 weeks)
I don't watch broadcast television except what I'm unfortunate to be afflicted by when caring for a patient with their TV on.
I am an avid Anime fan though. ;]
Gotta agree that most of what I see on the stands is tripe. Even Weber and Turtledove aren't... Bujold.
Even my old favourite H B piper... is not as blindly exciting as when I was a teenager. My older eyes read between the lines and see things they no longer agree with.
Lately the shift work has been intense and my apartment's needed cleaning. Seems I hardly read anymore let alone write.
If it weren't for intelligent forums like these I think my command of written english would fade away entirely. Use it or lose it.
I think I've rambled enough now.
ciao meow
shar_leigh
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Well I've just turned 47 and haven't been gaming that long compared to most of you guys. I didn't get into gaming until around 1987/88 with D&D then AD&D. After that, jumped around into TONS of different games including CT and MT (one time each). Now with T20, I can get some more of the gaming group to try it again.
-Shar
-Shar
Originally posted by Falkayn:
24 now, not that I can change my vote. The time somehow seems to have flown away, even with the changes in my personal economy (both BOOOOO! and YAAAAY!). Still no change in the likelihood of children, though.
So am I! Actually, I found out about it from TNE. But CT was an easier mechanic, and the ship crews were somewhat smaller...Don't worry about the economic challenges, that continues later in life (but you start worrying about the mortgage, the car payments, and the children's education).
Glad you found out about Traveller, it's a fun game and worth playing!
Commander Drax
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What the Hell, I'll bite,
just become 34, July the 4th in fact...
My own opinion is that sci-fi is the engine that secretly drives technological development in the modern world. A sci-fi author invents something new, it gradually filters into the public conciousness and hey presto someone sets about making or developing it...
Obviously I am not saying that all new inventions follow this route, that would be foolish, but a great deal of new developments do...
Personally I love Sci-Fi simply because it is imaginative, visionary and more often than not illustrates a future in which mankind triumphs against overwhelming odds and thus survives.
Lets spread to the stars and our survival as a species is assured.
just become 34, July the 4th in fact...
My own opinion is that sci-fi is the engine that secretly drives technological development in the modern world. A sci-fi author invents something new, it gradually filters into the public conciousness and hey presto someone sets about making or developing it...
Obviously I am not saying that all new inventions follow this route, that would be foolish, but a great deal of new developments do...
Personally I love Sci-Fi simply because it is imaginative, visionary and more often than not illustrates a future in which mankind triumphs against overwhelming odds and thus survives.
Lets spread to the stars and our survival as a species is assured.
Patient Name: Burocrate
DOB: 1965
Symptoms:
Minor-Collects any/all printed material on a game known as Traveller. Spends free time thinking of this imaginary world of the future and creating fictional persona living in this other reality.
Major- Jeopardizes health and financial well-being through infatuation with this game.
Prognosis: Patient has addictive personality disorder and should not be restricted in his access to “gaming materials” (this includes on-line activities). As recently as the late 90s, the patient’s access to his obsession appeared to “dry-up” and he switched to WOC (formally TRS) products. With the resurgence of this “Traveller” game, the patient has become more and more dependant on his on-line access and printer cartridges. This reviewer recommends a quite local with computer access allowed (yet monitored, see health note above) and plenty of storage space for his “reference library and charts”.
DOB: 1965
Symptoms:
Minor-Collects any/all printed material on a game known as Traveller. Spends free time thinking of this imaginary world of the future and creating fictional persona living in this other reality.
Major- Jeopardizes health and financial well-being through infatuation with this game.
Prognosis: Patient has addictive personality disorder and should not be restricted in his access to “gaming materials” (this includes on-line activities). As recently as the late 90s, the patient’s access to his obsession appeared to “dry-up” and he switched to WOC (formally TRS) products. With the resurgence of this “Traveller” game, the patient has become more and more dependant on his on-line access and printer cartridges. This reviewer recommends a quite local with computer access allowed (yet monitored, see health note above) and plenty of storage space for his “reference library and charts”.
Turned 35 this year. Still feel like 25 sometimes. But then there's those times that I feel like I'm 55. Must be the Anagathics messin' with my system.
Later,
Scout
Later,
Scout
37 this last May
Started playing RPGs (AD&D and Gamma World) in '81. Found CT around '84. Had seen the LBB on the shelf at the now long gone "Hobbits" game and book store in Edmonton and thought it would be fun. Lasted till TNE came out. I liked the setting but HATED the new rules.
T4 brought me back into gaming even with the bad art and really bad editing.
Never liked GURPS, but have gotten some of the GT stuff for refinance.
Starting to warm up to T20, mostly due to TNE:1248
Started playing RPGs (AD&D and Gamma World) in '81. Found CT around '84. Had seen the LBB on the shelf at the now long gone "Hobbits" game and book store in Edmonton and thought it would be fun. Lasted till TNE came out. I liked the setting but HATED the new rules.
T4 brought me back into gaming even with the bad art and really bad editing.
Never liked GURPS, but have gotten some of the GT stuff for refinance.
Starting to warm up to T20, mostly due to TNE:1248
Gruffty
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Turned 37 Jan '04
Started out playing D & D, bought Traveller LBBs 1980 (IIRC) then bought the rest (including Striker). Gave it all away when I left school
Got back into it during mental health nurse training in 1990s, stopped again (Mrs, kids, mortgage) but have managed to nearly recollect the entire LBBs (0-8, 11 Supp, 11 Advs, all 6 Dble Advs) + nearly all MT books + T4
Can't find anyone in my area to run a game for though!
Started out playing D & D, bought Traveller LBBs 1980 (IIRC) then bought the rest (including Striker). Gave it all away when I left school
Got back into it during mental health nurse training in 1990s, stopped again (Mrs, kids, mortgage) but have managed to nearly recollect the entire LBBs (0-8, 11 Supp, 11 Advs, all 6 Dble Advs) + nearly all MT books + T4
Can't find anyone in my area to run a game for though!
Jeff M. Hopper
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I'm 35 this year.
Started with D&D on a Boy Scout camping trip, then found the LBBs in a hobby shop the next week. Haven't ever looked back. The only version that I do not have a copy of is MT. Depending on what kind of campaign I am envisioning determines what version of the rules that I use.
Oddly, most of my campaigns take place in areas that either are not canon or are on the fringes of Charted Space and thus semi-canon. I still buy the sourcebooks for the crunchy bits, though.
Started with D&D on a Boy Scout camping trip, then found the LBBs in a hobby shop the next week. Haven't ever looked back. The only version that I do not have a copy of is MT. Depending on what kind of campaign I am envisioning determines what version of the rules that I use.
Oddly, most of my campaigns take place in areas that either are not canon or are on the fringes of Charted Space and thus semi-canon. I still buy the sourcebooks for the crunchy bits, though.
Discovered Avalon Hill in 1960 (age 11) D&D got me in '75; bought Traveller at first sight in '77. Taught Marc Miller and Frank Chadwick to play 'Sniper' at SPI offices in '73 or 4 (?) I invented brownie points in my article "Poltroonery, Courts Martial, and the ICMJ", JTAS #9.
I was born in the first half of the previous century, and I take pride in the appellation grognard. These aging rolls aren't for wimps.
I was born in the first half of the previous century, and I take pride in the appellation grognard. These aging rolls aren't for wimps.
Welcome aboard Spud! Ruffles and florishes! Honored to have a true gaming pioneer among us.
I have a theory that Traveller is like a virus, you can't get the fever without exposure to a carrier. So with such an impressive pedigree, I can only assume that without your influence, half of us wouldn't be playing Trav now.
I have a theory that Traveller is like a virus, you can't get the fever without exposure to a carrier. So with such an impressive pedigree, I can only assume that without your influence, half of us wouldn't be playing Trav now.
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