Jump Starting My Traveller/Firefly Game

[spinwardpirate]

Wooo! As far as I can tell, next week it looks like I'll be resurrecting an old campaign, a campaign that's not as old as it is odd. It started life as GURPS Traveller Interstellar Wars campaign, which I don't believe ever went beyond one or two sessions. It then transmuted to a Serenity game, using those rules. The characters were converted over to Serenity, and after playing for awhile no one was particularly happy with the conversions or the rules. However, everyone was happy to play in the 'verse, so the whole kit and kaboodle was converted back to GURPS, as a Firefly campaign. We got within a session or two of finishing off the adventure, but we never did. Why? I don't recall. But suffice to say everyone always wanted to finish it off, and I think I have them convinced we should do it using MGT.

I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[far-trader]

Cool. I'm envious, but happy for your group. Look forward to living vicariously through your posts

 

[kinnerc]

Traveller was made for Firefly.

There are a few "media" that I consider great Traveller examples and I'll use them when I describe Traveller to people.

Book: The Mote in God's Eye. Great in general, but for Naval items in particular.
Movie: Aliens (must be plural). Book 4 Mercenary come to life!
TV: Firefly. Great in general. Book 7 Merchant Prince come to life!

Good luck with it!!

 

[beowulf2044]

Traveller/Serenity

Or I as said at a gaming convention recently: "I played Serenity years ago. Back then we called it 'Traveller'".

 

[spinwardpirate]

Cool. I'm envious, but happy for your group. Look forward to living vicariously through your posts

Thanks. I've been using my lunch hour to convert stuff over. Traveller is such a great system. A string of six numbers and a couple skills... elegant in it's simplicity.

 

[spinwardpirate]

Traveller was made for Firefly.

There are a few "media" that I consider great Traveller examples and I'll use them when I describe Traveller to people.

Book: The Mote in God's Eye. Great in general, but for Naval items in particular.
Movie: Aliens (must be plural). Book 4 Mercenary come to life!
TV: Firefly. Great in general. Book 7 Merchant Prince come to life!
Yep, my picks too. I loved Mote. One of my favorites.

Good luck with it!!

Thanks! My GZG 15mm minis arrived the other day, so my luck is holding!

 

[spinwardpirate]

Or I as said at a gaming convention recently: "I played Serenity years ago. Back then we called it 'Traveller'".

I remember when Wash first said that line, what was it, "hold on travelers"? I emailed all my old Traveller buddies and said, "you've got to see this show."