Mythic Mountains
SOC-5
Hello! I reached out to the FFE email but hadn't heard back and so someone had suggested that I post here and see if someone could help me. I recently finished a long campaign of Classic Traveller as a new Referee coming from the OSR. I was really happy to have and use the Classic Facsimile, printed at cost, I found that very generous. I found that while it is a very easy read and well organized, it is not ideal for at table play. We use a rather simulationist expression of the game, measuring distances and travel times and such and trying to employ all the game procedures. For this purpose the closest thing I found was the Starter Set "Charts" Book.
Anyways, I have not found anything close to the easy format and usability at the table I was used to with D&D OSR products, especially say "Old School Essentials" for the 1981 D&D Basic Set.
What I'd really like to do is create something close to "OSRIC" (OSRIC is an index and reference compendium of rules that condensed and formats 1e AD&D for use at the table), an index and reference compendium that is an aide-to-play, that provides the procedures that are Referee facing by phase of play, similar to the "Charts" book but with modern formatting, likely in A5, condensed and very compact and easy to use at the table, then release it for free as a tool online or printed at cost only.
After I finished the campaign I met lots of people that really like Classic Traveller but also liked the idea of having a handy index and reference book, and I've met many people that found Classic Traveller too daunting to get into because of the many procedures in the Facsimile book (they also sometimes get confused as to whether they should use one of the other 3 initial or starter editions.) I think this would really invite people into Classic Traveller, especially younger people.
Anyways if anyone could help, I noted FFE's "Fair Use" policy, requiring any project be approved by FFE if it is more than 1 page of rules. I'd love to make this thing and don't desire to make anything off of it! It's just something I want for myself and would like to exist in the world.
Thank you for your help,
Ross (Mythic M)
Anyways, I have not found anything close to the easy format and usability at the table I was used to with D&D OSR products, especially say "Old School Essentials" for the 1981 D&D Basic Set.
What I'd really like to do is create something close to "OSRIC" (OSRIC is an index and reference compendium of rules that condensed and formats 1e AD&D for use at the table), an index and reference compendium that is an aide-to-play, that provides the procedures that are Referee facing by phase of play, similar to the "Charts" book but with modern formatting, likely in A5, condensed and very compact and easy to use at the table, then release it for free as a tool online or printed at cost only.
After I finished the campaign I met lots of people that really like Classic Traveller but also liked the idea of having a handy index and reference book, and I've met many people that found Classic Traveller too daunting to get into because of the many procedures in the Facsimile book (they also sometimes get confused as to whether they should use one of the other 3 initial or starter editions.) I think this would really invite people into Classic Traveller, especially younger people.
Anyways if anyone could help, I noted FFE's "Fair Use" policy, requiring any project be approved by FFE if it is more than 1 page of rules. I'd love to make this thing and don't desire to make anything off of it! It's just something I want for myself and would like to exist in the world.
Thank you for your help,
Ross (Mythic M)