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[tbeard1999]

Not necessarily so. On the one hand, Mongoose had a closed playtest run-
ning parallel to the open playtest, and I do not know the recommendations
of the members of the closed playtest group.

Well, that's the story, but I'm having trouble buying it. The final MGT combat system looks to me like it was thrown together at the last minute and there are a number of issues and flaws that make me seriously doubt that there was any extensive playtesting.

If there *was* extensive playtesting, then I think that Mongoose should consider getting a new set of playtesters.

Anyhow, the MGT combat system looks exactly like I'd expect a last-minute, sparsely playtested revision to look.

Details to come after I've completed my workout of the system.

So, this success, like most successes, has a lot of parents. I have no doubt that TBeard played a role in it, but definitely not single-handedly.

I recall being assured by advocates that I was virtually the only one who had a problem with the T/E and initiative system. But after Mongoose abruptly ditched them, it now appears that I was only one voice among many, many others. <chuckle> I'm glad to hear that I was never really alone...

 

[rust]

I'm glad to hear that I was never alone...

I do not know whether you have any use for it, but here is the link to the
alternative Traveller combat system designed by Settembrini in Germany:

http://hofrat.rollenspiel-berlin.de/TravKaAlt.pdf

I am sorry that it is in German.