Official Landgrab?
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I link the idea of clusters - particularly in a fair level of detail.
I'd love to submit stuff, but time is really tight.
Having said that, I'm looking at having to develop a cluster soon anyway - I wonder how many others have a decent amount of detail already in their games? All my work from my last campeign is long gone, shame really - just means I get to do it again - LG
I'd love to submit stuff, but time is really tight.
Having said that, I'm looking at having to develop a cluster soon anyway - I wonder how many others have a decent amount of detail already in their games? All my work from my last campeign is long gone, shame really - just means I get to do it again - LG
I've thought it through and started roughing stuff out.
Just to check, I was planning on doing 8k words on a cluster of 5 words. One minor race.
Mainly concentrating on plot lines and background fluff.
I was also going to include a deck plan (for reasons that will become apparent)
The T20 website gives submission guidelines etc I figure the same ones apply here (although it's nice to give a "submission's accepted or rejected with x months" statement - It's not the sort of work I'd submit to anyone else, so I'm not that concerned.
Anyhoo - to Work
Just to check, I was planning on doing 8k words on a cluster of 5 words. One minor race.
Mainly concentrating on plot lines and background fluff.
I was also going to include a deck plan (for reasons that will become apparent)
The T20 website gives submission guidelines etc I figure the same ones apply here (although it's nice to give a "submission's accepted or rejected with x months" statement - It's not the sort of work I'd submit to anyone else, so I'm not that concerned.
Anyhoo - to Work
Yes, what ever did happen to this? It sounded interesting.
The biggest problems I see in doing a cluster is that 1) All the worlds in the cluster need to be represented, and 2) The authors need to be in touch with each other for any sense of consistancy, and the sense that the history of all these systems has affected the neighboring systems, throughout their history.
The other problem is the old canon issue. IMHO there are too many Traveller sources spread over too many versions of the game and too many years... it's hard to write something up without violating some canon write-up or one sentance comment somewhere.
What would be great for a landgrab would be for a Traveller Historian, with a huge collection of Traveller materials on hand, to set up the land-grab area in a spot without much canonical write up. He/she could also provide what canonical material has been written for the region and systems, so that the landgrab writeups are consistent with canonical material.
I have looked up worlds on the TML landgrab site, and they are often quite different from canonical sources... this makes them unusuable to me, for all intents and purposes.
The biggest problems I see in doing a cluster is that 1) All the worlds in the cluster need to be represented, and 2) The authors need to be in touch with each other for any sense of consistancy, and the sense that the history of all these systems has affected the neighboring systems, throughout their history.
The other problem is the old canon issue. IMHO there are too many Traveller sources spread over too many versions of the game and too many years... it's hard to write something up without violating some canon write-up or one sentance comment somewhere.
What would be great for a landgrab would be for a Traveller Historian, with a huge collection of Traveller materials on hand, to set up the land-grab area in a spot without much canonical write up. He/she could also provide what canonical material has been written for the region and systems, so that the landgrab writeups are consistent with canonical material.
I have looked up worlds on the TML landgrab site, and they are often quite different from canonical sources... this makes them unusuable to me, for all intents and purposes.
I think that would be an excellent idea.
I think the cluster approach is a good idea - it allows a group of worlds to be put into focus for travellers to move between - three or four worlds with a write up on how they interact provide more value as a setting than just one world. I wouldn't mind expanding a cluster in the Sindal subsector of the Trojan Reach if its going.
This is great. So many folks that have worked on "The Great TML Landgrabs" will finnaly get a chance to see there work immortalized in cannon. I'm glad its being done.
For me personally, I don't think I'll join in. I always looked upon my TML landgrab like working in the yard & garden. There's always something that needs to be worked on, and I would never be satisfied that it would be ready for prime time. Besides that, Rancke would have kittens if my Arba landgrab made it into canon. Outcast Female Aslan Kittens no less
For me personally, I don't think I'll join in. I always looked upon my TML landgrab like working in the yard & garden. There's always something that needs to be worked on, and I would never be satisfied that it would be ready for prime time. Besides that, Rancke would have kittens if my Arba landgrab made it into canon. Outcast Female Aslan Kittens no less
*Jame, carrying his bags on the way to the starport, looks in for signs of life. Posts a note on the door to remind himself to ask about this a week and eight hours from now, when he brings his avatar back from vacation.*
*Re-inserting the biochip which is teaching him to whistle, goes off to the port while practicing.*
*Re-inserting the biochip which is teaching him to whistle, goes off to the port while practicing.*
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It was a lot of fun to work on the Starfall Cluster, particularly the detailing of Starfall. I'd love the chance to do it again, MJD. So let us know if you could use the help.
All the best,
Paul Nemeth
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All the best,
Paul Nemeth
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I would be interested in this. I have a few worlds detailed right now for my campaign. The only problem that might be is that my campaign is set in IE 1216 - and NOT in Imperial Space. Would there be any inteest in this?????
