official vs unofficial rulesets
- Thread starter flykiller
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I really think your choice of poll answers is only asking half the question, and even then quite poorly.
Far better would have been a structure like:
An official ruleset mostly as written in the OTU or GTU
An official ruleset mostly as written not in the OTU nor GTU
A houseruled and/or hybridized official ruleset in the OTU/GTU
A Houseruled and/or hybridized official ruleset not in the OTU
A Non-Traveller ruleset in the OTU/GTU
A Non-Traveller ruleset not in the OTU/GTU
Don't play Traveller - Reader
Don't play nor read Traveller
Far better would have been a structure like:
An official ruleset mostly as written in the OTU or GTU
An official ruleset mostly as written not in the OTU nor GTU
A houseruled and/or hybridized official ruleset in the OTU/GTU
A Houseruled and/or hybridized official ruleset not in the OTU
A Non-Traveller ruleset in the OTU/GTU
A Non-Traveller ruleset not in the OTU/GTU
Don't play Traveller - Reader
Don't play nor read Traveller
Yeah I'm with Aramis on this one.
I'm playing Traveller every other Tuesday, except we don't use any conventional version of the rules, or background as yet.
Space is big though, as Hawkwind were fond of singing, so it could happen.
I did figure out out how many dTons our cruiser was the other night, just to give it some context.
12,857 btw, Arbiter-class, the 'Baleful Gaze'...
Fair enough. Thus my answer was "100%", even though I'm sure I'm not 100% compliant.
dmccoy1693
SOC-13
Where does Foreven Worlds fall in this?
GypsyComet
SOC-14 1K
Not rules at all?
mike wightman
SOC-14 10K
Ruleset - CT+, the plus being cherry pickings from other rules editions (MT special duty roll during character generation, T4 combat and psionics, MGT boon/bane mechanic) plus a few house rules tagged on (target numbers for skill rolls either 8+ or 12+).
Setting - most common a proto-Traveller Spinward Marches, second a Long Night based 'planet of the week', third MT Hard Times and finally a TNE campaign.
Away from the OTU based stuff above I have a Culture based campaign that I run when I can think of a suitable scenario.
I have also used CT rules as written to run Star Wars, Star Trek and Blake's Seven based settings.
I have run every version of the game rules as written bar Hero edition; I have used Aftermath, Twilight 2000 1e, EABA, White Wolf's Storyteller system and BRP for Spinward Marches (golden age) scenarios and adventures.
I am not sure how to vote...
Setting - most common a proto-Traveller Spinward Marches, second a Long Night based 'planet of the week', third MT Hard Times and finally a TNE campaign.
Away from the OTU based stuff above I have a Culture based campaign that I run when I can think of a suitable scenario.
I have also used CT rules as written to run Star Wars, Star Trek and Blake's Seven based settings.
I have run every version of the game rules as written bar Hero edition; I have used Aftermath, Twilight 2000 1e, EABA, White Wolf's Storyteller system and BRP for Spinward Marches (golden age) scenarios and adventures.
I am not sure how to vote...
This is a weird poll, in that Mostly I use Traveller, If one editions rules are lacking I go looking in other editions. Before I write a new set of rules.
Right now I am Using MgT's character creation and Base Task system fused with CT and house rules with a flavor AHL's combat system as modified by Striker and MT. With that CT is the baseline game framework it all rests on.
Right now I am Using MgT's character creation and Base Task system fused with CT and house rules with a flavor AHL's combat system as modified by Striker and MT. With that CT is the baseline game framework it all rests on.
Mostly Lazy......
Enoki
SOC-14 1K
I really like the underlying idea of Traveller. That is, it follows science / physics etc., as much as possible. The limiting of "PFM" appeals to me.
I see the rules as a great start. That doesn't mean they're perfect or inviolate. Traveller isn't a game where one player "wins" and the others "lose." Rules lawyers needn't apply.
If I find something works better than the written rules, that's what I'm going with. The game is be enjoyed by the participants, not given trophies for "winning."
That said, I also am against rules being made up on the fly. Consistency is important too. So, I let the players know them before hand, or at least before they are applied.
I see the rules as a great start. That doesn't mean they're perfect or inviolate. Traveller isn't a game where one player "wins" and the others "lose." Rules lawyers needn't apply.
If I find something works better than the written rules, that's what I'm going with. The game is be enjoyed by the participants, not given trophies for "winning."
That said, I also am against rules being made up on the fly. Consistency is important too. So, I let the players know them before hand, or at least before they are applied.
And yet 90% not any particular version.
As I said before - it doesn't answer the question in any meaningful way.
baktegon
SOC-12
i chose 75/25 as we use the mongoose 2E rules for the game part, but all the setting materials is from a combination of places. we playing in the gateway domain T20 era (994), but i'm currently using Night City from Cyberpunk 2020 as a city setting on Daggar's Edge in the Ley sector.
I also like running adventures from anywhere that has good ones. right now a "systemless" adventure (The Babylon Compulsion) from mike brown on DTRPG, but was originally set in Las Vegas.
OTU-ish!
I also like running adventures from anywhere that has good ones. right now a "systemless" adventure (The Babylon Compulsion) from mike brown on DTRPG, but was originally set in Las Vegas.
OTU-ish!
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