Add any Pros/Cons/Recommendations or missing sites. Let us know of any dead or changed links. COTI is the first mentioned.
For the most part, I have excluded product sites, non-tool product/ game manufacturer, and store sites.
Traveller Discussion Boards/ RPG Tools Lists
1. COTI -
http://www.travellerrpg.com This board & WIKI
Pros- Far Future owned, Imperial Starport links to fansites &. blogs, Polls, File library, PBP, Imperial Encyclopedia (Wiki), PBP dice roller and Art gallery.
2. Mongoose
http://www.mongoose.com Pros MT focus
3. Steve Jackson's GT
http://forums.sjgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=16 - Pros GT focus,
4. Google+ Traveller Community:
http://goo.gl/1j9rN
Pros: Good amount of lively discussions about all aspects and versions of Traveller, excellent forum in which to organize Google Hangout based games, as well as other virtual tabletop solutions. Google+ is a very popular gaming venue. Cons: Some might not find the feed-like format to their liking.
https://plus.google.com/communities/...68568045?pli=1 -> Traveller the Rpg - the main and most active one.
https://plus.google.com/communities/...11087251?pli=1 -> Classic Traveller - Focused on Classic Traveller
https://plus.google.com/communities/...22942503?pli=1 -> Traveller RPG - The slight less active one.
http://archives.simplelists.com/tml -> The Traveller Mailing List. The granddaddy of all Traveller discussion areas. Rule agnostic but always helpful.
5. Yahoo Groups - Pros Very old CT/MT groups focused on Traveller.
6. RPGGeek
http://rpggeek.com
Pros Comprehensive database with discussions at the Family, RPG, and product levels. Cons Limited amount of Traveller traffic.
7.
http://www.battlegroundsgames.com/links.html Pros - An extensive list of Win/Linux/Mac gaming tools
8. Facebook pages for many products and companies
9. Power Projection
http://www.powerprojection.net
10. Traveller Apps
https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/art-gorski/id1086485068 - Orbital Yard, HG book5 starship construction app for IOS devices. Form 2, Vehicle Armor and Gun Makers for T5
PBEM - Cons requires distribution of email address to players.
1.
http://www.shoestring-graphics.com/traveller/ - fan site and game
2.
http://www.urbin.net/t20pbem/ - fan site and game
3.
http://cyberboard.brainiac.com/index.html - Pros Effort to simplify PBEM boardgames.
Game Master Documentation WebSites
1.
http://www.ObsidianPortal.com - Referee Game Websites library & PBP.
2.
http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Main_Page - Traveller Canon/Non-Canon Wiki of printed and electronic documentation.
3. Scrivener -
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php - popular tool with writers
4. The Keep 2.0 -
http://nbos.com/products/the-keep - documentation system in windows.
Mapping and Campaign Data Generation-Tracking Tools
1. Campaign Cartographer/Cosmographer -
http://www.profantasy.com/products/cc3.asp
Pros addresses mapping and deckplans, Con Windows only
2. Starbase - Release date TBD
3. Universe1 - (v2 release date TBD) - Available through
http://bitsuk.net/ Pro Extensive game data tracking.
4. Heaven and Earth -
http://www.downport.com/wbd/HEAVEN_&_EARTH.htm (1990s) Cons: Windows only
5.
http://www.travellermap.com - Pro Very good view of known space. API uses GM's defined information.
6. Traveller Navigator - 1980s Windows product automating navigation.
7. Planet Maps
http://www.diku.dk/hjemmesider/ansatte/torbenm/Planet/
Pros Multiple views available, Web or Windows based. Cons Lacks some of the H&E features.
8. PlanetMaker
http://planetmaker.wthr.us/#
9. TAS Access Terminal -
http://www.liberated-technologies.co...traveller.html (MS Windows)
