Reach Adventure 4: Last Flight of the Amuar
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No one has ever played this adventure ?o:
I've never even heard of it before. If it's from the Mongoose TAS program, there might be some reviews on DTRPG.
dmccoy1693
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I ran Amuar
I ran this adventure last year. It went reasonably well, but I encourage referees to make the encounters on the first few planets more interesting. My players got a little foggy-eyed during some of the build-up portions of the adventure. Once they got to Gollere, things really picked up and they started having a good time. The visit to Belgard was also a lot of fun.
The conclusion at [name removed to prevent spoiler!] was also really cool.
All in all, it's a strong adventure. Nice supporting materials, good NPCs, some nice new gear thrown in, and great use of the beloved Leviathan-class merchant cruiser.
I ran this adventure last year. It went reasonably well, but I encourage referees to make the encounters on the first few planets more interesting. My players got a little foggy-eyed during some of the build-up portions of the adventure. Once they got to Gollere, things really picked up and they started having a good time. The visit to Belgard was also a lot of fun.
The conclusion at [name removed to prevent spoiler!] was also really cool.
All in all, it's a strong adventure. Nice supporting materials, good NPCs, some nice new gear thrown in, and great use of the beloved Leviathan-class merchant cruiser.
Bought it. Haven't run or plundered it yet, both of which I will eventually do.
Good parts? It nicely sidesteps the huge problem with Classic's Leviathan; That a subsector next door to the Imperium for 1000 years is completely unknown. You can add additional adventures to it easily, especially during the "front end". The 200 dTon corvette design is a nice one too.
It's also written be Martin Dougherty, so you know there's a much better than average chance of the material being good, useful, adaptable, and "plunder-able". He always seems to write with not only the "straight" adventure in mind, but also with idea that people may want to borrow bits, tweak bits, and re-skin bits. "Portable" sort of explains what I'm trying to say.
Bad parts? Not any apart from Mongoose's usual lack of editing and their worthless angled deck plans. I want deck plans I can photocopy and enlarge so my players can then use figures or chits on them.
Recommendation? Buy it. If you don't run it straight - and you should - there is a lot you can borrow from it.
Good parts? It nicely sidesteps the huge problem with Classic's Leviathan; That a subsector next door to the Imperium for 1000 years is completely unknown. You can add additional adventures to it easily, especially during the "front end". The 200 dTon corvette design is a nice one too.
It's also written be Martin Dougherty, so you know there's a much better than average chance of the material being good, useful, adaptable, and "plunder-able". He always seems to write with not only the "straight" adventure in mind, but also with idea that people may want to borrow bits, tweak bits, and re-skin bits. "Portable" sort of explains what I'm trying to say.
Bad parts? Not any apart from Mongoose's usual lack of editing and their worthless angled deck plans. I want deck plans I can photocopy and enlarge so my players can then use figures or chits on them.
Recommendation? Buy it. If you don't run it straight - and you should - there is a lot you can borrow from it.
Glad to help and you're sure to get a lot out of it even if you don't run the adventure "straight".
I've literally just virtually (lol) allocated my budget for RPGs in the rest of 2018 to Traveller. Dang. I've worked out that I can afford to get Pirates of Drinax and The Great Rift in dead tree format after some clients pay their invoices. I'm literally working to feed my Traveller habit. It feels great though Nothing like a bit of retail therapy from time to time. Add to that some of the Reach Adventures, Pirate adventures, and Great Rift adventures, and I need to look at also buying a new shelf unit too. I wish anagathics were real... sigh... so much Traveller goodness, so little time...
Nothing like a bit of retail therapy from time to time. Add to that some of the Reach Adventures, Pirate adventures, and Great Rift adventures, and I need to look at also buying a new shelf unit too. I wish anagathics were real... sigh... so much Traveller goodness, so little time...
pendragonman
Absent Friends Margrave
I've been doing that since 1980...
Speaking as the developer/publisher, we feel that acutely - there is so much ground (spacetime) to cover, we do wonder how much of it we will get to publish...
Just purchased it as a pdf and I am currently reading through it.
My first thoughts are that MJD is one of my favourite Traveller writers and this product only strengthens that view. Really enjoying what I am reading - my only wish is that it were longer, more detailed. Heck I'd pay more money for more content!
My second thoughts are that proofreading still needs to be done - even if just on the pdf version. A lot of 'Egryn' typos, and even a 'Pa'na' instead of 'Pa'an' on the map of the Amuar's journey, just from skimming through.
I can live with the typos. I couldn't live without this product, it is exactly what I was looking for to assist with my Leviathan SOLO campaign using the Cepheus Engine.
Up until recently I had given the Mongoose products no more than a cursory glance because I have already got too many versions of Traveller.
I am happy to say (although my bank manager will disagree) that I am seeing vast amounts of high quality content (content is first rate - production values could be higher) and I have changed my mind about Mongoose products.
I'm going to be buying the physical versions of a lot of the Mongoose product line in the next few weeks once clients have paid me. Especially Pirates of Drinax and The Great Rift.
Although personally they feel expensive after years of buying cheaper pdfs, and I have a couple of reservations regarding production values (mainly proofreading (he said after typing 'proffreading!)) I think that the content is very high quality. I had the pleasure of borrowing a friend's Mongoose books yesterday and I have been taking a good look. I think that the quality of the content far outweighs any production and price issues.
I'm probably not saying anything new, and I realise that I am coming very late to the Mongoose party, but I'm really impressed guys. I tend to wear out my boxed sets over decades of play (I'm still nursing my old Runequest boxes of Pavis and Big Rubble despite them looking like ancient scrolls these days) so I look forward to wearing the heck out of these Mongoose Traveller ones.
I'm not quite sold on the new (new to me anyway) game system - I will probably stick to my earlier/hybrid versions of Traveller mechanics and just adapt where needed - but who knows, given enough time...
I hope this didn't come across as negative - I think the production issues are a shame but the TL;DR is that ultimately I'm still going to place an order worth several hundred pounds with Mongoose next month.
My first thoughts are that MJD is one of my favourite Traveller writers and this product only strengthens that view. Really enjoying what I am reading - my only wish is that it were longer, more detailed. Heck I'd pay more money for more content!
My second thoughts are that proofreading still needs to be done - even if just on the pdf version. A lot of 'Egryn' typos, and even a 'Pa'na' instead of 'Pa'an' on the map of the Amuar's journey, just from skimming through.
I can live with the typos. I couldn't live without this product, it is exactly what I was looking for to assist with my Leviathan SOLO campaign using the Cepheus Engine.
Up until recently I had given the Mongoose products no more than a cursory glance because I have already got too many versions of Traveller.
I am happy to say (although my bank manager will disagree) that I am seeing vast amounts of high quality content (content is first rate - production values could be higher) and I have changed my mind about Mongoose products.
I'm going to be buying the physical versions of a lot of the Mongoose product line in the next few weeks once clients have paid me. Especially Pirates of Drinax and The Great Rift.
Although personally they feel expensive after years of buying cheaper pdfs, and I have a couple of reservations regarding production values (mainly proofreading (he said after typing 'proffreading!)) I think that the content is very high quality. I had the pleasure of borrowing a friend's Mongoose books yesterday and I have been taking a good look. I think that the quality of the content far outweighs any production and price issues.
I'm probably not saying anything new, and I realise that I am coming very late to the Mongoose party, but I'm really impressed guys. I tend to wear out my boxed sets over decades of play (I'm still nursing my old Runequest boxes of Pavis and Big Rubble despite them looking like ancient scrolls these days) so I look forward to wearing the heck out of these Mongoose Traveller ones.
I'm not quite sold on the new (new to me anyway) game system - I will probably stick to my earlier/hybrid versions of Traveller mechanics and just adapt where needed - but who knows, given enough time...
I hope this didn't come across as negative - I think the production issues are a shame but the TL;DR is that ultimately I'm still going to place an order worth several hundred pounds with Mongoose next month.
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