Short articles (e.g. in JTAS) you like

[robject]

What articles do you like, or want to see, in magazines (for example, but not limited to, Steve Jackson's JTAS)?

Amber Zone
Bestiary
Casual Encounter
Contact!
Hangar Deck (vehicles and smallcraft)
Naval Gazette (starship scenarios)
Port of Call (individual places like worlds or starports)
Port Authority Handbook (starship or starport guidelines, etc)
Ship's Locker
Special Supplement (something in particular?)
Trader's Guild (detailing cargo or an aspect of trade)
Variant

 

[Riik O'Shae]

E. All of the above

In truth, I've used all of the above suggestions in one form or another in my Traveller games as they add needed background to the storyline.

Keep 'em coming.

Riik

 

[77topaz]

What articles do you like, or want to see, in magazines (for example, but not limited to, Steve Jackson's JTAS)?

Amber Zone
Bestiary
Casual Encounter
Contact!
Hangar Deck (vehicles and smallcraft)
Naval Gazette (starship scenarios)
Port of Call (individual places like worlds or starports)
Port Authority Handbook (starship or starport guidelines, etc)
Ship's Locker
Special Supplement (something in particular?)
Trader's Guild (detailing cargo or an aspect of trade)
Variant

Is that list a mashup of forums on this site and sections in existing Traveller magazines/publications?

 

[FreeTrav]

Is that list a mashup of forums on this site and sections in existing Traveller magazines/publications?

Not necessarily forum sections (at least not that I recognize specifically as such), but certainly sections in past and present Traveller pubs. I'd also note that it's the concept of the section that I think robject wants people to focus on, not necessarily the title - for example, Bestiary was the section for animal encounter articles from the original print JTAS, which function still exists in (say) Freelance Traveller under a different name (Less Dangerous Game).

 

[Timerover51]

Query for Group

As this is looking at short articles in Traveller-related material, I have a question to pose to the group.

Is there interest in something like a Wet Navy design sequence or concept? Note, it would not be exactly like Striker or High Guard, but it would start with galleys and run up to about the present day.

 

[77topaz]

All of those would be interesting, though many of those are already "serviced" by magazines such as Freelance Traveller. Also, IIRC, JTAS is a pay-necessary site, while publications such as Freelance Traveller are free.

 

[robject]

Special Supplements were generally for stuff that has too much content for just an article -- they typically ate up the bulk of one issue. Missiles, for example, were a special supplement. Sometimes they can function as teasers to gauge interest in expanded rules.

Seagoing Vessel Design would be a potential Special Supplement that I'd like to see.