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Way back in 1975 a small company called Phoenix Games published a series of four volumes that were, IMNSHO, the best Traveller stuff ever written. They were non-canon, and invoked a related but very different universe. The series took a much more fanciful and less hard-sf approach to Traveller, evoking more Star Trek, Star Wars, Babylon-5, Farscape, etc., style universes. They were filled with alien races, ancient empires, weird technologies, armies of killer robots, improbable planets, etc.
Spacefarers Guide to Alien Races: Contained rules for 100 intelligent, technologically advanced alien species, and suggestions for a few new tech items, such as universal translators and environment capsules.
Spacefarers Guide to Alien Monsters: Contained over 1,000 alien animals, many with strange abilities, written up in a format similar to Traveller. Also animal encounter tables based on planetary atmosphere, descriptions of First Empire Biological Combat Machinery (ancient genetically engineered bio-weapons of massive destructive power, many of which still exist in stasis boxes, just waiting to be unleashed), the brutal gladiatorial Games of Naeth, the Imperial Sapience Corps (which judges whether or not that rock over there is in fact an intelligent creature), and what happens when biological contamination takes place.
Spacefarers Guide to Sector 1 and Spacefarers Guide to Sector 2: Each contains 100 worlds, many of which have weird technologies or strange cultures detailed, along with encounter tables and other useful stuff.
Now, here's my question.
These were originally copyrighted by Phoenix Games of 12180 Nebel Street Rockville, Maryland 20852. The author was Ed Lipsett. I was so enamored of these products, that I tried to contact Phoenix and Mr. Lipsett, but to no avail.
These products now exist as torrents on the *******.*** website.
While I am no fan of stealing copyrighted material, these excellent gaming aids appear to have been long-since abandoned, and the publishers cannot be located. Could a link to the torrents be posted here, or would that violate COTI rules?
Please be aware that I am asking first, and will abide by the site's rules.
Spacefarers Guide to Alien Races: Contained rules for 100 intelligent, technologically advanced alien species, and suggestions for a few new tech items, such as universal translators and environment capsules.
Spacefarers Guide to Alien Monsters: Contained over 1,000 alien animals, many with strange abilities, written up in a format similar to Traveller. Also animal encounter tables based on planetary atmosphere, descriptions of First Empire Biological Combat Machinery (ancient genetically engineered bio-weapons of massive destructive power, many of which still exist in stasis boxes, just waiting to be unleashed), the brutal gladiatorial Games of Naeth, the Imperial Sapience Corps (which judges whether or not that rock over there is in fact an intelligent creature), and what happens when biological contamination takes place.
Spacefarers Guide to Sector 1 and Spacefarers Guide to Sector 2: Each contains 100 worlds, many of which have weird technologies or strange cultures detailed, along with encounter tables and other useful stuff.
Now, here's my question.
These were originally copyrighted by Phoenix Games of 12180 Nebel Street Rockville, Maryland 20852. The author was Ed Lipsett. I was so enamored of these products, that I tried to contact Phoenix and Mr. Lipsett, but to no avail.
These products now exist as torrents on the *******.*** website.
While I am no fan of stealing copyrighted material, these excellent gaming aids appear to have been long-since abandoned, and the publishers cannot be located. Could a link to the torrents be posted here, or would that violate COTI rules?
Please be aware that I am asking first, and will abide by the site's rules.
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