In the past, Traveller used to be supported by a number of fanzines, such as the Security Leak magazine that may someday make a return via the web at http://www.securityleak.com/ - provided that the owner/editor finds the time and interest to pursue it.
One would imagine that the OGL would give Traveller fans even more incentive to produce a T20-supporting fanzine, yet I really haven't heard anyone make comment about such. I realize that the effort would most likely have to be released without charge, and this fact in and of itself might be the reason why no one's really pursued such a venture. If I had a choice between creating for the fun of it, and creating for the fun of it and selling my results to COTI, I can see the appeal of making a little cash off of your contribution.
Then again, a T20 fanzine may be discouraged by either Marc Miller or QLI, in which case I perfectly understand that as a reason why there's no fanzine out there.
Yet when I look on the web, and listen to the old grognards and collectors (of which I consider myself but an amateur next to the more tenured and accomplished), I hear of these old "fly-by-night" fanzines for CT and MT that made their contributions and moved on. It's hard to imagine that today, with the internet and PDF formating being so easily available, we don't see efforts along those lines using the internet as their distribution method.
Of course, for all I know, there's someone out there right now, slaving away at the first issue of their T20 fanzine, or putting together a T20 netbook, or something else akin to the fanzine phenomenon of old based on a love for the game that is Traveller.
If so, then I'd love to hear about your work.
Happy Travellin',
Flynn
One would imagine that the OGL would give Traveller fans even more incentive to produce a T20-supporting fanzine, yet I really haven't heard anyone make comment about such. I realize that the effort would most likely have to be released without charge, and this fact in and of itself might be the reason why no one's really pursued such a venture. If I had a choice between creating for the fun of it, and creating for the fun of it and selling my results to COTI, I can see the appeal of making a little cash off of your contribution.
Then again, a T20 fanzine may be discouraged by either Marc Miller or QLI, in which case I perfectly understand that as a reason why there's no fanzine out there.
Yet when I look on the web, and listen to the old grognards and collectors (of which I consider myself but an amateur next to the more tenured and accomplished), I hear of these old "fly-by-night" fanzines for CT and MT that made their contributions and moved on. It's hard to imagine that today, with the internet and PDF formating being so easily available, we don't see efforts along those lines using the internet as their distribution method.
Of course, for all I know, there's someone out there right now, slaving away at the first issue of their T20 fanzine, or putting together a T20 netbook, or something else akin to the fanzine phenomenon of old based on a love for the game that is Traveller.
If so, then I'd love to hear about your work.
Happy Travellin',
Flynn
