CT Only: The Traveller Book Dust Jacket Replica is now live on Travellers' Aid Society!

[plazman30]

After a lot of measuring, and a lot of delays because I had to move in with my elderly parents TWICE to help with health issues, I FINALLY finished my replica of The Traveller Booko Dust Jacker.

A couple of notes:

1. Marc Miller asked that I make an 'exact replica' and not change the dust jacket. I had plans to swap out the GDW logo with the FFE logo. And I wanted to put his current image in there.
2. By the time I finally got this done, Traveller ownership change from Marc Miller to Mongoose Publishing, so I had to wait a couple of days for Mongoose Publishing to give me a thumbs up on this.
3. There are two versions of the dust jacket. One fits the new POD book from DriveThruRPG. The other fits the original book from 1982. So if your old dust jacket is rather beat up, you now have a way to upgrade it.
4. Since the original book came out in 1982, GDW did that dust jacket by hand. So, the fonts were probably different. But only slightly. Digital versions of fonts are rarely exactly the same as their old analog counterparts. But they're probably 99% identical and only a true font nerd using a loupe could tell the difference.
5. The text on the inside of the dust flaps in not an exact layout match. The text is identical to the original. But I just drew a text box that same size as the original and imported the text and justified it. Remember point 4, where fonts are going to be a 100% match. Some of the word wraps may not exactly match the original cover, even though 100% of the text is there.
6. There is a HUGE regular version, and a "compressed" version. I ran the compressed version through the app PDF Squeezer on a Mac on light compression.
7. The Original file is 25.5×11 inches. The POD file is 26×11.42 inches.
8. All files are FREE.
9. Files are available on The Travellers' Aid Society on DriveThruRPG

DriveThruRPG

www.drivethrurpg.com

I had the POD cover printed out at Staples in the US. On heavyweight paper; it cost me US$18.

I bought a Brodart Dust Jacket Protector and put the dust jacket inside it, and this is what the final product looks like:

I hope someone finds this useful.

 

[mike wightman]

Are you not allowed to offer it as pay what you want?

I think you should be getting some reward for your work in this.

 

[kilemall]

Er, is that exotic alien beats as in a disco or mos eisley jazz combo, or a typo and supposed to be exotic alien beasts?

 

[plazman30]

Are you not allowed to offer it as pay what you want?

I think you should be getting some reward for your work in this.

I am. But I chose not to. I made a clone of an existing piece of art, and had fun doing it. I'm still trying to figure out DriveThruRPG to see if I can see how many copies have been downloaed.

 

[plazman30]

Er, is that exotic alien beats as in a disco or mos eisley jazz combo, or a typo and supposed to be exotic alien beasts?

Ok, fine. I'll go fix it. Sigh…

 

[plazman30]

Found 2 typos and fixed them.

1. Changed the word "dictional" to fictional on the front dust flap
2. Changed the word "beats" to beasts on the back cover.

 

[MichaelSTee]

Second paragraph on the inside flap: "a role-playing born in 1977". Should that be "a role-playing game"? I've never seen the original, so I don't know if this is an accurate repro.

 

[plazman30]

Let me check…

 

[plazman30]

Crap. Yep. Should be game. I will update it tonight.

 

[plazman30]

 

[plazman30]

And… Version 1.2 is up for download now.