Traveller Demo for Conventions

[Jeff M. Hopper]

Hey! I'm going to be doing Conooga in the beginning of March and will be doing a demo of Mongoose Traveller. Now, The official suggestion from Mongoose is that I do character creation to show off Traveller's strongest aspect.

I'd like to do more, though.

So, what would you suggest for a convention demonstration of Traveller? What would show off its strongest aspects in that short of a time?

 

[Dragoner]

Trade aspects would be cool, though the classic is the sort of free traderish adventure.

 

[giant.robot]

Hey! I'm going to be doing Conooga in the beginning of March and will be doing a demo of Mongoose Traveller. Now, The official suggestion from Mongoose is that I do character creation to show off Traveller's strongest aspect.

I'd like to do more, though.

So, what would you suggest for a convention demonstration of Traveller? What would show off its strongest aspects in that short of a time?

Take some pictures of Firefly, Stargate SG-1, and some other sci-fi you like and show people how Traveller can fit that theme. You're covered if you want to play rough and tumble free traders, explorers, or rebel fighters against an evil empire. Besides the life path system that's another very attractive aspect of the system. A lot of game themes are not only covered but well supported.

 

[Jeff M. Hopper]

Take some pictures of Firefly, Stargate SG-1, and some other sci-fi you like and show people how Traveller can fit that theme. You're covered if you want to play rough and tumble free traders, explorers, or rebel fighters against an evil empire. Besides the life path system that's another very attractive aspect of the system. A lot of game themes are not only covered but well supported.

The "one game fits most" nature is very attractive in Traveller, but while I can tell - I would rather show in some way that involves other convention attendees and thus helps to draw them in.

 

[SpaceBadger]

Have some pre-generated characters as examples of some of the products of the chargen system, and occasionally let some spectators pick up pre-gen characters to run a quickie battle or something.