hirch duckfinder
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i like book 0 , just for the probability tables at the back . top stuff .
what's your favourite lbb and why ?
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hirch duckfinder
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i like book 0 , just for the probability tables at the back . top stuff .
Exile on High Street
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I realise that this is a bit rich coming from someone posting on a message board aboout an sf roleplaying game, but......
Hirch, me old mate, I think you should get out a bit more.
Hirch, me old mate, I think you should get out a bit more.
Exile on High Street
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I realise that this is a bit rich coming from someone posting on a message board aboout an sf roleplaying game, but......
Hirch, me old mate, I think you should get out a bit more.
Hirch, me old mate, I think you should get out a bit more.
hirch duckfinder
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Rich ?
its colesterol packed , lard infested and hypocritical to the point of heart failiure .
do you like tables , exile .
hirch duckfinder
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Rich ?
its colesterol packed , lard infested and hypocritical to the point of heart failiure .
do you like tables , exile .
BeRKA
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I cannot really name one, but I do have a favourite in each category.
Books: Book 3, Why? This is where the important stuff are.
Adventures: Adventure 3, Why? Still the best adventure for traveller.
Double Adventures: Double Adventure 2, Why? I liked the ATV.
Supplements: Supplement 6, Why? More Adventures.
Special Supplements: Special Supplement 2, Why? The other Special Supplements were useless.
Striker: Rule Book 3, Why? I like to build stuff.
Books: Book 3, Why? This is where the important stuff are.
Adventures: Adventure 3, Why? Still the best adventure for traveller.
Double Adventures: Double Adventure 2, Why? I liked the ATV.
Supplements: Supplement 6, Why? More Adventures.
Special Supplements: Special Supplement 2, Why? The other Special Supplements were useless.
Striker: Rule Book 3, Why? I like to build stuff.
BeRKA
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I cannot really name one, but I do have a favourite in each category.
Books: Book 3, Why? This is where the important stuff are.
Adventures: Adventure 3, Why? Still the best adventure for traveller.
Double Adventures: Double Adventure 2, Why? I liked the ATV.
Supplements: Supplement 6, Why? More Adventures.
Special Supplements: Special Supplement 2, Why? The other Special Supplements were useless.
Striker: Rule Book 3, Why? I like to build stuff.
Books: Book 3, Why? This is where the important stuff are.
Adventures: Adventure 3, Why? Still the best adventure for traveller.
Double Adventures: Double Adventure 2, Why? I liked the ATV.
Supplements: Supplement 6, Why? More Adventures.
Special Supplements: Special Supplement 2, Why? The other Special Supplements were useless.
Striker: Rule Book 3, Why? I like to build stuff.
Hmmm...
Yeah, I'm with Berka on this one, I'd have to break it down...
Books 1-3, REQUIRED
Book 6, Scouts; Why? I dig scouts.
Adventure 3; Why? Aliens, enigmas, interstellar travelling, and the ubiquitous dungeon crawl at the end. It would have been even better had the PC's started with a Scout ship...
Double Adventure 1, Why? I dig alien pyramids, and dungeon crawls. Here I get both.
Supplements 8/11, Why? Love that library data.
Special Supplement 2, Why? As a degree holder in political science, I've always had an interest in hot air environments.
Striker, Book 3, Why? Not because I like to build stuff; I just liked the equipment section in the back.
I'll go along with William; the Skyraider stuff was great.
Yeah, I'm with Berka on this one, I'd have to break it down...
Books 1-3, REQUIRED
Book 6, Scouts; Why? I dig scouts.
Adventure 3; Why? Aliens, enigmas, interstellar travelling, and the ubiquitous dungeon crawl at the end. It would have been even better had the PC's started with a Scout ship...
Double Adventure 1, Why? I dig alien pyramids, and dungeon crawls. Here I get both.
Supplements 8/11, Why? Love that library data.
Special Supplement 2, Why? As a degree holder in political science, I've always had an interest in hot air environments.
Striker, Book 3, Why? Not because I like to build stuff; I just liked the equipment section in the back.
I'll go along with William; the Skyraider stuff was great.
Hmmm...
Yeah, I'm with Berka on this one, I'd have to break it down...
Books 1-3, REQUIRED
Book 6, Scouts; Why? I dig scouts.
Adventure 3; Why? Aliens, enigmas, interstellar travelling, and the ubiquitous dungeon crawl at the end. It would have been even better had the PC's started with a Scout ship...
Double Adventure 1, Why? I dig alien pyramids, and dungeon crawls. Here I get both.
Supplements 8/11, Why? Love that library data.
Special Supplement 2, Why? As a degree holder in political science, I've always had an interest in hot air environments.
Striker, Book 3, Why? Not because I like to build stuff; I just liked the equipment section in the back.
I'll go along with William; the Skyraider stuff was great.
Yeah, I'm with Berka on this one, I'd have to break it down...
Books 1-3, REQUIRED
Book 6, Scouts; Why? I dig scouts.
Adventure 3; Why? Aliens, enigmas, interstellar travelling, and the ubiquitous dungeon crawl at the end. It would have been even better had the PC's started with a Scout ship...
Double Adventure 1, Why? I dig alien pyramids, and dungeon crawls. Here I get both.
Supplements 8/11, Why? Love that library data.
Special Supplement 2, Why? As a degree holder in political science, I've always had an interest in hot air environments.
Striker, Book 3, Why? Not because I like to build stuff; I just liked the equipment section in the back.
I'll go along with William; the Skyraider stuff was great.
Also going by category:
Book: High Guard definitely. This book had everything -- advanced char-gen like Mercenary only better (gotta love Flight School!), incredibly versatile, crunchily detailed, and yet still simple enough to do without a spreadsheet ship design, and even a statistical fleet combat system to watch all those bad boys smash each other without having to devote an entire evening to it. Yeah the luster has dulled a bit since Chris Thrash convincingly argued that those big ships actually wrecked the OTU setting, but we didn't know that at the time, and, by golly, they're just so kewl!
Supplement: Traders and Gunboats. Love the deckplans (even if the Empress Marava is about twice the proper size
), really love all the chrome and color and detail (especially the air-filter on the Type S!), just plain love the whole thing.
Adventure: Twilight's Peak. The Epic. Absolutely everything you could want in a Traveller adventure all in one little book. Yeah the Sky Raiders trilogy and The Traveller Adventure have more chrome and detail, but they've also got way higher page-counts.
Double Adventure: Chamax Plague / Horde. The former is IMO the perfect "introductory" Traveller adventure. The latter is a 1950s Monster B-Movie come gloriously to life. Gotta love the Keith brothers who, more than anyone else, understood that adventures should be "Adventures!"
Game: Azhanti High Lightning rulebook. Fast, simple, and deadly. My all time favorite rpg gun-combat system.
Special Supplement: Should this really be a category? Would anyone say anything but SS2?
Book: High Guard definitely. This book had everything -- advanced char-gen like Mercenary only better (gotta love Flight School!), incredibly versatile, crunchily detailed, and yet still simple enough to do without a spreadsheet ship design, and even a statistical fleet combat system to watch all those bad boys smash each other without having to devote an entire evening to it. Yeah the luster has dulled a bit since Chris Thrash convincingly argued that those big ships actually wrecked the OTU setting, but we didn't know that at the time, and, by golly, they're just so kewl!
Supplement: Traders and Gunboats. Love the deckplans (even if the Empress Marava is about twice the proper size
), really love all the chrome and color and detail (especially the air-filter on the Type S!), just plain love the whole thing.Adventure: Twilight's Peak. The Epic. Absolutely everything you could want in a Traveller adventure all in one little book. Yeah the Sky Raiders trilogy and The Traveller Adventure have more chrome and detail, but they've also got way higher page-counts.
Double Adventure: Chamax Plague / Horde. The former is IMO the perfect "introductory" Traveller adventure. The latter is a 1950s Monster B-Movie come gloriously to life. Gotta love the Keith brothers who, more than anyone else, understood that adventures should be "Adventures!"
Game: Azhanti High Lightning rulebook. Fast, simple, and deadly. My all time favorite rpg gun-combat system.
Special Supplement: Should this really be a category? Would anyone say anything but SS2?
Also going by category:
Book: High Guard definitely. This book had everything -- advanced char-gen like Mercenary only better (gotta love Flight School!), incredibly versatile, crunchily detailed, and yet still simple enough to do without a spreadsheet ship design, and even a statistical fleet combat system to watch all those bad boys smash each other without having to devote an entire evening to it. Yeah the luster has dulled a bit since Chris Thrash convincingly argued that those big ships actually wrecked the OTU setting, but we didn't know that at the time, and, by golly, they're just so kewl!
Supplement: Traders and Gunboats. Love the deckplans (even if the Empress Marava is about twice the proper size ), really love all the chrome and color and detail (especially the air-filter on the Type S!), just plain love the whole thing.
Adventure: Twilight's Peak. The Epic. Absolutely everything you could want in a Traveller adventure all in one little book. Yeah the Sky Raiders trilogy and The Traveller Adventure have more chrome and detail, but they've also got way higher page-counts.
Double Adventure: Chamax Plague / Horde. The former is IMO the perfect "introductory" Traveller adventure. The latter is a 1950s Monster B-Movie come gloriously to life. Gotta love the Keith brothers who, more than anyone else, understood that adventures should be "Adventures!"
Game: Azhanti High Lightning rulebook. Fast, simple, and deadly. My all time favorite rpg gun-combat system.
Special Supplement: Should this really be a category? Would anyone say anything but SS2?
Book: High Guard definitely. This book had everything -- advanced char-gen like Mercenary only better (gotta love Flight School!), incredibly versatile, crunchily detailed, and yet still simple enough to do without a spreadsheet ship design, and even a statistical fleet combat system to watch all those bad boys smash each other without having to devote an entire evening to it. Yeah the luster has dulled a bit since Chris Thrash convincingly argued that those big ships actually wrecked the OTU setting, but we didn't know that at the time, and, by golly, they're just so kewl!
Supplement: Traders and Gunboats. Love the deckplans (even if the Empress Marava is about twice the proper size
), really love all the chrome and color and detail (especially the air-filter on the Type S!), just plain love the whole thing.Adventure: Twilight's Peak. The Epic. Absolutely everything you could want in a Traveller adventure all in one little book. Yeah the Sky Raiders trilogy and The Traveller Adventure have more chrome and detail, but they've also got way higher page-counts.
Double Adventure: Chamax Plague / Horde. The former is IMO the perfect "introductory" Traveller adventure. The latter is a 1950s Monster B-Movie come gloriously to life. Gotta love the Keith brothers who, more than anyone else, understood that adventures should be "Adventures!"
Game: Azhanti High Lightning rulebook. Fast, simple, and deadly. My all time favorite rpg gun-combat system.
Special Supplement: Should this really be a category? Would anyone say anything but SS2?
Without a doubt, High Guard.
The basic CT ship system was good, HG made it better.
Maybe Star Wars has corrupted my brain, but I like BIG SHIPS and
HONKIN BIG GUNS! The kind you ask the Star Navy to kindly not point at your planet.
Other definites include anything by the Keith Bros. Adventures, Suppliments, whatever. These guys rocked. Loved the Reaver's Deep stuff. I mean c'mon. An entire Star Principality full of Scots? My Caledonian NPC's (and players) always sounded like Scotty. Great fun.
The basic CT ship system was good, HG made it better.
Maybe Star Wars has corrupted my brain, but I like BIG SHIPS and
HONKIN BIG GUNS! The kind you ask the Star Navy to kindly not point at your planet.
Other definites include anything by the Keith Bros. Adventures, Suppliments, whatever. These guys rocked. Loved the Reaver's Deep stuff. I mean c'mon. An entire Star Principality full of Scots? My Caledonian NPC's (and players) always sounded like Scotty. Great fun.
Without a doubt, High Guard.
The basic CT ship system was good, HG made it better.
Maybe Star Wars has corrupted my brain, but I like BIG SHIPS and
HONKIN BIG GUNS! The kind you ask the Star Navy to kindly not point at your planet.
Other definites include anything by the Keith Bros. Adventures, Suppliments, whatever. These guys rocked. Loved the Reaver's Deep stuff. I mean c'mon. An entire Star Principality full of Scots? My Caledonian NPC's (and players) always sounded like Scotty. Great fun.
The basic CT ship system was good, HG made it better.
Maybe Star Wars has corrupted my brain, but I like BIG SHIPS and
HONKIN BIG GUNS! The kind you ask the Star Navy to kindly not point at your planet.
Other definites include anything by the Keith Bros. Adventures, Suppliments, whatever. These guys rocked. Loved the Reaver's Deep stuff. I mean c'mon. An entire Star Principality full of Scots? My Caledonian NPC's (and players) always sounded like Scotty. Great fun.
MichaelL65
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I would have top say that the double adventures were my favorite. Two for the price of one (on a HS budget, that was a big deal)!
Of the original LBB, I'm not sure if I actually bought any of the full-book adventures. I bought most of the rule books, about half of the double adventures, and one of the campain settings.
So far I've bought all of the reprints that my budget will allow...
Of the original LBB, I'm not sure if I actually bought any of the full-book adventures. I bought most of the rule books, about half of the double adventures, and one of the campain settings.
So far I've bought all of the reprints that my budget will allow...
MichaelL65
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I would have top say that the double adventures were my favorite. Two for the price of one (on a HS budget, that was a big deal)!
Of the original LBB, I'm not sure if I actually bought any of the full-book adventures. I bought most of the rule books, about half of the double adventures, and one of the campain settings.
So far I've bought all of the reprints that my budget will allow...
Of the original LBB, I'm not sure if I actually bought any of the full-book adventures. I bought most of the rule books, about half of the double adventures, and one of the campain settings.
So far I've bought all of the reprints that my budget will allow...
The Hinterworlds Rambler
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Traders And Gunboats... or Citizens Of the Imperium... both are so awesome, I find it hard to pick...
The Hinterworlds Rambler
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Traders And Gunboats... or Citizens Of the Imperium... both are so awesome, I find it hard to pick...
