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This is Free Trader Beowulf, calling anyone…Mayday, Mayday. A box emblazoned with those words went on sale for the first time July 22, 1977, at the Origins III Game Fair, heralding the advent of the Traveller RPG from GDW. It wasn’t the first science-fiction roleplaying game, but through its innovative design and the development of its evocative universe of Charted Space, it would become the longest running SFRPG in the industry. This volume tracks Traveller from its inspirations in the early ’70s, though its initial publication, and across seven distinct editions of its original 2d6 gaming system. It reveals the stories of Traveller’s three major publishers; GDW, Imperium Games, and Mongoose, and many licensees. Most importantly, it tells how Traveller fell into increasing darkness before descending into a Long Night, and how it rose again as a phoenix. This intimate history of a single roleplaying game is culled from hundreds of primary sources and interviews.
This is Free Trader Beowulf, calling anyone…Mayday, Mayday. A box emblazoned with those words went on sale for the first time July 22, 1977, at the Origins III Game Fair, heralding the advent of the Traveller RPG from GDW. It wasn’t the first science-fiction roleplaying game, but…
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