This feels strange for me to be saying this but after talking to a friend last night about Traveller Ive came to the conclusion that Im tired of it all.
As any one who has worked on Traveller products will know the whole thing is a nightmare, the OTU is just a minefield with all of the "canon" crap and conlicting information that it contains, now as I work for Avenger Enterprises losing interest in Traveller is a problem as that what we do make Traveller products.
Im going to have to think hard about this one as at the moment I coulndt be anymore sick of the whole OTU shebang.
Rog.
Wow...
This really saddens me as quite frankly, Avenger's crew are among the "good guys" of Traveller fandom on the Internet, and the products of I have seen from them (admittedly not a lot because my money has been going to print products from a FLGS lately) has been excellent.
See, I like the OTU. I think its a great setting...in its original form. Some of the stuff added later...not so good. That's why I liked MJD's Spinward Marches book..it had a 'back-to-basics' feel. It is, unfortunatley, some (by no means all) of the Traveller "fans" on the net that bug me. They act quite literally like they have some ownership share in Traveller or something.
As for "canon"...I hate that term. The Traveller books are not religious texts. And you're right...it does contradict itself at times (sorta like Doctor Who sometimes does
). I can see where that can be a pain to deal with.
There's new blood being brought in to the Traveller part of the hobby by Mongoose's new version. Those folks don't know about "canon"...and they might not care if they did. Maybe they'll squeeze out some of these "canonistas" eventually. In any event...know that this fan appreciates the stuff you folks have done.
Allen