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_____ and _____ is to TRAVELLER, as Lord of the Rings and Conan is to D&D

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thedungeondelver

#75
June 26, 2010, 02:07:49 AM
Quote from: StormBringer;390094Hmmmm...  My impression:  You are so wrong about Spelljammer it hurts my head.  One of the Monstrous Compendiums has the Guyver in it!  I can't believe how wrong you are on this one.

I'm going to throw burning jet fuel on you when we meet.  You have sealed your doom.

QuoteI can see where you are coming from, though.  I think there was a bit too much ship-board stuff to really call it 'D&D in space', but there was a strong whiff of that in most episodes.

It was sort of a "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" with touches of "The High Crusade" and "Three Hearts and Three Lions" mixed in with some wonderful unique touches here and there - makes it eminently emulatable in D&D, I think.  And no, not d20 D&D either.
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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StormBringer

#76
June 26, 2010, 02:13:01 AM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;390197I'm going to throw burning jet fuel on you when we meet.  You have sealed your doom.
I was in the Air Force, I drank that shit for breakfast.

QuoteIt was sort of a "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" with touches of "The High Crusade" and "Three Hearts and Three Lions" mixed in with some wonderful unique touches here and there - makes it eminently emulatable in D&D, I think.  And no, not d20 D&D either.
Oh, yeah, I can see it.  If you consider the ship as their 'headquarters' and allow for some encounters en route, I can easily see using AD&D or OD&D to play through that.  Hell, the DMG had wepaon damage conversions for Gamma World, so you are halfway there already.
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Fiasco

#77
June 26, 2010, 09:20:30 AM
A Bertram Chandler deserves a mention, certainly with his Rim of Space series.

Blackhand

#78
June 26, 2010, 01:08:25 PM
No one mentioned Harlan Ellison?
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jeff37923

#79
June 26, 2010, 01:10:50 PM
Quote from: Blackhand;390241No one mentioned Harlan Ellison?

Great author, poor fit for Traveller.
"Meh."

flyingmice

#80
June 26, 2010, 09:57:46 PM
Quote from: Fiasco;390223A Bertram Chandler deserves a mention, certainly with his Rim of Space series.

Oh, yes! Definitely! I forgot about Chandler!

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#81
June 26, 2010, 09:59:30 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;390243Great author, poor fit for Traveller.

Agreed entirely! There are few SF authors that would be a worse fit.

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Greentongue

#82
June 27, 2010, 10:28:16 AM
Speaking of "Chandler" what about the Compact Space series by C J Cherryh?
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Werekoala

#83
June 27, 2010, 01:02:51 PM
Some of David Drake's Hammer's Slammers books work from a Mercenary viewpoint as well.
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jeff37923

#84
June 27, 2010, 03:19:13 PM
Quote from: Werekoala;390348Some of David Drake's Hammer's Slammers books work from a Mercenary viewpoint as well.

Mongoose Traveller already has a sourcebook tie-in for that series.

Here's the blurb.
"Meh."

jeff37923

#85
June 27, 2010, 03:20:35 PM
Quote from: Greentongue;390337Speaking of "Chandler" what about the Compact Space series by C J Cherryh?
The Pride of Chanur
Chanur's Venture
The Kif Strike Back
Chanur's Homecoming
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CJ Cherryh is definitely Traveller-esque IMHO.
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flyingmice

#86
June 27, 2010, 07:18:10 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;390382CJ Cherryh is definitely Traveller-esque IMHO.

Possibly, but Cherryh was not an influence on Traveller. She came along rather too late. Her first books were published in 1976, and Traveller was published in 1977. I am a huge Cherryh fan - she had an enormous influence on StarCluster, along with Brin and Niven.

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thedungeondelver

#87
June 27, 2010, 09:12:08 PM
Can't believe I forgot this one -Cordwainer Smith's Lords of Insturmentality.
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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RPGPundit

#88
June 29, 2010, 01:14:23 PM
Hehe.. "Cordwainer".

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#89
June 29, 2010, 02:20:15 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;390747Hehe.. "Cordwainer".

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