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Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: jeff37923 on November 23, 2010, 12:42:40 PM
Free download of the Classic Traveller Starter Edition is available on DriveThruRPG until the end of December for those interested.

Link here. (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=80190&src=social_media_link&sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4cebbeafbc70a8d7%2C0)
Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: StormBringer on November 23, 2010, 01:31:15 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;419336Free download of the Classic Traveller Starter Edition is available on DriveThruRPG until the end of December for those interested.

Link here. (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=80190&src=social_media_link&sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4cebbeafbc70a8d7%2C0)
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Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: GrimJesta on November 24, 2010, 01:42:23 AM
ZOMG! Sweet, dude! Thanks.

:)

-=Grim=-
Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: DKChannelBoredom on November 24, 2010, 03:46:18 AM
Got it. Well spotted, Jeff.

Maybe this could mean that the Traveller: The New Era box I bought 10+ years ago, could see some use... other than as storage for my old Illuminati ccgs... I wonder where the books, maps and charts are.
Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: RPGPundit on November 24, 2010, 09:10:30 AM
I used to own that game...
Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: Spellslinging Sellsword on November 24, 2010, 09:56:23 AM
Cool, thanks for posting about this.
Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: John Morrow on November 24, 2010, 10:47:30 AM
Quote from: jeff37923;419336Free download of the Classic Traveller Starter Edition is available on DriveThruRPG until the end of December for those interested.

Add Supplement 4: Citizens of the Imperium (http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=80146) (currently $2) to get 12 additional careers (many civilian) and bow rules and you've got everything you really need for Traveller.
Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: Aos on November 24, 2010, 10:55:48 AM
It looks very much like The Traveller Book just with a slightly different format. It has all the same art anyway.
Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: jeff37923 on November 24, 2010, 12:10:54 PM
Quote from: Aos;419539It looks very much like The Traveller Book just with a slightly different format. It has all the same art anyway.

Its missing the section on pharmaceuticals and character improvement, but that is the only content difference IIRC.
Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: Bill White on November 24, 2010, 01:22:50 PM
I love me some old-school Traveller! My brother and I once sat in the breezeway at Origins and tried to rope people into playing with us; we recorded the games and put them on-line at the Internet Archive here (http://www.archive.org/details/ClassicTravellerOrigins) and here (http://www.archive.org/details/MoreTravellerOrigins). We really had a blast, and I think we're hoping to do it again in 2011.
Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: Spinachcat on November 24, 2010, 02:05:42 PM
THANK YOU JEFF!!!

I am in the process of getting my RPG library redone on PDF and this does the Classic Traveller spot very nicely!

John Morrow is quite correct.  If you are new to Classic Traveller, Citizens is probably the most useful supplement for the game.  

With this download, don't forget that you get more than the Core Book.  It's 3 downloads - Book / Charts / Adventures.   The two adventures are Mission on Mithril and Shadows.   Both good stuff, but should be modified and enhanced by the GM to fit the playstyle of the group.   Done right, Shadows can be a nasty adventure.
Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: KenHR on November 24, 2010, 02:16:47 PM
This is, indeed, awesome news.

Starter Trav has a really nice set of RPG starship combat rules, too, using the range band system rather than the miniatures-based version in the original set.
Title: Free Classic Traveller Starter Edition
Post by: Benoist on November 24, 2010, 02:48:25 PM
Wow. That is very cool. Thanks for the link, Jeff.