I used to play traveller in high school in the early eighties. I have recently found this and a lot of other websites made by fans but the web site for far future enterprises seems moribund.
What I am wondering is who owns the rights to create new traveller material and what about previously published material?
I have read the disclaimer at the bottom of the main page and understand it but some other sites disclaimers cause me to wonder what is up.
What I would really like to see published is newly written hardcopy- in the style of the classic traveller- booklets. adventures, JTAS etc. WRITTEN FOR THE ADULT PLAYER. I think traveller fan base was always high school or older and it seemed that some of the material coming out in the mid to later eighties was written the 10 to 15 yr old.
I have just finished “Where the Ships Die“, by William C. Dietz. It was a bit interesting, but not something I would recommend, unless You don’t have anything else to do…
The book has some interesting scenes that could be used in a traveller setting, but put together, the story sucks and is full of logical holes, big enough to fly a death-star through… 🙁
The story is about an 18 Year old boy, that ends up as slave labour in a starship scrap-heap (Where the Ships Die). He is saved by his sister and by Timon and Pumbaa. Very strange… 😉
