Traveller is arguably the most important game in my gaming life. Not by first and not even the second. Even being in third place, it dominated the next decade and a half. I mourned the passing of the original edition. Possibly I raged against the next two GDW editions. Then I mourned some more when GDW went out of business.
For a good chunk of the early noughties I went through buying up the original games books. I am missing two. One was a scenario so bad nobody brought it (I have just placed a bid on a copy). The other came in a boxed set which is currently retailing for £200. Whilst I would really like to complete the collection I don't have the kind of low level psychological condition that would value this over the actual money in my bank account.
My collection is old and very far from pristine. I was just trying to think of a suit antonym and dog eared is probably it. It is a much used collection. That said, if I get a pristine copy I will want to keep it that way.
If Tunnels and Trolls was my first RPG kiss, then Traveller was definitely my first, er, meaningful relationship. Like a lot of first relationships, I have learnt a lot since then. As has Mongoose. Old school Traveller is good but it is showing its age. Mongoose Traveller is a more well rounded game. Its a much more fun experience. Original Traveller is a pretty solid game. It's got a lot of nice mechanisms that I have stolen again an again. Mongoose Traveller is just better all round. That said, I am feeling just a little bit of fomo.
The Halflings are progressing. They are almost starting to look like they might be finished this week. Almost. I think I just need to add a couple of metallics and paint the bases as they will be done. I am getting sick of the site of these guys.
In other news, my real baby has demanded a fur baby. Specifically a dachshund. Dachs are not a dog that would normally go with my self image, although I have a neighbour with a Dachs crossed with a Jack Russel, which seems more like me. But what my daughter wants, my daughter generally gets, eventually.
I'm older than you, so the first RPG I ever played was D&D, before the white box came out, run by a guy named Laurie. I remember buying the white box, but never really got into it.
ReplyDeleteThen I found Traveller. Played while at university in Nottingham. I did get the little black books, but my favourite edition was the blue book hardback. Sadly long gone.
I'm tempted to get the Mongoose book, but I really only play at conventions these days, and have not real need to own my own copy.
It is what it is. Then I found Call of Cthulhu, and FASA's Star Trek rpg. Those were the days.