Animals in any ecological system interact with each other, forming food chains, obeying instincts, defending territory, and generally living out their lives. When men enter such an ecological system, they will encounter the animals of the system, prompting natural reactions, such as attack or flight….Although the precise nature of animals may change, and they may… Continue reading Traveller Tuesday: 1977 Edition Animal Encounters
Just a bit of a heads-up: I am beginning to sell a number of older gaming items in order to help finance my travels around the country this summer. The current items listed are: AD&D 1st Ed. Unearthed Arcana AD&D 1st Ed. Dungeoneer’s Survival Guide AD&D 1st Ed. Wilderness Survival Guide AD&D 1st Ed. Oriental Adventures Later auctions… Continue reading Selling Stuff on Ebay
As something of a follow-on to my Traveller Tuesday series, here are five links for Classic Traveller that were inspired by a recent email request: Sites I like for CT: Rob Conley’s excellent post on setting up a Traveller sandbox. Freelance Traveller, and particularly it’s Other Roads (see also extending Book 2) section. The Citizens… Continue reading 5 Classic Traveller links
It helped, being a scion of a baronial house in the Grand Duchy of Hermes, Falkayn reflected. To be sure, he was a younger son; and he’d left at an early age, after kicking too hard against the traces that aristocrats were supposed to carry; and he hadn’t visited his home planet since. But some… Continue reading Traveller Tuesday: 1977 Edition Encounters
Sorry about missing a Traveller Tuesday; I’ve been dealing with some of the fallout from the Great TARGA Porn Debacle. It’s mostly been dealt with, though there will be a lot of interesting and potentially productive results from all that. Meanwhile, I have my players’ map of their delving into Xylarthen’s Tower to share with… Continue reading Distracted just a little
Just got back from GaryCon – and it’s not even over! Due to a perfect storm of multiple events scheduled on the same weekend, I was only able to spend some time yesterday at GaryCon. But what a time it was – I had a chance to see various lions of the hobby: Frank Mentzer,… Continue reading GaryCon!
I personally find it bizarre that some corners of the OSR think we should be spending our time debating how ethical it is to have mentions of sex and adult intimacy in reference to a game which has been semi-humorously summarized as being all about “killing things and taking their stuff.”Of course, I could be… Continue reading Being An Arbiter of Taste
Technological index may vary from 0 to 18, more commonly ranging from 4 through about 10. Higher numbers indicate greater capacity….The technological index is used in conjunction with the technological level table to determine the general quality and capability of local industry. The tables indicate the general types or categories of goods in general use… Continue reading Traveller Tuesday: 1977 Tech Levels, Part 3 of 3
The next morning, he and Harkaman took an aircar and went to look at the city at the forks of the river. It was completely new, in the sense that it had been built since the collapse of Federation civilization and the loss of civilized technologies. It was huddled on a long, irregularly triangular mound,… Continue reading Traveller Tuesday: 1977 Tech Levels, Part 2
Original D&D cost $10. That’s a fact. Using any of a number of online inflation calculators (I used this one), we can see that what cost $10 in 1974 would cost approximately $43 in today’s money. In 1974, the minimum wage was approximately $2/hour, which would be worth a little over $8/hour in today’s money.… Continue reading Cold Hard Facts
