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Traveller is highly regarded for its production value, sophisticated character generation system, and consistent rules. It has received positive reviews across various editions, with some critics calling it the best science-fiction RPG. Traveller has won multiple Origins Awards and was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in 1996. While the ...
Traveller is an Origins Award winning science fiction role-playing game published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) in 1977. It is a time when interstellar travel has become possible and Humaniti has met other starfaring races.
The Traveller Book is a hardcover book which includes most of the text from the Traveller second-edition basic rulebooks, as well as the more significant parts of Traveller Book 0, a large portion of Traveller Double Adventure 1, some of the entries from 76 Patrons, and information and library data for the universe.
Miller was brought in to redevelop the rules, resulting in a much improved second edition released in 1979 that received good critical reception. [4] Miller, Chadwick, Harshman, and Wiseman designed Traveller, which was published in 1977 by GDW. [1]: 54 Miller designed the science-fiction board game Double Star for GDW, which was released in 1979.
In a review of The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game in Black Gate, Robert Rowe said "Overall, if you like Judge Dredd and don't absolutely hate the Traveller rules system, this is an excellent game packed with key information and well-laid out stats, all bound together in a very slick package." [2]
In 2002, they acquired the rights to publish games set in the worlds created by 2000AD, and quickly released The Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game, which used the d20 rules system. [2]: 108 In 2009, they released a new version of Judge Dredd, using their Traveller rules set. [2]: 123 Mongoose announced that their license was ending in late 2016.
In the December 1983 edition of White Dwarf (Issue #48), Andy Slack reviewed the Traveller Starter Edition, the fourth revision of the basic rules, and called it "still the best science fiction role-playing game on the market; it has an almost perfect balance between realism and playability." Slack's only complaint about this edition was the ...
In the August 1980 edition of Dragon (Issue 40), Roberto Camino welcomed the addition of large starships to the Traveller game, but noted a design decision that he called questionable: that the number of minor weapons do not increase at the same rate as the ship's surface area, so larger ships, which should have more firepower, actually have ...