juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Nov 12, 2012 9:23:11 GMT -8
Hello Douchebageteers!
I recently picked up the Mongoose Traveller Hardcover source book because I decided I wanted to run a High Tech game. I've diligently read about half the sourcebook and scanned the other half. One of the things many people have told me is that Travellermap.com is an amazing resource.
My issue is that this website is a little too amazing with a good dose of overwhelming sprinkled on top. I figured out how to navigate, select a sector and then view the data on that sector, but I have no idea what that data means. There are codes on each system so I went and found the Sol Subsector and looked at Terra.
It gives some very basic notes on the tech levels saying that Terra has a tech level of F.
So my question is this:
Is Travellermap.com useful for anything besides a visual reference in Mongoose Traveller?
What other Universe resources would be useful for Mongoose Traveller?
Thanks much for your input.
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Orycon
Sept 26, 2012 5:50:14 GMT -8
Post by juberberry on Sept 26, 2012 5:50:14 GMT -8
yup - it was orccon - I just finished ssn 3 and at one p[oint to the end they actually spelled it.
My hopes are dashed and now I have to get my butt to strategicon next year!
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Orycon
Sept 20, 2012 8:14:15 GMT -8
Post by juberberry on Sept 20, 2012 8:14:15 GMT -8
Sorry I meant to link it. It's the anual Oregon SciFi convention but they do gaming as well. 34.orycon.org/Currently burning through Season 3 of the podcast and they're talking about Orycon 2011.
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Sept 18, 2012 9:43:00 GMT -8
What do you do if you come up with a story idea on your own and just have to choose a system for it? I ran across just this quandry just a month ago or thereabouts. I have to agree with the statement that "I am the system". I wanted to run a sandbox campaign with some very specific flavor and D&D 3.x was just too crunchy. I started looking for a clean system that I could hodgepodge together with the pieces I wanted. Microlite20 was too simple, requiring too much footwork to get it where I wanted. I had to stick with a D20 system for the main reason that one of my players has very significant Short Term memory issues. As a result she plays strictly Archer/Ranger types in any game we play and it's got to be a D20 system so she can remember what dice to role for what. Through the podcast I found Beacon v5 which was a system expanded off the ML20. I've added a fair number of house rules that enhance the elegant system and I'm pretty happy with the result. The mechanics for everything is still the same but some are used a little differently. I've started recording my campaign world on Epic Words and so far it's going excellent after only a single session.
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Orycon
Sept 18, 2012 6:35:34 GMT -8
Post by juberberry on Sept 18, 2012 6:35:34 GMT -8
Any Happy Jackers going to be at Orycon?
Better yet, any chance of some HJ games?
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Sept 11, 2012 12:18:04 GMT -8
Holy crap this sounds amazing!
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Sept 11, 2012 12:13:04 GMT -8
Interesting quandry.
There are a lot of good suggestions here. One thing to consider is that you need to mix up the tactics in the encounters. If there is allways a stealthed/invisible guy around the PCs are going to start looking for that.
Instead, something else to consider might be to give your Melee something to make him more mobile. A ring of dimension door - usable once per encounter. Boots that increase his movement speed and jumping. These things might make him more effective at contributing situationally without destroying the balance of your encounters or making them too formulaeic.
Also - it might make him feel a little more heroic. Leaping and dashing across the battlefield.
Best O Luck!
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Sept 10, 2012 8:56:08 GMT -8
Lol - that was great!
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Sept 5, 2012 13:20:39 GMT -8
Ooooohhhhhh! Right in the shiny part!
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Sept 5, 2012 12:41:15 GMT -8
Hello to the Douchecrew
I was sent here by a friend and am thrilled to have found this AMMMMAAAAAAAZING resource.
A little about myself. I grew up in *rural* Oregon and found RPGs when I was about 11 (so 1983ish). I was introduced by my friend Tims uncle (who was younger then, than I am now) and within a week I had traded my entire (extensive) Transformers collection to Tim for the 1st Ed. AD&D Players, DMs, and Monster Manual books, 2 sets of poly dice, and various other minor things like character sheets. I quickly ran out of CharSheets and started tracing them in pen on notebook paper (remember I lived in bumfucked NOWHERE). My friend Tim and I ran each other through so many made up adventures that GMing was second nature to me. By High School we had managed to corrupt a couple other semi regular friends but it wasn't until my senior year of HS that I met (through Tim again) some real other "Gamers". GM
Tim and I parted ways a bit thereafter though we occasionally keep in touch. I've been through a few groups since then and then an almost decade long hiatus due to work and family. Now I am 39 (40 next year) and just getting back into gaming in the past year. As always happens when I play I start to get the itch to GM. Happy Jacks RPG Podcast turned that itch into a full fledged case of the "GM Hives".
First I listened to Season 8 and then I started going through the backlog. I am currently on S02 E09 and manage 1-2 episodes daily.
You guys helped put into words the type of game I always excelled at running. I'm starting a Sandbox Campaign in a fresh campaign world and I'll just be making it up as I go along. I'll be using a modified version of Beacon v5.0 for a set of very experienced gamers. I want to play fast and loose with the rules and let the players define their characters actions through role-play rather than roll-play. Dice are fun and add a randomizer to account for luck but the main story will be driven by player decisions rather than player luck. Beacon seems ideal for this. My group has no players with Munchkin tendancies and everyone wants to create a unique and flavorful character so I am really looking forward to it.
The only bummer is that the group can only meet once a month. Add to that 80% of us are 40+ and our bed times get in the way. Ah to be young and GM those 13 hour marathon overnight sessions again.
A friend of mine recently got to play in a bunch of HJ games at Strategicon and I am incredibly jealous. In my previous years gaming I never had the urge to go to a con. This year I'm going to Orycon and I am going to have a blast.
See you all around!
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