#Traveller rpg starter set free#
This offer had the Traveller 2E Starter Set and key supplements - everything you need to play any science fiction RPG campaign, from desperate battles across the stars against evil empires, through free traders operating on both sides of the law, to mercenary companies desperate to find their next ticket. This was one of two all-new offers that presented the 2020 Second Edition Traveller game line from Mongoose Publishing. Now I can replace my Core Rulebook with the Starter Set (adventure included) for $39.99 or go cheap and get the adventure only for half the usual price at $14.99.Our Mongoose Traveller 2E Bundle offer ended on Jat 11:00PM EDT (GMT -04:00). Don’t forget too that to get the starship rules I also must buy a separate book for another $29.99, or an ironmongery/equipment book for $29.99 more and if I want vehicles its a real bargain at another $29.99. So for $29.99 I got a new mechanic to add to my Traveller RPG. Oh, to be (a bit) fair, MgT2E is not a total loss it did introduce the Boon/Bane mechanic which has grown on me over time.
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Indeed, my early analysis (which will be in a later post) of SOLO: Solo RPG Campaigns for the Cepheus Engine( Zozer Games) shows it to be (IMNSHO) one of the best of the supporting products out there. The Cepheus Engine System is being widely supported with new rules and settings. I am so glad I have turned my back on Mongoose and MgT2E. (Actually it is not totally clear what is included because as I write this the DTRPG listing cuts off mid sentence and the full-size preview is not working.) So for a “bargain” price of $14.99 one can get the adventure, the poster size map, and the pregens. On April 28, the Book 3 adventure miraculously appeared on DriveThruRPG as a separate product. The question was asked April 23 and as of April 28 when I write this post it remains unanswered. The publisher responded on April 22, “We have no plans to, but I’ll look into it!” At the same time, prospective customers were asking on the Mongoose Forums what advantage there was to buying the new Starter Set. Indeed, after the Starter Set went live on April 21, the question was asked in the DTRPG comments if the adventure would be sold separately. Given that I paid $20 for the Core Rulebook beta, then an additional $9.99 for the final version (total of $29.99 invested), and that a blank subsector map is free to download, and that four of the six pregens are publicly facing, I guess Mongoose expects me to happily pony up another $40 for the Book 3 adventure, a sector map to print on a large-format printer I don’t have, and the last two pregens. The blank sector map is advertised as “giant.” And don’t forget those six pregenerated characters, four of which one can see in the free full-size preview! So what does that $40 really buy?īook 1 and Book 2 are apparently repackaging of the MgT2E Core Rulebook which I, like many other potential purchasers of the Starter Set, already own. Book 3 is a new adventure.
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Mind you, that’s $40 for downloadable content only.
#Traveller rpg starter set pdf#
For $39.99 one gets three pdf “books,” a blank sector map and six pre-generated character cards. The Traveller Starter Setis marketed as the easy way to start playing in the MgT2E universe. I don’t hide the fact I dislike Mongoose and the direction they took with Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition (MgT2E), especially the onerous third-party publishing rules chains they imposed. I have been watching the minor kerfuffle surrounding the launch of the new Mongoose Traveller Starter Set.