Would absolutely love a bit of detail as to how you pull off the murder mystery event! That sounds like a incredibly fun idea.

I referenced your illustration for the CN-22 "Blue Whale" in my 2300AD campaign when the characters got rescued by RebCo SAR. Love your Blackhawkesque design on that craft!

This post sent me down a rabbit hole. I'm a fan of 2300AD, and I knew that the Twilight War and the OG Twilight 2000 set the stage for 2300AD.

I know 4th Ed is removed from this, but are there any good "intro adventures" for 4E to start Twilight 2000? I get that it's sort of sandbox by design.

Just followed! Looking forward to it! The itch to create a Traveller podcast is one I've ignored myself for far too long!

Just a trailer for now, but taking Actual Steps: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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I've been playing Star Citizen some time. It never hit as hard as it did tonight in EPTU, stepping off to this simple view, with the music playing, the clouds parting, and everything hitting just right. Out of all my big adult worries, sometimes little things like this make everything feel alright.

I grew up, but I never lost my love of Wing Commander. Online communities helped to keep it alive. Starlancer and Freelancer kept the flame alive and I soon found Star Citizen. I was patient with Star Citizen, but it often frustrated-- being so close to the cusp of greatness at any point. (2)

Looking fantastic!

And a whole lotta' fun!

The technology also imparts a fun restriction on the setting— locking in 7.7ly limitations to travel at a time builds the map for you, making the frontier truly the frontier and encouraging that uncertainty of wondering what lay beyond the edge of the map.

I enjoy the “humanity pulls themselves from the brink” aspect to the followup from the Twilight War, which in-turn ushers in a new golden age of colonialism. There is a lot of optimism and frontier’ism (is that a word?) but keeps the idea that “the more things change the more they stay the same.”

Cheers, I’ll keep and eye out! Just one quick question: what do you use for 3D design? I used to dabble back in the day and was looking for a low-cost hobbiest option to keep dabbling.

I’m currently running a campaign that uses aforementioned Mongoose 2nd 2300AD but closer in source material and background to the original non-Traveller game by GDW back in the 80’s. That said: if it’s science fiction, I’m probably going to enjoy it 😁

Personally I enjoy the Traveller “Third Imperium” setting, but 2300AD (the Mongoose remake using GDW source material) is closer to my sweet spot. Something about the 2300AD setting tickles my fancy of “near future” science fiction that is plausible enough I can suspend disbelief.

Traveller Mongoose 2nd Edition is (probably) the most widely accepted/circulated— it meets the modern standard for good art and decent copy editing. Cephus is a good alternative that’s available a bit cheaper. Folks feel passionately on either side of the fence (or still prefer Traveller Original.)

The Tigers Claw is always a welcome sight to see! Well done! It sounds like we had some similar inspirations in games over the years! I recently found the Traveller system and 2300AD of which I’ve been smitten.

Some of these designs have a Wing Commander-like design aesthetic that speaks to me. Great thread! I’ll keep an eye out for VBAM 3rd Edition !