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Sean Riggs's avatar

I personally would rather see support for the existing rules than wait for a rules revision. My fear is that you’ll run out of TS steam during the revision and we’ll just end up with two sets of rules and no real support for either. That’s not a criticism, you’ve already done far more than most of us ever will!

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James Maliszewski's avatar

To be honest, that's my fear, too, which is why I'm of two minds about the question. My current plan, such as it is, remains to get issue #2 of Imperio done soon (within the next couple of months, tops) and to begin work on issue #3 while also evaluating how soon I can get a larger book done. Threshold seems doable in a short period and its content is mostly setting and adventure-related, so, even if I do go ahead with a revision, it won't be affected by any changes.

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Azxcvbm's avatar

While I don't play TS since I use Traveller or Star Wars D6 for my sci-fi. I do use material from the supplements, especially Imperio and would definitely buy more 'zine issues.

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James Maliszewski's avatar

That's a very useful bit of information. Thanks!

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Sean McCoy's avatar

I think a relaunch of the original title would be helpful if it was done along side the new books.

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James Maliszewski's avatar

I agree, though that probably also means delaying the release of the new books for some time. A revision of the rulebook, even a light one, which is my intention, will eat up a lot of time and effort I might otherwise want to devote to supplements and adventures. There's a lot to ponder here.

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David Rollins's avatar

I never tried Thousand Suns, but seeing this post made me curious. I love Classic Traveller but there are some clunky bits that could use smoothing out. I also prefer the open sci-fi world of the 1977 edition.

From what I see online Thousand Suns might be a good fit for the kind of sci-fi I’m looking for! I’m excited to see where you take it!

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James Maliszewski's avatar

If you drop me a private message, I can send you a copy of the rulebook in PDF to see if it's to your liking.

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David Rollins's avatar

That is so kind! I might have it already though. I need to check my RPG folder of “games to read” first.

My eyes were bigger than my stomach when it came to RPG pdfs for a while. lol

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James Maliszewski's avatar

If you find you don't have a copy of the 2011 edition, drop me a line. The offer still stands.

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Jordan Raymond's avatar

I never played Thousand Suns, but I would definitely enjoy something more streamlined. I also second the comment about the small font size.

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Luigi's avatar

Talking of Thousand Suns I do have an issue with its format.

While A5/Digesr is handy the font is very small almost as if the corebbok was planned for A4/Letter and then shrunk as an afterthought.

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James Maliszewski's avatar

The book was never planned as anything other than as a digest-sized book. Even its original (2008) edition was digest-sized. That said, I agree that the font size is small. That's probably partially a function of wanting to keep the page count relatively low. Had the point size been bigger, I suspect it would have added considerably to the book's overall length. That said, this is a helpful observation. Thanks!

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