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02-12-2007, 02:45 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Imperial Encyclopedia, reviewed by Lev Lafayette (2/3)
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Originally Posted by Ante
Once more an informative review. I guess you're not a collector of Traveller editions, are you?  |
I certainly am; I have classic Traveller, Megatraveller, and Traveller NE. I also have numerous 2300AD modules and am currently hunting down the rules (which used to be in possession, many moons ago)
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The things lacking, cybergear, robotics, AI and biotech are indeed the things that came to sf in the eighties, and it sure solidly grounds Traveller as a seventies game. GDW actually tried to changed that in the next edition, The New Era. Those changed never worked very well, for various reasons, alas.
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True that, but Megatraveller was late 80s in its own right - and seeming that some andriod tricks are a central theme of the game (the assasination of the emperor) and little more on robotics would be interesting.
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