British Isles Traveller Support

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BITS UK Limited
Industry Role-playing games
Founded1995;30 years ago (1995)
HeadquartersHarlow, Essex, UK.
Key people
Andy Lilly
Products
  • 101 Books series
  • Power Projection
  • At Close Quarters
Website www.bitsuk.net

Known in the gaming industry by their acronymic trademark BITS UK, this fan-owned game design company provided and continues to provide licensed product for the Traveller Role Playing Game.

They are licensed by Marc W. Miller to use the Traveller setting and trademarks. They are also licensed by Jon Tuffley to use and adapt his Full Thrust game engine.

They are also noted for their activities in support of all editions of the Traveller RPG in British and European gaming conventions. [1] They are the organizers of the TravCon Traveller gaming convention. [2]

Product lines

BITS has several product lines: [3]

The Long Way Home was the inaugural supplement in 1996 for the revised Traveller system, published by BITS organization, despite delays from Imperium Games. [4]

References

  1. GenCon UK 2008 BITS Schedule. Accessed 13 Nov 2008
  2. BITS Website, 2009, . Accessed 13 Nov 2008.]
  3. "BITS UK Limited". www.bitsuk.net. BITS UK Limited. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. Butcher, Andy (January 1997). "Games Reviews". Arcane (15): 76.