Traveller: The New Era

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Traveller: The New Era is a 1993 role-playing supplement for Traveller published by Game Designers' Workshop.

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Traveller: The New Era is a supplement in which the rules for the third edition of Traveller are presented. [1]

Publication history

Shannon Appelcline wrote of the many changes from the previous edition of Traveller: "Traveller: The New Era (TNE) was rewritten to use the GDW House System. Some old systems such as the unique term-based character creation still existed but everything was notably revamped. The result felt more militaristic and more complex than its predecessors, not a surprising result given the system's ultimate origin in Twilight: 2000." [2] : 61 

Reception

Chris W. McCubbin reviewed Traveller: The New Era for Pyramid #2 (July/Aug. 1993) and concluded that, despite some complaints he had about the new version, "Traveller's still around and that's good. I hope it always will be." [3]

Brennan O'Brien reviewed Traveller: The New Era in White Wolf #37 (July/Aug., 1993), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "Traveller: The New Era is outstanding. It's nice to see GDW put Traveller back on the front burner." [1]

Traveller: The New Era won the 1993 Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Rules. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 O'Brien, Brennan (July–August 1993). "Capsule Reviews". White Wolf Magazine . No. 37. pp. 77–78.
  2. ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. ↑ "Pyramid: Pyramid Pick: Traveller: The New Era". sjgames.com.
  4. ↑ "Origins Award Winners (1993)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  5. ↑ "Dungeons & Dragons World - Magazines - Dragon Magazine".
  6. ↑ "Australian Realms Magazine - Complete Collection". June 1988.
  7. ↑ "Pandora's Box | Article | RPGGeek".
  8. ↑ "Rezensionen | Article | RPGGeek".
  9. ↑ "Casus Belli #076". 1993.
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