Review of the Traveller RPG (Mongoose Publishing)

Summary of video review:

Good aspects:
1) Character design
2) Compatibility with other sci-fi settings
3) Simple core system
4) World/sub-sector design
5) Spaceship design
6) Two size books

Bad aspects (though points 4 and 5 are not necessarily bad):
1) Low quality paper of books
2) Pocket size rulebook is very small
3) Combat is a little flat
4) Trade is very detailed
5) Very, very fragile characters
6) Equipment cannot live up to all the potential choices, particularly vehicles

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[daddystabz]

Great review. I am just now getting into this game, having picked up the core rulebook, the Central Supply Catalog, the GM screen, 1,001 Characters.

[clinkerbuilt]

Good review. I've been playing Trav since 1983. It is, hands down, the best sci-fi rpg I've ever played or run as a GM. Its few deficiencies are more than made up for by the sheer scope and possibilities. Trav universes are literally whatever you make them, and there is a vast array of online support for it.

On combat, it is lethal, and for good reason - too many people simply want to hacknslash. Trav is about doing something more than that, so the rules reflect real life and real consequences.

[vgmaster9]

It certainly deserves alot more praise than it already has, among other greats like D&D and Shadowrun.

[woodwwad]

Great review here. I've been gaming for 23 years but somehow I've never played this game. I've heard about it before but you do a good job describing it to someone that's never played, well done.

[Doranherfurth]

This is a great game, Played it a few times and still come back to it frequently with my gaming groups. Also much like classic traveller and megatraveller

[LifegrindX]

Excellent review, this is exactly what I wanted to know about MongTrav. Happy gaming!