Play@YSDC

Posted: **Wed May 04, 2022 1:58 pm**

The place to talk

Posted: **Mon May 09, 2022 12:14 am**

Outstanding! I have the Black Books (pdf of anyway).

Will get started.

Posted: **Mon May 09, 2022 1:40 pm**

Welcome!

Posted: **Thu May 19, 2022 4:57 pm**

Hi guys!
I´ll have an all Galactic gurgle burner, please!
Let´s hope for some gruesome fun. To old friends, hello once again, and to new faces, well met!

Posted: **Thu May 19, 2022 10:55 pm**

Hello!

Posted: **Fri May 20, 2022 4:35 am**

Welcome back!

Posted: **Sat May 21, 2022 8:59 am**

Thank you guys!
I hope evrerything is good with the community. I´m still watching too many TV series and build computers in my spare time. But, is there anything better to be doing, I ask?

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 8:01 pm**

Hi folks!
After a break of a few months, I'm back!
Well, in a limited capacity at least. Rather than jump back into my old games, I thought I'd keep things fresh by trying something new - hence my arrival here. I've always wanted to try playing Traveller, and am a big fan of Firefly, so this is perfect.
~~Baron Bruno Suzuki~~ Merchant 1st Officer Jacob Abe is eager to make your acquaintance!

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 9:04 pm**

Howdy! May we perish in astounding splendour! And welcome jp1885!

Posted: **Sat May 28, 2022 5:06 am**

GM:

Does the ship have any spare weapons that we can bring along? Or any spare anything else for that matter?

I think you said earlier that outside the capital we could carry or at least bring along weapons packed away.

Posted: **Sat May 28, 2022 11:52 am**

Yes, you can each bring a weapon of choice with ammo.

Posted: **Sun May 29, 2022 8:39 am**

Excellent! In that case, Rourke will select an automatic pistol.

Posted: **Sun May 29, 2022 9:03 am**

Ota has Rifle - 4 so an Automatic Rifle would be the best bet for him, with an Automatic Pistol as a back-up weapon.

Posted: **Sun May 29, 2022 9:08 am**

Jacob has a laser carbine.

Posted: **Tue May 31, 2022 5:21 pm**

I got covid and I have been in bed. I don't think I will be able to post this week, sorry.

Posted: **Tue May 31, 2022 5:43 pm**

No problem: hope you feel better soon!

Posted: **Tue May 31, 2022 8:01 pm**

Get well, Kab!

Posted: **Tue May 31, 2022 11:39 pm**

Hope you’re feeling better soon!

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:34 am**

I hope you feel better too!

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2022 7:46 am**

No rush! Get better first.

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 4:22 pm**

Feeling much better, we can resume the game, thanks everyone.

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:20 pm**

Pleased to hear you’re feeling better.

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:16 pm**

Welcome back!

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:47 pm**

Posted: **Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:33 pm**

Ease on back into life again, my friend!

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:46 pm**

GM and team, I can't recall or figure out from quickly skimming the long unread Little Black Traveller Books, but does the PC gain any bonuses to a skill check from their stats?

I gave Rourke the +2 for his actual skill but no bonus for his EDU.

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:55 pm**

I don’t recall Traveller having an experience system (at least, not the early books).

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:01 pm**

No, you can't use bonus from the stats (but to use certains skills, you need a minimum number in the stat).
Sorry, the last few days I have been full of work.

Posted: **Mon Jun 20, 2022 7:15 pm**

That´s life, man!´ve got seven weeks of summer vaccation now. Just reading books in the hammock and watching Tv-series. Some fishimg too.

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:17 pm**

Can you remind me how to do skill checks (Forward Observer, in this case)?

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:41 am**

In the original rules, you basically roll 2d6 and add your skill level, that's it. 8+ is a success.

Normally, lack of a relevant skill means a -3 penalty, except for PCs and weapons, who can be considered as having a skill of 0 in all weapons.

I believe Kabukiman is saying your PC can make a skill 0 roll, ie. no bonus or penalty, for Forward Observer or whatever it was. Straight 2d6.

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:16 am**

Yes, because it is something similar but not exactly the same.

Posted: **Thu Jul 07, 2022 4:43 am**

@Philulhu

Stop me if you already know this stuff. The original Traveller rules had some quite war-game level complex combat rules. Among other things, there were different bonuses / penalties for firing single shot or automatic (4 shot per round) with an automatic rifle.

In the circumstances, a single shot seemed completely appropriate and solved our problem. But if you had fired automatic, you would made 2 attack rolls and potentially hit the cultist-zombie guy twice. Think this has worked out well without wasting ammo, just FYI.

Posted: **Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:58 am**

Cheers, Snapper. I’ll keep that in mind if I need to shoot again (which I get the feeling I probably will…)

Posted: **Sat Jul 09, 2022 8:07 am**

Posted: **Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:11 am**

Apologies all, have the dreaded COVID, may be a bit slow this week.

Posted: **Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:22 am**

I also have Covid

Posted: **Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:42 am**

Hope you both get better soon!

Posted: **Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:14 am**

Ta!

Posted: **Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:16 am**

And "it´s over", the Pandemic, they say....
Best recoveries to you and get well asap!
Stay cool and hyderated!!

Posted: **Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:22 am**

Posted: **Fri Jul 22, 2022 3:15 am**

I hope you both are better soon too! I believe I had it in March of 2020, and it's not fun.

Posted: **Fri Jul 22, 2022 9:22 am**

Definitely on the mend, thank you!

Posted: **Sat Jul 23, 2022 2:39 pm**

I hope you get better soon.

Posted: **Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:15 pm**

I’m getting there, thanks all. Last couple of days were not nice.

Posted: **Sun Jul 24, 2022 2:58 am**

Definitely over the worst, thanks.

Posted: **Fri Aug 26, 2022 4:59 pm**

The question I always do in the game: are you having fun? Anything you dislike?

Posted: **Sat Aug 27, 2022 3:50 am**

Yes, I'm definitely enjoying it! I can't think of anything I dislike.

Posted: **Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:48 am**

Ota would like an APC to ride around in but apart from that we’re all good

Posted: **Sun Aug 28, 2022 7:15 am**

I'm loving it! Last time I played original Traveller was in the 1980s.

My only request is you don't stop.

Posted: **Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:47 am**

Yep, what they said

Posted: **Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:03 pm**

Well, my personnel opinion: the rules of traveler are not very good to an investigation game. I can imagine lots of rolls you could have done with coc rules. But this means the game is more "acting" and less "dice".
Well, I'm glad you are all liking the story (full of clichés, I know

)

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2022 3:54 am**

The original rules hail from the very early days of role-playing, when war-gaming was a big influence on rules design I think. So combat was a big part of the rules along with trade.

My recollection of playing this as a kid was that the party rarely had any great number of skills, much like us in this game now. A lot of the time, players would say what they wanted to do and make a save against the relevant stat, like INT or EDU, to see if they succeeded. Quick and dirty. That may have been a "house rule" though.

It is fun to play it again after all these years though. Even the newer versions of Traveller have a much greater emphasis on investigation and intrigue, let alone CoC which is if anything anti-combat. I don't mind playing a game that is more acting and less dice for a change.

And full marks to Mr H for heroically role-playing a PC with 1 skill point for all they're worth.

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2022 4:06 am**

Thank you! I can fly a ship - and that's about it. I do have great physical stats, so I'm not too bad in a fight either, even with 0 skills. Luck has helped there, of course.

Posted: **Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:52 am**

Never had the chance to play traveller. Nobody wanted to play science fiction. Even cyberpunk 2020 or stat wars were hard to convince people to play.

Posted: **Sat Sep 03, 2022 3:38 am**

I've played Traveller before at a convention, but my first exposure to it was in the 1990s, when I played the computer game MegaTraveller 2. I'm old enough to have played Traveller in the 1980s, but I hadn't discovered it yet.

Posted: **Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:42 am**

Mr. Handy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 3:38 am I'm old enough to have played Traveller in the 1980s, but I hadn't discovered it yet.

Same here, although I didn’t actually play until lockdown!

Posted: **Sat Sep 03, 2022 2:31 pm**

On a related note, the Characters and Combat Book, p.23 had a list of skills the GM may allow as automatic skill 0 for all PCs, besides weapons:

Air/Raft
ATV
Forward Observer
Steward
Vacc Suit

Posted: **Sat Sep 03, 2022 4:41 pm**

I have a copy of the 2022 Mongoose edition. Haven’t played it apart from on here though.

Posted: **Sat Sep 10, 2022 5:50 am**

Hi guys! I´me switching work places and will be dropping out of the games here on PLAY@.
I´ve enjoyed this Traveller scenario, Kabs!
See you on the other side, when things have settled.
/Dave

Posted: **Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:59 pm**

Sorry to hear it.

Posted: **Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:50 pm**

Thanks. Take care, guys!

Posted: **Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:22 am**

You too! I'm sorry to see you go, but hopefully you'll have time again once you've gotten settled.

Posted: **Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:11 am**

I'm sorry to see you to go. Good luck.

Posted: **Mon Sep 12, 2022 2:19 pm**

Good luck, Dave.

Posted: **Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:24 pm**

Thanks again! You don´t get a second time to make a first impression. And as Arnie said: I´ll be back!

Posted: **Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:42 am**

Just re-reading my posts and I’ve worked out who the two main inspirations are for Ota. Old Iron Balls aka Arnold Rimmer from Red Dwarf, and Amy Santiago’s dad from Brooklyn 99…

Posted: **Wed Sep 14, 2022 11:01 am**

Two great characters played by the equally great Chris Barrie and Jimmy Smits.

Neither very likeable...

Posted: **Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:18 am**

I'm only familiar with Rimmer, but yes, he's a sm...he's a smee...he's a smee...heee!

Yes, sir, a complete and total one.

Posted: **Tue Oct 04, 2022 11:00 am**

Is this a crowd situation where we roll a second time to hit a person behind the first target?

Posted: **Tue Oct 04, 2022 11:18 am**

And are there any modifiers for firing from a moving vehicle?

Posted: **Tue Oct 04, 2022 12:22 pm**

OOC: Moving from a moving vehicle would imply a penalty, but since you are targeting a crowd and not a particular target, there is no penalty.
And yes, you can roll to see if anyone is hit behind.

Posted: **Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:21 am**

Hi all, I'm afraid I'm dropping out of the game - hope your characters all survive!

Posted: **Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:41 am**

Ah, bugger! Sorry to hear it.

Posted: **Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:39 pm**

I'm sorry to hear it too. Take care!

Posted: **Sat Oct 08, 2022 8:06 pm**

Sorry to see you go, JP.

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2022 1:48 am**

GM: I wonder if any of the other players from the Pulp game could be tempted to join this one? Either taking over one of our former PCs or creating a new one?

Posted: **Mon Oct 10, 2022 8:55 am**

Sorry to see you go.
I can ask of the others.

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:20 am**

Santino ready to report for duty.

Posted: **Fri Oct 14, 2022 8:31 am**

Mephistophilis wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:20 am Santino ready to report for duty.

Cool cool!

I was trying to work out what your character enlisted in. Was that the result you get when you choose the "other" career option?

Posted: **Fri Oct 14, 2022 9:33 pm**

Yes indeed

Posted: **Sat Oct 15, 2022 2:59 am**

Posted: **Thu Dec 22, 2022 3:51 pm**

I won't be able to post for the next few days, so I wish you all a merry christmas.

Posted: **Thu Dec 22, 2022 7:26 pm**

Have a great Christmas

Posted: **Fri Dec 23, 2022 5:43 am**

Merry Xmas!

Posted: **Fri Dec 23, 2022 6:05 am**

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Posted: **Thu Dec 29, 2022 2:59 pm**

Kabukiman, this has been a blast from a long distant past and I have thoroughly enjoyed it!

(And full marks to Mr H for scoring the PC with only 1 skill point but playing her for all she was worth!)

Is there any chance we can tempt you to continue the adventures of the ship's crew?

Cheers,

Snapper

Posted: **Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:28 pm**

Yes, this was great, and thank you, Snapper! I also only got to use my skill at the very beginning, as it wasn't useful once we landed. Still, I recall that I needed that +1 to succeed. And I was still able to participate in combat just fine, with a little luck (okay, a lot of luck).

Posted: **Thu Dec 29, 2022 10:53 pm**

Yeah, cheers, it's been fun. I bet if we'd been playing CoC we'd have been investigating that cave rather than legging it with extreme firepower like normal people.

Posted: **Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:13 am**

Thanks for running the game, Kabukiman.

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:16 pm**

Indeed, my plan was that your were supposed to go to the cave find and destroy the queen. But I notice that would result in a CoC game, but not with the traveller rules, so I change the game.
About a new scenario, I don't know, I was thinking of making a delta green scenario with the pc's investigating the story of season 1 of stranger things.

Posted: **Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:01 pm**

kabukiman wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:16 pmAbout a new scenario, I don't know, I was thinking of making a delta green scenario with the pc's investigating the story of season 1 of stranger things.

Ooh. Tell us more!

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:43 am**

I haven't watched Stranger Things, but I did grow up in the 1980s and would be very interested too!

Posted: **Thu Jan 05, 2023 11:01 am**

Well, the players will be members from a cell of delta green who will be send to investigate what is probably nothing of special, just a missing kid. I'l make some changes to the chronology of stranger things amd other minor stuff.

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:44 am**

Definitely! I'd love to play in that!

Cheers,

Snapper

Posted: **Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:42 am**

Well, Mr Handy you can put this forum in the finished games. I should post soon about the new game, I have reserved 3 spots to you guys.

Play@YSDC

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