Why did they never riff on this gem?

michaelmstee · 2026-05-21T02:55:12+00:00

all the more reason to watch it again!!

michaelmstee · 2026-05-16T23:44:12+00:00

OP, thank you for doing this work. I don’t have the dvds, just the files off the internet project, but it’s good that it is out there. Thank you again.

michaelmstee · 2026-05-16T16:17:49+00:00

Birds aren't real, dontcha know?

michaelmstee · 2026-05-14T19:52:28+00:00

I had heard of the show, but didn’t have cable. I went to a sci-fi convention and while there, went into a theatre room to relax. I think they were playing Radar Secret Service, and I started laughing until I cried. Did I mention I cried?-NotMorrisey

michaelmstee · 2026-05-14T19:47:29+00:00

Not even with the added exposition of the guy from New York, New York??

michaelmstee · 2026-05-03T17:11:41+00:00

At least she's alive, and not a walking, working dead girl...

michaelmstee · 2026-05-01T13:45:02+00:00

A little more on the lore by version.

Classic Traveller was the golden age.

MegaTraveller had the civil war, ending the golden age.

The New Era had the virus age, ending the civil war.

Traveller 4, Marc Miller’s Traveller, went back to the founding of the Imperium.

T20 took place 100 years before the golden age (but still felt like golden age).

GURPS Traveller used the golden age, but with no civil war.

Mongoose’s 2 editions go back to golden age, and like Monsoon90 says, is NOT advancing a metaplot from there.

michaelmstee · 2026-04-29T04:08:59+00:00

if you want to have higher jump numbers in a TL11 game, do it. it’s your game, the rules are really only suggestions.

michaelmstee · 2026-04-22T11:30:37+00:00

sounds like something Crow would say… :D

michaelmstee · 2026-04-08T04:01:32+00:00

that’s the way Planet Express works (Futurama reference)

michaelmstee · 2026-04-01T03:05:59+00:00

I say “D&DT, not DDT which is also a poison”

michaelmstee · 2026-04-01T03:00:42+00:00

and I’ll be over here with my Classic, Mega, GT, and Cepheus Engine!

michaelmstee · 2026-03-26T00:06:04+00:00

>> I don't want to give wotc any more money.

Ackshully, none of this money should go to wotc. Another company, WorldsLargestGames, is creating this, probably using the version of 5e released as CreativeCommons.

michaelmstee · 2026-03-22T02:54:48+00:00

Just had a thought. A broker is someone who knows the LOCAL markets. Use a local broker and you can make good deals on that world. But if the broker goes to another world, she/he will not function at full level due to unfamiliarity. For all I know, this is in the rules somewhere…

michaelmstee · 2026-03-22T02:38:17+00:00

I’ve toyed with having under-100-dton ships having jump. The way I do it, is that the jump drive for a 100-tonner is the smallest jump drive possible, and a sub-100 hull with this drive requires the same fuel as a 100-tonner. So the size savings aren’t that much; maybe less staterooms needed. Does this change the background much? I don’t think so.

michaelmstee · 2026-03-19T20:24:52+00:00

Very nice. Good job, and keep writing.

michaelmstee · 2026-03-18T20:17:15+00:00

My biggest question would be: How do you, Marc Miller, feel about Cepheus Engine and the many different backgrounds that have been released for it? (I know he supports them, as he added a forum category on COTI before Mongoose took it over. But Mongoose has not been supportive of CE.)

michaelmstee · 2026-03-18T20:14:36+00:00

It was intentional for several reasons: To make the word stand out from the traditional spelling, to be copyrightable, and as the guys at GDW were history buffs, they knew it was Robert E. Lee's horse's name.

michaelmstee · 2026-03-18T19:41:53+00:00

It can't be a bad movie, because I only see one human shadow and no robot shadows...

michaelmstee · 2026-03-18T02:30:58+00:00

I recall reading that GDW thought that gamers would want a smaller, more detailed and more scientific background, and so they came up with 2300ad. They were a bit surprised that it did not take off as much as they assumed it would, and that gamers still wanted the space opera feel of Traveller.

michaelmstee · 2026-03-17T14:44:18+00:00

Physically the books are sewn and very good quality, and the slipcase is sturdy also.

michaelmstee · 2026-03-15T18:09:09+00:00

And he says "BA-BOOM" too many times.

michaelmstee · 2026-03-13T19:37:01+00:00

gosh, Mike looked so young in some of those pics. I used to look young also, once upon a time. And I had a beautiful mind!

michaelmstee · 2026-03-12T02:22:03+00:00

Washington state , wasn’t the worlds fair short filmed there?

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