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Traveller Mailing List FAQ
"What is Traveller?
Traveller is a Science Fiction Role-Playing Game (RPG) that was first published in the 1970s. It has gone through several incarnations: Three previous editions were originally published by Game Designer's Workshop (GDW). These were the Classic Traveller, MegaTraveller and Traveller The New Era. For a description of the differences between these three earlier editions see the review. A brief precis follows:
* The original 'Classic' Traveller deals with an interstellar empire (The Third Imperium, or 3I) and its interaction with various human and non-human races.
* In MegaTraveller the Third Imperium is shattered by a devastating civil war following the assassination of the Emperor and his immediate heirs.
* Traveller The New Era (TNE) deals with the aftermath of the civil war, compounded by a new threat: Virus.
* Marc Miller's Traveller (also known as T4) represents a step back down the Traveller timeline to the foundation of the Third Imperium. It also heralds the return of Marc Miller, Traveller's original author, to the forefront of the game's design. T4 was published by Imperium Games
* Steve Jackson Games, publishers of the GURPS line of RPGs has obtained a licence to produce a series of GURPS Traveller supplements, which establish an alternate timeline. For more details, see the GURPS Traveller Web Site
* As of April 1998 Imperium Games have ceased production of Traveller materials.
* Marc Miller has begun work on Traveller 5/2000. Draft versions of components of the new system are occasionally posted on the TML for playtest and comment. We await developments..."