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This is Free Trader
B e ow ulf
Author
Shannon Appelcline
Editor
Graphic design
art direction
Sandrine Thirache
Illustrations
Matthew Sprange
Proofreading
Quentin Soubrouillard
Spec ial Thanks
Charlotte Law
Marc Miller
A system History of
Text copyright © 2022-2024 Designers & Dragons LLC
Graphic Design copyright © 2024 Mongoose Publishing
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Dedication
Collaboration is the heart of roleplaying, and the most collaborative settings are the better for it.
This book is thus dedicated to the diverse hands that created and expanded the Traveller
game and the Charted Space universe, and especially to those who are no longer with us.
To the heroes who went before to show the way.
To the ones who challenged the darkness.
To the proud fallen, our dear lost brothers and sisters.
To absent friends.
—Martin Dougherty,
Early Fallen
(2005)
In memory of Bob Bledsaw, Douglas E. Berry, Andrew Boulton, Clayton Bush,
Paul Montgomery Crabaugh, Jesse De Graff, John M. Ford, Keith Frye,
Bryan Gibson, Hunter Gordon,
Jennell Jaquays,
J. Andrew Keith, Donavan Lambertus,
Gregory P. Lee, John Lees, Kerry Lloyd,
Steve Maggi,
Terry McInnes, Don McKinney,
Nancy Parker, Robert Parker, Herb Petro, Hans Rancke-Madsen, Don Rapp,
Blair Reynolds, Dave Sering, Bari Z. Stafford Sr.,
Jim Ward,
Loren Wiseman, and
Traveller’s other collaborators who have passed beyond the rimward
marches. And, of course, in memory of Dave Arneson and
Gary Gygax, who gave us roleplaying in the first place.
The History of Traveller
CON TEN TS
I. GDW: BEFORE THE GAME
1973–1977
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A Spoonful of Inspirations
From Gamers to Designers
Building a Publishing Empire
A View from the Industry: Science-Fiction Strategy
A Tale of Two Imperiums
The Roleplaying Onslaught
A View from the Industry: Roleplaying in 1975
Checklist: GDW’s Generic SF Board Games
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Setting the Scene
Keeping a Journal
A View from the Industry: The First Settings
O Brothers, Where Art Thou?
Jump Points to Adventures
Map: Spinward Marches Classic Adventures
Map: Solomani Rim Classic Adventures
Closing the Little Black Books
Checklist: GDW’s Little Black Book Line
Checklist: GDW’s Traveller Board Games
III. GDW: DISCOVERING THE IMPERIUM
1979–1985
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II. GDW: THE LITTLE BLACK BOOKS
1976–1979
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Three Books for the SF Fans, Up in the Sky
A View from the Industry:
Early Science-Fiction Roleplaying
A Dollop of Innovation
Traveller’s Special Relationship
A View from the Industry: Roleplaying in 1977
The Early Supplements
What Could Have Been: GDW Roleplaying Games
Checklist: GDW’s Other RPGs
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IV. LICENSEES: THE GUILD TO THE LORDS
1979–1985
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The Guild & The Group
A View from the Industry:
The First Licensed RPG Supplements
The Other Workshop
Map: Golden Age Land Grants
The Baron & The Stars
The Paranoia Pair
The Chicago Nexus
What Could Have Been: FASA Licensed Supplements
Map: Far Frontiers Classic Adventures
Map: Reaver’s Deep Classic Adventures
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