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The last issue carried the announcements about GDW closing, and
the rights reverting to the designers. It also brought a series of
complaints (on email) about repeating things people have already
read. So, here is my polley: this is a newsletter, and it goes to
everybody, whether they have internet access or not. If something is
announced electronically, I will repeat the announcement here. I try,
however, to cover all news and to get other news items and
announcements.
Contents Announcements
Pages 4-8 carry announcements posted electronically. To sum up,
Chairsophont Letter •••.•• 2 for those not on the HIWG electronic mailing list: Marc Miller and
May Progress Report • . . • • • . 3 Traveller went to a start-up named IMPERIUM GAMES. The new
version, titled "Marc Miller's Traveller" was released at GenCon.
JTAS Submissions •••••.••• 4 Hardcover copies will be shipped to fill pre-ordersl orders starting
ImperiurnGames Announcement. 5 August 30 (a month late).
They have a list of planned releases running through December. A
Gold Rush Garnes • . . • • • • • • . 6 new JTAS seeks submissions. Other things are happening.
HIWG Thoughts • • . • • . • • . . . 7
Related Titles
GenConReports . • • • • . • . 8-10
GDWs titles permitted cross-breeding of ideas. It is noteworthy that
Errata for T4 ••..•••• 11-12 Twilight 2000, Dark Conspiracy, and 2300 AD have gone to
TANTALUS GAMES. Marc is a contact for this company. TANTALUS
has announced no plans, perhaps because Marc is busy.
With Marc involved, future cross-breeding is possible.
The MPGN company has opened mailing lists for these games.
TANTALUS is open to fan exchange of materials, as long as a
disclaimer is included. (This is the least TANTALUS must do.
Copyright law holds that permitting distribution without a rights notice
concedes loss of ownership rights. That is how formica became a
common place word rather than a brand name.)
What.to Do
HIWG exists to exchange ideas supporting Traveller. On the next
page, chairsophont Harold Hale advocates supporting the new
Traveller by buying products and running convention events.
To contribute to Traveller (which is what many want to do),
Traveller's Chronicle, JTAS, and Gold Rush Games are looking for
submissions. The last, the newbie, could be the joker in the deck. All
seek primarily adventures rather than background materials.
ChairsophontLetter
From: HDHale business elsewhere. Once Chronicle, a fanzine, or even
<tape on> merchants figure out that having distribution through the Internet,
This summer finds Traveller fans Traveller in their stores generates including the Traveller Mailing List.
anxiously awaiting another release business, they'll make sure they The idea here is to increase the
of Traveller, this time without the put it on their shelves. base of players of the game by
GDW name attached to its 2) Add a person to your Traveller increasing awareness of it. I think
production. While some of you may Gaming Group (or start a new one). that our organization is uniquely
have concerns about what This can also include convincing qualified to be ambassadors for
Imperium Games has in store for your Shadowrun, Star Wars, etc. Traveller, and it is time we did so
Traveller, take some comfort in the group to try a few Traveller locally, as well as globally amongst
fact that former Traveller writers sessions as a change of .pace. ourselves.
Tim Brown and Lester Smith are Hopefully they'll be convinced to If I don't see you at Origins or
among those who have been add it as an additional game your Gen Con, have a great summer (or
assembled for its production. Also group plays on a regular basis. winter for our friends south of the
be reassured that I have heard 3) Run a Traveller scenario at a Equator).
some very positive things about local gaming convention. I have -Harold D. Hale
Imperium Games new version of done this, and I have found it to be
Traveller, which appears to use a a rewarding experience, especially P.S. There. I gave my speech and
system of game mechanics which when some guy new to the game not once did I resort to any
is loosely based upon all the decides that he likes it so much, he shameless plugs of my work in
previous incarnations, not just the wants to go out and get his own Traveller Chronicle #10, entitled
stuff in the "little black books". I copy. Children of Earth: The Solomani
plan on purchasing a copy myself, Rim In the New Era. I didn't even
and I am sure many of you will as _____________ mention that Traveller Chronicle is
well. Not everything that counts available from Sword of the Knight
So what of HIWG in the "new" Publications, or that Sword of the
, New Era? That depends upon you, can be counted, and not Knight can be contacted at: 2820
the members of HIWG. Yes, some everything that can be Sunset Lane #116, Henderson, KY
of us may have some problems counted counts. 42420-2084 in the good old U.S.A.
with what has been done in and that you can phone them at
previous versions of the game, but --Albert Einstein 502-826-1218, nor did I
as I see it, Traveller needs our mention that future issues of
help, now more than ever. It needs Traveller Chronicle will feature
to be re-established as the premier 4) Start a Traveller Internet site, additional Children of Earth
RPG of science-fiction, something or develop a Web page for an material. Good thing, or I would
that it was known as for many existing site. have also had to mention Sword of
years. That means promoting the If you don't have Internet access the Knighfs Web site, located at
game whenever and however you (or even a computer), you can still http://eeyore.lv-hrc.nevada.edu/
can to the best of your abilities. start up a fanzine, a Traveller -indy/traveller.html where you can
Some of us will be doing that by discussion group, or Traveller fan download for free a copy of the
giving Imperium Games our club at your local hobby store or Solomani Rim In the New Era
creative input in how we think the community recreation center. sector map. Whewl glad I didn't
game can be improved, and will be 5) Create new Traveller material, bring that up....
attending national gaming and distribute it. If you have <tape off>
conventions, but there are things something intelligent to add to the
you can do locally as well: Traveller universe (in whatever
1) Buy new Traveller products. If era), somebody else is bound to
your local game store doesn't carry want to read it. This can' include
them, ask them to start. If they getting published by Imperium
won't, take all your gaming Games, but also Traveller
Digest Group
Digest Group's main Traveller Traveller Comics
activity is selling old material from ~ A company called Maximilian
its inventory. There has been no Press ha,s distributed a comic for
word on the earlier proposal to the Traveller line. I have not seen
re-release their old MegaTraveller any copies in Colorado, and the
material on a hypertext CD-ROM company's name didn't ring any
disk. bells with store employees or me. If
Instead. Digest is working on its it doesn't distribute better. it will
MacroCosm role-playing system. soon be a collector's item.
The first game is slated to be A.a..
which was announced a while ago
but not recently. A science fiction Seeker
game, using the same rules, is one Seeker sold all of its inventory to
of the planned expansions. Digest Group Publications. It is not
Roger Sanger still runs Digest. producting anything (as far as I can
determine).