Traveller Illustrated

Jun 23 2013

T5

Mirco @ 18:47

Traveller 5

Finally the day arrived and today local customs (an about 60 km car drive away) handed over my gift from Marc Miller’s tremendous Traveller 5 Kickstarter Project.

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My package contained:

Two 25 Credit coins with Archduke Norris‘ face on one side.
Four more dice (black, yellow, white and red)
One patent of nobility card for my primary char Sir Tarlon Rhaan, stating a Knighthood on Gerim/Caledon/Reavers Deep, another entry on Gerim
One Travellers Aid Society Card for my primary char Tarlon Rhaan issued on Kiwhi//Antares
One Traveler 5 Core Rules CD-ROM
One JTAS CD-ROM (Option)
One 656 page hard cover Traveller 5 Core Rules book signed by Marc Miller

The coins feel like coins, not quite up to the heaviness of a 50 euro cent coin, but feeling consideraly more valuable than former GDR currency coins. The dice are heavy and portray a good quality look and feel.
The cards are nice, much like bonus cards from the local store. The CD-ROMs and Book are retail quality. All in all I’m happy with what I’ve got.

If you ever wondered how to pack 17 dice into a box designed for 16, this is how I packed my dice box.

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The Kickstarter Backer’s Deckplan Set

Update: 3rd Aril 2014

Yesterday the postman handed a large envelope from FFE over. My Traveller Deckplans have arrived. Yay! When Marc informed the KS-Backers that there is an option to upgrade to the full set, I did just that. Unfortunately I did it twice (no idea where I had my head that day).

So I wrote Marc a little note to tell him to pack in a few dice or coins or nobility cards at his discretion if he wanted to opt not to refund but to compensate by other means. So my latest packege contained:

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One full Traveller 5 Deckplan Set consisting of five ship plans plus a map of the spinward marches.
Three more dice. One red, one yellow plus one Christmas Edition white die.
One 25 Cr. coin with Archduke Norris head embossed on one side.
One Patent of Nobility Card for the title Knight of Deneb issued for 2801 MacDermont D200768-8. Nice.
One Patent of Nobility Card for the title Marquis MacDermont issued for 2801 MacDermont D200768-8, that same world in the Trojan Reach Sector (Gazulin Subsector). Very cool.
One Patent of Nobility Card for the title Knight of the Third Imperium issued for Spin 2715 Porozlo A867A74-B in the Spinward Marches Sector (Rhylanor Subsector), a high population world adjacent to Rhylanor itself. Cool.

Additioal Info

A PDF concerning Traveller Knighthood found on the web: http://www.traveller-tpp.com/PDFs/Knighthood.pdf‎ (Found on Traveller The Phoenix Project).

Other articles regarding Nobility in Traveller.

So I have spoken to a few friends old and new and I plan to host a Traveller 5 Campaign and will devellop this campaign here on this very page. Stay tuned…