A podcast about the Traveller RPG, Cepheus Engine, and Traveller derivatives, produced by Super Adventure Friends Co.Send your praise, questions, and comments to SafcoMailbag@gmail.com
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In this episode Bob talks with Greg Caires. We discuss the recent Traveller sessions Greg ran at the North Texas RPG Con, Mongoose Traveller 2e, and various other things. Relevant Links: The Perpetual Traveller Facebook group Virtual Traveller Facebook group My Mongoose 2e character
We are happy to welcome Traveller creator, author of Agent of the Imperium, and science fiction reader Marc Miller and Dominick Santa Catterina, of the upcoming Dumarest: the RPG, to the show. In this episode we talk with Marc about his deep history as an SF reader, favorite books, and of course their influence on Traveller. This of course involved the Dumarest of Terra Saga, for which Dominick and associates at Burnt City Games are working on an RPG inspired by Classic Traveller. You can purchase many great Traveller-related products on Marc’s website, Far Future Enterprises. Our theme music,
In this episode we welcome back our friend Rob Eaglestone, to talk Traveller and especially the mysterious (to us) Galaxiad project/setting/whatever! You can find all Rob’s great Traveller publications on DriveThruRPG.
Agent of the Imperium – the authorized audio adaptation of Marc Miller‘s novel of the Traveller Universe – coming in 2026 from Greg Caires of Virtual Traveller and Perpetual Traveller and a team of talented sophonts!
This is the first of our new “format”, which you will hear about in the show. Essentially we are going to take about just 1-3 things in the Traveller/2d6 SF world, and our main topic for the foreseeable future will be a page by page Deep Dive into Classic Traveller, as put forth in the Traveller Facsimile Edition. In this show, we discuss: Dungeon Plunger with Matthew from Mongoose GURPS Talk podcast Signals from the Core podcast Tales from the Morrigan To Honor Grandfather Quick and Dirty Vehicle Combat for Classic Traveller Then we into the first our our Deep Dives into the Traveller Facsimi
We want to see your alien lifeforms! Have you created a cool alien creature for your 2s6 SF game? If so, email the details to us at safcomailbag@gmail.com. Edit: this is open until we have 15 participants. Please give as much detail as you wish. This can be for any version of Traveller or Cepheus Engine, but please tell us which you designed it for. Entries should be submitted either as an attached plain text or RTF document or simply in the body of the email. Entries should be suitable for all audiences. PG-13 at the most. Please avoid political commentary in your creature descriptions. No se
In this episode Bob talks with Traveller booster/evangelist/hero Greg Caires about the future of Traveller, the need for new players, what’s up with Mongoose, online Traveller play, and his new project, Perpetual Traveller! Edit! We were not sure about Mongoose having a Traveller “starter” set. Well, they do, and here is the link to their Traveller Starter Pack, which is a free PDF! In addition the Traveller Explorer’s Edition is only 99 cents for the PDF. Relevant Links: The Perpetual Traveller Facebook group Virtual Traveller Facebook group The music in this episode is Helios Deck, from the
In this episode, besides reading some X-boat transmissions and talking about some Imperial News, we talk a bit about some articles in the Classic Traveller: Out of the Box series from Chris Kubasik on his Tales to Astound blog. It’s no secret (since we talk about is constantly) what we use Classic Traveller in our campaign. Chris’s exploration of CT is one of the best on the web, and really got us thinking. Links: From Yet Another Traveller Blog by Robert Pearce, the Bonebreaker Class Vargr Salvage Vessel (1,000 ton) The new Pirates Book for Classic Traveller, from Mongoose Publishing Virtual
We’re back! In this episode Jeff and Bob do their best to explain their way out of the fact that it’s been nearly two years since they recorded together! Seriously, we thank all the listeners who have stuck with us. We love doing the podcast. We jump into some X-Boat Transmissions and hear from numerous listeners. Bob then corrects a rules mistake he made about blade throwing in Classic Traveller two years ago. It’s a great rule, and Bob throws in another Earl Dumarest example. We then to through some fun Traveller/Cepheus Engine-related Internet Finds, quickly discuss some Imperial News, and
Adam Kovac has been on the show before with Jeffrey Jones of RPG Ramblings to discuss their Scoundrels of Brixton projects for 2d6 SF RPGs. Adam has recently started his own publishing imprint called Boondock RPG Adventures and has published a couple of adventures for Cepheus Engine or other 2d6 SF games. In this episode we catch up with him and find out a bit more about his current projects. The music in this episode is Contagious Architectures, from the Speculative Machines podcast.
