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At other sites you can also find some useful pdfs. I’ll try to list the most useful ones here. Please help me with this list!

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• Argonaut Adventure by: Nick Jenkins
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• Peter’s Software Projects
• Into the Neutral Zone
• Mercator (Trading Adventures in the Ancient World)
• Starship Geomorphs (for deckplans)
• Fire with Fire ( Charles E. Gannon )
• On Basilisk Station ( David Weber )
• Encyclopedia of Dagudashaag (Sector Sourcebook)

13 thoughts on “Free pdf-files”

The Intercept 3.3 link is a bit old. Linking to the Intercept downloads would be better as I always keep that updated to any new versions etc. https://vectormovement.wordpress.com/downloads/

Fixed that.

Wish there was some more ways to find striker books-IDK if there are any pdfs out there, but if there are, it would be helpful. Basic Traveller books too. I arrived about 35 years late to the game…. 🙁

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Could you please link my free Traveller software (Explanator and more):

https://peterssoftwareprojects.wordpress.com/category/traveller/

the traveller wiki is not a useful place? not deserving of a link?

The Traveller wiki already has a link at the front page. This page is mostly pointing to pdf-files.

Traveller TIMES (fanzine) Don’s Traveller Page (errata and other stuff)

These two links are dead and gone. I’d really like to find a complete set of the Tidewater/Traveller TIMES issues.

Ok, removed from list.

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of DSL Ironworks’ Bastards of Foreven Fleet books? The author died in 2017 and I think he stopped selling them on DriveThru RPG when Mongoose pulled the Foreven Free license. I can’t find them anywhere. I’ll pay!

The only DSL Ironworks’ stuff I can find are on DriveThruRPG .

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A look at the Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022

When I first read about Mongoose Publishing releasing a rather expensive update to their Traveller 2nd Edition core rulebook I expected a cash grab. Over the years I have often criticised Mongoose for over-priced products with questionable quality. Especially the editing was often bad to non-existent. But I have to admit that their second edition of Traveller products were actually an improvement. I really liked the modernized layout and higher production values, even though some of the artwork was really, really bad.

Another reason why I haven’t bought anything in a while from Mongoose was their treatment of third party publishers during the transition from 1st Edition to 2nd Edition of their Traveller line. This combined with the questionable quality of their products lead to me avoiding them for quite some time.

Even after all this I was still slightly intrigued when the new corebook was announced. The improved layout looked like a good start and the fact that this corebook included starship generation rules made me think that just maybe Mongoose had learned a lesson. Eventually I made up my mind and ordered a print copy from Mongoose Publishing directly. Why? Because it’s the best deal available. You get the hardcover book plus the PDF for £45 plus shipping, which is totally fine.

After ordering I expected to get access to the PDF at once, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. My PayPal transaction was still on hold, so I reached out to Mongoose. Interestingly enough, you have to email Mongoose’s owner Matthew Sprange directly and to my surprise he responded pretty quickly and immediately made the PDF available to me. That is actually pretty good customer support especially if you consider that at this point I haven’t even paid the guy. The transaction was still on hold until they were ready to ship the hardcover book a few days later.

To my surprise the book came directly from Studio2Publishing in the US which Mongoose obviously cooperates with. The about 260-paged hardcover book is well bound and looks a lot better than the original 2E corebook from a few years ago. I’ve included a couple images from the book below.

Content-wise not that much has changed from the older version of the rules with the big exception being that they included starship generation this time. I assume that all the errata has been included but – to be honest – I haven’t actually checked yet. At a first glance bad editing doesn’t seem to be an issue this time. There are still a few pieces of art that don’t look that great but overall the quality is in my opinion much better.

One thing which might put off old-school Traveller fans is that everything looks modernized – gone is the retro-SF charm older editions of Traveller had. Personally I don’t mind. At this moment I am much more interested in using Traveller to springboard my own ideas than using it for a traditional Third Imperium game. Given my recent track record I guess I won’t get any game off the ground, but that’s another matter…

Would I recommend anyone getting this book? That depends. If you already own their last core rulebook and are happy with it, there’s not much reason to get the new one. Sure, the art is nicer and the layout is more readable, but overall the mechanics are the same. The addition of the starship creation rules is a nice tough, but at this point most Traveller fans probably already own a copy of High Guard anyway.

If you are new to Traveller, I highly recommend getting this book. It contains everything you need to start playing and it’s a clear improvement over their older rulebooks. Everything else from the 2E line should also be still fully compatible although I guess in the future they’ll eventually update a couple of other books as well.

To my total surprise I really like what Mongoose did with this new book and I wish they had done so from the start. I am still a bit cautious because of their track record, but overall I am looking forward to where things are going. Even though I have a few ideas for campaign settings I am still tempted to check out their new line of 2300AD products, which got a similar update as well.

By the way, alongside with the new core rules Mongoose recently released Traveller: Explorer’s Edition for $1 (or your local equivalent). This PDF (there will be a printed version for £15 later this year) contains all the rules needed to play plus sector generations. I think they also didn’t include all the careers so it’s no full replacement for the core rules, but it’s great if you want to get your feet wet.

I really wish Mongoose Publishing all the best with this new line of products and hope that they’ll not repeat some of the mistakes of the past. It would be a welcome change being able to wholeheartedly recommend their products in the future. The Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022 is a great start!

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Thanks for the review. I’ve been debating whether to get this since I already have the 2e book and (as you suspected) the High Guard book. I have to admit I was put off by the fact that they didn’t freely offer this as at least a digital update to those of us who already had the pdf. But I know now that I don’t need it, so there’s that.

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Mongoose Traveller 2E & Pirates of Drinax

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• Monday 31 May 2021

1. MONGOOSE TRAVELLER 2E

(Where books with the same title exist for both First and Second Edition, this offer presented the 2E version.)

There were three titles in this Mongoose Traveller 2E offer’s Player Collection (retail value $100) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including the complete Mongoose Traveller Second Edition Starter Set (comprising the MgT2 rules and The Fall of Tinath campaign ); the versatile Traveller Companion rules expansion; and the Central Supply Catalogue 2E .

2. TRAVELLER PIRATES OF DRINAX

Spinward of the Imperial capital, the Trojan Reach is a border sector of 460 stars with a total population of about 600 billion in nine sophont groups. A gaggle of small independent states, with just a few worlds each, separate the Third Imperium from the Aslan Hierate. The Tlaiowaha Subsector, now dominated by the Aslan, was once ruled by the Kingdom of Drinax, named for its throneworld (Trojan Reach 2223). A recent disastrous war with the Hierate shattered the Kingdom and left Drinax blasted and lifeless.

In The Pirates of Drinax King Oleb XVI of Drinax entrusts the Travellers with a letter of marque, permitting them to prey on ‘illegal’ trade within his vanished kingdom. The King hopes this privateering will give him leverage to restore Drinax to glory and win back all the planets lost over the last two centuries.

But the King’s plans are just the starting point for The Pirates of Drinax campaign. Once the Travellers have their letter of marque and ship, their path is up to them. Will they stay loyal to their patron and help restore Drinax? Will they turn rogue and create their own kingdom? Will they be heroes or monsters, pirates or privateers? At all points the choice is up to the Travellers. The Trojan Reach is their sandbox.

( Note: All the titles in this Pirates of Drinax offer require the Mongoose Traveller rulebook. )

There were four titles in this offer’s Starter Collection (retail value $100), including the three-volume, 595-page The Pirates of Drinax campaign set itself (a $50 value!) along with three Reach Adventures that complement the main campaign: Marooned on Marduk , Theories of Everything , and The Calixcuel Incident .

Ten percent of each payment (after gateway fees) went to these two Traveller offers’ pandemic-related charity, Direct Relief . Direct Relief gets protective gear and critical care medications to health workers, with emergency deliveries to medical facilities across the US and to regional response agencies across the world.

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Designed for Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition, this selection of 11 robots and drones ranges from a basic TL 9 quad-roter drone up to a TL16+ self-aware killing machine that visits battlefields across the Imperial fringe to test itself in combat.

Other robots include armed drones, a police robot, a starship maintenance bot, and several more.

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