History of the Traveller RPG Universe (OTU): part the first

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In which we witness Earth's First Contact with the Ziru Sirka, the opening moves of the Interstellar Wars, and the first inklings of the Riddle of the Ancients.
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The Traveller Universe is in the steady hands of Marc Miller at Far Future Enterprises www.farfuture.... The contributions of the late Loren Wiseman to the legendarium are of special import to the content discussed in this Chapter.
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@penguinpanda00 3 года назад

Excellent summary getting into traveller later than most left me with a feeling that I had to catch up this has been really useful

@michaelwatson5000 3 года назад

I always loved the “Deep History” of the Traveller universe. Like others, I am hoping for a Part Two to this video soon!

@fremdaobservanto1205 3 года назад

Fremda here, from Italy. I've been a regular RPG player for ten years now, mainly a Call of Cthulhu Game Master with non modern setting. I'm also a great lover of science fiction but, curiously, I've never played in a sci-fi setting other than a Hillfolk campaign on a futuristic Earth. Year ago I bought the core Traveller manual (Mongoose 2ed) and two adventures set in the Great Rift but I never used them. Now I decided to do it. I bought other supplements, studied the different books and I am expanding the official Islands in the Rift adventure. I'm very excited: my first role play adventure in the space! I will start it this week with two different groups. All this premise to say that while I deepened I discovered this channel and I am loving it. I find the Traveler videos very inspiring and I want to thank the CGA for his work. I hope to become a regular Traveler master, to join this fantastic community and to see new videos on the subject. Thank you, Critical Game Apologyst. You're helping me love this universe.

@mr.flibble3190 9 месяцев назад

I love the "first contact with...other humans" angle. We have met the enemy, and he is us.

@Rorr59 4 года назад

I first played Traveller at the Rec Center on Patch Barracks in the early 80's, we were a multi Service Post so we had a few Air Force, Navy and Marines on an Army post. Up til this point the only RPG I'd ever played was D&D, and while I still have a soft spot for D&D, Traveller was like a breath of air to a suffocating man. There were only about 3 people that had the little books (that was all there was at the time) out of a 14 person gaming group but they saw alot of use and I was immediately hooked. I'm now 60 years old and I still love Traveller, I have written several adventures, and a few campaigns for several gaming groups over the years as well as designing deck plans for many Ships, and not one minute of all the time it took to do these things would I consider a waste of time.I still prefer Mark Millers original 1st edition with a few mods (it's my World, and welcome to it!) to the GDW, D20, Mega Traveller, New Era stuff, though I haven't tried 5E or Mongoose yet, but I really miss the old JTAS books, they always had something new and useful in them. I thought for a long time that I was one of the few that knew about Traveller, it seems to get lost in all the other TTRPGs out there, nice to know it's still going strong. May you adventure in interesting times, and safe travels.

@NXProductions716 2 года назад

As an Airforce brat just across the channel I was playing D&D with Airmen at RAF Woodbridge. Miss those days.

@andybigwood5260 2 года назад

@@NXProductions716 Mongoose 2E has an extensive amount of new content, Pirates of Drinax and the Deepnight exploration campaign to name two.

@karlheilmann9172 Месяц назад

Years after this video was posted, I am seeing it still finds an audience enjoying and soaking in this information. I love the option for Referees to make their own mark in this game, but also have so much to draw on. It's an elegant system that is respected in the M2E version. I'm exposing others to it with a monthly game, now, and they're loving it!

@robertblank5206 3 года назад

This is a fantastic video! Wonderful introduction to a world I really hadn't ever heard anything about. Thanks for this. Been a fan for quite a while but only recently have I started checking out some of your older videos. I would love to see more of this kind of content in the future, deep dives into games I have yet to discover!

@sadmi-gonoises2247 Год назад

Thank you so much for these videos on Traveller! I have been a fan of the system and settung for a few years now, and you present the lore in a fantastic style! I am a deep, lore-loving person, and you make it all eminently approachable!

@shawnsears7590 2 года назад

This is awesome. I really wish you would continue this.

@The_CGA 2 года назад

My wife moving to a telework in the pandemic (and thus me sharing the house with her much more during the days) has ramped down on my ability to concentrate on outer spacey things- but I’m on new meds and generally enjoying a bubbling of my creativity, so there’s a chance-I really do love how encouraging folks are about seeing more installments of this

@spyman740 5 лет назад

Can’t wait to hear the rest!

@investigator8544 Год назад

I love this will you please do another one I am starting out with Traveller and love your approach feels very approachable and not overwhelming when I read the book. Thanks for this awesome video. 👨‍🚀

@chameleondream 5 лет назад

Excellent! Even inspite of the whole ancient astronaut thing. I guess it was the 70's afterall.

@bgmill70 5 лет назад

This is good stuff. I truly enjoy your Traveller related videos. Hands down awesomeness. Well Done CGA!!!!

@Antdevamp 5 лет назад

Those tours. "Bad Tours". Didn't know that type of tour even existed. I was excited by the Zhodani and Dewclaws....gotta try it one day. Most players I've met since 82' have no experience. I know, do it yourself! Man, it's a big list! Pathfinder, Eclipse Phase, some Gurps Yrth....

@ericmallory3050 3 года назад

Can't find a part two (yet) hopefully you can do one, and link together via playlist, and note in video description... I am very much interested in the early years of solomani expansion, and Traveller, but haven't found much material... This would be a GREAT intro for players and referees wanting to use that time frame...

@ernestbrown9660 5 лет назад

Awesome job on the video! I just sent it to the players in my campaign.

@markkernow 5 лет назад

Great to see you coming back to this game with a new vid. I guess for you it feels like you've never been away, but we need more Traveller advocation!

@Pownurvids 4 года назад

This is an amazing video, will the next part be out soon? I'm starting my traveller campaign at some point in the future nad it would be great to finally understand the full history!

@railfansteam7716 10 месяцев назад

What happened to the Next Chapter?

@KuyVonBraun 5 лет назад

This is great, your craftsmanship skillz have definitely been improving in recent times, though you’ve always told a good yarn. I’ve only recently got into Traveller in a serious way, though I have played a couple of sessions years ago in a friend’s home brew game. For some reason I always thought default Traveller was more of an epic in the Dune vein rather than Firefly-esque space western, so I’m pleasantly surprised. For such a simple game (mechanically) you definitely get a lot of umph per session. I’m looking forward to future instalments

@basilforth 3 года назад

Are there more videos in this series? I thought I saw a reference to a follow-up video on Traveller history?

@joeltarnabene5026 2 года назад

You really should make a continuation of these old Traveller videos. This one, the "whistlestop tour" and the "why traveller leads the pack.." are a really good introduction to new players, and they seem to have garnered you a lot of views. Why did you stop? Edit: Nevermind, saw your reply to the last comment here. Hope you are doing better, would love to see more of this if you can find the time/energy.

@The_CGA 7 месяцев назад

There have been some life changes, but I am getting back around to it…slowly

@bugleboy624 4 года назад

My group plays this once a month and most of the group has never played this game. Getting this background history is very helpful. Is the next part of this coming out soon?

@oldgringo2001 4 года назад

The Ziru Sirka was inspired by the Gordon R. Dickson novel *Wolfling*, which I read when it was serialized in *Analog* in the 1960s. Earth humans discover they live on the edge of a vast empire of various human races. And it also has something very much like light sabers.

@Melw44 3 года назад

Just found you channel and am enjoying the traveller content. This was a very interesting video. Was there a part two?

@The_CGA 3 года назад

There isn’t yet; yours is a frequent inquiry. There are several reasons for this, all of which will be overcome in their time. The foremost reason is that projects of this nature demand a prelude of research and writing, leading into voice-over work, all of which require a kind of concentration I am unable to achieve in the situation the pandemic has found me in. Thankfully, a vaccine is on the way, and with it a bit more time for those steps. The last year has been marked by an effort merely to keep up and prevent the algorithm from burying my channel in the sands of time altogether. Cheers and welcome. In the meantime, The “whistle-stop tour of the traveller universe” video has a similar focus on setting, a bit clunkier and long in the tooth, but might satisfy the same tastes that this video does.

@skellan9702 5 лет назад

Yay, traveller stories 😁

@johnzorklunn4854 3 года назад

I really enjoyed the History of the Traveller RPG OTU part 1. Was part 2 "The nuking of earth." ever produced?

@The_CGA 3 года назад

It is, like so many things, waiting for the CoronaPocalypse to subside. There is a lot of research and refining of the scripts which I find I do not have the concentration available for as I have been keeping close quarters with my family 7 days a week. I really do appreciate these calls to return to it, however. It is a point of light seeing how much people have taken a shine to this video and I want future parts to live up to and exceed the quality and moxie that makes part 1 successful.

@johnzorklunn4854 3 года назад

@@The_CGA Thank you for getting back to me. I look forward to part two.

@bedeodempsey5007 3 года назад

By the 6%, are you talking about the reference to Captain Mal and Serenity's hold full of cattle?

@rommdan2716 Год назад

The Vilani always striked me as Space Incas

@The_CGA Год назад

Visually, linguistically, somewhat in how much food infrastructure is foundational to their form of government. But the Incas are considerably less chauvinistic and orthodox on their worst day than the Vilani at their best-

@Jforbino Год назад

Just found this, any plans for more of it?

@RedHand17 3 месяца назад

Is there a part 2? Tracker lore videos are hard to find

@davewilson13 2 года назад

Great video!

@It762 3 месяца назад

Cool video! So, is there a 2nd part?

@r1n8k 2 года назад

Do you think there will ever be a part 2 to this video?

@The_CGA 2 года назад

I am hopeful! I'm getting back into making videos outside the house as my photography work has made a camera a part of my daily inventory, and moving SD cards around back and forth to the computer. I have/had mostly stopped making videos as I no longer had a space to do voice-overs. (the home office is now in use most days for my partner's work)

@r1n8k 2 года назад

@@The_CGA fingers crossed you get a chance to get back into it. I've started a new group to play traveller with and your videos have been a great jumping off point and are some of the best produced videos discussing traveller.

@SangsungMeansToCome Год назад

We have met the Enemy, and He is Us.

@MrTsukurou 4 года назад

Is there going to be a : part the second? I have been away from traveller for the greater part of a decade, and I am trying to get back into it but have forgotten all of the lore. This "cliff-notes" style video has been very helpful!

@seanhillman1016 5 лет назад

Excellent history. Traveller satisfies that corner of the SF fans / creators that are okay with the sands of time moving in eons instead of minutes. Within the context of the full history, there are hundreds of "Star Wars" moments. Which may explain some folks love of he Old Republic. And I think the space-trucker / debt-runner trope emulates or showcases a mindset that mankind is at their most noble when free to move about the universe without the long arm of the government to interfere. And all the shenanigans that happen when empire builders and fringe dwelling entrepreneurs collide.

@JosephKeenanisme 5 лет назад

That's the thing with Trav. It didn't have a setting for the most part. But you could take the other books and stuff from the BBS forums and apply them as you saw fit in your own campaign.

@danielmcgillis270 3 года назад

I am really looking forward to the opportunity to either play in a Traveller campaign or run one. I live in the Sacramento area of CA, and now that things are becoming post COVID19 I am trying to find players. I would rather run a game IRL but I think online is likely to be the only way to get something up and running.

@TheJDough1 2 месяца назад

Is there a part the second?

@swaghauler8334 5 лет назад

I would love to see Marc release more Traveller adventures. Mega Traveller was kind of screwed up mechanically compared to Traveller. Traveller The New Era was a cool system that was based on Twilight 2000 V2.2's D20 (roll under) but the setting was VERY wonky. I mean, VAMPIRE SHIPS? By the way, thanks for sharing this history on RU-vid. While I have read it many times in my youth, the younger players in my group won't take the time to ACTUALLY read the Traveller history. Have you ever read about or even heard of "The Great Game" that the GDW devs played to get the "history" for 2300 AD?

@The_CGA 5 лет назад

I’ve heard (of) it and the various brags about it. I have not seen anything out of it like photos or maps, nor seen much in official 2300 products that showed the kind of detail that that scale of game would have created if it was closely recorded. I wonder if those records exist somewhere.

@swaghauler8334 5 лет назад

@@The_CGA Apparently (according to comments made by Frank to members of the Twilight2000 forum before he died) Frank, Marc, and the guys at GDW established a set of loose rules involving die rolls and mods and THEN set about resolving a number of imagined conflicts and technological advancements by rolling dice to see who would be the winner of a given competition or conflict. China, the US, Europe, Russia, Japan, Great Britain, and Brazil were the primary focus but India, Mexico, Canada, and Israel also played parts in "The Great Game." The legend is that "The Great Game" took on a "life of its own" and spawned the original Traveller2300 (later called 2300AD) setting. The original goal of the "Great Game" was not really to create a new game but to get to a point in history where Twilight2000 players could "transition" to the Traveller universe. However, once they got the "Great Game" rolling, the concept for Traveller2300 began to "gel" (stutterwarp, very low-tech spacecraft, and a Twilight War in space) and they decided to go with the idea using some rules ideas that they wanted to explore. It kind of reminds me of the "mini-game" of character creation in Traveller and MegaTraveller. This is probably the most famous instance of a "randomly generated history" being used to develop the premise for a new game. This was unheard of in the 1980s.

@Number01 4 года назад

Where's part 2?

@allones3078 Месяц назад

Hi... i did the full story of the interstellar wars and it can be done just saying.

@The_CGA Месяц назад

@@allones3078 cool This archetype of lore video is hard for my brand, i try to keep a focus on how a legendarium resonates with IRL history and human experience, or focusing on a legendarium as a place with stories and at-tabletop situations yet to be discovered. So my approach and motivations are a little different than the more straight ahead lorechannel type videos. The history of the wars beyond the first and second was just…too much “history” and not enough “game setting” in the scripts I tried, especially as i preferred to relate the ISW era to the third imperium setting at the core of Traveller.

@JosephKeenanisme 3 года назад

I don't think a lot of the current kids (30s and under) grasp the idea of a tool kit system where you pick and choose what you want to use and discard the rest. Traveller, GURPS, and to some extent Savage Worlds (generic but more cinematic) are such systems.... all the D&D stuff tends to be prepackaged settings where you don't need to create, prune, or do anything other than buy product. That's more of an old school thing, making a homebrew setting, modification of a few different purchased or established settings. One of the things about Trav is that you could as much or little of cannon as you want at a home game but go to a con and still know the setting..... would be like living in Hong Kong but visiting Houston.

@TheJDough1 2 месяца назад

What does OTU mean?

@gofilmyourself7919 3 года назад

Did you not make a part two?

@The_CGA 3 года назад

Many people ask this question; you will see in their replies that the answer is that I have been keeping close quarters with my family during the core-own-ah pocalypse and can’t focus adequately on the research and aesthetics necessary to do a part 2 justice. Eventually people will go back to working in offices, eventually it will be safe to take my son to enrichment activities outside the house

@noahegler9131 4 года назад

When are you going to finish this series?!

@The_CGA 4 года назад

“Sometime” The CoronaPocalypse has severely effected my workflow as my wife has taken over my office for working from home and my son took 12 weeks off from grandparents’ days

@cliffordbates 2 года назад

Where is part 2?

@tomkelly00 Год назад

Part 2?

@The_CGA Год назад

One day, perhaps. When the pandemic hit, I lost all my free time for videos as our home life changed, and have yet to win it back.

@EHill-bt1rp 6 месяцев назад

Gahhh where's "part the second?"

@brianhoff141 7 месяцев назад

I have Space Or by fansaty unlimit. I would like to to play as the first imerial an beat earth and conqust it.

@DarkShroom 2 года назад

haha star wars is not scifi, it's "space fantasy".... cmon... you just mean this is a nuts and bolty geeky sci fi, i imagine you might like the battletech universe and star trek more than star wars. well u got my attention anyway, you love the traveller universe, i get the impression it has this scope, i was just watching the foundation tv series which i think is unierated, it's got that old school like thing where it's BIG

@ahd_suomynona3065 4 года назад

I am related to loren wiseman he is my great uncle

@johnmichaelcule8423 2 года назад

Traveller is set in the 1970s. Sorry to say it. What's more it's America in the 1970s. What's more it's American science fiction in ANALOG in the 1970s. And the idea that the human race and human culture can continue untransformed for so many centuries just breaks the suspension of disbelief in lots of people.

@The_CGA 2 года назад

This is an ongoing exploration, the plausibility of psychohistory slowing down cultural drift-at the present moment a humanity cast Amber, or near enough, seems more congruous than ever as social media Soma/mind control/cheaply purchased opinions & votes seems like a plausible reality The specific sci-fi bedrock is, as you say, hopelessly remote, and the pretense that “Traveller is SciFi” should be dropped altogether for “Traveller is an interstellar cassette futurism “cinematic universe.” Traveller is Traveller-like Shadowrun is Shadowrun and VtM is VtM-a singular creature. Not really clear at which point you started typing this comment or what bearing it has on the overall topic-an infotainment lore video, same as historyTube…this sort of narrative in-world storytelling gets the view retention and satisfies people’s thirst to step through a looking-glass by clicking a video on their phone. So that’s what I’m doing

@alexanderk1206 4 года назад

Moar Loar plzzz!

@brianhoff141 7 месяцев назад

Stop being amti woke/ Tran people are people also/.

@The_CGA 7 месяцев назад

Edit: I mentioned “transhumanism” in the Ray Kerzweil sense of the word, people subliming (on a culture/worldwide level) into digital forms, transferring their consciousness into a jellyfish, etc. This sort of thing is eons away from reality, but in any case in the science fiction I’ve read, Iain Banks cultureverse, it comes off as a form of self-expression and self-modification, a liberty that is innate to personhood. Which is just about how I feel regarding Trans folks in the present day-you do you and become your (new) self. Within the realm of RPG legendaria, and creating a setting that’s accessible and easy to imagine and follow in the mind’s eye, (which is useful for accessibility and staying power of games and settings)…there can be such a thing as “too much of a good thing,” which is what I meant here. As a creative choice, it may behoove us as GMs to select settings with more in common with our present Human Condition

@brianhoff141 7 месяцев назад

Mega traveler wasd the worst traveler ghame m,ake.