Is JTAS still going?

[GM Joe]

Originally Posted by Mike Wightman

email received today
FFE GURPS JTAS cd rom slated for a January release.

Very cool. Thanks for the heads up!

[Nikosandros]

Originally Posted by Mike Wightman

email received today
FFE GURPS JTAS cd rom slated for a January release.

Thanks for the information. Do you know if a download option will be offered or if a physical CD will be the only option?

[adm]

Based on everything else they sell, it will be a CD-ROM. Although Traveller 5E comes on a SD Card, so that might be an option. No downloads.

[AOTA]

Cool will have to get it.

[SteveS]

Originally Posted by Mike Wightman

email received today
FFE GURPS JTAS cd rom slated for a January release.

Excellent news! I look forward to browsing through years of good stuff.

[David L Pulver]

JTAS Online writers guidelines indicated that JTAS purchased all electronic rights but not print rights.

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by Mike Wightman

email received today
FFE GURPS JTAS cd rom slated for a January release.

Since I hadn't happened across this before, I thought I'd mention that FFE currently has two GURPS Traveller CDROMS available that contain all of the GURPS 3rd Edition Traveller books. The only thing missing is GURPS 4e Traveller: Interstellar Wars and the JTAS archive (which you mention will be out in January). They can be purchased for $35 each, and the second one includes all 6 Deck Plans in square and hex format. I haven't ordered these yet, but plan to once I have some funds.

If you go over to DriveTruRPG you can also pick up the Traveller5 Deck Plan set for free. This is a decent set of deck plans in reasonable quality PDF and various image formats. The one drawback is that they are square maps only, but being that they include good quality PNG files you can easily drop them into an image editor like Paint.net and drop a hex overlay on top of them for use in GURPS.

[ak_aramis]

Originally Posted by ericbsmith

Since I hadn't happened across this before, I thought I'd mention that FFE currently has two GURPS Traveller CDROMS available that contain all of the GURPS 3rd Edition Traveller books. The only thing missing is GURPS 4e Traveller: Interstellar Wars and the JTAS archive (which you mention will be out in January).

The Draft version Marc sent me includes the GTIW book.

[Centisteed]

Originally Posted by ak_aramis

The Draft version Marc sent me includes the GTIW book.

GURPS being sold on another site is really weird to see. Looks a bit expensive. I got the whole Traveller original on CDRom for just $35, whereas they broke into two CDs this time. Also, the Disc 1 & 2 don't seem to separate into what is on each of them. Every time I click on either one, it shows me the same PDF file.

I'm actually glad to own the hardback for GTIW (LorenVerse :)). It looks incredible & soft to the touch.

Btw, did Traveller 5 ever take off? Or did it become an oddity.

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by ak_aramis

The Draft version Marc sent me includes the GTIW book.

What's odd is that the Contents PDF does not include a cover photo for GTIW, but the text list does indeed have it. The text list, however, are reversed in the PDFs (that is, the Contents 1 PDF has cover images for the PDFs included on CDROM 1, but a text list for what's on CDROM 2, and vice-versa for the other one). I hadn't noticed that GTIW was in the text list, as I did was checking cover images to see if all of the books were included between the two CD-ROMs (and, indeed, they are).

Originally Posted by Centisteed

GURPS being sold on another site is really weird to see. Looks a bit expensive. I got the whole Traveller original on CDRom for just $35, whereas they broke into two CDs this time. Also, the Disc 1 & 2 don't seem to separate into what is on each of them. Every time I click on either one, it shows me the same PDF file.

Even at $70, it's still a pretty good deal. The first disk is probably a better deal, but the second disk has the deck plans which haven't been available digitally anywhere else.


Double-check the PDFs. The first line of books listed in the PDF is the same, because both CD-ROMs come with the GURPS Traveller core book and GM Screen, along with a couple other PDFs. The rest of the books are different. The links should be sending you to:

Contents CDROM GURPS Traveller 1.pdf
On Disk One (People. 157.9 MB):

1. Guide to GURPS Traveller*
2. GURPS Core Rules Lite*
3. GURPS Traveller Classic*
4. GURPS Traveller Screen*
5. GURPS Lone Star Room Plan*
6. GURPS Traveller Classic Humaniti
7. GURPS Traveller Classic Alien Races 1
8. GURPS Traveller Classic Alien Races 2
9. GURPS Traveller Classic Alien Races 3
10. GURPS Traveller Classic Alien Races 4
11. GURPS Traveller Classic Star Mercs
12. GURPS Traveller Classic Ground Forces
13. GURPS Traveller Classic Nobles
14. GURPS Traveller Classic Heroes 1 - Bounty Hunters
15. GURPS Traveller Psionics Institutes
16. GURPS Traveller Classic Sword Worlds
17. GURPS Traveller Classic Rim of Fire
18. GURPS Traveller Classic Behind the Claw
19. GURPS Traveller Flare Star
20. GURPS Traveller Classic Planetary Survey 1 - Kamsii
21. GURPS Traveller Classic Planetary Survey 2 - Denuli
22. GURPS Traveller Classic Planetary Survey 3 - Granicus
23. GURPS Traveller Classic Planetary Survey 4 - Glisten
24. GURPS Traveller Classic Planetary Survey 5 - Tobibak
25. GURPS Traveller Classic Planetary Survey 6 - Darkmoon
26. GURPS Best of the JTAS Volume 1*

Contents CDROM GURPS Traveller 2.pdf
On Disk Two (Starships. 478.4 MB):

1. Guide to GURPS Traveller*
2. GURPS Core Rules Lite*
3. GURPS Traveller Classic*
4. GURPS Traveller Screen*
5. GURPS Lone Star Room Plan*
6. GURPS Traveller Classic Starports
7. GURPS Traveller Classic Starships
8. GURPS Traveller Classic Modular Cutter
9. GURPS Traveller Classic Far Trader
10. GURPS Traveller Classic First In
11. Deck Plan 1 Beowulf Hex and Square
12. Deck Plan 2 Modular Cutter Hex and Square
13. Deck Plan 3 Marava Hex and Square
14. Deck Plan 4 Assault Hex and Square
15. Deck Plan 5 Scout Hex and Square
16. Deck Plan 6 Dragon Hex and Square
17. GURPS Traveller Interstellar Wars
18. GURPS Traveller Interstellar Wars Counter Sheets
19. GURPS Best of the JTAS Volume 1*