It's yet 2025 yet and I've already started to make good on two resolutions for the new year: to post more (though not exclusively) about Traveller and to draw attention to other RPG blogs whose content I like. Today, I've decided to combine them by highlighting Robert Pearce's superb Yet Another Traveller Blog. Though it's not updated regularly, what sets YATB apart from other blogs devoted to Traveller is its focus on providing lots of incredibly useful resources for play, particularly deckplans. I made regular use of these maps when I was refereeing my Riphaeus Sector campaign years ago.Among the most useful resources on the blog are its two collections of starship geomorphs. The first of these was released more than four years ago and is available as a free PDF and as a hardcover print-on-demand book through DriveThruRPG. The second was only just recently released and is currently only available as a free PDF. This second set of geomorphs was "specifically designed to recreate the feel of the smaller, classic Traveller starship designs," whereas those in the original collection are more eclectic and include plenty of geomorphs for larger vessels.
Both collections of geomorphs are excellent. I urge anyone with an interest in Traveller, particularly referees of Traveller, to take a look at them.
Just thinking on your post about Traveller's brilliant graphic design.
ReplyDeleteMy immediate thought in glancing at this cover was that there must have been a Traveller supplement I had missed.
So effective, and iconic, is the design.
Thanks for the heads-up. I didn't even realize there was a second set now. Fell out of the habit of checking that blog for updates.
ReplyDeleteThinking back, what really hooked me on Traveller was Supplement 7: Traders & Gunboats. The deckplans were great, especially coupled with the black and white illustrations of the ships. The diagrams of hatches, with the silhouette of an armed crew member. The idea of a couple system defense boats on patrol.
ReplyDeleteIt fired-up my imagination, and still does, to this day.
I will definitely be getting the Geomorphs!
I really love these starship geomorphs. I'm a hopeless sucker for starship deckplans in general. Admittedly, with these, my eyes glaze over after the scores and then hundreds of pages* of slight variations on the same module, but it makes me feel _good_ to have them available. Just in case, y'know?
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