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And, frankly, as a Traveller fan at the time, although one on the other side of the world, I wasn't exactly champing at the bit for the Imperium to be blown up. Although, of course, I was grognard enough both to love the canon and be able to create my own universe, just like it was done in the 70s.
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Of course the market had shifted by then, so original grognard players like me weren't as important in terms of who Traveller needed to market itself to. It needed new people - the kind being attracted by other games on the market at the time.
>From memory, back then it was Cyberpunk and Battletech. And Star Frontiers, although I don't recall it being particularly popular in Australia.
Before Magic the Addiction, obviously.
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And, frankly, as a Traveller fan at the time, although one on the other side of the world, I wasn't exactly champing at the bit for the Imperium to be blown up. Although, of course, I was grognard enough both to love the canon and be able to create my own universe, just like it was done in the 70s.
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Of course the market had shifted by then, so original grognard players like me weren't as important in terms of who Traveller needed to market itself to. It needed new people - the kind being attracted by other games on the market at the time.
>From memory, back then it was Cyberpunk and Battletech. And Star Frontiers, although I don't recall it being particularly popular in Australia.
Before Magic the Addiction, obviously.