The Ken in question is Ken Burnside, not Ken Whitman, who presumably knows that his name is dirt around Traveller fans generally.
Mr. Burnside's bio is as follows from the site:
"Ken is an Origins-award winning game designer (Attack Vector: Tactical) and twice a finalist. His designs range from teeeeny tiny RPGs all the way up to 3D space combat boardgames. His non-fiction has won the Jovian award, and been a Hugo Finalist.
He works as a freelance writer and editor in the wilds of Wisconsin, and is the principal and founder of Ad Astra Games. Previously, he's worked for Steve Jackson Games and Amarillo Design Bureau, and he writes science fact articles and science fiction stories.
He has published over four dozen products, and more than 2,000 articles in the last seven years."
On Monday, February 12, 2018, 10:48:59 AM EST, Another Carpenter [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
If we're talking Ken Whitman, I have been good and properly poisoned towards anything his hands get near.
On Feb 11, 2018 05:05, "rjperks [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
A bunch of new traveller ship minis are on sale on Ebay. Noble Knight
are selling them. So 3 new aslan ships, 2 zho and the Imperial Sloan,
Atlantic HC and the Skimish light carrier. There is also a new gazelle
escort. These are the new minis being developed by Ken for the Traveller
Squadron Strike kickstarter project, and now seem to be available to the
general public. One downside, the minis don't seem to have been issued
to the various kickstarter backers yet.
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Mr. Burnside's bio is as follows from the site:
"Ken is an Origins-award winning game designer (Attack Vector: Tactical) and twice a finalist. His designs range from teeeeny tiny RPGs all the way up to 3D space combat boardgames. His non-fiction has won the Jovian award, and been a Hugo Finalist.
He works as a freelance writer and editor in the wilds of Wisconsin, and is the principal and founder of Ad Astra Games. Previously, he's worked for Steve Jackson Games and Amarillo Design Bureau, and he writes science fact articles and science fiction stories.
He has published over four dozen products, and more than 2,000 articles in the last seven years."
On Monday, February 12, 2018, 10:48:59 AM EST, Another Carpenter [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
If we're talking Ken Whitman, I have been good and properly poisoned towards anything his hands get near.
On Feb 11, 2018 05:05, "rjperks [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
A bunch of new traveller ship minis are on sale on Ebay. Noble Knight
are selling them. So 3 new aslan ships, 2 zho and the Imperial Sloan,
Atlantic HC and the Skimish light carrier. There is also a new gazelle
escort. These are the new minis being developed by Ken for the Traveller
Squadron Strike kickstarter project, and now seem to be available to the
general public. One downside, the minis don't seem to have been issued
to the various kickstarter backers yet.
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