Okay, I'll bite. If it is considered fair to answer this question, what is
the reason for the opinions on Ken Whitman? I've heard the name, but that's
all I know. If it's not considered fair to answer the question then don't.
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 3:50 PM, Harold Hale
[Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
the reason for the opinions on Ken Whitman? I've heard the name, but that's
all I know. If it's not considered fair to answer the question then don't.
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 3:50 PM, Harold Hale
[Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>