Dave N. wrote:
>>The argument has been made to GDW that so long as Traveller is black
books with colored stripes it would never grow to include new players,
but just keep appealing to the same aging cohort. Those who prefer the
black books counter-argue that you don't get new players with exciting
cover art, you get them by existing players recruiting in new ones. On
the other hand,
the tradition of SF novels indicates there is something to Boris Vallejo
covers.<<
As someone who played CT when it was the /only/ version of Traveller, I
have to say that I never liked the black books with colored stripes. My
first Traveller book was the BBB (big black book) which came with an
illustrated dust jacket. For those who never saw it, the cover featured
an armed crew exiting their starship through a docking arm like you'd
see at airports but the walls were transparent so you could see the
scene outside. The starport was on some airless moon and you could see a
planet in the distance. To me, that spoke "adventure." The LBB's didn't
"sell" the game to me. I always thought they were lame, but then again
so much of the early Traveller art was bad so maybe that was a good idea.
I liked the fact that later editions of Traveller had cover art. Yeah,
some of it wasn't so good but when it worked it was great.
\_/
DED
TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>>The argument has been made to GDW that so long as Traveller is black
books with colored stripes it would never grow to include new players,
but just keep appealing to the same aging cohort. Those who prefer the
black books counter-argue that you don't get new players with exciting
cover art, you get them by existing players recruiting in new ones. On
the other hand,
the tradition of SF novels indicates there is something to Boris Vallejo
covers.<<
As someone who played CT when it was the /only/ version of Traveller, I
have to say that I never liked the black books with colored stripes. My
first Traveller book was the BBB (big black book) which came with an
illustrated dust jacket. For those who never saw it, the cover featured
an armed crew exiting their starship through a docking arm like you'd
see at airports but the walls were transparent so you could see the
scene outside. The starport was on some airless moon and you could see a
planet in the distance. To me, that spoke "adventure." The LBB's didn't
"sell" the game to me. I always thought they were lame, but then again
so much of the early Traveller art was bad so maybe that was a good idea.
I liked the fact that later editions of Traveller had cover art. Yeah,
some of it wasn't so good but when it worked it was great.
\_/
DED
TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin