

In the 1116th year of the Imperium, Emperor Strephon was assassinated by a rival, and the Third Imperium split into several factions. One of these was the Rebellion, something GDW did to bring conflict and excitement to campaigns that had become dull and mundane. The game went through several editions over the years, and quite a few changes were incorporated along the way. Traveller rapidly became the standard against which other SF roleplaying games were judged, and influenced many other designs in many other genres. almost anything is possible.įirst published by Game Designers' Workshop in the summer of 1977, Traveller was one of the first science fiction roleplaying games (indeed, it was one of the first RPGs of any sort).

Political intrigues, trading schemes, mind-wrenching alien enigmas, mercenary raids, wars. Characters can be merchant princes, diplomats, soldiers, politicians, criminals. Locales can range from a crowded spaceport to a lonely frontier outpost. Adventures take place against the background of a vast, star-spanning empire, with a history dating back over a thousand years. The universe of Traveller is one of the most fully realized game settings ever created.
