tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post8790086938650331426..comments2024-03-09T19:23:22.482-03:00Comments on The RPGPundit: Traveller Campaign: Things Get Crazy in the Culture ExtremesRPGPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-70825692805700538452015-03-24T13:43:49.326-04:002015-03-24T13:43:49.326-04:00Firefly's hardly a perfect match for Traveller...Firefly's hardly a perfect match for Traveller's 3I, but it's closer to the way many people played Traveller (Spinward Marches or other "Frontier" sector) than any other TV series has been.<br /><br />Firefly as privately operated free traders, a combination of low and high technologies in the same place, eclectic crews with unlikely back stories, a powerful central authority, Nobles and a lot of semi-independent worlds with "big fish in their little pond" type leaders. And a major factor in one one episode was clearly inspired by Traveller's "Social Standing" statistic.<br /><br />Starhunter was another such show, as was Cowboy Bebop.hdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16748671444451280112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-70419300915705911072015-03-24T13:43:24.522-04:002015-03-24T13:43:24.522-04:00Firefly's hardly a perfect match for Traveller...Firefly's hardly a perfect match for Traveller's 3I, but it's closer to the way many people played Traveller (Spinward Marches or other "Frontier" sector) than any other TV series has been.<br /><br />Firefly as privately operated free traders, a combination of low and high technologies in the same place, eclectic crews with unlikely back stories, a powerful central authority, Nobles and a lot of semi-independent worlds with "big fish in their little pond" type leaders. And a major factor in one one episode was clearly inspired by Traveller's "Social Standing" statistic.<br /><br />Starhunter was another such show, as was Cowboy Bebop.hdanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16748671444451280112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-11181030591680969782015-03-16T00:21:35.519-03:002015-03-16T00:21:35.519-03:00I do think Traveller is awesome, and I never actua...I do think Traveller is awesome, and I never actually liked Firefly; I think it was vastly over-hyped by its fans and in no way lives up to that hype. However, I do think it is very similar to Traveller in terms of setting/context.RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-81674141918924313982015-03-15T13:59:25.325-03:002015-03-15T13:59:25.325-03:00They're nothing alike. Firefly sucks; Travell...They're nothing alike. Firefly sucks; Traveller is awesome.Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-69758974490486141732015-03-15T08:07:38.337-03:002015-03-15T08:07:38.337-03:00''having played Traveller, I don't rea...''having played Traveller, I don't really get how people say Firefly is all that similar to it".<br /><br />I reckon it was the ubiquity in original Traveller of good ole slug throwers, I mean six shooters, as the weapon of choice instead of some kind a fancy new-fangled ray gun.<br />Socrates_Is_Mortalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979487483897210762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-60654409793335768212015-03-15T08:04:50.751-03:002015-03-15T08:04:50.751-03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Socrates_Is_Mortalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979487483897210762noreply@blogger.com