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    Traveller Bundles on FG?

    Is there any chance of a Traveller Bundle in the FG store? I'm new to this Mongoose version and now noticing a lot of material, but way outside of my price range. Any suggestions on what would be a minimum purchase to get started?

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    I have a decent amount of T2 content but have never used it in a meaningful way for one reason or another. Mainly I suppose that I like supporting the efforts of community DLC content creators (i.e. the people who do the grunt work of manually entering the stuff so we can just grab it and get gaming).

    But you are correct IMO, in that the pricing seems way out of line on some of the DLC (perhaps I would think differently if I had the DLC and was actually using it in a regular game). Every company has it's own pricing methodology though and since we aren't (yet) in a socialist/communist dominated world, we have to appreciate the right of each company to charge for their work according to what they decide is a fair and reasonable price.

    The topic of some kind of a bundle comes up every 3-5 months or so. Despite that, as you can see, nothing has happened with respect to an actual bundle being added to the store over the past several years. I would imagine a bundle requires agreement/willingness from Smiteworks as well as the IP holder.

    With other product lines that have bundle options, I have heard that there needs to be a minimum number of DLC products in the store to qualify for a bundle; in the specific instance I recall (D&D Classics), this was set at 15+ DLC products. You can see that the T2 line is well above this threshold. So, perhaps that minimum count is wrong, or perhaps the number has changed, or perhaps something else such as unwillingness of one or both of the parties is at play.

    Given that many other product lines have bundle packages/pricing, some multiple different bundle options, I leave it to you to read between the lines.

    And of course, I could be completely wrong about all of this.
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    Minimum purchase to get started (IMO):

    Traveller 2e Ruleset
    https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store...GP40000TRVMG2E

    But I suspect if you look through the DLC you probably will get a lot of utility out of releases that add content that can be used in every game, such as:

    Central Supply Catalogue
    https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store...GP40003TRVMG2E

    Foreven Worlds: Creatures of Distant Worlds
    https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store...d=JBEFWCDWMGT2

    And I suppose, depending on your play style, you might want to grab a starter adventure to get things going, or at least look at the structure of an official adventure and how they set things up.

    Then again, remember my post above ( )... but the ruleset would be absolutely your bare minimum purchase to get started.
    "I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind."

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnD View Post
    Minimum purchase to get started (IMO):

    Traveller 2e Ruleset
    https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store...GP40000TRVMG2E

    But I suspect if you look through the DLC you probably will get a lot of utility out of releases that add content that can be used in every game, such as:

    Central Supply Catalogue
    https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store...GP40003TRVMG2E

    Foreven Worlds: Creatures of Distant Worlds
    https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store...d=JBEFWCDWMGT2

    And I suppose, depending on your play style, you might want to grab a starter adventure to get things going, or at least look at the structure of an official adventure and how they set things up.

    Then again, remember my post above ( )... but the ruleset would be absolutely your bare minimum purchase to get started.
    Thanks for the thoughtful replies JohnD. i will be looking at that basic ruleset as a starting point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nod View Post
    Thanks for the thoughtful replies JohnD. i will be looking at that basic ruleset as a starting point.
    There seems to be a big sale on right now, so you picked a good time to jump in!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnD View Post
    There seems to be a big sale on right now, so you picked a good time to jump in!
    Perfect timing! thanks for the heads-up. At least i can get that core book a bit cheaper.

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    Might be worth asking the head of Mongoose Publishing, Matthew Sprange, about a bundle if you can make the Fantasy Grounds Academy's symposium with him and Seth Skorkowsky today.

    https://discord.gg/ey6wvht5?event=920366123113930772

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