Thursday 4 July 2013

w00t!

I came home from work, today (this sounds like the opening verse to a blues song) and found a package waiting for me ...


Bleedin' 'eck! You can land a Scout Ship on this.


Two packets? Or a packet and a box ...


And in the packet - a set of dice, a Travellers' Aid Society membership card in the name of Dietrich hault-Rauln (one of my few characters - I tend to GM more than I get the opportunity to be a player), a Jump Drive and two Cr25 coins.


Close-up of the TAS card - this is a really cool prop.


And inside the box - Captain Jamison's Beard! What a monster!


Two inches thick - you could repel a pack of Vargr boarders with it! Whatta book!


Marc signed the book himself - he signed all two thousand copies that went out to Kickstarter supporters. No wonder it took some time to get them all out.


And a patent of nobility ... pour moi?


Dietrich gets his gong. Another cool prop!


My favourite T5 quote so far is:
My God - it's full of tables.

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  1. Congrats to The Reiter Dietrich on his ennoblement!

    That's a nice haul of stuffs.

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    1. Thank you. I'm very pleased with the stuffs - now to sit down and read the book.

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  2. Wow, your fiefdom is some planet! Very much like a 70's Earth. Probably about as hard to rule, too. :P

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    1. Hmmm, you're right. What I need is a small group of dedicated individuals to act as my agents - sorting out issues before they become problems ...

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  3. I want this even more. Wish I had been able to support the kickstarter but baby food and bills were more important at the time :(

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    1. Well, I think T5 is here for a while, Keith, so you won't miss out on that. The haul of stuffs is fun - and I imagine that the dice, for example, could easily become generally available - but in a few years, you might be able to play T5 with your little one, and that will be very cool. :)

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  4. My favourite planet! War-world. Congrats.

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    1. Eeek! I just read the write-up on the Traveller Wiki. Could be a short, but brilliant career as planetary noble.

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  5. That is an excellent set of swag!

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    1. I really wanted the book. At that level of support, the dice, coins and CD came along as well. I did upgrade the CD to the Jumpdrive.

      Some other folks who have done show and tell have, literally, blocks of dice!

      My wife likes the dice as they're easy to hold, and easy to read for us oldies ;)

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  6. Wow! that's some loot your have there, I'm just going to have to wait awhile before I can get a copy, in the mean time Congratulations

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    1. Thank you. Have just started to read it, and have decided to ignore the negative reviews. There will be things in it I will use as is, and things I won't, and things that may need tweeking for my game. I'm looking forward to playing with some of the new tools.

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