Now that TravCon 2010 has been and gone, do you fancy a weekend dedicated to tabletop RPGs, hosted in a hotel in a historic Garrison Jail? At the moment, there’s only one game of Traveller planned, run by BITS’ own Dom Mooney, but there are plenty of other interesting and fun games ranging from trendy indie through to old skool. The convention is called Furnace, and is in Sheffield on the 9th and 10th October 2010.

More details can be found here including a provisional programme for the games being run. There are limited numbers of spaces remaining.

The video here gives some feedback from the 2009 event if you want a taster.

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A message from Andy Lilly:

My personal condolences and deepest sympathies go out to Peter Darton, whose wife Claire Darton passed away totally unexpectedly just a few days ago. Claire and Peter were both enthusiastic gamers and convention attendees (most recently at TravCon10), as well as being good friends and long-time members of my weekly gaming group. Claire will be sadly missed by us all.

Our thoughts and sympathies also go out to the family and friends of gamer Chris Brecken who also unexpectedly passed away a couple of weeks ago.

Andy.

Marc Miller has made Classic Traveller’s Starter Edition available as a free download at DriveThruRPG.

The initial download is the main book only; check your account at DriveThruRPG or the receipt email for links to the Charts & Data book and the Adventures.

This is an ideal launchpad for a Traveller newbie to get a taster...

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