2010
Do you Tweet?
Tuesday 30 March 2010 Filed in: BITS News
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http://twitter.com/bits_traveller
TravCon 2010
Tuesday 30 March 2010 Filed in: BITS
News|
Conventions
Travcon 2010 went well and we’ll post reports
soon. Suffice it to say that great fun was had by all
in a little corner of Sawtry.
If you went to the con, why not share your photos with our Flickr Group? http://www.flickr.com/groups/1420819@N22/
A Convention so good it had its own beer brewed by BITS very own Derrick Jones and his local brewery!
If you went to the con, why not share your photos with our Flickr Group? http://www.flickr.com/groups/1420819@N22/
A Convention so good it had its own beer brewed by BITS very own Derrick Jones and his local brewery!
Comments
Monday 01 March 2010 Filed in: BITS News
Due to the forthcoming short notice discontinuation
of the commenting service on Haloscan and the
introduction of a new paid for service as the only
alternative, I am temporarily shutting down the
comments service on the site. They will return with
the forthcoming update to Rapidweaver (the software
that the site is maintained with) which will
introduce another free-to-use alternative.
Thanks for you patience.
Dom
BITS Webmaster
PS Yes, I know that using WordPress would resolve the problem, but at this time I have limited time to maintain the website so it isn’t an option.
Dom
BITS Webmaster
PS Yes, I know that using WordPress would resolve the problem, but at this time I have limited time to maintain the website so it isn’t an option.
Traveller at SABRE 2010 with Stir Fried Prawns (March)
Sunday 21 February 2010 Filed in: Conventions
On Saturday 13th March, Richard Talbot, one of our
Scottish Demo GM's will be running a District 9
inspired Mongoose Traveller scenario at SABRE 2010.
Richard ran a
game of Traveller
at
last years SABRE.
SABRE 2010 is a mini con hosted by the St Andrews University Wargaming Society and includes RPG's, CCG and wargaming content. Very friendly con!
More info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=249183591226
The scenario data is below and sign ups will be on the day.
Traveller: District 9: Stir Fried Prawns
GM: Richard Talbot
4-6 players with Pregens
After the excitement of the alien spaceship leaving Johannesburg the droll work of moving the aliens from District 9 to District 10 continues.
For Squad Omega of The First Reaction Battalion, the appointment of a new commander, the attachment of an alien contact specialist to the team and the odd behaviour of the Prawns is gonna make a boring shift just that little more exciting. Throw in reporters, Nigerian gangsters, three missing trucks of cat food and some bloody stiff upper lipped British diplomat this can only lead to disaster.
Check your guns, perfect your best Afrikaans accent and don't eat the seafood.
No knowledge of the film is required but might explain a lot.
SABRE 2010 is a mini con hosted by the St Andrews University Wargaming Society and includes RPG's, CCG and wargaming content. Very friendly con!
More info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=249183591226
The scenario data is below and sign ups will be on the day.
Traveller: District 9: Stir Fried Prawns
GM: Richard Talbot
4-6 players with Pregens
After the excitement of the alien spaceship leaving Johannesburg the droll work of moving the aliens from District 9 to District 10 continues.
For Squad Omega of The First Reaction Battalion, the appointment of a new commander, the attachment of an alien contact specialist to the team and the odd behaviour of the Prawns is gonna make a boring shift just that little more exciting. Throw in reporters, Nigerian gangsters, three missing trucks of cat food and some bloody stiff upper lipped British diplomat this can only lead to disaster.
Check your guns, perfect your best Afrikaans accent and don't eat the seafood.
No knowledge of the film is required but might explain a lot.
Traveller at Con-Quest: An Angel with a Halo (April)
Sunday 21 February 2010 Filed in: Conventions
Dave Elrick and Simon Bell are running
Traveller at Con-Quest in Derby:
HALO: The Road to Perdition
System - Traveller
Morning Slot, 10th April 2010
GM: Dave Elrick
The year is 2552. Earth is at war. The alien forces of the Covenant attacked the outer colonies a generation ago, and have been pushing humanity back ever since. The fortress world of Reach has fallen, and Earth itself is threatened by the fanatical aliens. Even humanity's greatest warriors, the genetically enhanced SPARTAN-II supersoldiers have been destroyed.
Still, there is hope. Humanity's technology is inferior to the Covenant in almost every respect, save the creation of artificially intelligences. Military AIs can outthink and outfight whole Covenant battlegrounds. The fight is not even close to even, but we have a chance.
You are part of the fightback. The world of Perdition was overrun by the Covenant two years ago, but a month ago, a subspace message was received. It was a Covenant transmission, redirected by someone on Perdition and translated into English.
Your team has been sent to find the source of the transmission and, if possible, regain control of Perdition.
A Traveller game for up to 6 players set in the HALO universe. (Halo is a trademark of Microsoft, ultimately, and all rights are reserved).
Angel’s Share Part 6: Storm Warning
System - Traveller
Morning Slot, 10th April 2010
GM: Simon Bell
"Quiet times require quiet missions and this one looked easy. Jumping into an interdicted system owned by your employers with two passengers and some cargo can only be easy, right? There's a storm coming and only the crew of the Angel’s Share can stop it...hopefully"
Join BITS for the continuing (and soon to be published) tales of the crew of the free trader Angel’s Share. A BITS/Dave Elrick scenario powered by Mongoose Traveller.
4-6 players, Duration: 4 Hours
HALO: The Road to Perdition
System - Traveller
Morning Slot, 10th April 2010
GM: Dave Elrick
The year is 2552. Earth is at war. The alien forces of the Covenant attacked the outer colonies a generation ago, and have been pushing humanity back ever since. The fortress world of Reach has fallen, and Earth itself is threatened by the fanatical aliens. Even humanity's greatest warriors, the genetically enhanced SPARTAN-II supersoldiers have been destroyed.
Still, there is hope. Humanity's technology is inferior to the Covenant in almost every respect, save the creation of artificially intelligences. Military AIs can outthink and outfight whole Covenant battlegrounds. The fight is not even close to even, but we have a chance.
You are part of the fightback. The world of Perdition was overrun by the Covenant two years ago, but a month ago, a subspace message was received. It was a Covenant transmission, redirected by someone on Perdition and translated into English.
Your team has been sent to find the source of the transmission and, if possible, regain control of Perdition.
A Traveller game for up to 6 players set in the HALO universe. (Halo is a trademark of Microsoft, ultimately, and all rights are reserved).
Angel’s Share Part 6: Storm Warning
System - Traveller
Morning Slot, 10th April 2010
GM: Simon Bell
"Quiet times require quiet missions and this one looked easy. Jumping into an interdicted system owned by your employers with two passengers and some cargo can only be easy, right? There's a storm coming and only the crew of the Angel’s Share can stop it...hopefully"
Join BITS for the continuing (and soon to be published) tales of the crew of the free trader Angel’s Share. A BITS/Dave Elrick scenario powered by Mongoose Traveller.
4-6 players, Duration: 4 Hours
Rebuilt...
Wednesday 03 February 2010 Filed in: BITS News
Just a quick note to mention that while most of the
gang were at Conception last weekend, I rebuilt the
website and did a complete upload. That appears to
have fixed the glitch (which related to downloading
files). Please let us know if you see any more
problems.
Update on Conception to follow soon.
Thanks for you patience,
Dom
Update on Conception to follow soon.
Thanks for you patience,
Dom