Kosmos 68
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Chris Kubasik in his wonderful blog called Classic Traveller: Out of the Box ¸ has brought Traveller back to its beginnings¸ as a simple but flexible set of three ‘Little Black Books' that can be used to create stories in the sci-fi setting of your own imagination. This is how Traveller was first meant to be played¸ and I've spent several days doing just that¸ creating my own Traveller universe based on what is in those three rulebooks.
This setting has been inspired by many modern images of a Soviet space-future¸ and also to the look and feel of classic old-style Soviet movies like The Sky Beckons ( Nebo Zovyot ¸ 1959)¸ A Dream Come True ( Mechte Navstrechu ¸ 1963) and The Planet of Storms ( Planeta Bur ¸ 1962). All of these movies are currently available to view on You Tube (28-08-2019). Sure¸ many of the old Soviet sci-fi films are low-budget and were never considered classics (although both of Tarkovsky's movies Stalker and Solaris¸ are today recognized as definitive movie milestones). But it is the look of the movies¸ and the tone that KOSMOS 68 tries to emulate. KOSMOS 68 can be played with Classic Traveller (the LBBs) or The Traveller Book. Additional Traveller Supplements 1¸ 2¸ 4 and 6 might also be useful¸ these are: 1001 Characters ¸ Animal Encounters ¸ Citizens of the Imperium and 76 Patrons. You will find Zozer Games' solitaire book SOLO invaluable¸ too.