Someone told you that Traveller is a cool SF TTRPG, and you heard that Classic Traveller (CT) is a good version of it. So, how do you start? This was a (relatively) brief guide that I wrote in August/September 2023, with some edits in December. This is a more permanent home for it than a PDF uploaded to various discords.

Contents

• Choosing a Core Book
• Additional Books and Supplements
  • Books
  • Supplements
  • Other
  • Conclusion
• A note about those letters
• Core Mechanics
• Character Generation
• What do players do?
  • The Ship
  • Patrons and NPCs
  • Travel
    • Implications for Bounty Hunting
  • Adventures
    • Piracy
• Getting a Sector
• Additional Resources

Choosing a Core Book

First of all, there are a few different versions to choose from: