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In the October–November 1981 edition of White Dwarf, Andy Slack reviewed the Deluxe Traveller Edition, a compilation of the three original rules booklets, plus Book 0 - An Introduction to Traveller, and an adventure, "The Imperial Fringe". Slack thought this edition was better laid out, and "typos have been rectified."
Traveller Deluxe Edition [BOX SET: Books 0, 1-3, Adventure 0, map], by GDW (1981) The Traveller Book [Compiles books 1-3, plus parts of book 0], by GDW (1982) [2]: 165 The Traveller Adventure, by GDW (1983), A companion volume for The Traveller Book [2]: 165 Traveller Starter Edition by Marc W. Miller, GDW (1983) [3] ASIN B000EFBEMY [2]: 166
The Traveller Book is a hardcover book which includes most of the text from the Traveller second-edition basic rulebooks, as well as the more significant parts of Traveller Book 0, a large portion of Traveller Double Adventure 1, some of the entries from 76 Patrons, and information and library data for the universe.
In the December 1983 edition of White Dwarf (Issue #48), Andy Slack reviewed the Traveller Starter Edition, the fourth revision of the basic rules, and called it "still the best science fiction role-playing game on the market; it has an almost perfect balance between realism and playability." Slack's only complaint about this edition was the ...
GDW subsequently released a large number of expansions, modules, and adventures including the campaign book The Traveller Adventure, written by Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc W. Miller, and Loren Wiseman, with a cover by William H. Keith. It was designed to be a companion volume to the previously published The Traveller Book.
Although this new game, published in 1986, had no ties to Traveller, and used a completely different game system, GDW titled it Traveller: 2300. The game was published as a boxed set that contained: [2] 48-page Player Manual; 48-page Referee's Manual; 8-page Forms Book; 8-page Near Star List; 8-page introductory adventure, "The Tricolour's Shadow"
Andy Slack reviewed Deluxe Edition Traveller for White Dwarf #27, giving it an overall rating of 10 out of 10 for newcomers (but only a 4 for old hands), and stated that "the basics of characters, combat, ships, trade and worlds remain unchanged. While this edition provides more detail than the basic set, it doesn't supersede it."
The settings are colorful and well detailed and are entirely consistent with other adventures available from GDW. Both should be enjoyable challenges for Traveller players." [1] In his 1990 book The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games, game critic Rick Swan highly recommended this as one of the best Traveller publications. [4]