Traveller / Cepheus Engine?

2 years ago by roflo1 to c/community_meta

One game I’ve recently adopted is Traveller, but I haven’t found a lemmy community yet.

I’m trying to decide if it’s worth creating a community but I’m no expert and I don’t think I’d be able to contribute more than a couple of posts.

Sure, I’ll probably have several questions no doubt, but would there be anyone to answer them?

Anyone here would be interested?

Alternatively, is it worth creating a potential “ghost town” community?

Update: Alas, I ended up creating !scifi@ttrpg.network instead.

eerongal 5 points 2 years ago

Might be worth starting in c/RPG with basic questions, and if they end up drumming up a lot of conversation maybe a community is warranted? I know traveller has been around a long time, but I don't ever hear too much about it so I'd guess the community for it is pretty niche

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adarza 3 points 2 years ago

i had an original box set when i was a kid. it was still a new game then. haven't touched it in at least (ahem. damn, they pile on fast) 40 years.

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roflo1 2 points 2 years ago

It’s… weird. There seems to be a lot of people who play it, but you’re right: we don’t hear much about it.

There’s a Discord server (not a fan of Discord myself, I get lost easily) with tons of users (and many publishers) very much active. Even r/Traveller has decent traffic (but r/cepheusengine not so much). There’s a relatively active T5 community at MeWe as well.

Maybe most players are happy to use Discord. Aaaand maybe I should be asking over there if there would be people interested.

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acockworkorange 3 points 2 years ago

Not sure I’d be able to contribute all that much to Traveller. But perhaps expand your horizons a bit and create a c/SciFiRPG community?

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roflo1 2 points 2 years ago

That thought has crossed my mind. At first I thought it might be too broad, but now I'm thinking otherwise.

Maybe Lemmy isn't as big (yet) as I initially thought.

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acockworkorange 2 points 2 years ago

I’ll tell you, the RPG groups on lemmy tend to be very fantasy focused. It would be awesome to have a space for sci-fi. I’ll be glad to help you nurture it.

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roflo1 2 points 2 years ago

Great! I'm taking you up on your offer.

Wecome to !scifi@ttrpg.network

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