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| The Encyclopaedia of Dagudashaag (front cover) |
Signal-GK was a long running Traveller Zine from the UK which, amongst other things, explored the Dagudashaag sector of space. It was packed full of interesting plot ideas and lore that a Traveller Referee could draw upon. As a disclaimer, I do have one very short article in one of the Signal-GK issues and I did work on the aborted project to regress the sector back to Milieu Zero.
A few years ago, Jae Campbell (who published Signal-GK) and several others turned all the zines into two fantastic PDFs; one was for everyone to use, and the other was a referee's supplement. These are distributed and available for free. You can find more details here including links to download both files on the Argushiigi Admegulasha Bilanidin (aka Traveller Wiki, Imperial Encyclopaedia).
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| A chunky volume |
I decided that I wanted a hardcopy to use and reference, so started setting up a project on Lulu. I hacked the two files together, and built a cover up using the basic templates and Affinity Designer to create the PDF. The end result is a 432-page standard colour hardcover.
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| The back cover |
Overall, it looks good in print. I did end up using standard colour because although the majority of the book is black and white, colour is used in maps and as accents.
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| Page example with subsector map in colour |
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| The 'Secret' Referee's section. |
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| Some more examples with art. |
I've ordered Jae a copy of this now it's worked out. He's kindly given me permission to print additional copies so long as they are not done for profit (ie they remain a free product except for the manufacturing costs). I suspect a few of my Traveller friends may be interested in this. At the moment, a copy for the UK costs around £30 including print and delivery. For me this was £30 well spent.
21 December 2024
that looks quite pretty, now I wonder if I should do something similar just to have it in the shelf (I don't really see me running a game in the sector anytime soon)
ReplyDeletePretty much the same for me in the sense that there's areas I'd go before this, but I really wanted to do the material justice. I've got it set up on Lulu now so if you do want a copy I can confirm shipping etc. At the moment, an at cost print plus cheapest delivery is £29.49 to UK. Not looked at the USA or elsewhere at the moment, but it's easily doable.
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