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** The publishing format of the original ''Traveller'' also is the same as the original version of ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' - three pamphlet-sized booklets in a box, with no dice or extras. The three books in the two games even have similar names: Book One was ''Men & Magic'' in ''D&D'' and ''Characters & Combat'' in ''Traveller'', Book Two was ''Monsters & Treasure'' and ''Starships'', and Book Three was ''The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures'' or ''Worlds and Adventures''. D&D had a white box. ''Traveller's'' box was the same size, but was black.

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** The publishing format of the original ''Traveller'' also is the same as the original version of ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' - three pamphlet-sized booklets in a box, with no dice or extras. The three books in the two games even have similar names: Book One was ''Men & Magic'' in ''D&D'' and ''Characters & Combat'' in ''Traveller'', Book Two was ''Monsters & Treasure'' and ''Starships'', and Book Three was ''The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures'' or ''Worlds and Adventures''. D&D had a white box. ''Traveller's'' box was the same size, but was black.black.
* FranchiseOwnershipAcquisition: ''Traveller'' is a setting (even if it did nominally start out as a rule system) which has passed through the hands of a number of publishers, though technically this wasn't a matter of corporate acquisitions; see the main page for details. The result looks like a tangled history of acquisitions from the outside.
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* ArchivePanic: Between at least seven editions, official setting books and adventures, the ''Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society''/''Challenge'' Magazine, and many, many licensed third-party supplements, it's estimated that there are over ''two thousand'' officially published releases for Traveller. And this doesn't include fanzines and other unlicensed content.
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** The publishing format of the original ''Traveller'' also is the same as the original version of ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' - three pamphlet-sized booklets in a box, with no dice or extras. The three books in the two games even have similar names: Book One was''Men & Magic'' in ''D&D'' and ''Characters & Combat'' in ''Traveller'', Book Two was ''Monsters & Treasure'' and ''Starships'', and Book Three was ''The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures'' or ''Worlds and Adventures''. D&D had a white box. ''Traveller's'' box was the same size, but was black.

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** The publishing format of the original ''Traveller'' also is the same as the original version of ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' - three pamphlet-sized booklets in a box, with no dice or extras. The three books in the two games even have similar names: Book One was''Men was ''Men & Magic'' in ''D&D'' and ''Characters & Combat'' in ''Traveller'', Book Two was ''Monsters & Treasure'' and ''Starships'', and Book Three was ''The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures'' or ''Worlds and Adventures''. D&D had a white box. ''Traveller's'' box was the same size, but was black.
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** The publishing format of the original ''Traveller'' also is the same as the original version of ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' - three pamphlet-sized booklets in a box, with no dice or extras. The three books in the two games even have similar names - ''Men & Magic'' in ''D&D'' was ''Characters & Combat'' in ''Traveller'', ''Monsters & Treasure'' was ''Starships'', and ''The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures'' was ''Worlds and Adventures''. D&D had a white box. ''Traveller's'' box was the same size, but was black.

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** The publishing format of the original ''Traveller'' also is the same as the original version of ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' - three pamphlet-sized booklets in a box, with no dice or extras. The three books in the two games even have similar names - ''Men names: Book One was''Men & Magic'' in ''D&D'' was and ''Characters & Combat'' in ''Traveller'', Book Two was ''Monsters & Treasure'' was and ''Starships'', and Book Three was ''The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures'' was or ''Worlds and Adventures''. D&D had a white box. ''Traveller's'' box was the same size, but was black.
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** The publishing format of the original ''Traveller'' also is the same as the original version of ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' - three pamphlet-sized booklets in a box, with no dice or extras. The three books in the two games even have similar names - ''Men & Magic'' in ''D&D'' was ''Characters & Combat'' in ''Traveller'', ''Monsters & Treasure'' was '''Starships'', and ''The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures'' was ''Worlds and Adventures''. Whereas D&D had a white box, ''Traveller's'' box was black.

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** The publishing format of the original ''Traveller'' also is the same as the original version of ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' - three pamphlet-sized booklets in a box, with no dice or extras. The three books in the two games even have similar names - ''Men & Magic'' in ''D&D'' was ''Characters & Combat'' in ''Traveller'', ''Monsters & Treasure'' was '''Starships'', ''Starships'', and ''The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures'' was ''Worlds and Adventures''. Whereas D&D had a white box, box. ''Traveller's'' box was the same size, but was black.
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* ArchivePanic: Between at least seven editions, official setting books and adventures, the ''Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society''/''Challenge'' Magazine, and many, many licensed third-party supplements, it's estimated that there are over ''two thousand'' officially published releases for Traveller. And this doesn't include fanzines and other unlicensed content.

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* FollowTheLeader: Most of ''Traveller'''s roots are in the Science Fiction literature of the '60s and '70s, but its initial success might have something to do with it coming out right after ''Franchise/StarWars'' was released.

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Most of ''Traveller'''s roots are in the Science Fiction literature of the '60s and '70s, but its initial success might have something to do with it coming out right after ''Franchise/StarWars'' was released.released.
** The publishing format of the original ''Traveller'' also is the same as the original version of ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' - three pamphlet-sized booklets in a box, with no dice or extras. The three books in the two games even have similar names - ''Men & Magic'' in ''D&D'' was ''Characters & Combat'' in ''Traveller'', ''Monsters & Treasure'' was '''Starships'', and ''The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures'' was ''Worlds and Adventures''. Whereas D&D had a white box, ''Traveller's'' box was black.
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* FollowTheLeader: Most of ''Traveller'''s roots are in the Science Fiction literature of the '60s and '70s, but its initial success might have something to do with it coming out right after ''StarWars'' was released.

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* FollowTheLeader: Most of ''Traveller'''s roots are in the Science Fiction literature of the '60s and '70s, but its initial success might have something to do with it coming out right after ''StarWars'' ''Franchise/StarWars'' was released.
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* FollowTheLeader: Most of ''Traveller'''s roots are in the Science Fiction literature of the '60s and '70s, but its initial success might have something to do with it coming out right after ''StarWars'' was released.

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