About JTAS

updated 11/5/03

The Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society was first published in 1979 by GDW, Inc. to provide additional material (rules, variants, adventures, equipment, and background development) for Traveller and related products, and to keep Traveller fans informed on what was happening with the game.

The hardcopy version of JTAS ceased publication in 1985 and merged into GDW's magazine Challenge.

Now JTAS continues that same tradition onto the web, providing support for Traveller in all its forms and incarnations. We cover Classic Traveller, MegaTraveller, Traveller: the New Era, Traveller 4th edition, and GURPS Traveller. We'll keep you informed on what's happening, what's come out, and what's coming up for the premiere science fiction RPG. The online format also allows JTAS to offer an interactive forum for Traveller fans to discuss the game and keep it alive and growing.

JTAS is edited by Alain H. Dawson for Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. Loren Wiseman -- one of the original group at GDW that created the Traveller universe, and also the author of GURPS Traveller -- is the Senior Editor and frequently pens JTAS editorials and other articles. Jon F. Zeigler, erstwhile Acting Editor of JTAS, is now devoting his full energies to his GURPS Traveller Line Editor duties.

Fans interested in submitting an article for publication should read the JTAS: Writing for Us page, which contains detailed instructions. People interested in writing a GURPS Traveller book, as opposed to an article, should write to the Line Editor (after first having read our Author Solicitation Page, of course).

The Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises, and is used under license.

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