Final 'How-To Traveller' Video in the works

OK, so if you've finished up Season 5, the adventure I talk about in this coming video where the PCs had to explore an empty ship, it was a lot like the ship Naomi was on. All the controls were stripped to the barest level with some crappy computer and it was auto-piloting toward a planet with a nuke wired on board. The ship had a single turret that was auto-controlled and through sheer amazing luck I nailed the Traveller's engines as they docked, scored a crit, and blew out their engines (players watched the roll and my reaction was probably pretty obvious that I couldn't believe how well this worked). So the PCs were now trapped on board this flying nuke that had no controls or coms and they had to figure out how to steer and stop it before it hit the planet. The minute they got aboard I was all "You seen Season 5 with that janky ship Naomi is trapped on? It's just like that." Great game.

Back when I first started I'd an outline script, but the problem was that I'd "um" and "ah" so much or forget certain specific wordings that it drove me nuts, so I just decided to write it all out. Even then I go off script constantly because I either thought of something at the last minute or I missed half a slide because I'm trying not to just read it word-for-word. I have a little USB remote control I picked up for doing presentations back when conventions were a thing. It's in one of my hands. I've made a habit of switching hands periodically just so I'm not only gesturing with a single empty hand.

That's a true Traveller; using any and all available tech to get the job done!

Thanks for sharing the details of your setup. I am teaching online currently and what you show here is far more than I do to prepare online courses. And maybe even in-person courses. While I do have notes and slides, and instructions with screenshots for lab, I don't have a detailed word-for-word script from beginning to end. And certainly not one that is 100+ slides long! Even when I have a script for in-person teaching, I usually just use it as a guideline. An I certainly haven't memorized it. What you do is impressive AND it underscores the amount of work it takes to produce good content. I do have one question. How do you advance the PowerPoint? Is it on a timer? Or do you have a foot peddle (if those even exit for computer mice) or laser pointer/mouse hidden away to advance the slides?

Jeff Boggs

These are great. Binging on five seasons of The Expanse and way too many hours of Cyberpunk 2077 has me considering getting back into Traveller. These have been a great refresher.

Very happy to hear that you're enjoying it.

This Traveller series is why I finally signed up for your Patreon. Amazing work!

I'm slightly disappointed the production process doesn't involve illusion magic, but it's still pretty cool to see!

SonOfSofaman

Love seeing all the effort you put into this pal. The quality of your content is top notch. Loving the Valducan series!