Our Classic Traveller campaign is poised to accomplish 20 sessions in 2026. For me as a GM, that is a very good year. As any adult gamer knows, things come up. People have to cancel for various reasons. For the last couple of years I’ve set my goals high. When we fail to achieve that goal, we have still played more than I’d have ever hoped for a few years ago. In our D&D game we’ll finish with about 17 or 18 sessions. I have been a busy gamemaster, but that’s how I like it.

From December 13 to the end of the year we’ll likely take a break from both campaigns. Holiday travel and whatnot will impede play. That will be a good chance for me to do a solid review of both campaigns, take notes, come up with ideas for 2027, and evaluate a lot. We are in the low 60 sessions in each game, and I’m finding it harder to remember everything that has happened, who the important NPCs are, loose ends I’ve possibly forgotten, etc. So I need to spend some time getting organized again.

One thing I need to get back to is really devoting more time to reading SF novels. It helps. Novels, more than movies, provide me with inspiration and ideas for Traveller. I’ll be retiring in early 2027, so I’ll have time to read, more time to write. Hell, I’ll have more time for everything. I’m looking forward to that.