Overview

Known in the gaming industry by their acronymic trademark BITS UK, this fan-owned game design company provided and continues to provide licensed product for the Traveller

Traveller (role-playing game)

Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, the first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and subsequent editions by various companies remaining in print to this day. The game was inspired from such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest saga series by...

 Role Playing Game.

They are licensed by Marc W. Miller

Marc W. Miller

Marc Miller is an award-winning wargame and role-playing game designer and author.-Career Beginnings:Marc Miller, along with Rich Banner and Frank Chadwick circa 1972, was a member of the Illinois State University Games Club. Banner engineered a grant which funded the printing of blank hex sheets...

 to use the Traveller

Traveller (role-playing game)

Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, the first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and subsequent editions by various companies remaining in print to this day. The game was inspired from such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest saga series by...

 setting and trademarks. They are also licensed by Jon Tuffley to use and adapt his Full Thrust

Full Thrust

Full Thrust is a science fiction strategy wargame written by Jon Tuffley and published by Ground Zero Games of England. It is usually played with miniature figurines representing imaginary starships, although cardboard chits representing the vessels can also be used...

 game engine.

They are also noted for their activities in support of all editions of the Traveller

Traveller (role-playing game)

Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, the first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and subsequent editions by various companies remaining in print to this day. The game was inspired from such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest saga series by...

  RPG in British and European gaming conventions. They are the organizers of the TravCon Traveller

Traveller (role-playing game)

Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, the first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and subsequent editions by various companies remaining in print to this day. The game was inspired from such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest saga series by...

 gaming convention.

Product Lines

BITS has several product lines:

• 101 Books -- a series of books usable with multiple editions of Traveller
  Traveller (role-playing game)
  Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, the first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and subsequent editions by various companies remaining in print to this day. The game was inspired from such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest saga series by...
  
   RPG. They are inspired by the Supplement 1: 1001 Characters and Supplement 6: 76 Patrons books by GDW and the 101 Vehicles and 101 Robots books by Digest Group Productions.

• Power Projection -- an adaptation of the Full Thrust game engine to the Traveller
  Traveller (role-playing game)
  Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, the first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and subsequent editions by various companies remaining in print to this day. The game was inspired from such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest saga series by...
  
   Setting.

• At Close Quarters -- an add-on board game and miniatures game for the Marc Miller's Traveller edition of Traveller
  Traveller (role-playing game)
  Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, the first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and subsequent editions by various companies remaining in print to this day. The game was inspired from such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest saga series by...
  
  .

• Software -- Bits acts as a releasing house for several authors Traveller
  Traveller (role-playing game)
  Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, the first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and subsequent editions by various companies remaining in print to this day. The game was inspired from such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest saga series by...
  
   support software, including Universe, InifiV, GURPS Traveller Shipyard and GURPS Traveller Bestiary.

• Informational Publications -- an illustrated Bibliography of the Traveller
  Traveller (role-playing game)
  Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, the first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and subsequent editions by various companies remaining in print to this day. The game was inspired from such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest saga series by...
  
   RPG, and an index of magazine articles for the Traveller
  Traveller (role-playing game)
  Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, the first published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and subsequent editions by various companies remaining in print to this day. The game was inspired from such classic science fiction stories as the Dumarest saga series by...
  
  game in a variety of media.

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