Loren Wiseman

Loren K. Wiseman was one of the founders of GDW, Inc., and was employed by that company for over 20 years as a designer and developer, working on Traveller, Twilight: 2000, 2300 AD, Space: 1889 and other games. He is presently a freelance writer and game designer, and also works as GURPS Traveller Line Manager and Editor of the on-line Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society. for SJ Games.

The single PDF offered through e23 is the first of many he intends to produce.

e23 has 9 items by this publisher:

The 20-ton launch is among the smallest general utility craft in common use, manufactured in many configurations throughout known space. This publication deals with nine common variants (including an armed version - the 20-ton gig). The vehicle's low price and simple construction make it a very popular . . . [read more]

The ship's boat is a small vessel ordinarily carried to perform odd jobs and minor operations for a larger ship or deep space installation. This book contains five variants on the same basic design, and includes deckplans (scaled at 1/2" = 1.5 meters) and game ratings for Classic Traveller, MegaTraveller . . . [read more]

The slow boat is a development of the 30-ton ship's boat, optimized for use in an atmosphere and in interface operations with space stations, highports, and orbital installations of various sorts. The slow boat derives its name from the fact that it incorporates a smaller maneuver drive in order to carry . . . [read more]

The 40-ton pinnace is a common utility craft found in most systems throughout charted space, manufactured by a variety of companies in numerous configurations. Practically any shipyard can undertake modifications to the basic pinnace and the individual variants are almost without number. This book contains . . . [read more]

The 40-ton slow pinnace derives its name from the fact that it incorporates a smaller maneuver drive in order to carry more passengers and/or cargo. The trade-off design is cheaper and easier to maintain than the ordinary pinnace, which makes it popular with less technologically advanced systems . . . [read more]

Author: Loren K. Wiseman Page Count: 44 pages Product Demo Subsidized liners are common in the more settled areas of charted space, where there is a constant demand for passenger traffic and the spaceways are relatively safe. This book contains four variants on the same basic design, and includes deckplans . . . [read more]

Before private aircraft, the private railroad car was the ultimate emblem of status, prestige, and power. They enabled business magnates, movie stars, and the wealthy and well-connected to avoid rubbing elbows with the hoi polloi while traveling. The first example is based on a car built for a railroad . . . [read more]

Thermopolia (singular: thermopolium) were bars serving hot drinks and snacks) were common in the Roman world. This floor plan is based on the thermopolium of Asellina, the best-preserved bar in Pompeii, and a larger establishment in the villa of Julia Felix. Both were preserved when they were covered . . . [read more]

This represents a small hotel in a small town near a railroad or riverside in the first decades of the 20th Century. This floorplan is suitable for pulp adventures, Call of Cthulhu scenarios, and any other RPG or miniatures game set in the first four decades of the 20th Century. It might be used by any . . . [read more]