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The Art Behind
FTL:2448
Designers Notes
Tri Tac Games
The Art of FTL
Rich Tucholka
Artists
Doug Blanchard
Kathy Mandrink/Carter
Larry Dixon
Tom Dow
Kyle Miller
Scott Ruggels
Sandy Schreiber
Diana Harlan/Stein
Clifford ‘Gideon’ VanMeter
William Wardrop
FTL: Lost Races © 2001 Rich Tucholka and Tri Tac
Games No part of this Art or book may be repro-
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FTL:2448
It started in 1977 with the publication of Marc Miller’s Traveller and a group of Michi-
gan Gamers who wanted to Role Play in Space.
There was rumor of this new game and a copy was located in Lansing Michigan. I
made the journey and bought the boxed set. With dice and rules in hand I generated a
character and he died in training.
Then I generated another and he died in training.
Then I generated a Fleet Admiral and he died in training.
Slapping the book against the wall, I pondered and said I could do this. Bob Sadler
had just done an unpublished short story called ‘Star Heat’ and I considered this a pivotal
point. It was a good future, a time of exploration and humans heading into space in 2248.
An independent freighter crew. I picked up the ball and ran with it. Galaxy was born.
We play tested a couple years and had a great time. I changed Galaxy to FTL:2448
and drove several groups crazy as I refined the play, styled the universe, and finally crafted
the play mechanics. Somewhere during this I was sidetracked with a game design called
the Morrow Project.
With the passing of my association with Timeline, Tri Tac Inc published Fringeworthy
and then The ORIGINAL FTL. Nifty new game in a plastic binder. Color coded page sec-
tions. The distributors looked at it like it was a can of worms. ‘Where was the box?’ We
showed it at Origins and Bob Boyle of Greenfield grabbed a hundred. Then other noticed
and the game sold out in 3 months.
The second edition of FTL in 85 saw the expansion and addition of the bad guys, the
Hagonni. We realized that historically, FTL had a lot of resemblance to the years before
WWII and pushed into that direction. By this time FTL had a good following and a lot of
material was coming in along with suggestions and art.
By 1993 the 2 volume 3rd edition hit and was well received. We had planned to add
two more books with covers that continued the port picture. Unfortunately the advent of
collectable cards and the absorption of most of the industry by Wizards (the end of small
company Distribution) ended the era of small game companies.
Tri Tac Games nearly ended publication in 1997 but Richard Tucholka saw the
possibility of electronic publishing. By 1999 the technology was there and the new TRI
TAC GAMES began to produce books on CD.
Enjoy the history here.
TRITACGAMES.COM
1982
Plastic Binder
Color Coded
Pages
102 Pages
1985
Spiral Bind
150 Pages
1993 Edition
384 Pages
The cover was magnificent.!
1980’s Box
This design did not fly.

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