He found that "The production of the book is generally good; spelling errors have been largely eliminated, while tables are concentrated on specific pages, leaving clean blocks of text broken only by some acceptable illustrations."

While he had some minor issues, he concluded by giving it a high rating of 9 out of 10, calling it "a work of quality by any standards.

"[3] In the November 1983 edition of Imagine, Jim Bambra gave a strong recommendation for The Traveller Book, the large book revision that had just been published, stating, "If you have never played Traveller and wish to start, now is a good time.

Watson also liked the placement of relevant charts and tables, calling the organization "a distincet improvement over the first edition rules."

He also liked the expanded equipment section, and "the new emphasis on encounters... the core events in any role-playing session."