In trying to explain Traveller to the OSR discord I spent way too much time on this chart.

Short answer: support indie creators there’s awesome stuff in the Cepheus space. And this is the tip of the iceberg.

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@deinol
The flaw (well, one of them) in Traveller was the inability to improve characters after generating them. It was an odd thing to miss! Of course they corrected that later.

@Quasit

That’s not true! You can improve a skill after a year of game experience!

I actually think it’s an interesting feature rather than a bug. Advancement comes through improving your ship and gear.

@deinol
I had a friend who used to abuse the hell out of the Traveller character generation system.

He would try for IBIS (the Imperial Bureau of Internal Security) every time. The odds of getting it were miniscule, so if he failed he became a Belter. That generally meant guaranteed death before character generation was complete. So he'd just start over and try for IBIS again.

He ended up with an IBIS character every time! Eventually. 🤣

@Quasit pretty sure that’s an intended feature. Certainly plenty of people do that!