It's an aside, but:

Quote from: jeff37923;454950Problem is that it has been around in various incarnations for over 30 years, and has the accumulated urban myths to show for it. Just look up the claim that "Traveller is the game in which you can die during character generation."

That's not an urban myth. It's a fact in the LBBs (1977 or 1981). It's also a fact, though, that one can use an optional rule that a character is not dead but 'injured' and mustered out after a short term.

What is (using the term facetiously) an urban myth is that Classic Traveller has no experience system. It is apparently true that the Experience chapter (between Computers and Drugs in Book 2) was accidentally left out of Starter Traveller -- despite being listed in the table of contents. To judge from personal experience, I would bet that GDW was ready to send the missing material to anyone who requested it.

The default without Book 4 (and Instruction skill), though, may be close enough to "no experience system" for the tastes of RPG fans used to racking up bonuses at a rate more rapid than 2 permanent skill levels per 8 game years.

(For a game that really has no experience system, there's 1st ed. Metamorphosis Alpha.)

I hope that Paul Elliott's Zenobia will become available again. It's no skin off my posterior how many people like or dislike it, but I wish that when I mentioned my liking it they were able to get it and see for themselves!

I'd definitely say Over the Edge.

RPGPundit

Quote from: Phillip;454980I hope that Paul Elliott's Zenobia will become available again.

Zenobia's available in PDF here:
http://zozer.weebly.com/free-game-downloads.html