Traveller

Traveller is often noted to be the only RPG which holds an option for player characters to die while still being in development. Unfortunately, this is true. On the other hand, this option prevents PCs from growing too old when entering the game, since their abilities and skills advance with their age. However, the older they become, the more likely it is that their military careers lead right into death, of course.

Traveller was the first RPG which united the spacial SciFi background with a role playing rule set to a large extend. Although the rules themselves are kept extremely simple, the variety and richness of usable equipment, space ships and vehicles offered almost infinite possibilities for traveling space and exploring new and old worlds. Dozens of supplements and modules extend the basic rules and provide players with virtually any imanginable SciFi setting.