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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5721260" data-attributes="member: 82106">Eh, personally I think the two systems are fairly similar in that they're both basic linear skill systems. Traveller tends to produce more interesting characters and the mechanics are cleaner and simpler. I think you can do more with the basic background setting too, as it is rather open-ended. You can always do dark horror in space, and jumping in the Aldebaran system might not be that healthy....CoC IMHO has a really great premise, but as a GAME I never was that impressed. I always felt like the system was working against what you wanted to do story/narrative wise. The combat system actually is pretty annoying too, though you don't generally need to bother with it much, thankfully. The adventures are great, but also LONG in general. There are a couple fairly quick scenarios that came with the older boxed set, but they were pretty basic. Traveller you really had to make up your own adventures for, but they could be most anything, which was kind of nice. Personally I never really paid a lot of attention to the settings they laid out in the later books and supplements.</blockquote>