Hi Jim.

> My intuition of Classic Traveller was that Social Standing ended up, like Charisma in (A)D&D, being a bit of a dump stat, but that as the game has matured, Social Standing (and Charisma in D&DXe) have become increasingly important. It may be the case that as the average age of players has increased, our style of play has changed. It's become less about combat and more about story.

This is keenly observed.

Thanks,

David
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"In my 'teens . . . I decided that what I really wanted to do was write; I wasn't quite sure what, but I was going to write something.  About the same time, I became aware of science fiction, such as it was then, mostly H.G. Wells, and fantasy, Bram Stoker, H. Rider Haggard, and then I began reading newer science (more or less) fiction -- Burroughs, Merritt, Ralph Milne Farley, Ray Cummings, _et_al_.  This was the Neolithic, or Hugo Gernsback Period of science fiction, and by this time I was a real 200-proof fan." - H. Beam Piper, "Double: Bill Symposium" interview