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Metal Corridors and Mutants: Revisiting Metamorphosis Alpha
A few days ago a package arrived in the mail, and like most gamers of a certain vintage I knew exactly what it was before I even opened it. Inside was the reprint of the classic Metamorphosis Alpha RPG. I had seen it for sale online recently and couldn’t resist picking up a copy. Of course, once it arrived I immediately started flipping through it. Reprints like this have a funny way of…
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The Black Monolith does not welcome visitors. Deep inside its gleaming shell, the Reclaimers reach the Grand Plaza Ruins — a vast, echoing chamber where vents howl like distant beasts and a thick black rad-mist drifts like living smoke. There, the tower’s ancient defense systems awaken: seven junk bots forged from centuries of scrap and broken code. A lightning-fast Charger. A brutal Bruiser with a crushing power fist. A hidden Sniper. And a repair drone that keeps bringing the dead machines back to life. The fight is long, vicious, and very nearly fatal. Sheik charges once again into the jaws of mechanical death. D’Can’Tr grows weaker with every passing hour under Cardunkle’s parasitic grip. And all the while, the Black Monolith itself seems to watch… and wait. Part Nine is now live on GammaTerra.org. Come see how deep into the needle they manage to climb. #MetamorphosisAlpha #DeathZiggurat #GammaTerra #TTRPG #SessionReport
Have you played METAMORPHOSIS ALPHA ?
By James M. Ward
A generation ship is lost, stranded in the middle of nowhere. The people on board gradually lose their technical proficiency. Now after thousands of years, humans and mutants roam small portions of the ship--the entirety of their known world--and try to survive and thrive in an environment that was never meant to last this long.
Have you played ?
Yes I have played it
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This THAC0 Thursday absolutely has to be dedicated to James M. Ward, whose recent passing surprised and saddened the RPG community. Among many accomplishments in the industry, James created Metamorphosis Alpha (the first published science fiction RPG) which was released from TSR in 1976. He wrote the game after urging Gary Gygax to make a sci-fi version of D&D, to which Gary replied "I don't have time, but why don't you do it?" Challenge accepted! He was also instrumental in the creation of Gamma World, which many think of as the planet-based Metamorphosis Alpha. James M. Ward: An RPG legend gone, an RPG legend remembered… on THAC0 Thursday!!
TSR Hobbies "Gateway to Adventure" catalog -- This version was included in TSR's boxed games ca 1980. Inside are many well-loved classics, some rarities, and probably the final appearance of many of their historical miniature wargame rules. The original D&D box set of 3 little books was still offered for sale, now in a white box marked "Original Collector's Edition," because it continued to sell and make TSR money even alongside Holmes' Basic set and the hardcover AD&D books. The last page teased an update to Metamorphosis Alpha to make it compatible with Gamma World (oddly listed in the "Miniature Rules" section), but that version never was published.
there are so many TTRPGs I want to try, but alas, I have no friends
Roleplaying seems like such a beautiful thing, but I'd never really had a chance. I can't connect with other people, I cant schedule, I can barely even go outside, and the very thought of using discord makes me sick.
Sometimes I read game manuals and imagine what is must be like.
Hey there, wanna check out the first...ish science fiction role-playing game? It's got wacky mutants, a giant derelict spaceship, and the kind of incomplete rules you just kinda had to deal with in 1976!
Let's make us a Metamorphosis Alpha character!
And because this is Tumblr, and I can post images and a video, here's some fun images from the video.
