Another RPG bundle offer - Metamorphosis Alpha

A real vintage blast from the past, one of TSR's first RPGs after D&D - Metamorphosis Alpha, an adventure game set aboard a lost generation starship, which owes more than a little to Heinlein, The Starlost, etc.

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This RPG is now 45 years old and shows its age in things like relatively crude layout and illustrations, and a lot of dependence on random tables, even in the more recent supplements and adventures. I don't think I particularly want to run it as a system, but it's interesting as an example of where RPGs have come from, and might be useful as a source of ideas for other RPGs.

More phone fun

Forgot to say that I got the SIM for my mobile on Saturday, but it came with a temporary phone number, should get my old one back tomorrow once they've migrated it.

Which made it a bit annoying when I bought something on line today and PayPal insisted on extra verification. Three or four rounds of
"did you receive our text?"
"no"
"would you like to try another method of verification?"
"Yes"
"did you receive our text?"
before they offered an actual alternative method and called my land line. After that it was OK but it was annoying before I got to that point.