Hot Scoop from RPGPundit: Amber

RPGPundit · October 26, 2006, 01:51:11 AM

Over on my blog, Erick Wujcik has just commented that he is in negotiations with 4 gaming companies (2 large, 2 small) for the rights to publish Amber. Amber will live on, and you've heard it from the RPGPundit first!

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palehorse · October 26, 2006, 12:21:24 PM

Quote from: RPGPunditOver on my blog, Erick Wujcik has just commented that he is in negotiations with 4 gaming companies (2 large, 2 small) for the rights to publish Amber. Amber will live on, and you've heard it from the RPGPundit first!

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Now that is some good news!

Mr. Analytical · October 26, 2006, 01:32:58 PM

Publish as in re-print or publish as in PUBLISH?

ColonelHardisson · October 26, 2006, 01:49:30 PM

I hope they retain some of the art from the original game books. The illustrations of the Trump pictures of the Amberites are the best depictions of those characters I've seen.

Also, the first Amber book, at least, was well-made. You could lay it flat and it wouldn't close on its own. Very nice.

RPGPundit · October 26, 2006, 04:41:24 PM

Erick will have to clear those questions up himself when he feels ready to, but I would bet he's going after the same thing he wanted with GoO, as in a publishing of a new edition.

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joewolz · October 26, 2006, 06:03:22 PM

I'd be happy with the new edition. I've neither read nor played Amber, and I have no desire to hunt it down. I'd most likely pick up a new edition.

Imperator · October 27, 2006, 07:02:44 AM

Cool. I've never played the game, but when I read the corebook I quite liked it

I have yet to read the novels, though.

Sosthenes · October 27, 2006, 07:30:22 AM

They should definitely get the illustrator for Avalanche Press to do a picture featuring Fiona. Or Flora. Or both.

Bagpuss · October 27, 2006, 07:55:09 AM

I'ld defiantly be interested in a new edition.

RPGPundit · October 27, 2006, 10:46:49 AM

Quote from: SosthenesThey should definitely get the illustrator for Avalanche Press to do a picture featuring Fiona. Or Flora. Or both.

Ugh.

Well, maybe Flora.

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RPGPundit · October 27, 2006, 10:50:15 AM

Quote from: joewolzI'd be happy with the new edition. I've neither read nor played Amber, and I have no desire to hunt it down. I'd most likely pick up a new edition.

More fool you.

Go, pick up a copy now. Its an utterly brilliant book that could change the way you game forever.

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SunBoy · October 27, 2006, 08:22:38 PM

Just two words: whoo-hoo.
On second thoughts, though, I can't say the idea of a new edition displeases me, but I'd rather have it faithful and mostly unchanged from the original. It might really well be the best RPG I know of (Renegade Nuns on Wheels a close second

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Quote from: ImperatorCool. I've never played the game, but when I read the corebook I quite liked it I have yet to read the novels, though.

It's a great game, and it's a great series. The first pentalogy is quite superior to the second, but both of them are definitely worth reading.

Shameless plug: My players are asking me to extend my Amber short-intended campaign. I'm happy

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ColonelHardisson · October 28, 2006, 12:28:17 AM

I dislike the actual game. However, Pundit is correct that it's a good read for anyone wanting to hone their GMing skills. Plus, if you have any inclination to use the concepts in the Amber series or the Amberites themselves in other RPGs, the Amber RPG makes for a helluva resource.

Mr. Analytical · October 28, 2006, 07:18:43 AM

Yes, you could do dungeon crawls set in Amber.

ColonelHardisson · October 28, 2006, 01:17:50 PM

Quote from: Mr. AnalyticalYes, you could do dungeon crawls set in Amber.

Yeah, but...what would be the point? It would have to be a dungeoncrawl that is more loosely defined, like how Corwin had to climb up to the celestial Castle Amber on a staircase made of moonlight and find the Pattern. A classic D&D-style dungeoncrawl might work once, but could get really boring.