I have to share my joy and this seems like the best place on the web for it.
Amber was one of the games that caught my attention in the mid-90s. I was curious about the diceless mechanics, but a couple of bad local reviews got me away from buying it.
In the following years it is something I have regretted, especially at the price of the book went up-up-up.
But a forthnight ago I surfed by a rather obscure Danish online used book shop, and behold, an Amber book.
Price: 10$
It got here yesterday at it looks mint and totally unread.
So now, finally, I can give Amber Diceless Roleplaying a shot/read.
Please do enjoy it! However, there are many rules in Amber that "sound ugly and play well", (as opposed to many other RPGs where rules sound beautiful and play terribly) so try to keep an open mind. Often when I was reading the Amber rules I would think "well, that's not going to work", and change it in my brain, only to find out that in application - no, Erick Wujcik had it right the fist time, and I should have just listened to him.
If you're taken with it but a little confused, then for a potentially better-written explanation of the rules, I suggest reading Lords of Olympus.
//Panjumanju
Congrats.
It is my all time favorite game. And If i had a group that would enjoy it I would run nothing but it. Alas it does take a particular mindset to enjoy running/playing Amber.
Please if you have questions this is an excellent place to get them answered.
And the amber forum is the most civilised part of the site to boot!
Glad to hear that you finally found a copy of the game! Congrats!
I think that you'll find that ADRP is one of the most innovative games out there, with the only exception that it might seem "derivative" since others have copied it and if you see theirs first you might not realize where they got their ideas. Wujcik's notion of a totally diceless RPG that still has a complete rules mechanic is both simple and elegant and (IMO) nobody has been able to come close in its design.
And if you have questions, please ask here. We love to chat about the game!
Congratulations!!
Very well done, you got lucky!
I hope you'll enjoy it. Amber was my best RPG experience, tops.