This thread is for general OOC game chat. First posts, general intro, metagame stuff, etc.

I will try to have an OOC thread for each game thread, as appropriate. Please do not post OOC into a game thread.

Please keep personal/bio info to a reasonable minimum, and stick to the usual forum rules of no current RW politics (to include social politics), no current RW religion, no personal attacks of any kind, no matter what they're based on. I'm not going to define "current" except to say that if it feeds into the strife of today, it's current enough to prohibit. Play nice.

Exceptions to the topical prohibitions may be tolerated only when they are 1) not loaded, 2) not partisan, 3) germane to the game or to the player's situation, 4) brief, and 5) indisputably factual. #5 is no defense if other parts are violated.

Example of a valid exception:

"Sorry I can't post for the next three days because the President is in town and I'm part of the local security effort."

Again, the principle is: stick to game stuff, don't get too personal in this thread, play nice and don't raise or respond to things that will bring on strife.

If you want to exceed the bounds, do it offsite and/or in PMs and don't bring it into the game. If it turns out to be out of bounds even for PMs or other media, and it affects the game, I will take steps to rectify the situation, up to an including ejection from the game and/or reporting to the site admins. For example, don't stalk, doxx, or hit on other players. This is not where you should be looking for romantic or sexual relationships. Sad that all this needs to be said, but better to say it once and never again.

If you have questions or need standards clarified, feel free to ask, as long as it's not JAQing off or trolling.
This message was lightly edited by the GM at 08:49, Tue 17 Jan 2023.

For anyone lurking and reading, I'm going to try to post the "looking for players" within the next few days.

When and if this happens--and if that's now and you are reading this after getting accepted into the game--please bear with me as this is my first game on this site and I am not yet confident in how all the functionality works--groups, etc.

I will be asking questions and working with the players to figure it all out. Hopefully at least one will have been a GM here...

Hi everyone (well GM and Redwing guy at the moment!).

Okay, I have added several players. This is the probationary period. I've seldom had to say no to a player application, but it's happened.

Please introduce yourself briefly, talk about game stuff, and feel free to give me advice on the way to set this up, the functionality of the forum, etc.

Questions raised by players already:

Is there an attribute auction? As posted elsewhere, no. Your exact stats are to be kept secret (honor system) and you should never post them publicly. Allocate your points as you wish and you (the player and I (the GM) will discuss and tweak and finalize as needed.

Will the play style be PVP or PVE? Mostly PVE. Deadly and direct PVP is not encouraged, but it might happen as the story develops. Politicking, secrets, one-upmanship, sibling rivalry, etc. are all more or less expected in an Amber game, but if your PC's goal is to bump off the others, you're in the wrong game. Other than Amber, I've GMed and played WOD a lot, and in both cases, the goal is storytelling, not power gaming. Characters should have goals and ambitions. Players, in a sense, should have no goals or ambitions for their characters, other than to play them truly and well.

I will eventually make this an Adult game just to keep things simple and avoid any issues with the underage, but 1) please keep things at a level below erotica and 2) right now neither I nor Redwing have Adult access as it takes 2 weeks, so I can't set it there now.

"Choose one ancestor" means you choose. You want to be Corwin's kid, or Fiona's or whatever, or Suhuy's, make your case. Most of the time I will say yes, unless it's silly. I decide what's silly.

Your usual residence? Entirely up to you. Amber, the Courts, somewhere in shadow (bought personal shadow or otherwise), whatever.

More forum functionality weirdness/learning curve:

I guess if I do the "add player" function but do not assign a character name, it doesn't actually add.

So, I'm going to add some placeholders (Redwing Guy is one such).

You should all be able to figure out who you are.

I make no promises, but I am a night owl and most of my posting will be between noon and as late as 4 a.m.-ish PST

If it's before noon, the coffin will likely remain uncracked.

How do you see who is part of the game?

Oddly, I either can't see it, or don't know where to look.

And, there should be several more visible now.

Hello all!  Looking forward to being among such excellent and admirable hobbits cousins!  :)

(or siblings, or distant relations, or, you know, whatever.)


Click the link labeled "The Cast" on the top menu.

Hello all.

Glad to be here. Looking forward to a proper name.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:02, Thu 19 Jan 2023.

Hi Placeholders!

I'm a placeholder too :)

Can I ask for our character sheets to be enabled for editing?

Done. Thanks, just one more example of "I don't know what I don't know."

Keep 'em coming.

Shout out if you want help :) I'm sure a load of us would be happy to assist

Hello Everyone

Well. I run a game on this site so I can help out as and when.

Hello everyone!

Looking forward to the game already; even if we're in the building stages of everything. Should be fun!

Hi all.

A long-time Amher fan here - ever since I borrowed The Guns of Avalon from the library.  Which was a while ago.


If anyone doesn’t have easy access to the rules this site has character generation rules in the Heaven - Gaming Resources forum

Very good catch, I forgot about the Heaven Gaming resource area.
I came by Amber the opposite way. I bought the gaming book read it and thought, I better read these Amber Chronicles and from there I got hooked.

Does the GM have any thoughts on players collaborating on a background?  Close siblings with a lot of shared history, that sort of thing?  I've seen that done in lots of Amber games but never tried it myself, I would imagine it kind of gives the game a whole different feel, having someone you'd think of as a reliable close ally and confidant.