AMBER game starting

From: tengard@aol.com (Tengard)

Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 00:00:00 +0000

have an idea for an Amber game (if anyone wants to play, E-Mail me) that
would start with a combination Throne War/Bidding War, along these lines:

You would start with the traditional 100 points for stats and powers and
whatever, but there would be no actual bidding war. Everyone recieves the
message that the Throne is empty, and everyone scrambles for the chance to
occupy it. At this time you can buy something like friends & allies in
Amber, and Personal Shadows, and Pattern Imprint..
Then, you only buy things as you need them. Say you're in the middle of a
battle with someone, and are losing, if you want an advantage, you buy
your warfare then and there. Then a message will go out (only if you're
ranked #1) to everyone "Joe is ranked Number One!" Otherwise, if someone
bids higher than you, you will be informed that your rank has been
lowered.

I think this works well with the mood of the Amber books. You'll have to
do a lot of conniving (sp?) and thinking to figure out exactly what kind
of character you get. All bids are final.
This is also good, because the players will develop their characters as we
go along, and in response to the other player characters & NPC's. Which is
how characters develop anyway, by relating to other people.

The deadline for the beginning of the Throne War is MARCH 15. Stragglers
welcome, depending on the number of PCs.

Mark
Tengard@aol.com