OFF: Amber Revisited

[Andrew A. Apold]

>William Stone writes:
>
>>   Watching figure skating on the tube this weekend, I saw a young lady
>> land in I believe fifth place with the name of Amber Corwin.
>> Coincidence? :0
>
>> Wylie, nervously eying his Trumps
>
>There are Trumps for sale?

There's a french outfit that sells some as images for a standard
tarot deck....  but I generally make my own for whatever purposes.
I've been on and off the Amber DRPG list now and then, it seemed
fairly common.   I keep a laminated set I printed out from Kucharski
artwork colored in, I prefer his versions of the Amberites considerably
over the french trumps, Neil Randall's images, or the painted amber
comics that came out recently (though the GoA second series which
wasn't painted was a marked improvement, though the artist wasn't
allowed to draw the main characters the way he wanted...

>and was considering Amber. A good map could be built with a little

Well, whoever has Benedict wins, end of scenario.

>I haven't seen a copy of "The Illustrated Amber". Does this contain any
>maps? The technology tree would need to be substantially reworked,

Um, I think so.  If this is the Neil Randall visual guide to Castle Amber, I'd
not recommend it.  The castle they have couldn't comfortably house 50
people; it's way too small.  And the maps stick to the castle, city, and nearby
area.  Of somewhat greater interest is a guide to amber that I came across
last year (can't recall exact title offhand) but it's more like an encyclopedia
with lots of entries and speculation, and even some sheet music for songs
like "The Ballad of the Water Crossers"...

>Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts on this, or is interested in
>collaborating. Let me know...

While personally interested, I imagine it's somewhat getting way off topic.

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(Andrew A. Apold)