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August 10, 2004
La Vie en Rose
Last Thanksgiving, I visited Chris Kindred and his wife Sarah in Las Vegas. That was when the concept of a "local" Amber game was first agitated, as much as you can call Los Angeles local to Las Vegas or vice versa. Still, it's not the craziest thing I've done. Hell, I gamed in Fall River when I was living in New York.
Four months and change later, we finally had a cast of ne'er-do-wells assembled for the auction, which went along pretty well. I don't know how the others fared, but I pretty much ended up with what I aimed for: a character in the middle of the pack. I like well-rounded characters, instead of being insanely focused on one particular attribute, but that's my play style. The opportunities that gave me were endless.
I was a little disappointed that the group decided on a Corwin's Pattern game rather than something more traditional. Quite frankly, with all the varied con games and variations that I played there, I really wanted to have something to "come home to" that was straight up, traditional, Amber DRPG with player characters as the sons and daughters of the canon Elders. And non-Merlin canon at that.
Now, three months after the auction and still no first play session, due to conflicting schedules, I'd still like to play a traditional Amber game, but I'm not so reluctant about the Corwin's Pattern game anymore. Chris has done some good things reining in the setting and putting limitations on characters. I like the flavour. I like the French influences. I like my character, Eglantine. I like having silly Artifacts that might actually be useful.
So the next question is when will the group finally get together. At this point, I think Chris is going to have to bite the bullet and just set a date. There are too many people in the game to accommodate everyone. Whoever can show up will show up. Whoever can't will have to wait until next time. Next proposed session is a week from Saturday. We'll see if I actually make it up to Sin City for it... or maybe go anyway, whether or not the game runs.
The title? That's the name of the game.
Posted by KinCross at August 10, 2004 04:05 PM