Amber Diceless Role-Playing: Diceless Role-Playing System

by Erick Wujcik and Roger Zelazny

Book Overview

Designed by Eric Wujcik, based on Roger Zelazny's Amber. * A Complete new role-playing system! * Three complete adventures, including "Throne War," "Battleground on Shadow Earth" and "Into the Abyss!"... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880494000
• ISBN13: 9781880494004
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Phage Pr
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

One of the best- try it with an Experienced GM

Well, if you've never heard of this game --- you're not alone. But look around for it --- because it has never been out of print despite what you might hear (though 2007, it temporarily is, look for pdfs sold online.) It is a small press game, but the artwork and design of the game is first rate. If you have an interest in Roger Zelazny, you might like to buy the game just to see how wonderful fiction might be transformed into a roleplaying experience. But this game isn't hard to play. I've tailored my Amber games for 60+ yr old roleplayers and for 10+ yr old young ladies of quality. They both have had great fun. What is required is a GM with solid gaming experience, collaborative improvisation, and a small group of players who really just want to have fun and adventure. You'll be amazed. You won't miss the dice...

Amazing game, but not for everyone

This game was hard for me to wrap my brain around - yet, it is perhaps one of the best games ever written.Its not for everyone, though. Some people cannot get past the lack of dice, which is fine, everyone has different tastes.Basically, the game is based around having scores in stats, your roleplaying ability, and dirty tricks up your sleeve. When, say, swordfighting someone, the better swordsman should win, barring complications like a dirty trick you have up your sleeve - and how you roleplay.This makes the game very roleplaying-intensive - and is detrimental to hack and slash month haul games. If you like a game with a ton of possibilities, this is your game. If you need dice, or love hack and slash or monty haul, its not.

A great RPG for good roleplayers

After playing in a few games and running one myself, I find this system to be a great one. The setting is also one of the best out there. Zelazny wrote an incredible series, and Amber DRPG translates that world very well. The best thing is, if you don't like something, just change it. For the reviewers that complained about no dice... I've even seen dice variants using GURPS out there on the net. If you need ideas for your game, The Golden Circle Webring has many excellent sites made by dedicated Amber players and GMs. Although I found the system did not work for me in a couple ways, I just made my own house rules for those situations. Amber, IMO, is a game for people who are looking for a mature game - if you want a hack and slash dungeon crawl, go elsewhere. If you want to roleplay, and play some of the most memorable characters you have ever had, this is for you.

Diceless Rolplaying: A purist's dream

So you play AD & D. Ever get upset when you tell the DM exactly, to the letter, how you want your character to perform an action, that should have worked, then got screwed on the die roll? Play Amber.Amber's diceless system emphasizes roleplaying above all else. Even if you should lose, sometimes you can still win. It's all in how you play the game. Character development is stressed above all else. There's just no place for power-gaming in this system. There is no limit to what your character can do..he or she is effectively a god. Consider:GM: Okay, you're standing on a hill in Shadow. What would you like to do? Power Gamer: I want to destroy the planet!GM: Okay, it happens. What now?Power Gamer: Err...what?This kind of play obviously gets old. When nothing is beyond your character's power( except, of course, his siblings ) character relationships and development become foremost. In Amber there are no sure things: It's all how you play the game. Develop your character or get out.

Amber DRPG is excellent

This RPG is excellent, even if you aren't familiar with the book. The material is great, and the system is really fun. I play this game every weekend, and can sincerly say it is well worth the money.