AmberCon UK depends on its games, and the games depend on you, the GMs. (Yes, that’s YOU!) If you’ve run a game for us before, then you know you want to run another one, if you haven’t, then now’s your chance! All GMs are always greatly appreciated. Guidelines for writing your game description and a form to submit your game are below.
The game schedule will be sent to all registered members in late September, and members will have slightly over a week to make their choices. Games will then be allocated, and players and GMs will have a few weeks to discuss characters, thereby allowing everyone to be fully prepared in advance.
Game descriptions should contain:
- GM Name
- Game Title
- Game System
This will help players recognise traditional Amber games, games based on other systems, or GM customised systems. GMs should add if full rules and instructions be provided by them, or will players have to, for example, download this as a pdf from the web. - Game Description
Please keep this fairly short, wherever possible. If you have large amounts of background information for your players, you might want to include a web address. - Character Restrictions
This should include the guidelines for creating characters. You should also mention what sort of game it is (e.g. crossover, elders, freeform) or whether it is a continuation from previous years, whether new players are accepted and anything else you think your players should know about your game. - Number of players
We will aim to assign you no more players than the number you state, but that might not always be possible. The size of the game rooms this year means that we are strongly recommending between 4 and 6 players. If your game has a definite upper or lower limit on the number of players, please let us know. - Possible trigger issues
We realise that these can be difficult to provide, as people may be triggered by different elements, and players may head off in surprising directions. And, after all, this is Amber. Some measure of volence and romance may well happen. If, however, your game is going to have something like a suicide as a major plot point, please add a warning, along the lines of “This game may contain issues concerning suicide that might make you feel uncomfortable”. - Preferred Game Slot
There are 4 official game slots at AmberCon UK:
Slot 1 (Friday evening 6pm until midnight)
Slot 2 (Saturday day 9am – 5pm)
Slot 3 (Saturday evening 6pm until midnight)
Slot 4 (Sunday 10am – 6pm)
In addition, some people might like to run or play a game on Sunday evening. If so, please indicate this on your form.
The evening slots are usually shorter than the day slots. You can select more than one game slot if you are flexible.
Continuation games will tend to be in the same slot as in any previous year.
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