Mini-thoughts on Amber and food

[zdashamber]

One of the things I never got around to mentioning in my bleak Amber kids game was that I'd decided when Hong, the main cook/housekeeper, had a day off, Gerard was the one who stepped up to cook for everyone, and it was sushi every time. I was thinking that he's not just a guy who runs a navy, but he actually really likes everything about it, fish and lack of fire and all... And I think he's up to all the finicky chopping and arranging and shaking with sesame seeds and all. I'm very much enjoying the image of him in his bathrobe at the counter carefully squishing the sushi roll with the bamboo slat thing.

I'm also amused by the thought that the next generation of Amberites, those that survive, their basic food assumptions are going to be "noodles" and "sushi." When I have to cook something, the most basic default is a slab of meat, with potatoes and vegetables. Silent E, whose parents are of Chinese background, in that exact slot had stir fried rice. I got fancier with stew, she filled that slot with drumsticks and eggs in spiced broth. I'd take time and do lasagna, she'd do dumplings... Anyway, interesting to see what people's defaults are, and where they come from.

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[colomon.livejournal.com]

Well, the big problem with the notion of me running a new Amber game is that I have plans for other stuff first, and limited time. Right now I'm looking for a session or two of playtesting for a new Ambercon swashbuckling game, set in the city of Amber in its Golden Age. (Approximately around the time of the birth of Corwin.) I'm working on a simple variant on the Amber system inspired by Arref's Unearthly, and need to figure out some game balance issues with the new rules.

And I'm also in the planning stages for a small PBeM game set at the 1920 (or so) University of Chicago's new School of Magic, inspired by Caroline Stevermer's books. I just reread those books to build up a timeline and notes on how magic works, and now I just need to do some research on 1920 Chicago. (And, I suppose, come up with some sort of rules to use! Or not, maybe.)

[obadiah.livejournal.com]

University of Chicago's new School of Magic

Feel free to hit me up with questions about campus.

At that time, the U of C was Big Ten, btw....

[colomon.livejournal.com]

I know about the Big Ten thing -- it's part of the appeal of the UofC setting for me. My current sketchy mental tagline for the game is something like magic, traditional music, the Mob, and Big Ten football.