Ambercon US
 

What is Ambercon US?

Ambercon US is a fully scheduled role-playing game convention devoted diceless / story-focused / character driven RPGs. While a large portion of the games use Erick Wujcik's Amber Diceless RPG as their base ruleset, or are set in Roger Zelazny's Amber universe, it also includes many offerings of other diceless and indie published games, as well as a few more traditional games, and sometimes, even a board game slot.

The convention is open to players of all levels of experience; our members are united by their interest in diceless role-playing and Zelazny's work.

Ambercon 2025 takes place from Thursday, March 20 through Sunday, March 23 2025.

If you have never attended an AmberCon before and have questions about the setup or scheduling, please contact the organizers at organizer@ambercon.com .

Summary

You buy a membership.

  1. GMs submit games until we have enough.
  2. We assemble the games into the game book.
  3. We notify you when the game book is published.
  4. You pick the games you want to play in each slot.
  5. We assign you to games, based on your picks.
  6. GMs preview the list of players for their games.
  7. We email the GMs the lists of their players.
  8. We email you your list of games.

If you are a Game Master, please consider running one or more games at Ambercon.

What do we get Where and When?

Ambercon offers a four-day weekend of an opening reception and scheduled gaming events Thursday evening through Sunday evening.

The convention starts with a welcome reception Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 5:30pm EDT in the atrium of the hotel, beside the breakfast area, before the restaurant.

The convention then continues with the 8 game slots:

  • Thursday Slot 1: 7:00 pm to 12:00 am EDT
  • Friday Slot 2: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT
  • Friday Slot 3: 2:00 pm to 6:30 pm EDT
  • Friday Slot 4: 8:00 pm to 12:00 am EDT
  • Saturday Slot 5: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm EDT
  • Saturday Slot 6: 7:00 pm to 12:00 am EDT
  • Sunday Slot 7: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm EDT
  • Sunday Slot 8: 7:00 pm to 12:00 am EDT

The one-day and two-day registration allows you to play in games on the day (or days) you pick. The three-day registration allows you to play in games Friday evening through Sunday. The four-day registration allows you to play in games Thursday evening through Sunday.

What Does This Cost?

Ambercon membership for this year costs:

  • $70 to attend all four days (Thursday through Sunday)
  • $55 to attend three days (Friday through Sunday)
  • $40 to attend two days
  • and $25 to attend one day

How Does This Work?

Game Selection

After you've registered, we'll notify you when the games for the Con are available on our website, and you get to pick those you'd most like to play in each slot. You do not have to pay a per game fee - your registration lets you play in as many slots as you'd like on the day or days covered by your registration type. Once the game book is available, we ask you to send us your list of possible games (we very strongly suggest picking more than one in each slot, in case your first choice is full).

Game Scheduling

After the game selection deadline is past, we will assign your games. Once we have everyone scheduled, we send you the list of your games, and we send the GMs the lists of their players, so any prep for the game can be done before the con, giving everyone more playing time.

Underage Attendees

If you are interested in bringing someone under 18 to Ambercon, please contact us. We have allowed attendees who are under 18, but with conditions and permission of the event GMs, and we are not currently prepared to accommodate attendees under 13. Have your parent or legal guardian e-mail organizer@ambercon.com . Thanks.

Game Masters

We always need more games! If you are a Game Master, please consider running one or more games at Ambercon. The players at Ambercon are, generally speaking, experienced diceless role players who are looking to have fun with others in games. They, and we, are always looking for new games, new game masters, new ideas, new approaches. So, if you GM, give it a try, run a game. Please submit a game via our online game submission form.