Latest revision as of 08:51, 20 November 2024

Note: If you are looking for the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) project, it is located at www.projectredcap.org.
Project: Redcap is a center for the fan community of Ars Magica, a tabletop roleplaying game. Here you will find links to Ars Magica resources and information across the World Wide Web. This site is a wiki that contains extensive reference information for Ars Magica players: descriptions of the many products available for the game, and summaries of many topics about the Order of Hermes and Mythic Europe.

It is also a great place for you to add your own fan-created content. Ars Magica will be licensed under an open license in 2024. The administrators hope Project: Redcap will become a repository of open gaming content related to Ars Magica (posting your open content here is easier than running your own wiki). The value of Project: Redcap only grows through your contributions. Get involved!

Community News

Atlas Games has announced plans for an Ars Magica Definitive Edition, coming in 2024. This edition of Ars Magica will be licensed under an open license so fans can extend, remix, and customize the rules to their hearts' delight. Regarding for-profit Ars Magica material created and developed under the Open License - In the Project: Redcap content description/listing there should be a reference to the ArM open license and the product should clearly state that material was created and developed as a part of the ArM open license.

Internet Resources

Main article: Internet Site Index

Many of the fan sites on the web are players' sagas, which we organize by Regional Tribunal:

Saga Links
Greater Alps	Hibernia	Iberia	Levant	Loch Leglean	Normandy
Novgorod	Provençal	Rhine	Rome	Stonehenge	Thebes
Transylvania			Alternate Settings
Play-by-Post Sagas\|

Official Ars Magica discussion forums: Atlas Games's official discussion forums are the de facto center of the online fan community. Here players exchange story ideas, discuss the fine points of the rules, and even find other players or play Ars Magica by forum. Most Ars Magica discussions currently occur on Atlas Games Official Forum or the very active Ars Magica Discord community server.
Atlas Games: Atlas Games has lots of useful information and downloads on its pages for the Fifth (current) and Fourth Editions.
Sub Rosa: Sub Rosa is the current Ars Magica fanzine.
Peripheral Code: Peripheral Code is a new Ars Magica fanzine that began publishing in 2016.
Metacreator: Metacreator is commercial character-creation software that supports Ars Magica ( Fourth and Fifth Editions).
The Net Wizard's Grimoire: A collection of hundreds of fan-created spells where you can submit your own.
Grand Tribunal Conventions: The fan community has been organizing Ars Magica conventions since 2007: see Grand Tribunal UK and Grand Tribunal USA
Mailing lists: As of the early 2020's the venerable Berkeley List is no longer active.; Since the retirement of Google Plus services in December 2018, the Google Plus Ars Magica communities are no longer supported -Ars Magica RPG, The Ethereal Tribunal, and Sub Rosa: The Ars Magica Fanzine.
The Ars Magica Discord: Join the Ars Magica Community Server on Discord using the following invite: https://discord.gg/Eb8zhD4.

Ars Magica Encyclopedia

Learning to Play
Rules reference
- Main Rules page
- Magic Rules
- Character Creation
- House Rules
Setting reference
FAQ

Using This Site

See Help:Getting Started for an introduction to using and contributing to Project: Redcap.

Special:Categories lists all the categories used to organize pages on this site

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+Project: Redcap is a center for the [[fan community]] of [[Ars Magica]], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabletop_role-playing_game tabletop roleplaying game]. Here you will find links to Ars Magica resources and information across the World Wide Web. This site is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] that contains extensive reference information for Ars Magica players: descriptions of the many [[products]] available for the game, and summaries of many topics about the [[Order of Hermes]] and [[Mythic Europe]].
-{{Project Redcap:Purpose}}
+It is also a great place for you to add your own fan-created content. Ars Magica will be licensed under an open license in 2024. The administrators hope Project: Redcap will become a repository of open gaming content related to Ars Magica (posting your open content here is easier than running your own wiki). The value of '''Project: Redcap''' only grows through your contributions. Get involved!
-Project: Redcap is a site created by and for the Ars Magica [[fan community]]. If you are a new visitor, this main page is a starting point for browsing. Project: Redcap is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki]. We welcome contributions from Ars Magica players and fans of all levels of experience. If you know of an Ars Magica-related Web site that is not listed here, please add a link to it; or [[contact]] us and a maintainer will add it for you.
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+[[Ars Magica Open Content Conversion Tracker]] is provided to track progress of this project. Get involved!
+}}
-See [[Help:Getting Started]] for an introduction to using and contributing to Project: Redcap.
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-== About Ars Magica ==
+Atlas Games has announced plans for an [https://atlas-games.com/news/post?s=2024-01-12-anno-magica-2024 Ars Magica Definitive Edition], coming in 2024. This edition of Ars Magica will be licensed under an open license so fans can extend, remix, and customize the rules to their hearts' delight. Regarding for-profit Ars Magica material created and developed under the Open License - In the Project: Redcap content description/listing there should be a reference to the ArM open license and the product should clearly state that material was created and developed as a part of the ArM open license.
-{{Main|Ars Magica}}
-'''Ars Magica''' is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game_%28pen_and_paper%29 pen and paper roleplaying game] focused on wizards and magic. The game setting, [[Mythic Europe]], is much like historical Europe of the 13<sup>th</sup> century, but where [[magus | wizards]], [[dragon | dragons]], and [[faerie | faeries]] exist.
-While the game is grounded in [[real history]], the magic in Ars Magica is fictitious. The game has nothing to do with purported phenomena, beliefs, or practices related to the occult. It draws instead on modern ideas of fantastic fiction, flavored with some authentic medieval beliefs and folklore.
+* [[Project Redcap:Current events]]
+* [[Project Redcap: Community portal]]
-Magic and wizards are central to the game. Ars Magica's rules for magic are very broad and flexible, enabling wizards (called [[magus|magi]]) to make up original spells on the spur of the moment, enchant powerful magical items, bind familiars, brew potions, and more. The quest for magical knowledge is designed into the game, so reading arcane tomes and experimenting in the laboratory can be as important to a magus's career as are exploring ruins and battling dragons.
+= Internet Resources =
+{{Main|Internet Site Index}}
+Many of the fan sites on the web are players' [[saga]]s, which we organize by [[Regional Tribunal]]:
+{{Saga links}}
-Ars Magica was first published in 1987 and is currently in its [[Fifth Edition]].
+{{#lst:Internet site index|startingPoints}}
-=== Learning to Play ===
+= Ars Magica Encyclopedia =
-Our [[Welcome to Ars Magica]] page is a good place to start if you are new or returning to the game.
-The [[Arcane Connection (podcast)]] [http://arcaneconnection.podomatic.com/entry/2013-04-13T10_12_05-07_00 Episode 1: Why play Ars Magica?] gives an explanation of the game to newcomers.
+* [[Learning to Play]]
+* Rules reference
+** Main [[Rules]] page
+** [[Magic Rules]]
+** [[Character Creation]]
+** [[House Rules]]
+* Setting reference
+** [[Mythic Europe]]
+** [[Order of Hermes]]
+** [[Hedge Magic]]
+* [[FAQ]]
-=== Frequently-Asked Questions ===
+= Related Topics =
-Project: Redcap is also home to the Ars Magica [[FAQ]], which explains many of the subtleties of the [[rules]] and the [[Mythic Europe]] setting, as well as an increasing amount of tribal lore about the [[fan community]].
+* [[Medieval History]]
+* [[Storytelling]]
+* [[Role-playing]]
-Ars Magica veterans may prefer to jump directly to the [[:Category:FAQ|FAQ category index]].
+= Using This Site =
+See [[Help:Getting Started]] for an introduction to using and contributing to Project: Redcap.
-=== Rules and Setting Reference ===
-Project: Redcap's second goal is to develop an online [[encyclopedia]] of the ever-expanding Ars Magica universe. Some useful starting points are:
-*[[Special:Categories]] lists all the categories used to organize pages on this site
+[[Special:Categories]] lists all the categories used to organize pages on this site
-== Internet Resources for Ars Magica ==
-{{Main|Internet site index}}
-Our Internet Site Index attempts to assemble links to as many Ars Magica resources as possible, in any [[Project Redcap:Languages|language]].
-The [http://www.atlas-games.com/arm5/ Official Ars Magica Web site] is hosted by the game's publisher, [[Atlas Games]].
-Many fan sites relate to individual [[Saga]]s, which we categorize by [[Regional Tribunal | Tribunal]].
-{{Saga links}}
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