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**Black Death**
Product Information
Rules Edition:	Third
Abbreviation:	BD
Product Type:	Scenario
Author(s):	Thomas M. Kane
Publisher:	White Wolf
Product Number:	WW0813 (White Wolf) / AG0813 (Atlas Games)
ISBN:	1-56504-013-9
Release date:	1991
Format:	Softcover (original) or PDF (current), 112 pages
Availability:	Out of print; PDF available

Latest revision as of 10:48, 21 July 2013

Black Death is an Ars Magica scenario for Third Edition.

Subject and Contents

Black Death is a fairly lengthy, 112-page scenario in which the characters confront a mysterious and deadly plague while dealing with the fate of a fallen Covenant and the rural town that exists near it. It is designed for a troupe that includes three or four Summer/Autumn Magi as well as a few Companions and/or Grogs.

Community Reviews

The following reviews were collected from the original Ars Magica FAQ site:

FAQ Rating: *** (10 reviews; 0 *, 3 **, 5 ***, 2 ****)

Excellent scenario.
Neat idea for a story, could be fairly well integrated. Could stand a bit more organization. Took a couple of reads to figure out where all the major people were and how they had been related.
Very well scripted and conceived. If all ArM adventures were this good, it would be amazingly successful.
Interesting treatment of the Black Plauge but the appearance of that disease is somewhat anachronistic to "official" ArM time.
A little too harsh in my opinion. I like to have fun with my players, not to make them desperate. A good capture of the harsh time of the 10th century.
Very good story, but a little too deadly. A mistake spells death!
This adventure just left me cold. Some nice ideas, but I would have liked it better with more interesting long-term characters.

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Related Subjects

See the following links for more information.

Related Sites

Official product page at Atlas Games:
The Black Death: The plague in Real History (the original link is dead; current link courtesy of the Internet Archive WayBack Machine)

Legacy Page

The history of this page before August 6, 2010 is archived at Legacy:black_death

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+|abbreviation = BD
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+|publisher = White Wolf
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+|releaseDate = 1991
+|format = [[Softcover]] (original) or [[PDF]] (current)
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 '''Black Death''' is an Ars Magica scenario for Third Edition.
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-'''Rules Edition:''' [[ArM3]]
-'''Author(s):'''  [[Thomas M Kane]]
-'''Publisher:''' [[White Wolf Game Studio]]
-'''Release Date:''' 1991
-'''Format:''' [[Softcover]], 112
-'''Availability:''' Out of print; electronic version available
 ==  Subject and Contents ==
+'''Black Death''' is a fairly lengthy, 112-page scenario in which the characters confront a mysterious and deadly plague while dealing with the fate of a fallen Covenant and the rural town that exists near it.  It is designed for a troupe that includes three or four Summer/Autumn Magi as well as a few Companions and/or Grogs.
-'''Black Death''' is a fairly lengthy, 112-page scenario in which the characters confront a mysterious and deadly plague.
-; For newer books, provide a link to the table of contents at the Atlas website
 ==  Community Reviews ==
 The following reviews were collected from the original Ars Magica FAQ site:
-FAQ Rating: \*\*\* (10 reviews; 0 *, 3 \*\*, 5 \*\*\*, 2 \*\*\*\*)
+FAQ Rating: *** (10 reviews; 0 *, 3 **, 5 ***, 2 ****)
 * Excellent scenario.
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 ==  Related Subjects ==
 See the following links for more information.
 ===  Related Sites ===
+* [http://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG0813.php Official product page] at Atlas Games:
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110529195841/http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/ The Black Death]: The plague in [[Real History]] (the original link is dead; current link courtesy of the [http://web.archive.org/web/ Internet Archive WayBack Machine])
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+==  Legacy Page  ==
-; there could be reviews,
-:[http://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG0813.php | Official product page] at Atlas Games:
-:[http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/ | The Black Death]: The plague in [[Real History]]
-===  Legacy Page  ===
 The history of this page before August 6, 2010 is archived at [[Legacy:black_death]]
 [[Category:ArM3]]
 [[Category:Products]]
+[[Category:Scenarios]]