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One of the goals of Project: Redcap is to serve as a guide and companion to the game. To this end, we have written many pages that explain, elaborate on, or comment on the content of the rule books. It is intended as a convenient reference and a way for players to share their ideas and experiences, not as an online replacement for Ars Magica products.

Playing Ars Magica

We have a page for beginners about Learning to Play.

We also have articles written for players of any experience level, such as:

Get the most out of your playing time

Mythic Europe

Main article: Mythic Europe

The default setting of Ars Magica is Mythic Europe, a world much like historical 13^th-century Europe as medieval Europeans believed it to be.

Order of Hermes

Main article: Order of Hermes

The Order of Hermes is a complex organization, with its own politics, traditions, and laws.

Hermetic society: provides an overview of Hermetic society
Hermetic law: gives an overview of the legal system of the Order, including the Code of Hermes and the Peripheral Code
Houses of Hermes: gives references and supplemental information on the twelve Houses into which magi divide themselves
Regional Tribunals: lists the thirteen Tribunals of the Order, each of which has its own page with links to sagas set in that Tribunal
History of the Order of Hermes: Please see the timeline of Fifth Edition canon

Rules Reference

We have many pages that shed light on the game rules, by providing additional examples, commentaries on how (and when) to apply the rules, and unofficial, alternative rules.

Frequently-Asked Questions

Main article: FAQ

The fans maintain a list of frequently-asked questions, which tend to concentrate on tricky aspects of the rules.

House Rules

Main article: House rule

We have an extensive list of house rules, which are unofficial, players invent to supplement or replace certain official rules in their games. See also house rules links.

Hermetic Magic

Main article: Hermetic Magic

Magic Resistance: explains how Magic Resistance works

Paraphernalia

The Paraphernalia page lists both official and unofficial aids.

Fan-created Material

We welcome players to contribute short pages about specific topics, such creatures and covenants other players can easily import into their games. For larger collections of information, like the notes for a whole saga, it's better to create a Web page on another site and link it to our Internet site index.

The Category:Fan-created page lists the fan-created resources we have. Some of the better-developed ones include:

Covenant concepts

Legacy Page

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

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+One of the goals of Project: Redcap is to serve as a guide and companion to the game. To this end, we have written many pages that explain, elaborate on, or comment on the content of the rule books. It is intended as a convenient reference and a way for players to share their ideas and experiences, not as an online replacement for Ars Magica [[products]].
-This "encyclopedia" is not meant to serve as a substitute to the official products describing the topics. Instead, it should serve to collect official references and provide brief explanations of [[Ars Magica]] concepts.
+== Categories ==
+See [[Special:Categories]] for a list of categories. Some of the more extensive categories are expanded below.
+== Playing Ars Magica ==
+We have a page for beginners about [[Learning to Play]].
+We also have articles written for players of any experience level, such as:
+* [[Get the most out of your playing time]]
+== Mythic Europe ==
+{{Main|Mythic Europe}}
+The default setting of Ars Magica is [[Mythic Europe]], a world much like historical 13<sup>th</sup>-century Europe as medieval Europeans believed it to be.
+== Order of Hermes ==
+{{Main|Order of Hermes}}
+The Order of Hermes is a complex organization, with its own politics, traditions, and laws.
+;[[Hermetic society]]
+:provides an overview of Hermetic society
+;[[Hermetic law]]
+:gives an overview of the legal system of the Order, including the [[Code of Hermes]] and the [[Peripheral Code]]
+;[[Houses of Hermes]]
+:gives references and supplemental information on the twelve Houses into which magi divide themselves
+;[[Regional Tribunal|Regional Tribunals]]
+:lists the thirteen Tribunals of the Order, each of which has its own page with links to [[saga]]s set in that Tribunal
+;History of the Order of Hermes
+:Please see the [[timeline of Fifth Edition canon]]
+== Rules Reference ==
+We have many pages that shed light on the game rules, by providing additional examples, commentaries on how (and when) to apply the rules, and unofficial, alternative rules.
+=== Frequently-Asked Questions ===
+{{Main|FAQ}}
+The fans maintain a list of frequently-asked questions, which tend to concentrate on tricky aspects of the [[:Category:Rules|rules]].
+=== House Rules ===
+{{Main|House rule}}
+We have an extensive list of [[house rule]]s, which are unofficial, players invent to supplement or replace certain official rules in their games. See also [[house rules links]].
+=== Hermetic Magic ===
+{{Main|Hermetic Magic}}
+;[[Magic Resistance]]
+:explains how Magic Resistance works
+===Paraphernalia===
+The [[Paraphernalia]] page lists both official and unofficial aids.
+== Fan-created Material ==
+We welcome players to contribute short pages about specific topics, such creatures and covenants other players can easily import into their games. For larger collections of information, like the notes for a whole [[saga]], it's better to create a Web page on another site and link it to our [[Internet site index]].
+The [[:Category:Fan-created]] page lists the fan-created resources we have. Some of the better-developed ones include:
+* [[Covenant concepts]]
-:[[ Mythic_Europe | Mythic Europe]] : The default fantasy setting for Ars Magica.
-:[[ rder_of_Hermes | The Order of Hermes]] : The mystical organization to which wizards in Ars Magica belong, its history, ssocial structures, and so on.
-:[[Hermetic Magic]]: Issues related to the game's magic system.
-:[[Game Mechanics]]: Other aspects of the game-rules.
-:[[ FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions ]] :
-:[[ gic system.
-:[[Game Mechanics]]: Other aspects of the game-r
 ===  Legacy Page  ===
 The history of this page before August 6, 2010 is archived at [[Legacy:online_ars_encyclopedia_index]]
+[[Category:Meta Topics]]