Ars Magica (2e)
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Ars Magica 2nd Edition at a Glance
- An award-winning game with award-winning rules and a unique magic system. Play powerful magi in Mythic Europe!
- The thorough core book provides everything you need to play¸ but you can always consult the extensive line of supplements.
Ars Magica is a long-standing roleplaying game about magi in 13th century Europe. Explore mysteries and set off on adventure. Encounter mundane nobles and church higher-ups¸ faeries and demons. Perform powerful spells and learn new magical traditions.
Each of your stories will center on the covenant: the magi¸ their companions¸ and their Grog servants. You'll get to play them all with Ars Magica's unique troupe-style system. Your covenant is part mystical college¸ magical laboratory¸ Hermetic fortification¸ and bastion of secrecy.
Try Ars Magica and be prepared for a unique and compelling play experience.
Magic and Peril Await: Gameplay BasicsArs Magica provides a unique fantasy roleplay experience with multiple characters and troupe-style play. Mechanics help streamline play so it's not overwhelming to juggle it all.
This RPG features award-winning magic rules. Instead of a list of spells to choose from-and spend ages looking up in the manual-players create their desired effects on the spot. The result is a flexible yet simple system that keeps the focus where it should be-on the action.
Released in 1989¸ this edition of Ars Magica from Lion Rampant brought this groundbreaking¸ award-winning game to a wider audience with clarified and expanded rules and text¸ a color cover¸ and new artwork.
The 2nd edition of Ars Magica is currently out of print¸ but it is available in PDF.