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Welcome to Project: Redcap, a Web site devoted to the tabletop role-playing game [[Welcome_to_Ars_Magica | Ars Magica]]. Our goals are to provide links to as much Ars Magica-related material the [[Internet_Site_Index | on the Web]] as possible, in as many [[languages]] as possible, and to serve as an online [[encyclopedia]] of both [[canon | official]] and [[:Category:Fan-created | fan-created material]].
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Project: Redcap is maintained by volunteers from the Ars Magica [[Community Portal | fan community]]. It has been [[History of Project: Redcap | continuously active]] (and growing) since 1994.
''Note: If you are looking for the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) project, it is located at [http://www.projectredcap.org www.projectredcap.org].''
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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]].


We are well along in the process of migrating all the legacy pages from Project: Redcap into the new Wiki. Those legacy pages are still online and available at http://www.redcap.org/index-old.html.
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!


= About Ars Magica =
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'''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.
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= Community News =
[[File:Arm5definitiveeditionlogo-w750h390.png|link=https://atlas-games.com/news/post?s=2024-01-12-anno-magica-2024|Ars Magica Definitive Edition logo. Used with permission.]]


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 fiction and folklore.
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.


More information about the game is available on our [[Welcome to Ars Magica]] page, including helpful advice for newcomers to start playing.
* [[Project Redcap:Current events]]
* [[Project Redcap: Community portal]]


= Major Topics =
= 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}}


* [[Internet Site Index]]
{{#lst:Internet site index|startingPoints}}
* [[Encyclopedia]] of Ars Magica
* [[Community Portal]]
* [[:Category:Fan-created | Fan-created material]]


== Rules ==
= Ars Magica Encyclopedia =
* Our [[:Category:FAQ| Frequently-Asked Questions]] page answers many common questions about the rules and setting of the game.
* We have several [[:Category:Help | helpful tips]] about how to play


== Saga Pages ==
* [[Learning to Play]]
Many fan sites relate to individual [[Saga]]s, which we categorize by [[Regional Tribunal | Tribunal]].
* Rules reference
** Main [[Rules]] page
** [[Magic Rules]]
** [[Character Creation]]
** [[House Rules]]
* Setting reference
** [[Mythic Europe]]
** [[Order of Hermes]]
** [[Hedge Magic]]
* [[FAQ]]


[[Greater Alps Tribunal|Greater Alps]] | [[Hibernian Tribunal|Hibernia]] | [[Iberian Tribunal|Iberia]] | [[Levant Tribunal|Levant]] | [[Loch Leglean Tribunal|Loch Leglean]] | [[Normandy Tribunal|Normandy]] | [[Novgorod Tribunal|Novgorod]] | [[Provençal Tribunal|Provençal]] | [[Rhine Tribunal|Rhine]] | [[Roman Tribunal|Rome]] | [[Stonehenge Tribunal|Stonehenge]] | [[Thebes Tribunal|Thebes]] | [[Transylvanian Tribunal|Transylvania]] | [[Alternate Settings]]
= Related Topics =
* [[Medieval History]]
* [[Storytelling]]
* [[Role-playing]]
 
= 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
 
{{Languages}}

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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

Ars Magica Definitive Edition logo. Used with permission.

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.

Internet Resources

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. As of July 2019, the Atlas forum is down indefinitely, as a result of an unexpected upgrade by their server host; Atlas Games retains the data, and hopes to make it accessible in future. ArM gamers are directed to the very active Ars Magica Discord community server, or the venerable Berkeley mailing list.
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
The venerable ArM Berkeley List is still 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

Related Topics

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