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Welcome to Project: Redcap, a Web site devoted to the tabletop role-playing game [[Ars Magica]].  
Welcome to Project: Redcap, a fan-maintained Web site devoted to the tabletop role-playing game [[Ars Magica]]. It has two related goals:


== About Project: Redcap ==
# Provide a centralized place to where visitors can browse and find links to as much Ars Magica material as possible, in as many [[Project Redcap:Languages|languages]] as possible. We want to be, as the site's creator put it, "the crossroads of the [[Order of Hermes|Order]]." We want to link to everything related to Ars Magica, without passing judgment on the importance or quality of the material.
{{Main|Project Redcap:About}}
# Be a [[encyclopedia|guide and companion]] for the rules and game world of Ars Magica, providing useful rules summaries, examples, and commentaries on topics from across the game's extensive [[Products|product line]].  
 
Project: Redcap is maintained by Ars Magica players for the [[fan community]]. Our goals are to provide a central portal to as much [[Internet site index|Ars Magica-related material]] as possible, and to serve as an online [[encyclopedia]] of both official and [[:Category:Fan-created | fan-created material]].


If you know of an Ars Magica site that is not listed here, please [[contributing|edit this wiki]] to add a link, or [[Special:Contact|contact]] us and a maintainer will add it for you. We welcome contributions from all Ars Magica players and enthusiasts, in any [[Project Redcap:Languages|language]].
If you know of an Ars Magica site that is not listed here, please [[contributing|edit this wiki]] to add a link, or [[Special:Contact|contact]] us and a maintainer will add it for you. We welcome contributions from all Ars Magica players and enthusiasts, in any [[Project Redcap:Languages|language]].


== Special Announcement: Years of Conquest, the Ars Magica Computer Game ==
For more information about the project itself, please see [[Project Redcap:About]].
19 October 2012: For the first time, a software studio has proposed to develop a computer game of Ars Magica! This is a [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackchickenstudios/ars-magica-video-game Kickstarter project], meaning the developer is asking for pledges up-front and if that raises enough money, they'll be able to make the game. See our [[Years of Conquest]] page for more information.


== About Ars Magica ==
== About Ars Magica ==
{{Main|Welcome to Ars Magica}}
{{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.
'''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 fiction and folklore.
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.
=== Learning to Play ===
Our [[Welcome to Ars Magica]] page is a good place to start if you are new or returning to the game.
== Community News ==
{{Main|Project Redcap:Current events}}
=== Special Announcement: Years of Conquest, the Ars Magica Computer Game ===
'''19 October 2012''': For the first time, a software studio has proposed to develop a computer game of Ars Magica! This is a [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackchickenstudios/ars-magica-video-game Kickstarter project], meaning the developer is asking for pledges up-front and if they raise enough money, they'll be able to make the game. See the [[Years of Conquest]] page for more information.


== Internet Resources for Ars Magica ==
== Internet Resources for Ars Magica ==
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[[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]]
[[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]]
== Site News ==
{{Main|Project Redcap:Current events}}
;19 October 2012
:A [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackchickenstudios/ars-magica-video-game Kickstarter project] was announced to develop the first-ever Ars Magica video game! See our new [[Years of Conquest]] page for details.
;1 September 2012
:The new, MediaWiki-based version of Project: Redcap is now active. This is Project: Redcap 3.0. (2.0 was the PageWork wiki, 1.0 was the static HTML version.)
;18 August 2012
:We have finished migrating content from the previous Wiki. We are now in the process of cleaning up: removing duplicate and stub articles and cleaning up formatting glitches from the migration.

Revision as of 09:12, 21 October 2012

Welcome to Project: Redcap, a fan-maintained Web site devoted to the tabletop role-playing game Ars Magica. It has two related goals:

  1. Provide a centralized place to where visitors can browse and find links to as much Ars Magica material as possible, in as many languages as possible. We want to be, as the site's creator put it, "the crossroads of the Order." We want to link to everything related to Ars Magica, without passing judgment on the importance or quality of the material.
  2. Be a guide and companion for the rules and game world of Ars Magica, providing useful rules summaries, examples, and commentaries on topics from across the game's extensive product line.

If you know of an Ars Magica site that is not listed here, please edit this wiki to add a link, or contact us and a maintainer will add it for you. We welcome contributions from all Ars Magica players and enthusiasts, in any language.

For more information about the project itself, please see Project Redcap:About.

About Ars Magica

Ars Magica is a pen and paper roleplaying game focused on wizards and magic. The game setting, Mythic Europe, is much like historical Europe of the 13th century, but where wizards, dragons, and 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 fiction and folklore.

Learning to Play

Our Welcome to Ars Magica page is a good place to start if you are new or returning to the game.

Community News

Special Announcement: Years of Conquest, the Ars Magica Computer Game

19 October 2012: For the first time, a software studio has proposed to develop a computer game of Ars Magica! This is a Kickstarter project, meaning the developer is asking for pledges up-front and if they raise enough money, they'll be able to make the game. See the Years of Conquest page for more information.

Internet Resources for Ars Magica

Our Internet Site Index attempts to assemble links to as many Ars Magica resources as possible, in any language.

Many fan sites relate to individual Sagas, which we categorize by Tribunal.

Greater Alps | Hibernia | Iberia | Levant | Loch Leglean | Normandy | Novgorod | Provençal | Rhine | Rome | Stonehenge | Thebes | Transylvania | Alternate Settings