Revision as of 18:18, 31 January 2012

Welcome to Project: Redcap, a Web site devoted to the tabletop role-playing game Ars Magica. Our goals are to provide links to as much Ars Magica-related material the on the Web as possible, in as many languages as possible, and to serve as an online encyclopedia of both canon official and fan-created material.

Project: Redcap is maintained by volunteers from the Ars Magica fan community. It has been continuously active (and growing) since 1994.

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.

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 13^th 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 real-world occult phenomena or beliefs.

More information about the game is available on our Welcome to Ars Magica page, including helpful advice for newcomers to start playing.

Fan Community

Ars Magica boasts a highly active, worldwide fan community.

Fans have created hundreds of web sites devoted to the game and they frequent the official discussion forum to share ideas and stories about their games, discuss and debate the rules and setting, and even play online. They also publish highly professional fanzines to share creative ideas about the game. Fans organize conventions so they can travel great distances to play Ars Magica with one another. See the fan community page for more information about these activities.

We invite you to participate in the fan community by contributing to Project: Redcap.

Major Topics

Rules

Our Frequently-Asked Questions page answers many common questions about the rules and setting of the game.
We have several helpful tips about how to play

Fan-Created Content

There is a lot of fan-created content for Ars Magica, both on the Web and here at Project: Redcap.

Many fan sites relate to individual [{Saga]]s, which we categorize by Tribunal.

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+Project: Redcap is maintained by volunteers from the Ars Magica [[fan community]]. It has been [[History of Project: Redcap | continuously active]] (and growing) since 1994.
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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.
+While the game is grounded in [[real history]], the magic in Ars Magica is fictitious. The game has nothing to do with real-world occult phenomena or beliefs.
+More information about the game is available on our [[Welcome to Ars Magica]] page, including helpful advice for newcomers to start playing.
+= Fan Community =
+Ars Magica boasts a highly active, worldwide [[fan community]].
+Fans have created hundreds of web sites devoted to the game and they frequent the [[official discussion forum]] to share ideas and stories about their games, discuss and debate the rules and setting, and even play online. They also publish highly professional [[fanzines]] to share creative ideas about the game. Fans organize [[conventions]] so they can travel great distances to play Ars Magica with one another. See the [[fan community]] page for more information about these activities.
+We invite you to participate in the fan community by [[contributing]] to Project: Redcap.
+= Major Topics =
+* [[Internet Site Index]]
+* [[Encyclopedia]] of Ars Magica
+* [[:Category:Fan-created | Fan-created material]]
+== Rules ==
+* Our [[FAQ | Frequently-Asked Questions]] page answers many common questions about the rules and setting of the game.
+* We have several [[:Category:How Do I? | helpful tips]] about how to play
+== Fan-Created Content ==
+There is a lot of fan-created content for Ars Magica, both [[Internet Site Index | on the Web]] and [[:Category:Fan-created | here at Project: Redcap]].
+Many fan sites relate to individual [{Saga]]s, which we categorize by [[Regional Tribunal | Tribunal]].
+[[Greater Alps Sagas|Greater Alps]] | [[Hibernian Sagas|Hibernia]] | [[Iberian Sagas|Iberia]] | [[Levant Sagas|Levant]] | [[Loch Leglean Sagas|Loch Leglean]] | [[Normandy Sagas|Normandy]] | [[Novgorod Sagas|Novgorod]] | [[Provençal Sagas|Provençal]] | [[Rhine Sagas|Rhine]] | [[Roman Sagas|Rome]] | [[Stonehenge Sagas|Stonehenge]] | [[Thebes Sagas|Thebes]] | [[Transylvanian Sagas|Transylvania]] | [[Alternate Settings Sagas|Alternate Setting]]