Revision as of 06:09, 18 July 2012

Welcome to Project: Redcap, a Web site devoted to the tabletop role-playing game Ars Magica.

About Project: Redcap

Our goals are to provide a central portal to as much Ars Magica-related material as possible, and to serve as an online encyclopedia of both 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 welcome contributions from all Ars Magica players and enthusiasts, in any language.

Site News

Main article: Current Events

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18 July 2012: After a few months of being busy with other things, the maintainers are getting ready for a mass conversion of the "old style" PageWork-based Wiki content to this MediaWiki back-end.

Finding What You're Looking For

Project:Redcap has many pages covering a broad range of Ars Magica topics. There are several ways to find the information you're looking for:

This Wiki has a search function you can use to search for specific words and phrases (see the upper-right corner of this page)
Pages are organized into categories for ease of discovery
You can simply browse the list of all pages.
Last but not least, the pages are linked together and you can "surf" from one page to a related page following the links

About Ars Magica

Main article: 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 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

See our Welcome to Ars Magica page.

Frequently-Asked Questions

Our unofficial Frequently-Asked Questions page answers many common questions about the rules and setting of the game.

Major Topics

Project:Redcap is an online companion to the rule books, with commentary and supplemental information about all aspects of the game.

Mythic Europe

Main article: Mythic Europe

Internet Resources for Ars Magica

The founding goal of Project:Redcap is to provide links to as much Ars Magica-related material the on the Web as possible, in as many languages as possible. As the Web is constantly changing, this is a task that will never really be complete, but will require continuing effort and maintenance.

We invite users to contribute to Project:Redcap by adding links to any Ars Magica-related sites they are aware of, regardless of their content or perceived quality.

Official Web Sites

There are only a few official Ars Magica sites, maintained by the game's publisher (currently Atlas Games).

Ars Magica Fifth Edition: The current edition of the game. This site includes links to all Fifth-Edition related products, errata, and many free supplements such as character sheets, adventures, and play aids.
Ars Magica Fourth Edition: Also hosted by Atlas Games, the Fourth Edition page includes many extras, including a link to a free PDF of the Ars Magica Fourth Edition rule book! It also has links to all the Fourth Edition products, as well as some earlier products.
the Official Atlas Games Forums: The forums include both the Ars Magica discussion board and a play-by-forum board for online games.

Fan-Created Material

Main page: :Category:Fan-created

see also our Community Portal for information on the fan community itself.

The Ars Magica Wiki: Independent of Project: Redcap, but with similar goals, this Wiki is another valuable community resource.
Durenmar: Durenmar is an archive of high-quality articles for Ars Magica, much like an online fanzine. It is currently inactive (last updated 2005) but still online.
The Net Wizard's Grimoire: A collection of hundreds of fan-created spells where you can submit your own.
Projekt: Ars-Magica.net: A bilingual (English/German) community site
Project_Redcap:Community_portal: Our community portal page includes information on mailing lists, discussion boards, conventions, online games, fanzines, and more.
Fanzines: Professional-quality magazines about Ars Magica, written by the fans, for the fans
Sanctum Hermeticum Renewed: An online fanzine-like archive, currently active, maintained by Niall Christie.
Blogs: We are building an index of blogs related to Ars Magica. Please help us expand this list!

Saga Pages

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

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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 a central portal to as much Ars Magica-related material as possible, and to serve as an online [[encyclopedia]] of both [[canon | official]] and [[:Category:Fan-created | fan-created material]].
+Welcome to Project: Redcap, a Web site devoted to the tabletop role-playing game [[Welcome_to_Ars_Magica | Ars Magica]].
-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.
+= About Project: Redcap =
+{{Main|About Project Redcap}}
-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.
+Our goals are to provide a central portal to as much Ars Magica-related material as possible, and to serve as an online encyclopedia of both [[canon | official]] and [[:Category:Fan-created | fan-created material]].
-= About Ars Magica =
+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. We welcome [[Contributing| contributions]] from all Ars Magica players and enthusiasts, in any language.
-'''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.
+== Site News ==
+{{Main|Current Events}}}
-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.
+;18 July 2012
+:After a few months of being busy with other things, the maintainers are getting ready for a mass conversion of the "old style" [[PageWork]]-based Wiki content to this [[MediaWiki]] back-end.
 == Finding What You're Looking For ==
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 # You can simply browse the list of [[Special:AllPages|all pages]].
 # Last but not least, the pages are linked together and you can "surf" from one page to a related page following the links
+= About 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.
+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 ==
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 Our unofficial [[:Category:FAQ | Frequently-Asked Questions]] page answers many common questions about the rules and setting of the game.
-= Internet Resources =
+== Major Topics ==
+Project:Redcap is an online companion to the rule books, with commentary and supplemental information about all aspects of the game.
+=== Mythic Europe ===
+{{Main|Mythic Europe}}
+=== Order of Hermes ===
+{{Main|Order of Hermes}}
+=== Hermetic Magic ===
+{{Main|Hermetic Magic}}
+=== Non-Hermetic Magic ===
+{{Main|Non-Hermetic Magic}}
+= Internet Resources for Ars Magica =
 The founding goal of Project:Redcap is to provide links to as much Ars Magica-related material the on the Web as possible, in as many [[languages]] as possible. As the Web is constantly changing, this is a task that will never really be complete, but will require continuing effort and maintenance.
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 :The forums include both the Ars Magica discussion board and a play-by-forum board for online games.
-== Community Sites ==
+== Fan-Created Material ==
-The following sites welcome contributions from the Ars Magica community and/or provide information on finding players and games, or meeting places to discuss the game.
+{{Main|:Category:Fan-created}}
+''see also our [[Community Portal]] for information on the fan community itself.''
 ;[http://arsmagica.wikia.com/wiki/Ars_Magica_Wiki The Ars Magica Wiki]
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 ;[[Project_Redcap:Community_portal]]
 :Our community portal page includes information on [[mailing list]]s, discussion boards, [[Grand Tribunal (convention) | conventions]], online games, [[fanzine]]s, and more.
+;[[Fanzine]]s
+:Professional-quality magazines about Ars Magica, written by the fans, for the fans
 ;[http://shrenewed.wetpaint.com/ Sanctum Hermeticum Renewed]
 :An online [[fanzine]]-like archive, currently active, maintained by [[Niall Christie]].
+;[[Blogs]]
+:We are building an index of blogs related to Ars Magica. Please help us expand this list!
 == Saga Pages ==
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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]]
-== Personal Blogs ==
-Some writers and fans of Ars Magica set up blogs that publish lots of Ars-Magica related content. These include:
-;[http://timothyferguson.wordpress.com/ Games from Folktales]
-:The roleplaying blog of [[Timothy Ferguson]], a frequent contributer to the Ars Magica line. It focuses mainly on converting pieces of folklore to Ars Magica use.
-;[http://metropollywog.wordpress.com/ Metropollgywog]
-:This is the blog of [[Matt Ryan]], a frequent contributer to the Fifth Edition line. It includes personal and non-Ars Magica related content, but also lots of Ars Magica content.
-;[http://ironboundtome.wordpress.com/ The Iron Bound Tome]
-:The roleplaying blog of "typhoonandrew", a fan, containing mostly various Ars Magica original content.
-;[http://housediedne.wordpress.com/ House Diedne]
-:A joint blog of [[Matt Ryan]] and [[Tobias Wheeler]], providing fan-fiction and content on [[House Diedne]].
-== Other Fan-Created Content ==
-''Main article: [[:Category:Fan-created]]''
-Any fan-created pages that don't fall into one of the above categories may be found on our [[:Category:Fan-created | category page for fan-created material]].