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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. The site also contains extensive reference information for Ars Magica players: extensive open game content, descriptions of the many products available for the game, summaries of many topics about the Order of Hermes and Mythic Europe, and fan-created content.

This wiki is also a great place for you to add your own fan-created content. Ars Magica content is licensed under an open license from 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!

Internet Resources

Main article: Internet Site Index

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

You may also want to check out our

Grand List of Internet Resources for Ars Magica

Some more general starting points include:

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. Most Ars Magica discussions currently occur on Atlas Games Official Forum or the very active Ars Magica Discord community server.
Atlas Games: Atlas Games has lots of useful information and downloads on its pages for the Definitive (current) Fifth and Fourth Editions.
The Net Wizard's Grimoire: A collection of hundreds of fan-created spells.
Grand Tribunal Conventions: The fan community has been organizing Ars Magica conventions since 2007: see Grand Tribunal UK and Grand Tribunal USA
The Ars Magica Discord: Join the Ars Magica Community Server on Discord using the following invite: https://discord.gg/8CHys5M

Official Content

This site contains open game content released by Atlas Games. The released open game content includes essentially all of Ars Magica, excepting some old (fourth and earlier) material that is not the property of Atlas Games. This open game content is being slowly converted into this wiki. To see the converted material, see

The Ars Magica Reference Document for complete converted books.
The Ars Magica Open Content Conversion Tracker for conversions in-process.

Ars Magica Encyclopedia

This is fan-created content that includes explanations of the rules, setting, and products of Ars Magica, as well as advice on running and playing the game.

Learning to Play
Rules Reference
- Main Rules page
- Magic Rules
- Character Creation
- House Rules
Setting Reference
FAQ

Fan Created Content

Main page: Fan-created

These pages contain fan created content such as new spells, enchanted devices, characters, and so on.

Fan Created Spells

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

Community News

Oct 2024: The definitive edition of Ars Magica, all of the Fifth Edition line, and many other works are licensed under an open license so fans can extend, remix, and customize the rules to their hearts' delight.

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-== Welcome ==
+{{Note|type=reminder|If Redcap is slow to respond or has errors, you can check our [https://www.bluehost.com/status hosting provider's service status].}}
-Project: Redcap is a site by and for the Ars Magica [[fan community]]. If you are a new visitor, this main page is a starting point for browsing.
-This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki]. We welcome contributions from Ars Magica players and fans of all levels of experience. If you know of an Ars Magica-related Web site that is not listed here, please add a link to it; or [[contact]] us and a maintainer will add it for you.
+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. The site also contains extensive reference '''information''' for Ars Magica players: extensive [[Ars Magica Reference Document|open game content]], descriptions of the many [[products]] available for the game, summaries of many topics about the [[Order of Hermes]] and [[Mythic Europe]], and fan-created content.
-See [[Help:Getting Started]] for an introduction to using and contributing to Project: Redcap.
+This [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki] is also a great place for you to add '''your own''' fan-created content. Ars Magica content is licensed under an [https://www.atlas-games.com/arsmagica/openars open license] from 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!
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+text='''Notice 2024-10-20:''' Following the announcement of the new Ars Magica Open License the community is rallying to convert ArM Open License products to an online reference. The
+[[Ars Magica Open Content Conversion Tracker]] is provided to track progress of this project. Get involved!
+}}
-== About Ars Magica ==
+= Internet Resources =
-{{Main|Ars Magica}}
+{{Main|Internet Site Index}}
-'''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.
+Many of the fan sites on the web are players' [[saga]]s, which we organize by [[Regional Tribunal]]:
+{{Saga links}}
-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 beliefs and folklore.
+You may also want to check out our
+* [[Grand List of Internet Resources]] for Ars Magica
-Magic and wizards are central to the game. Ars Magica's rules for magic are very broad and flexible, enabling wizards (called [[magus|magi]]) to make up original spells on the spur of the moment, enchant powerful magical items, bind familiars, brew potions, and more. The quest for magical knowledge is designed into the game, so reading arcane tomes and experimenting in the laboratory can be as important to a magus's career as are exploring ruins and battling dragons.
+Some more general starting points include:
+{{#lst:Internet site index|startingPoints}}
-Ars Magica was first published in 1987 and is currently in its [[Fifth Edition]].
+= Official Content =
+This site contains open game content released by [[Atlas Games]]. The released open game content includes essentially all of Ars Magica, excepting some old (fourth and earlier) material that is not the property of Atlas Games. This open game content is being slowly converted into this wiki. To see the converted material, see
+* The [[Ars Magica Reference Document]] for complete converted books.
+* The [[Ars Magica Open Content Conversion Tracker]] for conversions in-process.
-=== Learning to Play ===
+= Ars Magica Encyclopedia =
-Our [[Welcome to Ars Magica]] page is a good place to start if you are new or returning to the game.
+This is fan-created content that includes explanations of the rules, setting, and products of Ars Magica, as well as advice on running and playing the game.
+* [[Learning to Play]]
+** [[Character Generation]]
+** [[Primer for New Players]]
+** [[Storyguiding Advice]]
+** [[Which Tribunal to choose]]
+* Rules Reference
+** Main [[Rules]] page
+** [[Magic Rules]]
+** [[Character Creation]]
+** [[House Rules]]
+* Setting Reference
+** [[Mythic Europe]]
+** [[Order of Hermes]]
+** [[Hedge Magic]]
+* [[FAQ]]
-=== Frequently-Asked Questions ===
+= Fan Created Content =
-Project: Redcap is also home to the Ars Magica [[FAQ]], which explains many of the subtleties of the [[rules]] and the [[Mythic Europe]] setting, as well as an increasing amount of tribal lore about the [[fan community]].
+{{Main|1=:Category:Fan-created|l1=Fan-created}}
-Ars Magica veterans may prefer to jump directly to the [[:Category:FAQ|FAQ category index]].
+These pages contain fan created content such as new spells, enchanted devices, characters, and so on.
+* [[Fan Created Spells]]
-== Internet Resources for Ars Magica ==
+= Related Topics =
-{{Main|Internet site index}}
+These pages deal with information that is not strictly part of the game, but is tangential to it.
-Our Internet Site Index attempts to assemble links to as many Ars Magica resources as possible, in any [[Project Redcap:Languages|language]].
-The [http://www.atlas-games.com/arm5/ Official Ars Magica Web site] is hosted by the game's publisher, [[Atlas Games]].
+* [[Medieval History]]
+* [[Storytelling]]
+* [[Role-playing]]
-Many fan sites relate to individual [[Saga]]s, which we categorize by [[Regional Tribunal | Tribunal]].
+= Using This Site =
+See [[Help:Getting Started]] for an introduction to using and contributing to Project: Redcap.
-=== Saga Links ===
-Most fan-created Web pages for Ars Magica are about players' individual [[saga]]s. Links to those pages are organized by [[Regional Tribunal|Tribunal]]:
-[[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]]
+[[Special:Categories]] lists all the categories used to organize pages on this site
-=== Rules and Setting Reference ===
+= Community News =
-Project: Redcap's second goal is to develop an online [[encyclopedia]] of the ever-expanding Ars Magica universe. Some useful starting points are:
+Oct 2024: The definitive edition of Ars Magica, all of the Fifth Edition line, and many other works are licensed under an [https://www.atlas-games.com/arsmagica/openars open license] so fans can extend, remix, and customize the rules to their hearts' delight.
+* [[Project Redcap:Current events]]
+* [[Project Redcap: Community portal]]
-*[[Special:Categories]] lists all the categories used to organize pages on this site
+{{Languages}}