Ars Magica 2nd Edition

Ars Magica 2^nd Edition at a Glance

• An award-winning game with award-winning rules and a unique magic system. Play powerful magi in Mythic Europe!
• The thorough core book provides everything you need to play, but you can always consult the extensive line of supplements.
• For more information on 5^th edition, which is the current version of Ars Magica, visit this page.

What is Ars Magica 2^nd Edition?

Ars Magica is a long-standing roleplaying game about magi in 13^th century Europe. Explore mysteries and set off on adventure. Encounter mundane nobles and church higher-ups, faeries and demons. Perform powerful spells and learn new magical traditions.

Each of your stories will center on the covenant: the magi, their companions, and their Grog servants. You’ll get to play them all with Ars Magica’s unique troupe-style system. Your covenant is part mystical college, magical laboratory, Hermetic fortification, and bastion of secrecy.

Try Ars Magica and be prepared for a unique and compelling play experience.

Magic and Peril Await: Gameplay Basics

Ars Magica provides a unique fantasy roleplay experience with multiple characters and troupe-style play. Mechanics help streamline play so it’s not overwhelming to juggle it all.

This RPG features award-winning magic rules. Instead of a list of spells to choose from—and spend ages looking up in the manual—players create their desired effects on the spot. The result is a flexible yet simple system that keeps the focus where it should be—on the action.

Released in 1989, this edition of Ars Magica from Lion Rampant brought this groundbreaking, award-winning game to a wider audience with clarified and expanded rules and text, a color cover, and new artwork.

The 2^nd edition of Ars Magica is currently out of print, but it is available in PDF.

For more information on the current edition of Ars Magica — 5^th edition — click here.

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