In a new article for The Escapist, Ray Huling asks the questions "Why didn't the Ancient Greeks invent roleplaying? Why is the hobby a truly modern phenomenon?" He interviewed Robin Laws and I, and included some of our insights in the article. Read the article now!

Posted by Michelle Nephew
5/29/2008 02:41:00 PM
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Reprints in the Works

Besides sending a new Ars Magica book (Realms of Power: Magic) to press, we also have ordered up three reprints:

Covenants for Ars Magica 5th Edition
The Mysteries Revised Edition for Ars Magica 5th Edition
Over the Edge 2nd Edition RPG core rulebook

We expect that we should have these reprinted titles back in our warehouse by early July. If you can't wait that long, you can purchase all three of them as downloads from e23 without delay.

Posted by John Nephew
5/28/2008 03:38:00 PM
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Ars Magica Updates

Once again our many thanks to Erik Tyrrell for updating the Shape and Material Bonuses unified indexes, organized either by Bonus and by Shape/Material. They cover all Ars Magica 5th Edition products through Art & Academe. He also updated the Spell Index by Form and by Technique.

Posted by Webmaster
5/27/2008 12:33:00 PM
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Coming Soon

Unfortunate Expeditions

In the Gloom card game, you make your eccentric family of misfits suffer the greatest tragedies possible before helping them pass on to the well-deserved respite of death. Just mix the 55 transparent cards in this set together with your copy of Gloom to add morbid new Modifiers, Events, and Untimely Deaths, and a new family of intrepid explorers who've faced misfortune across the globe. These days Colonel Bumpersnoot is really more of a bargain hunter, while Lady Bumpersnoot struggles with high society? but she always loves to have guests for dinner. Their Towering Treehouse is included as a Residence card to use with the Unhappy Homes expansion.

Realms of Power: Faerie.

You mustn't call them by name - they are the "good neighbors," the "fair folk," the "gentry." Don't draw their attention, for those they notice are drawn into their stories, which no mortal can survive unchanged. Stay away from the edges of the dark woods, respect your superiors, and do what society expects. Or the faeries will come for you!

Posted by Webmaster
5/27/2008 12:25:00 PM
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Virgil the Magical Cat

There is now a new section on the Ars Magica 5th Edition page entitled "Other characters flesh out the covenant and the surrounding area." This section was added in honor of "Virgil the Magical Cat", a character which was built using the new rules from Realms of Power: Magic.

Posted by Webmaster
5/23/2008 07:16:00 PM
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Another Batch of PDFs

Today we have three more PDFs available for sale as downloads from e23. They are:

• Covenants for Ars Magica 5th Edition
• Ancient Magic for Ars Magica 5th Edition
• Ascension of the Magdalene, dual-statted for Unknown Armies and the d20 System

Enjoy!

Posted by John Nephew
5/23/2008 02:30:00 PM
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Magic to Press

Realms of Power: Magic for Ars Magica went to press today. Woot!

Posted by Michelle Nephew
5/22/2008 01:06:00 PM
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Three New PDFs Today

Three additional out of print titles are now available for purchase as PDF downloads today from e23. They are:

• Realms of Power: The Infernal, for Ars Magica 5th Edition
• Triamore: The Covenant at Lucien's Folly, for Ars Magica 4th Edition
• Statosphere, for Unknown Armies

I should note that we do plan to reprint Realms of Power: The Infernal at some point, but the other two titles are out of print for good.

Posted by John Nephew
5/22/2008 09:54:00 AM
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Obsessed With Gaming

Colin Sherman from Obsessed with Gaming stopped by our booth at GAMA Trade Show and took a moment to learn about Mad Scientist University and Once Upon a Time. His video blog on the two games is now up on their site, so go take a look!

(Our bit starts just before the half-way point.)

Posted by Michelle Nephew
5/15/2008 12:27:00 PM
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