Iberia Campaign

Resources

Here is a list of Ars Magica resources we have available for those who will take turns at being Game Masters.  They include Ars Magica sourcebooks, reference books, and electronic files and utilities.

Ars Magica Books

• Ars Magica, Fifth Edition – main rulebook
• Ars Magica, Fourth Edition – main rulebook
• The Bats of Mercille – 2nd printing.  A curse, disappearances, deformed bats swooping...  An adventure for 2nd Ed.
• The Bishop's Staff – an adventure set in an unusual winter covenant found inside the walls of an ancient Roman town.  4th Ed.
• Blood and Sand – The Levant Tribunal.  4th Ed.
• The Broken Covenant of Calebais – one of the most famous adventures.  1st Ed.
• The Broken Covenant of Calebais – one of the most famous adventures, now updated for 5th Ed.
• Covenants – The 2nd Ed. sourcebook for covenant creation.
• Covenants – The 5th Ed. sourcebook for covenant creation.
• Deadly Legacy – Legend of Fate.  A story supplement for 3rd Ed.
• Faeries – the sourcebook for the fairies of Mythic Europe.
• The Fallen Angel – a powerful demon incarnates himself in a body which is apparently from the Lunar sphere.  An adventure for 4th Ed.
• Festival of the Damned: Anniversary Edition – Contains two of the most popular Ars Magica adventures.  4th Ed.
• Hedge Magic – Four non-Hermetic magical traditions of Mythic Europe.  4th Ed.
• The Hidden Paths: Shamans – 3rd Ed. sourcebook for the non-Hermetic traditions of shapechangers
• Houses of Hermes: True Lineages – 5th Ed. sourcebook for the Houses of Bonisagus, Guernicus, Mercere and Tremere
• Kabbalah – rules and background for Mythic judaism.  4th Ed.
• Land of Fire & Ice – Mythic Iceland.  4th Ed.
• Lion of the North – The Loch Leglean Tribunal.  A Sourcebook to Mythic Scotland for 3rd Ed.
• Living Lore – medieval legends adapted for an Ars Magica saga.  4th Ed.
• The Maleficium – the machinations and mystique of the Infernal Realm.  A sucky 3rd Ed. supplement.
• The Medieval Bestiary – Mundane and magical beasts, each presented with a description written by Caprea of House Bjornaer.  4th Ed.
• A Medieval Handbook – A guide to the realms of Medieval Europe for Ars Magica (pretty much a systemless book).
• A Medieval Tapestry – Personalities of Mythic Europe
• A Midsummer Night's Dream – a Saga for 3rd Ed., taking a Spring covenant into Summer.
• The Mysteries – A treasure-trove of secrets from the discoverers of magic and the hidden sects within the Order.  Dozens of new spells, lab activities, and Virtues.  4th Ed.
• Mythic Perspectives fanzine, issues # 9, 10 and 11 (Autumn 1999, Summer 2000 and Spring 2001)
• More Mythic Places – More places you've only dreamt of...  3rd Ed.
• Mythic Europe – a story supplement that presents the official setting for Ars Magica 3rd Ed.
• Mythic Places – Places you've only dreamt of...  3rd Ed.
• The Order of Hermes – describes the twelve Houses that compose the Order of Hermes, their origins, their histories, and their recent actions.  2nd Ed.
• Ordo Nobilis – Mythic Europe's Nobility.  4th Ed.
• Parma Fabula – game master's screen and tables.  4th Ed.
• Pax Dei – the glory and majesty of the Divine Realm in Mythic Europe.  A mediocre 3rd Ed. supplement.
• Realms of Power: The Divine – 5th Ed. sourcebook for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
• Trial by Fire – The Ancient Wyrm Stirs...  An Ars Magica adventure.  3rd Ed.
• Tribunals of Hermes: Iberia – the mundane and magical realms of Mythic Europe's Spanish peninsula.  3rd Ed.
• A Winter's Tale – An Ars Magica Saga.  A tale must be told of Autumn's death...  3rd Ed.
• The Wizard's Grimoire – new templates for player character magi, essays that examine topics of concern to the wizardly class, rules for improving laboratories in a myriad of ways, sample magic items that demonstrate possibilities and save storyguide time, more than a hundred new spells.  4th Ed.

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Other Books

• Islam For Dummies, by Malcolm Clark
• Life in a Medieval Castle, by Joseph and Frances Gies
• The Armies of Islam 7th–11th Centuries, by David Nicolle and Angus McBride (Osprey Books)
• The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, by Amin Maalouf
• The Medieval Scene, by G.G. Coulton
• The Medieval Spains, by Bernard F. Reilly
• The Moors in Spain, by Stanley Lane-Poole (a 19th century classic)
• The Moors: The Islamic West 7th–15th Centuries AD, by David Nicolle and Angus McBride (Osprey Books)
• To The King's Taste, by Lorna Sass (14th century cookbook)

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Electronic

• Ars Magica 4th edition – the complete rulebook, free download in PDF format from RPG Now.  In addition, the PDF versions of Faeries, Festival of the Damned (Anniversary Edition), South of the Sun, The Dragon and the Bear, The Fallen Angel, and The Mysteries are also available for cheap (between US$6 and $12 per book.)
• Metacreator  – character creation software, from Alter Ego Software.  $40.
• Ars Magica Index  – zipped Excel spreadsheet, on the Atlas Games site.  Free.
• Map of Mythic Europe  – on the Atlas Games site.  Free.
• Secrets in Sand  – Islamic Tradition in the Order, on the Atlas Games site.  Free.
• Promises, Promises  – a starter kit with scenario and jump-start rules, on the Atlas Games site.  Free.
• Nigrasaxa  – a mini-saga, on the Atlas Games site.  Free.
• A Magical Medieval City Guide  – a free download on RPGnow.  Although it is meant for use in the OGL/d20 context with a much more prominent style of magic, it is still a useful resource.

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