This article was made possible by the generous support of our patrons. Please consider joining them by supporting us on Patreon. Hello world. It’s Dec 2024 and things are fully on fire. As they always have been, but perhaps more under the blindingly obvious late-stage extractive capitalism that is the incoming Trump/Musk administration. Folks are nervous, and angry. […]
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Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven’s Ars Magica: Playtesting Begins!
Click here to download the rules and join the playtest! From the game: If you haven’t seen Roger Corman’s 1963 film The Raven, starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre & Boris Karloff, this’ll be a little harder to explain. Wizards don’t concern themselves with the affairs, great events, wars, or politics of non-wizards, what they dismissively term “the Mortal […]
Troupe-Style Play
Here’s how we’re laying out troupe-style play in the Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven’s Ars Magica playtest document. Part I: Troupe-Style Play If you haven’t played role-playing games troupe-style before, this should be a pretty good place to start. Let me lay it out for you. Main characters & Supporting Cast: You can think of your wizard as […]