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Ars Magica is a role-playing game set in 'Mythic Europe' – a historically grounded version of Europe and the Levant around AD 1200, with the added conceit that conceptions of the world prevalent in folklore and institutions of the High Middle Ages are factual reality (a situation known informally as the "medieval paradigm").
A troupe system is a way of playing role-playing games in which a group of players takes different roles at different times. The term was coined in Ars Magica, where it referred to each player using multiple characters and, crucially, sharing a pool of characters held in common by the entire group (referred to as the "troupe").
Ars Magica: Lion Rampant (editions 1 & 2) 1987, 1989, 1992, 1996, 2004 Medieval fantasy: Originally developed by Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein-Hagen, who originated the term "troupe-style play" for it. [1] White Wolf Publishing (edition 3) Atlas Games (editions 4 & 5) Artesia: Adventures in the Known World: Archaia Studios Press: Modified Fuzion ...
Ars Magica: Medieval fantasy, heroic fantasy: Mythic Europe Ars Magica rules Lion Rampant, White Wolf, Wizards of the Coast, Atlas Games: 1987-2004 Auvron: Heroic fantasy: Auvron Somlói Ferenc, Kovács Olivér 1995 Hungarian language Birthright: Medieval fantasy: The continent of Cerilia on the planet Aebrynis AD&D 2nd edition, D&D 3rd edition ...
The following is a timeline of tabletop role-playing games.For computer role-playing games see here.. The publication year listed here is the year of the first edition in the original country.
Saga Pack is a set of gamemaster's aids for the second edition of Ars Magica, including a gamemaster's screen, and 24 loose-leaf pages that outline 16 pregenerated characters, guidelines for role-playing, and also provides more information about the Code of Hermes.
They published Ars Magica, a roleplaying game about wizards in the Middle Ages, plus support material for the game. [1] In addition, they published Whimsy Cards, which introduced freeform dramatic elements to a roleplaying session. [1] In 1990, Lion Rampant merged with White Wolf Publishing. [2]
The influence of this idea can be seen in the Ars Magica RPG, which also encourages stories taking years or decades to unfold (and which is also set in medieval Europe). The default Pendragon setting is a pastiche of actual fifth- and sixth-century British history, high medieval history (10th to 15th centuries), and Arthurian legend.