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Tag Archives: Ars Magica 5th Edition
Image from The Wizard Torn 3: an online Ars Magica convention.
Tonight I am writing about my gaming hobby so feel free to skip reading this unless you are a tabletop rpg gamer or very curious! I will be back tomorrow to normal topics (whatever they are?) Well another Image from … Continue reading
About My Hobby for Non-Gamers: An Introduction to the 5th Edition Ars Magica Roleplaying Game
OK, many of you will know I play a game called Ars Magica about medieval wizards and have written on a lot of books for the line over the last nine years or so. I really enjoy the game, but … Continue reading
The Battle of Fornham 1173: re-fought with Ars Magica!
I have written a lot on games recently and not much else, but back to the normal soon. Despite the title this post is as much about real English history as my game, and therefore possibly worth reading — you can skip the sections with green headings and read the ones with dark blue heading to find the fact rather than the game stuff! I have just finished hosting Grand Tribunal 2012 the Ars Magica roleplaying game convention, and so am still full of enthusiasm for my gaming exploits. This year saw a rather unusual one — trying to recreate a rather important if obscure event in English history (a battle at Fornham, just outside Bury St Edmunds in 1173) with a combination wargame/freeform/rpg game set in the world of Ars Magica, using the 5th edition rules.
However, let’s start with the real world history… Continue reading
Posted in Games, History, Reviews and Past Events, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
Tagged Ars Magica, Ars Magica 5th Edition, Atlas Games, Battle of Fornham, Bury St Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds wargames, Fornham 1173, Fornham All Saints, Fornham St Martin, Fornham St. Genevieve, Grand Tribunal, Grand Tribunal 2012, Lark Valley, medieval wargames, Mildenhall Road Bury, rpg/wargames, Suffolk history, Tayfen Meadow, wargames Ars Magica, wargaming, wargaming 12th century England
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It Snowed A Little… Pictures of Cheltenham (but they could be anywhere!) In The Snow
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OK you like pictures of snow. I get it.. Continue reading
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Tagged Ars Magica 5th Edition, Berklist, Cheltenham, Cheltenham High Street, Cheltenham in snow, lots of pictures of dull scenes of snow, Normal Terrace, pictures of public toilets and kebab shops in snow, pictures of wheelie bins in snow, snow cat, snow in Cheltenham, St. Paul's Cheltenham in Snow, very dull pictures of car parks in the snow, what really goes on in CJ's bedroom exclusively revealed
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