Call for players.
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gridloreOK, I'm ready to start putting together an Ars Magica game. I'm looking for 3-4 people who are interested in not only playing, but also taking turns as GM and helping to build the Saga. The setting will be the one I've been talking about, the Novogord Republic circa 1220 AD. The "hook" is a group of mages have moved in to occupy an abandoned Covenant in the wake of it's last magus fading away into Final Twilight. Or dying. Or wandering off. No one is really sure.
I will happily do the brunt of the period research. I love this era and area. Contributions welcome, of course.
I'm hoping for at least one face-to-face gaming session a month. A lot of the Covenant gaming stuff can happen in email. Which brings me to an important point. Anyone interested in playing is going to need a copy of the 5th Edition Ars Magica core rules. So much of playing on a mage is based on laboratory research and the like, I really can't see how to run a game with one copy of the rules going around (this is one time I'd prefer a PDF.) That, and having your own copy of the rules means that you can always create a new Companion or grog, or if you feel like it, an apprentice to abuse. There is just too much going on for me to handle in exposition or hand outs. Looks like a couple of copies are up at eBay as well.
This is also one time when I'm welcoming players and input from outside the area. I'd love to have gamers who can't make the regular games play other Covenants, villains, and like, coming up with plots and complications to throw at us. The need for the rulebook is a lot less for anyone wanting to do this, as this will be far more a "role" than "roll" situation.
Let me know if you're interested here or by mail at dberry49er(at)gmail(dot)com
EDIT: The rulebook is up for download at http://www.mediafire.com/?9webb2nq3cj
I will happily do the brunt of the period research. I love this era and area. Contributions welcome, of course.
I'm hoping for at least one face-to-face gaming session a month. A lot of the Covenant gaming stuff can happen in email. Which brings me to an important point. Anyone interested in playing is going to need a copy of the 5th Edition Ars Magica core rules. So much of playing on a mage is based on laboratory research and the like, I really can't see how to run a game with one copy of the rules going around (this is one time I'd prefer a PDF.) That, and having your own copy of the rules means that you can always create a new Companion or grog, or if you feel like it, an apprentice to abuse. There is just too much going on for me to handle in exposition or hand outs. Looks like a couple of copies are up at eBay as well.
This is also one time when I'm welcoming players and input from outside the area. I'd love to have gamers who can't make the regular games play other Covenants, villains, and like, coming up with plots and complications to throw at us. The need for the rulebook is a lot less for anyone wanting to do this, as this will be far more a "role" than "roll" situation.
Let me know if you're interested here or by mail at dberry49er(at)gmail(dot)com
EDIT: The rulebook is up for download at http://www.mediafire.com/?9webb2nq3cj
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Date: 15 Oct 2010 21:22 (UTC)Re: This comment had to be expected, right?
Date: 15 Oct 2010 23:03 (UTC)I may end up doing this online. In that case, I fully expect you to be an important part of the troupe.
Hey, a Russian question. In a name like "Gnezdovo" how is the "G" handled? Is it a hard G like GEH-nez-dou-vough" or is it softer, like Nez-dou-vough? Based on examples like Gdansk, I'm tempted to go with the former.
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Date: 15 Oct 2010 23:51 (UTC)You're correct. If I remember correctly, Russian "G" is always hard, and never silent (as long as you're not talking to a Ukrainian). There's a page (http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/pronounc.html) that gives you a good briefing on Russian pronunciation, and you can use Wikipedia to look up Russian spellings to use with it.
Keep in mind that stresses usually fall on the second syllable.
5th edition PDF
Date: 15 Oct 2010 23:56 (UTC)http://www.mediafire.com/?9webb2nq3cj
Re: 5th edition PDF
Date: 16 Oct 2010 00:03 (UTC)Re: 5th edition PDF
Date: 16 Oct 2010 01:58 (UTC)no subject
Date: 16 Oct 2010 01:21 (UTC)