We now have a totally final funds raised number, officially certified by Backerkit. Are you ready for this? Drum roll, please …
Yes, we really truly did hit $1 million! That means in the end John pulls ahead of Ross as the winner of our Staff Pool!
What was my guess again? Oh, right … that's me down at the bottom at 250k. Well, that'll teach me not to ever underestimate the Ars Magica community! LOL!
MORE OPEN LICENSE RELEASES?
You might remember that as part of the Definitive crowdfunding, our Spanish publishing partner Holocubierta put their huge Iberia: Finis Terrae sourcebook under the Open License. We followed up by licensing their gorgeous artwork, commissioning a translation by Ben McFarland, and hiring David Chart to edit it.
Over a year later, we have TWO new Ars Magica books nearly ready for layout. The first is the promised Iberian Tribunal sourcebook, and the second is a history of Iberia sourcebook with all the extra goodness that went beyond a Tribunal book's scope.
So now we're thinking about how to launch these, when we thought Definitive would likely be our last official Ars Magica release. Two things are looking firm …
First, the crowdfunding printing will be hardcover with color interior. But after that runs out, we'll likely switch to print-on-demand (as we've done for the line), to be sure it's available for decades to come. That means softcover with grayscale interior for the long term.
Second, we want to release EVERYTHING ELSE WE POSSIBLY CAN under the Open License. We're completely blown away by how the Ars Magica community has supported the game, but we've also been surprised by requests for things we never would have thought to include. So this is your chance!
Please post in the comments everything we probably won't think of, to add to the Open License. Yes, we're prioritizing all of 4th Edition, and as much of the earlier editions as we have clear rights to. But what else might you want to use for your own future projects? Tell us now!
Covenantum Demo on Steam:The seasonal covenant-management strategy game. Lead a fledgling community of Magi, Companions, and Grogs through decades of magical research, political intrigue, supernatural mysteries, and changing relationships. Help our community develop the game buy contributing your own playtest reports!
Ill-Fated Meeting: John recently came across this demo scenario by Neil Taylor, that we used to have available to our Special Ops demo team. He just posted it to DriveThruRPG as a FREE download, so go get yours now!
Forgotten Magic of Hermes Update: This free download on our site has been updated to include several more spells, including Perceive the Magical Scent, Craft the Bottle of the Elements, and spells from the Faerie Magic chapter of Wizard's Grimoire Revised Edition. Get it on the Ars Magica Open License page, in the sidebar. Our thanks to Patrick Murphy for compiling it.
The Sorrows of the Young Wiedergänger: A folk horror mini adventure by The Medusa's Lair. A Wiedergänger (revenant) is haunting his former neighbours after his family died in a famine. Can the party end the haunting before the harvest rots and the villagers are killed? Includes everything to run the scenario in two to three hours, including maps. It's especially suitable as a Halloween adventure! Find it on both DriveThruRPG and RPGTrader.
Ludus Mercurii: An Ars Magica 5E dungeon-crawling RPG set in Mythic Europe, by Dragynrain.
Liha' al-arz “Bark of Cedar”: Description of a jinn of Damascus, her stat block, her history, and a Mythic blood associated, by Lothindil.
Adventure Recast: An online layout editor for your RPG module. With AI, or without it. Write, adapt and shape your manuscript, characters, and illustrations, with support specifically for Ars Magica. In beta now, prepping for their Kickstarter.
Praecepta Hermetica: This is a 50-page extended primer to the Ars Magica setting and important concepts, by Original Madman. You can grab (and critique) the nearly-final Google doc in the dedicated thread on our forum:
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