All are welcome. We will figure it all out together.

Do you still have room Pnvq12?

Thanks for the encouragement all. I've submitted one RTJ, lemme know if the other one's open.

Due to how quick we jumped into the game, I lost one of my players. I am seeking a replacement. The Magi are all from House Tremere. I would really love a better gender spread, right now the group is 4 males 1 female. If you have a Tremere concept you'd like to play and you think you could quickly jump in and get up to date. Toss me a RTJ.

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This message was last edited by the player at 21:33, Fri 30 Mar 2018.

In reply to Thruxus (msg # 13):

Sent.  Looks like you could really use one of the House's naval specialists...

Chateau d'Yf is open for business.  link to another game
It will be slow go as I work with people on characters, so don't expect anything quick.

Also, if people are thinking about the filia of the three dead magi, know that many people seem to be interested in the Tytalus.  Just letting you know.

Are there any 5th Ed games looking to recruit another player? I'm an experienced Ars Magica player but not very experienced with 5th Ed.

I've never gotten to play before and I'd love to join a game.

I would love to play in an Ars Magica 5e game that lasts a while. I used to run Ars Magica face to face, but that was over a decade ago. Most of my current players have no interest in it.

If I had more time and energy, I would look at starting up my own game. But for now, it just isn't happening.

Most of us here are up for playing; playing is easy.
But running a game takes a lot more time and effort ... T and E that most of use don't have, unfortunately.

In reply to Galley Slave (msg # 19):

That makes sense as running any game on RPOL takes time but running an Ars M game takes even more. Hopefully someone will come forward who does have the time.

Hi! I'm new here. I've played Ars Magica in Play by Post before, though, so I'm interested in a new game as well!

Hello all.

I imagine I could run a game...eventually.  I used to run them on the Atlas board but never here.  The biggest problem is time.

I have a couple of settings I can use.  One is easy ( for me) to pick back up.  The other is a new setting that would require some play testing as there would be some different rules.

For those that might be interested, what is the general comfort with the game as written?  Beginner?  Intermediate?  Advanced?

In reply to jebrick (msg # 22):

Intermediate for me.
If you (or the others) don't have time for storytelling, what about a traditional rotating storyteller game?

In reply to jebrick (msg # 22):

I'd love to play in a game. You'll find RPoL a lot more accommodating than the Atlas boards were for hosting a game since RPoL is designed for that purpose. For example, there is a dice roller right here that you can set to give you a stress die. Also, players post as a character, so handing off grogs ends up being fairly seamless. There are a bunch of people here with enough experience who could provide pointers, too.

I would think whatever is easiest for you would mean less grind and more likely to succeed. More effort seems to cause more attrition. But if you're willing to run a game, you should do what makes you happiest regardless.

I'm at the advanced comfort level. But I can also play with our without a number of the rules, such as core book only all the way to every book's everything.

Troupe play is always the best.  Can they have rotating DMs on rpol?

Multiple people can be given GM status in an RPoL game. There is also Editor status, which is somewhere between Player status and GM status. I've never used Editor status, just multiple with GM status.

I would advise running a setting that you're both happy to GM and can easily get up and running. If you have something that requires play testing some different rules then that is going to be a lot more work for you so you may want to go for something simpler.

I'm interested and would describe myself as an Advanced player of Ars Magica but a Beginner with 5th Ed rules.

Hello jebrick!

A setting that requires play testing rules isn't a good fit for RPoL in general. The pace of play is very slow compared to face-to-face and it would really make the feedback cycle slow and difficult. If you can get a small group of dedicated and actively interested players it could work, otherwise you'll likely run into trouble.

That said, run what you want to run. An active and happy Storyteller is necessary for a good game. You also need active and engaged players, but without the Storyteller it is hard to have a game.

Most of my direct Ars Magica experience is from 2nd edition. I dropped out during White Wolf and 3rd edition as I really disliked some of the changes being made to the world. About six years ago I got back into Ars Magica thanks to 5e.

I'm at intermediate comfort with the 5e rules. I've run a few short games face-to-face and have played in a few brief games here on RPoL.

When I get a game started it will be in the Transylvania Tribunal.  Hopefully that will not put people off.  It is one of the newest/newer tribunal books on 5th.  That is the setting.  I need to go through my notes to see what I need to do change or add.

If you are not up on 5E Ars, the Tremere are not the bad guys anymore.  They are just focused :-)  My first time playing Ars was 2nd ed then 3rd.  I skipped to 5th ed in the late 2000's.

I like Transylvania and the Tremere. And the Tremere do bring in outside specialists, so it's not only Tremere in Transylvania. One of the best things about the Tremere for games, in my opinion, is that their organization creates small groups with distinct purpose, which is something you want for an RPG group.

As you can see above, my last game. May it rest in peace..... was an all Tremere group. there is enough diversity with the Tremere and how Ars Magica is in general, that it can work. It was fun seeing the different takes on concepts that the players brought.

I am always willing to play in any game.
I am also willing to assist/share GMing; but I don’t, right now, want to be primary running a game.

I’d consider myself fluent with the game, but not a rules lawyer.

Yes, true. I think that diversity is available within many Houses, though less so in the Mystery Cults because their Mysteries tend to shape characters significantly. I also don't think all-Guernicas nor all-Mercere groups make much sense in the setting. There is so much more flexibility beyond House choice, though, that generally all being from the same House isn't an issue. I've even found I may have a character who might fit into any of a few Houses without changing concept, and then figuring out the House is just about how the character will fit in more than anything else.

All Mercere wouldn't really work because it would be a full half of the Gifted members of the house being played as PC's.

At that point you are basically just running house Mercere for the whole of Mythic Europe, which I suppose is a decent idea for a saga.