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| − | * [[The Hazel Grove]] by [[Anna Jones]] | + | * [[The Hazel Grove]] by [[Anna Jones]] - a fistful of misfit magi follow up a rumour about disappearances in a stand of hazel trees |
| − | * [[The Last of the Druids]] | + | * [[The Last of the Druids]] by [[Anna Jones]] - a boardgame |
| − | * [[Letsby Avenue]] by [[Andrew Oakley]] - a boy's idyllic life in Salzburg | + | * [[Letsby Avenue]] by [[Andrew Oakley]] - seafaring magi suddenly find themselves landlocked in a boy's idyllic life in Salzburg |
| − | * [[Magus]] | + | * [[Magus]] by [[Nathan Hook]] - a boardgame |
| − | * [[The Maid of Norway]] by [[Leif Olav Jøsang]] - King Erik Magnusson's only | + | * [[The Maid of Norway]] by [[Leif Olav Jøsang]] - King Erik Magnusson's only daughter is being shipped from Norway to Scotland to marry the heir to the throne of England. |
| − | * [[Modest Misses in the Meadow]] by [[Anders Håkon Gaut]] | + | * [[Modest Misses in the Meadow]] by [[Anders Håkon Gaut]] - it's midsummer eve and in the flowery meadows around the covenant a selection of the young(ish) girls are sent out on an important mission |
| − | * [[Mystery in Novgorod]] by [[Mark Steedman]] | + | * [[Mystery in Novgorod]] by [[Mark Steedman]] - a group of young magi set out to investigate rumours of old ruins and mysterious disappearances |
| − | * [[So Long at the Fair]] by [[Andrew Sceats]] | + | * [[So Long at the Fair]] by [[Andrew Sceats]] - a young Redcap, who has fallen foul of a much older Magus, contacts the Covenant of The Silent Word to claim his right to a Tremere Certamen champion |
| − | * [[Twilight's Inheritance]] by [[Neil Taylor]] | + | * [[Twilight's Inheritance]] by [[Neil Taylor]] - you have been sent by the senior Magi to claim lost Vis sources. |
=== Reserve Games === | === Reserve Games === | ||
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These games will only be run if there is high demand. They are mostly repeats of games from previous conventions, although not necessarily Grand Tribunal. | These games will only be run if there is high demand. They are mostly repeats of games from previous conventions, although not necessarily Grand Tribunal. | ||
| − | * [[The Cathedral and the Bizarre]] | + | * [[The Cathedral and the Bizarre]] by [[Andrew Oakley]] - mundanes have bought cheap copies of spellbooks, this must be stopped |
| − | * [[An Ill-Fated Meeting]] by [[Neil Taylor]] | + | * [[An Ill-Fated Meeting]] by [[Neil Taylor]] - six magi have gathered to negotiate the rights to gather Vis from a glade deep in a forest |
| − | * [[A Night on the Tiles]] | + | * [[A Night on the Tiles]] written by [[CJ]] and run by [[Lloyd Graney]] - in which the animals have to defend the covenant |
== General resources == | == General resources == | ||
Revision as of 13:54, 29 July 2014
A list of games will appear here over the next few months, and ticket holders will be able to sign up to those games. Games will typically fit into either a 2-hour slot, or a 3-hour slot. The programme page will list the timing of those slots.
Right now you can see a list of Story Guides who will be running those games.
If you are considering running a game, please fill in this form - thank-you.
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Signing Up For Games
We know some people really want to play in some games, so we are allowing some advance sign ups. 1 or 2 spaces in each game (2 for games with more than 5 players) will be reserved for sign ups on the weekend for people who did not get round to signing up before or who missed out in the pre-booking.
Here is how sign-up works
- Everyone who is running a game gets to reserve a space in one game of their choice first. It's only fair. Just email CJ or mailing list to state what game to list you for. It's one sign up regardless of the number of games you are running. Please try to do this by Wednesday 30 July.
- Then on Friday 1st August at 5pm BST, sign ups are open. At 5pm the organisers will email the mailing list, and you can email up to three choices to the list, first come first served, and we will book you in for those games if there are spaces.
- Remaining spaces will be allocated on the day. :)
- Oversubscribed games from Saturday may be re-run on Sunday, depending on availability
List of Games
- The Hazel Grove by Anna Jones - a fistful of misfit magi follow up a rumour about disappearances in a stand of hazel trees
- The Last of the Druids by Anna Jones - a boardgame
- Letsby Avenue by Andrew Oakley - seafaring magi suddenly find themselves landlocked in a boy's idyllic life in Salzburg
- Magus by Nathan Hook - a boardgame
- The Maid of Norway by Leif Olav Jøsang - King Erik Magnusson's only daughter is being shipped from Norway to Scotland to marry the heir to the throne of England.
- Modest Misses in the Meadow by Anders Håkon Gaut - it's midsummer eve and in the flowery meadows around the covenant a selection of the young(ish) girls are sent out on an important mission
- Mystery in Novgorod by Mark Steedman - a group of young magi set out to investigate rumours of old ruins and mysterious disappearances
- So Long at the Fair by Andrew Sceats - a young Redcap, who has fallen foul of a much older Magus, contacts the Covenant of The Silent Word to claim his right to a Tremere Certamen champion
- Twilight's Inheritance by Neil Taylor - you have been sent by the senior Magi to claim lost Vis sources.
Reserve Games
These games will only be run if there is high demand. They are mostly repeats of games from previous conventions, although not necessarily Grand Tribunal.
- The Cathedral and the Bizarre by Andrew Oakley - mundanes have bought cheap copies of spellbooks, this must be stopped
- An Ill-Fated Meeting by Neil Taylor - six magi have gathered to negotiate the rights to gather Vis from a glade deep in a forest
- A Night on the Tiles written by CJ and run by Lloyd Graney - in which the animals have to defend the covenant
General resources
- Free bulk printing service : Double-sided A4 and booklet colour laser printing done in advance for anyone running a game.
- Media:Arm5-template-characters.pdf : Five template characters taken directly from the Ars Magica 5th Edition ruleset. Includes Bjornaer, Bonisagus, Flambeau, Merinita and Tytalus. The Bonisagus template has been tweaked from the ruleset original, in order to act as a healer. One character per 2 sides of A4. The second side is optional and merely includes a detailed summary of what each of the characters' spells do. These are low-level characters, ideal for introductory games or beginner players, or as fall-back pre-generated characters for use in short games, such as at conventions. Compiled and edited by Andrew Oakley for Ars Magica Grand Tribunal UK convention 2012.
- Also available is Media:Arm5-template-characters.doc , the editable Microsoft Word document that is the source for the PDF.
- Media:Arm5-simple-character-sheet.pdf : Pitt Murman's excellent simplified Ars Magica 5th Edition blank character sheet. Compressed down to two sides of A4, this not only saves paper, but is easier to navigate around than the 4-page official character sheets.
How to add downloadable files to a page
The lazy way is to simply email the document to Andrew Oakley and ask him to do it for you.
- andrew@aoakley.com
- Make sure you specify your name and the name of the game
Click [Expand] above to learn how to do it the proper way.
Valid file types are: .PDF .DOC .DOCX .TXT .PNG .JPG .GIF .SVG . Contact Andrew Oakley if you want to upload other types.
- Log in or create an account
- Click Upload, listed under Toolbox on the left of any wiki page, and upload your file
- That will create something like: File:Test-word2000.doc
- Go to the page you wish to add the file to, then click Edit at the top-right of that page
- Link to the file using the Media: tag:
[[Media:Test-word2000.doc]]
- ...which will produce:
- Media:Test-word2000.doc
- You can make it look a bit tidier:
[[Media:Test-word2000.doc|Download a Word 2000 test document]]
- ...which will produce:
- Download a Word 2000 test document
On a British keyboard, you will usually find | (the pipe symbol, a straight vertical line) as shift-backslash, located to the left of the Z key. The square brackets [ ] are usually found to the right of the P key.
