Ars Magica To Get A New Edition

Reynard · Tuesday at 11:31 PM

I wish more older games getting resurrected would do so with spiffied up reissues, rather than whole new editions.

Whizbang Dustyboots · Tuesday at 11:39 PM

Reynard said:
I wish more older games getting resurrected would do so with spiffied up reissues, rather than whole new editions.

Toon: Reprinted on silver nitrate! (Keep away from open flames, kids.)

overgeeked · Wednesday at 3:40 AM

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
Toon: Reprinted on silver nitrate! (Keep away from open flames, kids.)

I’d love to get a reissue of Toon. Just maybe not of tgat medium.

stormwriter · Wednesday at 5:34 AM

overgeeked said:
I’ve come to realize RPGs are a weird space in that they’re selling people the hope and daydream of playing just as much, if not more than, selling people the actual game.

Definitely, RPGs take way more effort and time to put on a table than a boardgame or a videogame. You need hours/days to read, prepare an adventure, create characters, schedule a session, sometimes your players will want a campaign, etc. If you can run 10 different RPGs in a year is already more than most people, if you buy more than that (which is a given for most people on niche communities like this forum), you won't ever catch up on all your games.

So yeah, I'm on the same boat. I'll probably buy the new Ars Magica, read it, dream about it, but I don't know if I'll ever get it to the table.

Nylanfs · Wednesday at 6:06 PM

TTRPGs, just like crafting, is actually three hobbies. Playing the games, collecting the books and imagining the games we'll play, and organizing our book collections.

overgeeked · Wednesday at 6:15 PM

Nylanfs said:
TTRPGs, just like crafting, is actually three hobbies. Playing the games, collecting the books and imagining the games we'll play, and organizing our book collections.

I count four there. Collecting and imagining are separate. I can collect without imagining and imagine without collecting.

Atlatl Jones · Wednesday at 6:27 PM

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
Yeah, I fight that in my purchases, trying to restrict myself to books I believe I will use. I'm not always successful -- I'm maybe 50-75% successful -- but getting something I know I won't use is hard.

I’m also happy to buy books I know I will enjoy reading, even if I’m unlikely to use them. A lot of Ars Magica's supplements fall into that category for me.

Whizbang Dustyboots · Wednesday at 6:33 PM

Atlatl Jones said:
I’m also happy to buy books I know I will enjoy reading, even if I’m unlikely to use them. A lot of Ars Magica's supplements fall into that category for me.

Yeah, that makes sense for a lot of people. I live in a small Southern California ($$$) home and have moved several times in the last few years, so having a big physical library is impractical for me.

Muad'dib Pendragon · Wednesday at 11:13 PM

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
Yeah, that makes sense for a lot of people. I live in a small Southern California ($$$) home and have moved several times in the last few years, so having a big physical library is impractical for me.

That was once a problem for me, as well. Retiring and settling into a home with space has "solved" it for me!

And yes, almost all purchases I make are as a collector and reader, not active player.

Nothing wrong with that, right?

dead · Wednesday at 11:39 PM

It looks pretty. I wonder how much such a deluxe book will be priced at. And will it supersede the standard version now available or is it more of a pretty book for the bookshelf, rather than everyone having a copy at the table?

I'll check it out but think I might prefer to wait for 6th Edition to drop.

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