Tales of the Dark Ages
Tales of the Dark Ages is a collection of adventures published under license by Atlas Games in 1990 for Lion Rampant's fantasy role-playing game Ars Magica.
Contents[]
Tales of the Dark Ages is a set of four adventures for use with Ars Magica:[1]
- "Tongue of Vipers" by Thomas M. Kane: Lady Claire is accused of attempting to poison her husband, the Viscount von Orstadt. The player characters believe she has been framed, but must prove it before she is executed.
- "The Inheritance" by James P. Buchanan: A companion of the player characters has inherited a small holding that has an ancient Roman aqueduct. Getting it working would alleviate a local drought, but ancient forces oppose this.
- "Copse of Skulls" by Thomas M. Kane: An apprentice of the player characters is sent on a simple delivery, but he has gone missing and apparently has somehow released something ominous that is terrorizing the local countryside.
- "The Ghoul of St. Lazare" by John Nephew: An exhumed corpse is discovered floating down the river. Who is the corpse, who exhumed it, and why?
Publication history[]
Lion Rampant Games published Ars Magica in 1987. In the 2014 book Designers & Dragons: The '90s, game historian Shannon Appelcline noted that "From 1990–1991, Atlas Games produced five different licensed adventure books for the Ars Magica RPG. These included: Tales of the Dark Ages (1990), a set of short adventures and Atlas' first product; Festival of the Damned (1991), a well-loved adventure by Ars Magica designer Jonathan Tweet, who had left the industry just two years earlier; and South of the Sun (1991), an interesting look at Mythic Africa".[2]: 54 Tales of the Dark Ages, published under license by Atlas Games in 1990, is a 64-page saddle-stapled softcover book with interior art by Eric Hotz, and cover art by Tara Kinnunen.[1]
Reviews[]
- White Wolf #24 (Dec./Jan., 1990)
References[]
- ^ a b Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 124. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '90s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-084-7.
- Ars Magica adventures