Peripheral Code: Writing in the Margins of Ars Magica is a fanzine for the game Ars Magica, which is published by Atlas Games. This is the first issue!
ContentsEditorial: The Winter of Our Discontent
Atlas Games: An Update on "Magic Shoe" by Jeff Tidball
Wizard World: Playing Ars Magica with the Apocalypse Engine by Jared... [click here for more]
Times can change, reality can shift. What is considered fact one day can become fiction the next. Choosing what to believe can be difficult for TimeWatch agents but they would be wise not to dismiss anything. Just because something might not be true now, doesn't mean that won't change.
Apocrypha provides a wealth of information for players and GM alike including new insight into the Time Watch organization,... [click here for more]
Planets of Peril and Vengeance, Arranged From A-Z
An impossibly distant future. A vast sprawl of planets, each without parallel, with its own bizarre customs, bedeviling procedures, and wily inhabitants. As one of the implacable revenge-seekers populating The Gaean Reach Roleplaying Game, you know that correct intelligence on these worlds makes all the difference between grim success and howling failure.... [click here for more]
To fight aliens, one must use the alien. Take it apart, reverse-engineer it, rebuild it, turn it into armor and sensors and weapons and aircraft good enough to win a war against an enemy from the stars. Tech and gear for your high-poweredMOON DUST MEN game, powered by a new GUMSHOE “tech tree” subystem for bootstrapping invention and development.
Galileo Uplift... [click here for more]
Is it the Spear that pierced Christ’s side, or the Spear of Odin? Does it grant true kingship or invincibility? Who has borne it through the millennia, and who seeks its true whereabouts now? This issue pierces the legend to reach the truth — and then makes the legend invincible. Plus, a look at the Spear for Night’s Black Agents, The Esoterrorists, Trail of Cthulhu, and TimeWatch.
Praise for... [click here for more]
Books can be a useful source of information but not every book found has truly great value in this regard. This supplement has 36 books that can be used to flesh out a bookshelf in the bleed, whether this be a real bookshelf, or a collection of digital files. The books have been given authors as if they were written by humans, but they could be translations of works by other species. Whether or not... [click here for more]