In a brief fit of ambition, I started putting together this website to suppport the game I play with several friends. Content is added sporadically, but I'll summarize any updates at the bottom of this page. A tip of the hat to Niall who very quickly supplied me with lots of the game details, as well as all the players who make the game worth the time of actually putting this site together. For anyone visiting, we're in Vancouver, B.C. and play Ars Magica once a month, usually the last Saturday. If you're in the neighborhood and care to join us, drop me a line.

You may at this point find some links that go nowhere... sorry, but they serve as reminders for me. In time.. in time...

The Setting
The Iberian Peninsula, 1220 AD. The reconquista is under way, and the covenant lies about twenty miles to the north of the border between the Kingdom of Castile and the empire of the Almohads and some forty miles to the east of Alcantara. The covenant itself takes the form of an eight-storey tower within an irregularly-shaped, open-roofed keep, itself surrounded by a curtain wall. The whole edifice is built on a mountain peak close to the Tagus River. The nearest habitation is the village of Santa Maria de las Perditas, some ten miles to the east of the covenant.

Next Game
Our next game is slated for late August / early Sept., 2005. Andy will be the storyguide, and the story will pick up one season after the tribuanl of 1221.

New to this site
Aug 8 - timeline has been updated.
July 31 - after some neglect (!) there are now MAPS!.
Feb 3 - timeline updated with Niall's more thorough description.
January 31 - updated the timeline page to reflect last game session.
January 17 - added the story "In the Beginning" to the Stories page.