[PR] AG Announces New ArM Line Editor
John Nephew
November 27, 2001
Atlas Games Announces New
Ars MagicaT Line Editor
ROSEVILLE, MN - Atlas Games is pleased to announce the appointment of David
Chart, Ph.D., of Cambridge, England, to be the editor of the award-winning
Ars Magica fantasy roleplaying game line.
Dr. Chart's contract commences on the first of January, 2002. Working from
Cambridge as a freelancer, he will be charged with managing the product line
and overseeing the development of four supplements over the course of his
one-year commitment. The books he develops should see publication beginning
in the late autumn of 2002. (Two other Ars Magica titles are planned for
release prior to those under Dr. Chart's direction.)
As a playtester and writer, Dr. Chart has been an active participant in the
development of Ars Magica since before it was acquired by Atlas Games. He
contributed to the 4th Edition of the core rulebook; wrote the Jump-Start
Kits, "Promises, Promises" and "Nigrasaxa" (available for free download from
the Atlas Games website, in several languages); co-authored the Wizard's
Grimoire Revised Edition; and wrote the sourcebook, Heirs to Merlin. His
work for other publishers includes Akrasia: Thief of Time, published by Eden
Studios. In addition, he is currently writing an Ars Magica/D20 supplement
for Atlas' Coriolis line, entitled The Black Monks of Glastonbury, which is
expected to be released in the summer of 2002; and a Penumbra sourcebook,
Splintered Peace, due for release in autumn 2002. Dr. Chart read Natural
Sciences as an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge; he was recently
awarded a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the same institution.
Ars Magica is the fantasy roleplaying game of wizards in the Middle Ages.
In Mythic Europe - a historical Europe where magic and the fantastic are
true - players take on the role of powerful Magi, stalwart Grogs, and
diverse Companions, facing the dangers and mysteries of the land while
exploring the Art of Magic. Since buying the game in 1995 from Wizards of
the Coast, Atlas Games has published the 4th Edition rulebook (now in its
fourth printing) and 16 supplements.