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<blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 7059688" data-attributes="member: 23935"><p>I've played 2e through 4e. 2e is a small simple book. 3e was a bit ore problematic. Although the designers added a bit of neat stuff, they buried it under a lot of cruft, abandoned formatting and cross references, and layered on weird rules sets to try and tie the game more closely with their other properties. 4th reversed a bunch of 3e's damage, but requires more effort to adjust magic to a feel more in line with what I prefer than 2e did. So I run 2e by and large. I'll run a modified 4e if I ever run into a group where the players don't already own 2e and I bother to finish my house rules.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My first Ars Magica campaign went 2 years and it was my shortest. It covered a new covenant in England circa 998 - 1012. It was leading up to the Danish invasion when the PCs had a falling out and pretty much TPKed themselves My longest went about 5 years and covered maybe 15 years of covenant time for a covenant in Russia (passage of time was slower because we met less frequently and more adventures happened). I'd never try to run a short one-shot of Ars Magica; it really is not designed well to handle it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nagol, post: 7059688, member: 23935"] I've played 2e through 4e. 2e is a small simple book. 3e was a bit ore problematic. Although the designers added a bit of neat stuff, they buried it under a lot of cruft, abandoned formatting and cross references, and layered on weird rules sets to try and tie the game more closely with their other properties. 4th reversed a bunch of 3e's damage, but requires more effort to adjust magic to a feel more in line with what I prefer than 2e did. So I run 2e by and large. I'll run a modified 4e if I ever run into a group where the players don't already own 2e and I bother to finish my house rules. My first Ars Magica campaign went 2 years and it was my shortest. It covered a new covenant in England circa 998 - 1012. It was leading up to the Danish invasion when the PCs had a falling out and pretty much TPKed themselves My longest went about 5 years and covered maybe 15 years of covenant time for a covenant in Russia (passage of time was slower because we met less frequently and more adventures happened). I'd never try to run a short one-shot of Ars Magica; it really is not designed well to handle it. [/QUOTE]
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