Credits

Authors: Timothy Ferguson ("Fall and Rise," "Return of the Raiders"), Mark Lawford ("What Lies Beneath"), Phil Masters ("Loyalty and Law"), Matt Ryan ("The Champion's Portion," "The Ship of Desire"), Alexander White ("The Hospital's Due," "A Musical Murder Mystery," "Warring Families")

Development, Editing, & Project Management: David Chart Layout, Art Direction, & Proofreading: Michelle Nephew Publisher: John Nephew

Cover Illustration: Grey Thornberry

Interior Art: Kelley Hensing, Jeff Menges, Grey Thornberry Cartography: Sean Macdonald, Jeff Preston, Robert Scott Ars Magica Fifth Edition Trade Dress: J. Scott Reeves Publisher's Special Thanks: Jerry Corrick & the gang at the Source.

First Round Playtesters: Christian Jensen-Romer, Ben Hayes, Luke Price, Lloyd Graney, Kevin Sides, Peter Hiley; Donna Giltrap, Malcolm Harbrow, Aaron Hicks, Richard Love; Mark Shirley, Camo Coffey, Andrew Walton; Ole Mussmann, Christoph Safferling, Andrew Smith, Jan Sprenger; Carlo Veltri, Chad Vincent, Greg Palechek, Greg Rothwell

Second Round Playtesters: Christian Jensen-Romer, Ben Hayes, Kevin Sides, Luke Price, Ed Woods, Lloyd Graney; Mark Barltrop, Alex Coyne-Turner, Mark Lawford, David Staveley, Simon Turner; Alexander White, Mark Philp, Josh Flint, Scott McCleave

Author Bios

Timothy Ferguson is a librarian who lives in Australia. While working on this book, he and his wife Linda, who he always dedicates books to, adopted a pair of kittens and named them after Ozian witches. The idea for "Fall and Rise" came from a song called "Nothing At All" by Kasey Chambers. The idea for "Return of the Raiders" came from NextWave, or possibly Mythbusters.

Mark Lawford grew up in Eastbourne on England's south coast, not far from Battle Abbey, Romney Marsh, and countless infernal mysteries. He's been playing Ars Magica for more years than he hasn't, but has only now started to push his work onto an unsuspecting audience. By day he's an IT manager for a well-known bank.

Phil Masters is a British game writer who has been in the RPG business for many years now. He's written for companies including Hero Games, Guardians of Order, and Steve Jackson Games (for whom he recently compiled GURPS Thaumatology). His previous contribution to the Ars Magica line was as co-author of Faerie Stories.

Matt Ryan lives and works in Ithaca, New York. He first ran "The Ship of Desire" for his Ithacan role-playing group, and thanks those members for being his guinea pigs. He would also like to thank the playtesters for their valuable contributions and questions, especially the group with the ingenious battle mat and the one who used "Sid Vicious" as an example general.

Alexander White graduated with an honors degree in Medieval and Classical History from the University of Melbourne. While writing for this book, he worked as an organizer for one of Australia's largest trade unions, helping low-paid workers improve their pay, conditions, and rights. Alexander is the creator of Sub Rosa, the Ars Magica fan magazine.

Ars Magica players participate in a thriving fan community by subscribing to email discussion lists (like the Berkeley list), compiling archives of game material (such as Project Redcap), maintaining fan-created web sites, and running demos through Atlas Games' Special Ops program. To learn more, visit www.atlas-games.com/ArM5. You can also participate in discussions of Ars Magica at the official Atlas Games forums located at forum.atlas-games.com.

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