Ars Magna: Alchemy & Survival

Ars Magna is an alchemy game in two halves. In the Vessel you fuse elements to discover new ones. In the Cinderhouse you take what you built down into the fight. Shorter expeditions with recall and Gear Gems, forge rerolls that keep the stat, and a minimap that finds forgotten ashes and the boss. THE VESSEL Every element comes from the old correspondence tables: the four elements and the three principles, the seven metals and their planets, the signs, the tarot, the decans, the Sephiroth. Put two together and the rules decide what comes out. There are 60,215 elements across three layers of the work, and each one you craft is a generator that keeps producing while you are away. THE CINDERHOUSE A survivors-style arena. Pick a character, carry four packets of your own elements down, and hold the ground while the tide comes in. Thirty weapons and fifty-two fusions between them, 560…