The Magus: Oracular Edition

Description

• A heartbreaking tale of arcane power.

  In The Magus, you play as a power-hungry wizard who will stop at nothing to attain their arcane ambition. Through the course of this game, you will navigate strange encounters and confront complex opportunities for learning spells—or cultivating tenuous bonds. But sacrifices must be made. Are you willing to hold on to your humanity, or ready to destroy all that you love?

  This game is driven by prompts, attributes, and dice rolls where you track your aspects and test your power against increasingly more difficult events. Make difficult decisions how to manage your resources and expend your power, or risk losing it all in a fiery calamity that swallows you whole.

  Unlike typical multiplayer campaigns, you set the pace and drive the story through introspection and writing, capturing your wizard's journey through fiction informed by dice rolls and card draws. Unlike many solo journaling games, the Magus is crunchy — you will use all your dice to play and control your character, for unparalleled structure to your narrative.

  This edition is powered by the Oracle, a 78-card deck which holds the Spell and Bond prompts, plus unique, evocative artwork by momatoes that can inspire your writing. An online playable version of the Oracle is included in every purchase.

  The Oracle has something to add to every form of roleplaying, every act of storytelling, even beyond the Magus: you can use it to generate random encounters, scene starters and unexpected resolutions in your tabletop games, or to fuel your creative writing. Each set of prompts has its own unique flavor, and as you combine them into something greater, you will be surprised by the connections your mind makes with every new draw.

  The Oracular edition also comes with brand-new content that elevates it from the original.

  • Dive into the Hex—pull the Magus from the mists of old and thrust them beneath the neon lights of a modern metropolis. Written by Chiara Locatelli from the Italian publisher and game design studio NessunDove, the Hex features alternate prompts and guiding questions to recontextualize the traditional experience.
  • Play with a friend through Duet Rules—turn the game into a bittersweet exchange of letters between rivals. Are you willing to reveal your innermost vulnerabilities to someone who could betray you? Written by Oscar Biffi of NessunDove.
  • Learn what it takes To Serve the Lonely Tower—a multiplayer game about the sad tales of all those who bind themselves to the Magus. Written by Oscar Biffi, embark on a journey and test the fragile trust the Magus has placed in you.
  • Save the world in Magust Must Die—a solo roguelike game where you have but one goal: kill the Magus.

  These exciting new additions, enabled by the creative minds at NessunDove, give a fresh breath of air to the Magus experience.

  Featuring 140 evocative pages with exquisite graphic design alongside 78 cards with inspiring art and content, The Magus: Oracular Edition will take you on a memorable journey of sacrifice, loneliness, and the pathos coursing through all of us.

Release Date

The original date that this game was published.

• March 21, 2025

Languages

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• English
• Italian

Age Rating

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• Mature (17+)

Formats

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• PDF
• Paperback

Campaign Types

Different games offer playstyles that might last one or more sessions.

• Single Session
• Play by Post
• Campaign