Across your workshop lay curious mementos, these patient witnesses to a life colored by deep yearning. Was it for power? Gods, were you strong. Wielding fantastic spells to uncover stranger truths, or perhaps to exert control on an increasingly alienating world. Or was it... For human touch? All this for what? For connections that would barely quench your longing to belong? As you close this chapter of your life, you reflect on your storied past all your scars and regret.

You are the Magus, the Wizard of the Lonely Tower, and with these pages you will remember your story.

The Magusis the book that will help you tell a unique story about the quest for arcane mastery and the loneliness of power.

The Oracleis the card deck that will inspire you as you write your journalthe ultimate artifact and yield of this game.

To tell the story, you will fill your journal with your character's spells, thoughts and memories. You can also sketch pictures, take photos, make a pastiche of other forms of creativity. Whatever you choose, you get to set the pace of the game, whether it's only a few hours or several weeks of play.

This game is driven by prompts, attributes, and dice rolls where you track your aspects and testyourpower against increasingly more difficult events. Make difficultdecisionshow tomanage your resources and expend your power,or risklosing itallinafiery calamitythat swallowsyou whole.