Sub Rosa Issues Compiled Contents

I’ll try and keep this up to date as new issues are released. It’s mainly a personal resource for me now for the older material as the Atlas Forums hosts a thread of reviews which encapsulates the contents, albeit in a less didactic fashion.

Published by Distant Lands Publishing (2010 – present)

The current incarnation of later issues are the products of the fertile minds of Mark Lawford and Ben MacFarland (who share editorial and creative duties)

Issue #6 – December 2010

Under the Rose
News from the Line Editor

Storyguide’s Handbook: Visions By Gerald Wylie
The Legacy of Longinus By Niall Christie
The Juno: Protector of Women By Matthew C Steele
Grand Tribunal 2011 Announcement
The Unicorn’s Ransom By Darren Miguez
Companion Piece: The Elementalist By Ben McFarland
An Interview with Matt Ryan By Mark Lawford
From the Journal of Vulcanis Argens
Companion Piece: Adrastos of Candia By David Agnew
Scenario Handouts
Mappa Mundi

Issue #7 – April 2011

Under the Rose
News from the Line Editor
The Magi of Thebes By Yan Prado
The Storyguide’s Handbook: The Enemy Within By Gerald Wylie
Mappa Mundi
The Story of Nelda’s Lament By Mark Lawford
Grand Tribunal 2011 Announcement
From the Journal of Vulcanis Argens
Beyond the Fields We Know: The Rubezhal By Timothy Ferguson
The Ghost in the Snow By Robin Bland
The City of Bruges By Sheila Thomas
More Mythic Mongols By Yair Rezek
Playing First Edition / The Next Generation By Mark Lawford 

Issue #8 – October 2011

Under the Rose
News from the Line Editor
The Storyguide’s Handbook: Preparing for Trouble By Gerald Wylie
The Way of St. James By Ben McFarland
From the Journal of Vulcanis Argens
Magical Art: Grey Thornberry By Mark Lawford and Grey Thornberry
A New Legend of The Order: Belin of Mercere By Erik Dahl
An Interview with Lisa Stevens By Lisa Stevens and Ben McFarland
Companion Piece: Bohemond of Lucerne By David Agnew
Mappa Mundi

Issue #9 – February 2012

This was the first “themed” issue, supporting the recentl published The Cradle and the Crescent and containing additional files for use by the Storyguide

Under the Rose
News from the Line Editor
Storyguide’s Handbook: Covenant Building By Gerald Wylie
Companion Piece: William of Aylesbury By David Agnew
From the Journal of Vulcanis Argens
Secrets of Arabia By Niall Christie
Faces of the Distant Sands By Jason Brennan
The Lists of Solomon: Jinn Apocrypha By Lachlan Hayes
Off the Shelf By Ben McFarland and James Parks
Index of Texts Mentioned in Ars Magica 5th By Ben McFarland and James Parks
Mappa Mundi 

ArM5 Text Index PDF
Sub Rosa Covenant Build Guide PDF

Issue #10 – June 2012

Another themed issue, drawing on the “Hermetic Shipwright” chapter of Hermetic Projects and bundled with a Metacreator file. From this issue “News from the Line Editor” changes to just “From the Line Editor”.

Under the Rose
From the Line Editor
Storyguide’s Handbook: The Dramatic Journey By Gerald Wylie
Designing the Hermetic Shipwright By Mark Lawford
From the Journal of Vulcanis Argens
The Cult of Silvanus By David Staveley
The Grand Tribunals
Stormbreaker By Guy Leopold
Twilight Scars By Ben McFarland
Mappa Mundi 

The Hermetic Shipwright Metacreator file

Issue #11 – December 2012

This issue’s ZIP file is bundled with numerous Metacreator files and Storyguide PDFs.

Under the Rose
From the Line Editor
Storyguide’s Handbook: Outlawry By Gerald Wylie
Conception and Pregnancy By Cameron Weeden & Richard Wiles
Training Packages for Magi By Mark Shirley
From the Journal of Vulcanis Argens
Building the Hermetic Architect By Mark Lawford
Welcome to the Turb By Ben McFarland
The Body on the Shore By Edward Kendrick
Mappa Mundi

Grogs (Falco, Krause, Kroll, Kukenschabe, Lester, Phil Harding)
Metacreator, PDF and JPEG files

The Hermetic Architect Metacreator files
Hermetic Architect PDF
Vis Extraction Laboratory Metacreator files

Letter to Quaesitor Regis PDF
Letter to the Covenant PDF

Issue #12 – March 2013

This is the first (and last) issue where the Journal of Vulcanis Argens and Mappa Mundi are attributed to an author each – unsurprisingly these are Mark Lawford and Ben MacFarland respectively.

Under the Rose
News from the Line Editor
Storyguide’s Handbook: Chance Encounters By Gerald Wylie
The Governance of Kievan Rus By Elliot Smorodinsky
Love’s Labours Lost By CJ Romer
From the Journal of Vulcanis Argens By Mark Lawford
Companion Piece: Lazar ben Yosef By Ben McFarland
Who Wants to Live Forever? By Ben McFarland
Pilgrims of Darkness By Jérôme Darmont
Mappa Mundi By Ben MacFarland

Issue #13 – March 2013

This is the famous “Diedne Issue”. Enough said!
(although there are several non-Diedne articles)

Under the Rose
From the Line Editor By David Chart
Unearthing the Thirteenth House By Gerald Wylie
The Slumbering Legacy By Ben McFarland and James Parks
Redcap Training Packages By Lachie Hayes
The Watchers in Diana’s Sphere By Tobias Wheeler and Matt Ryan
The Divisible Men By Timothy Ferguson
The Journal of Vulcanis Argens
The Cult of Belenos By Mark Baker
A Chthonic Path to Corruption? By Christian Andersen
The House We Never Had By Naomi Rivkis
The Lost City of Kitezh By Chad Bowser
Mappa Mundi

The Gaer Hill Letter PDF (CJ Romer)

Issue #14 – February 2014

Under the Rose
From the Line Editor
The Path Less Travelled By Gerald Wylie
Verditius Longevity Devices By Mark Lawford
Demography of the Order of Hermes By Mark Shirley
The Journal of Vulcanis Argens
An Eternal Love By Jérôme Darmont
Mythic Bloodlines By Ben McFarland
Three Good Men of Bréifne By David Agnew
The First Lineage: The Inventors By Mark Baker
Mappa Mundi  

Argetlamha Character Sheet Insert PDF

Eternal Love Character Sheet PDFs
(Carelia, Ethaine, Evrard, Gailhard, Martin, Quinault)

Three Good Men of Briene PDFs and Metacreator files
(Eoin the Clothier, Risteard the Butcher, Somhairle the Weaver)

Issue #15 – September 2014

Under the Rose
From the Line Editor By David Chart
The Cattle Raid as a Story By Gerald Wylie)
Covenant Finances: An Alternative By Mark Shirley
The Journal of Vulcanis Argens
Rats Magica By Jason Tondro
The Second Lineage: Explorers of Time & Space By Mark Baker
New Heresies: Fixed Arts By Xavier Requejo
The Body in the Bog By David Agnew
Designing the Intangible Assassin By Pelle Kofod + Christian Rosenkjaer Andersen
Mythic Bloodlines By Ben McFarland
Mappa Mundi

 

Issues by Pointless Mental Cruelty (2007 – 2009)

The first run of issues were edited by Alexander White

Issue #1 – Sept 2007

Under the Rose
News from the Line Editor
Who’s Who

The Art of Courtly Love An article by Danielle Nichols
Covenant Locations Masada An article Ben McFarland
Hermetic Vignettes Short fiction by Kurt Konegen
The Tartalo An adventure by Eric Vesbit
The Knights Templar An article by Alex White
The End of the Hohenstaufen An article by Michael de Verteuil
Florilegium of House Bjornaer An article by Mark Shirley

Issue #2 – April 2008

Under the Rose
News from the Line Editor
Who’s Who

The Grand Tribunal 2007 A report by Neil Taylor
Jinn as Characters An article by Lachlan Hayes
Mythic Europe: Real Places A location by Alex Sandison
The Path of the Circle
 A Criamon mystery by Timothy Ferguson and Mark Shirley
End of the Hohenstaufen Pt II An article by Michael de Verteuil
Wheostan the Old An adventure by Mark Lawford
Beasts of the Realm A bestiary by Ben McFarland
Templar Apotropaics An article by Alexander White
Jerod’s Cave
 An adventure by P. R. Chase

Issue #3 – August 2008

Under the Rose

News from the Line Editor
Who’s Who

Competition Winner
The Circle of the Cabeiri Ben McFarland
Societas Flambonis Mark D Faulkner
Caravanserai Ben McFarland
The Northwych Yew Mark Lawford
Mythic Zoroastrianism Alex White

Issue #4 – November 2008

Under the Rose

News from the Line Editor
Letters

Who’s Who

Faeries of Sub Rosa
Comment from Atlas-Games By Michelle Nephew
The Dying Drake By Phil Chase
Elementals and Provenance By Ben McFarland with James Parks
Explosive power in Mythic Europe By Mark Shirley
Covenant Location: Seuthopolis By Ben McFarland
Templars: Infernal Brotherhood By Alexander White
Beasts of the Realm II By Ben McFarland

Issue #5 – June 2009

Under the Rose

News from the Line Editor
Who’s Who?

Hermetic Cocktails
 Andy Reimer, Steph van Willigenburg, Cathy Reimer, Vladimir Dimitrijevic, Greg Martin, and Niall Christie
Beyond the Fields We Know Timothy Ferguson
Dar al-Nujum Covenant Lachlan Hayes
The Invisible World Alex White
The Poppele Andreas Volker
Tribunals At Play Ben McFarland
The Bishop’s Bird 
Ben McFarland with Outline by CJ Romer

Before the Rose: Hermes Portal / Ars Mag

For those of you interested in older fanzine articles, the compiled contents of the 15 issues of Sub Rosa’s predecessor, Hermes Portal (2001-2005, edited by Eric Kouris) can be found over at Eric’s old site. Although dealing mainly with ArM4, all the past issues have been made available as free PDF downloads and there are a load of good ideas to be found.

Also, I don’t speak French, but if you do or if you employ  Google Chrome’s Translate function you might be able to access the old French fanzine, Ars Mag, published up until 2001 IIRC, also by Eric Kouris, but the link appears to be broken currently.