# Mage: The Ascension (1st Edition)

Mage: The Ascension (1st Edition) is a board game.

- **Complexity:** 4 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1993
- **Categories:** Campaign Setting (game world), Core Rules (min needed to play)
- **Mechanics:** Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Point Based (allocate points to get skills, powers, etc), Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc), Dice Pool (Roll multiple dice vs target), Progression Tree (Skills, professions, magic abilities, etc.), Dice (Primarily d10)
- **Owned by:** 1 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Keith Winkler, Christopher Earley, Andrew C. Greenberg, Scott Taylor, Rachel Barth, Lindsay Woodcock, Sam Chupp, Deird're Brooks, Travis Lamar Williams, Angel Leigh McCoy, Stewart Wieck, Bill Bridges, Marty Hackleman, Jason Langlois, Steve Wieck, Phil Brucato, Mark Rein•Hagen, Kevin A. Murphy, John Chambers, John Snead, Ian Dunteman, Robert Hatch, Kathleen Ryan, Chris Hind, Rachelle Sabrina Udell

**Artists:** Steve Prescott, Larry MacDougall, David Leri, John Cobb, Ron Spencer, Drew Tucker, Lawrence A. Williams, Steve Ellis (I), Joshua Gabriel Timbrook, John Estes, Jeff Holt, Shea Anton Pensa, Alex, Christopher Shy, Mark Jackson, Jeff Laubenstein, Joe Corroney, Richard Thomas (I), Janet Aulisio, Alex Sheikman, Andrew Robinson, Langdon Foss, Matthew Mitchell, Guy Davis, Vince Locke, Darrell Midgette, Ken Meyer, Jr., Michael Kaluta, Darryl Elliott, Leif Jones, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Clarke (III), William O'Connor, Mike Danza, Rebecca Guay-Mitchell, Michael Gaydos

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mage-the-ascension-1st-edition)
- [Mage: The Ascension (1st Edition) in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/mage-the-ascension-1st-edition)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/44190)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-11-09. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._