Idle mage time

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by capnq

No, I don't "know" that; in fact, this is the first time I've ever heard the two games mentioned together.

Ars Magica is obscure enough that I wouldn't be surprised if nobody at Illwinter has ever heard of it.

You mean, you wouldn't be surprised if neither of them have heard of it?

Anyway, I may be missing something, but considering that the term "Vis" is used to refer to magic gems in that game, and there are a couple of references to "Vis" buried in Dominions, I would not be surprised if there was some influence.

But, that's like pulling up the first game to ever mention "mana", and drawing a correlation to a newer game that uses mana - that is to say, it's a basic similarity, and doesn't necessarily extrapolate very deeply onto the game and gameplay.