In the February–March 1990 edition of
Games International (Issue 13), Dave Morris was initially disappointed in the brevity of this supplement, saying "
Ars Shorta might have been a better title, since this is actually a fairly thin supplement for the
Ars Magic rolegame." However, he then found the quality of the product was high, saying the individual topics covered "are good articles because they are immensely inspirational."
Stewart Wieck reviewed
Saga Pack in
White Wolf #19 (Feb./March, 1990), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "
Saga Pack includes eight pages of articles concerning various aspects of
Ars Magica. Some have appeared elsewhere [...] but The Life of a Grog, the Limits of Magic, Decisions: How to be a Better Storyguide, and the others are all useful." In the June 1991 edition of
Dragon (Issue #170),
Ken Rolston had a poor first impression of this supplement, saying, "The Storyguide’s screen and supplement cover features undistinguished art, and the Storyguide’s screen itself is of doubtful utility." Rolston noted that much of the essay-type material included had originally been published in other sources. However, he did like the pregenerated characters, noting that "The story hooks built into the character backgrounds are lovely: a simpleton with a gift for speech with faerie creatures; a warrior with a death wish; a man with a pleasant facile exterior, a glib friendliness, and a dark, compulsive, violent streak." Rolston pointed out that if the gamemaster did not use pregenerated characters, these would be of little use. He concluded that "
Saga Pack is generally disappointing in presentation and content, of possible value to an
Ars Magica gaming group, and of only modest interest to browsers." ==References==