Mage: The Podcast

Chaos magic seeks to boil ritual to its essence and change the world while discarding the baggage of previous movements but how to add it to a Mage game? Yui joins to talk egregores , servitors, sigils, and Speed posters. Penny Dreadful Mage Novel Grant Morrison on Sigil Creation - Note, this video starts with him literally screaming Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic - On...

Tradition Book: Sons of Ether gives a sneak peak of what the end times in the World of Darkness could be but first it shares much more. Adam and Terry talk Ethics Councils , missing archmasters , and some crackpot science . Next: Tradition Book Verbena Flash Gordon - On The Planet Mongo - Titan Books The Shadow Out of Time by HP Lovecraft Some Thomas Dolby She Blinded Me With Science Flying North...

Mage can often provide surreal moments but how do you run a game with the surreal baked in without breaking everything? Chazz and Terry talk surrealism in Mage, references, and things to steal from Invisible Sun.  Invisible Sun Preview - A free preview of the game Invisible Sun - The whole game Itras By - A surreal game in a strange town Dreamhounds of Paris - Game of surrealists discovering the d...

Wonders trace back to 1e but in Forged by Dragon's Fire they are completely fleshed out. Adam and Terry talk Wonders Artifacts, Inventions, Talismans , Devices, Periapts , Matrices, Fetishes , Grimoires , Principiae, and Familiars . Books Technomancer's Toybox - 2e Technomancer book Mage Storytellers Companion - Previous book on new Wonders M20 Gods and Monsters - Big book of familiars Forged by D...

Patrick McNamara ran a Mage hack based on Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition for Club Penny Arcade and shares his tweaks, hacks, ideas, and what it's like running Mage the Ascension for one of the most widely known groups in tabletop play. Key Books: Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition - Foundation of the system Mage the Awakening 2nd edition - Foundation for Reach used to determine Paradox dice M2...

The Order has lost Doissetep , waged a questionable war against vampires and lost many masters but the Hermetics are far from defeated. Adam and Terry talk new houses, new praxes, new rotes, and new chantries in Tradition Book: Order of Hermes . Things mentioned! Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica - Rare book library The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast - A podcast that covers much of...

Sleepers wildly outnumber the Awakened but a few know something about the supernatural and use it to their own ends. Josh and Terry talk the Orpheus Group, Pentex, the NSA, and the Arcanum, what they know, and how to use them. Sources: Pentex W20 Book of the Wyrm W20 Pentex Employee Indoctrination Handbook Subsidiaries: A Guide to Pentex Arcanum Mage Chronicles 2 - Includes both Halls of the Arcan...

The Umbra contains mysteries and wonders enticing to mages seeking wisdom and power. But how to navigate the Otherworlds and secure their boons? Infinite Tapestry answers this in spades and Adam and Terry talk patrons, realms and planets. Books mentioned: Infinite Tapestry - This book Beyond the Barriers: The Book of Worlds - Previous Umbra book for mage W20 Umbra: The Velvet Shadow - Werewolf boo...

Mage has many strange places and the Umbra doubly so but how can we use them in games? Charles and Terry talk Autochthonia , The Fortress of Government , The Far Shores , and the Copernicus Research Station Books mentioned: Beyond the Barriers, the Book of Worlds - The first book about the Umbra Infinite Tapestry - Revised book about the Umbra

Dead Magic II tells of magicks rare or hidden but not yet gone, some ignored by the major players, and some that lay in wait. Adam and Terry talk rune magick, the Dreamtime, lightning divination, tikis, and of course the Salmon of Wisdom. Dead Magic II: Secrets and Survivors - This book Licensed Mage Tarot deck - Reasonably priced version of the Mage tarot for less than the infinity dollars of the...

Mage is a big setting with big questions and M20 provides a set of Future Fates to help a Storyteller build their setting, but how do you use them? Victor and Terry walk through the options presented and share their experience building Mage worlds. Books discussed: Ascension's Landscape - Terry's Storyteller Vault title on the topic. Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary - Contains all the Future F...

With Fallen Tower: Las Vegas , Revised brings the total number of Mage city books....to one! Vegas is a city where money and magick flow freely and  Adam and Terry talk questionable Nodes, neat rotes, and an Awakened mime. This book - Fallen Tower: Las Vegas Next book - Dead Magic II: Secrets and Survivors Above Las Vegas Support us on Patreon

Kathy Ryan was on the Mage train since almost the beginning and she shares her experiences adding Amanda and Senex, shifting the Marauders and the Nephandi, and some of her notes for what her M20 metaplot would have been. The Show Our Patreon! Rich Bastard's Guide to Magick - Preorder for M20 high power book Books mentioned Book of Worlds - Book where we get information about Amanda's Avatar and t...

The mysterious Rogue Council calls on mages to again pursue the Ascension War in the face of despair and the Technocracy responds. Adam and Terry talk the Sphinx, Annunaki, and Panopticon in Manifesto: Transmissions from the Rogue Council .  Manifesto: Transmissions from the Rogue Council - This book Fallen Tower: Las Vegas - Our next book Anders Mage Page Egypt Chronicle - So much sphinx, so so s...

Greg Stolze , prolific author of RPG books for Hunter, Demon, A Dirty World, and Mage fan favorite, Unknown Armies, talks Invisible Clergy, obsession fueling magic, writing game fiction, how he'd write WoD angels and crowdfunding projects. New Stories of Unknown Armies Indiegogo - The project discussed at the end Greg's Projects Greg on Twitter Greg's web page Free fiction Unknown Armies Book 1: P...

How do you run a game without Paradox? How about during a game where the Roman empire never fell? What if the Ministry of Swords still existed? Adam and Terry talk the Mage Storytellers Handbook and what you can take to your table. Mage Storytellers Handbook - This book Manifesto: Transmissions from the Rogue Council - Next book

B Dave Walters talks the Technocracy in 2021 , Cassandra Complex, Friends of Courage and introducing players to Mage and Tanya DePass talks the Into the Mother Lands afrofuturist setting and game design in a multitopic episode.  Into the Mother Lands Kickstarter Technocracy Reloaded Pre-order - Still get it on release day!  Tanya's other projects Dear America From a Black Guy - B Dave Walter's cur...

So far, the Hollowers were presented as American, urban, and gothic in and now with their own Tradition Book new light shines on their varied ways. Adam and Terry talk elemental cliques, oneiromancy, and wraiths in Tradition Book: Hollow Ones . Books! Tradition Book: Hollow Ones - This books! Outcasts: A Players Guide to Pariahs - Closest previous book Orphans Survival Guide - Urban and orphan gui...

History teems with strange events and stranger claims that beg to be added to our Mage games, but how? Luckily, Darker Days Radio does regular segments on it! Chris and Terry talk the Pope Lick Monster , the Dyatlov Pass incident and more. Darker Days Radio Gehenna Gaming schedule Warhammer Fantasy Youtube series The Secret Frequency Files bundle on DTRPG Children of the Blood - VtM book Chris wor...

The Euthanatoi draw from those who do the work others won't, and now that includes purging the Ksirafai and possibly cleansing reality. Adam and Terry talk Senex , necromancy, and the Good Death . Books!  Tradition Book: Euthanatos - This book Guide to the Traditions - A more expansive view of the Traditions and their groups Swords of Faith - Book containing original 2e Euthanatos book

Before you convince someone to play 30 session of Mage, maybe show them one? Josh and Terry give their recommendations on running a Mage one-shot. Also, an interview with STV fiction author, Lee Webb about their Etherite short fiction Dead Reckoning . TryItCon Event Schedule - Come play a thing! Weekend of May 14-16th Other books: Another STV short fiction collection: Darkened Streets Dead Reckoni...

Many counted the Kha'vadi out after the Avatar Storm but such claims were premature. Adam and Terry talk new sorcerous paths, spirits on the mundane side of the Gauntlet, and a bigger Tradition in Tradition Book: Dreamspeakers .  Related Books: Tradition Book: Dreamspeakers - This book Spirit Ways - book on shamanic variants Related episode: Paradigm Deep Dive: Indigenous Magick Next up: Tradition...

Games are often set in the places we know by adding a layer of magick or horror, but how do you do that? Griffin from The Story Told and Terry talk about how they Mage-ify their hometown, Philadelphia , and how to make any major city magickal. References: Atlas Obscura SS United States Plans Figure-Ground Diagram TryItCon 2021  Get a badge: https://tabletop.events/conventions/tryitcon-2021/badgety...

The Clockwork Convention has been cut off from Autochthonia and many of its cyborg minions have gained terrifying freedom. Adam and Terry talk new HIT Marks , the Cult of the Machine,  and Alanson hardsuits in Convention Book: Iteration X . Books references: Convention Book: Iteration X - This book Iteration X - The previous version  Guide to the Technocracy - Essential reading to run Technocrats-...

Let's steal from Powered by the Apocalypse ! Mark Diaz Truman is the CEO of Magpie Games and World of Darkness fan. He an author of Urban Shadows , a PBtA urban fantasy game and shares what WoD players can take back to one of the games that inspired it. Magpie's Curated Play program - Try a game with a two-shot! Urban Shadows 2e kickstarter - Grab it during the late pledge period. Urban Shadows 2e...