Darker Days Radio

The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' sister show, focusing on special features, material created by our listeners and other nuggets of goodness. On Episode #9, Lost Heretic gives us a special feature on the Vampire: the Eternal Struggle collectible card game, including an overview of play and suggestions on how to use elements from the card game in your tabletop rpg sessions! Check out the show no...

We're Not Dead Yet! Mark and Vince are back after a short break with a nice long show! We examine Inventions Lost to History on the Secret Frequency, cover Wraith: the Oblivion and Dark Reflections: Spectres for the OWoD, then move onto ideas for chronicles featuring Mortals for the NWoD, and round out the show with a look at recurring antagonists in our Storyteller Advice section. So download the...

On Episode #8 we take a look at the awesome upcoming game Maschine Zeit and interview its designer David A. Hill Jr. David talks us through the background of the game, its design philosophies and outlines just what makes it so damn cool. Check out the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at darkerdaysradio@gmail.com.

The Chuck-Man Taketh! Mark and Vince welcome uber-freelancer Chuck Wendig back onto the show! We look at the Dropa Stones on the Secret Frequency, dive into the realms of madness with Malkavians and Malkovians for Vampire: the Masquerade and Vampire: the Requiem, and bring you a review of Night Horrors: the Unbidden for Mage: the Awakening. The show wraps with a cool Q&A session with Chuck himself...

Eddy Webb Strikes Back! Yes, that's right folks - Mark and Vince are once again joined by White Wolfer Eddy Webb for another fun-packed show. Explore the mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript and take a fresh look at zombie ants on the Secret Frequency. Check out some cool NPCs for Werewolf: the Apocalypse, including Samuel Haight (yes, that's right - the Skinner redeemed!) And kick back with Eddy f...

The Changeling Show! Darker Days Episode #16 Season 2 continues with a show dedicated to the most-requested topic in our mailbag: Changeling! We are joined by two Changeling scholars and experienced Storytellers - Adrian from Mirage Arcana Podcast, and Crothian from ENWorld - who share their insights, suggestions and war-stories on the Changeling line, from Dreaming to Dark Ages to Lost. And all o...

Darker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #7 Darkling Podcast The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. On Episode #7 we are joined by Monte Cook himself! Monte answers our listeners' questions and talks about designing his version of the World of Darkness, his new Dungeon-a-Day project, his recent book The Skeptic's Guide...

Darker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #6 Darkling Podcast The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Episode #6 features a deeper look at Monte Cook's World of Darkness, with a more detailed examination of the game's supernatural beings, character powers and the innovative free-form magic system. Listen to the show now a...

Happy New Year! Darker Days Episode #15 Kicking off the New Year with Season 2 of the Darker Days Podcast! Long awaited, often imitated never duplicated! The boys go through some mail stuff and network news. Mark talks about “death - for medicinal purposes” in the Secret Frequency and then jumps into talking about different ways to use Mummy in your story. In the NWoD section Vince leads off with...

Verghast does an overview of Mummy, Mummy 2nd Edition, and Mummy: the Ressurection.

We're Back! Episode fourteen and Darker Days is back on the airwaves! We're giving you all the latest news from White Wolf, demon dogs and disembodied heads on the Secret Frequency, cool new houserules for Vampire: the Masquerade and Vampire: the Requiem, and an in-depth look at what was cool about Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand, and how to use its best ideas in your chronicle, whichever version...

Darker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #4 The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Episode #4 features Monte Cook's World of Darkness in a special feature submitted by WGPRN listener Beckett. Lift the lid on this little-known re-imagining of the World of Darkness by one of the world's premier game designers! Check out t...

Halloween Special! Darker Days Podcast Welcome to our thirteenth episode! Lucky for some - this week we have not one, not two but three special guests. Chuck Wendig, Eddy Webb and Stew Wilson rejoin us for 1hr and 45 minutes of horror goodness. After the Secret Frequency drowns itself in rains of blood, we spend the rest of the show discussing how to craft the perfect horror story for your World o...

Darker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #3 Episode #3 features Demon: the Return, a conversion of Demon: the Fallen for the NWoD rules system. Written by Evo Shandor, the game expands on the mythology of D:tF while bringing it up-to-date with the latest rules innovations. Listen to the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at darkerdaysradio...

The David Hill Project! Welcome to our twelfth episode, featuring special guest host and White Wolf freelancer David Hill! This week the Secret Frequency looks at the Tunnel People beneath Las Vegas, we explore some alternate origin myths for vampires in Vampire: the Masquerade, and give a review of World of Darkness: Innocents. The show wraps up with a meaty Q&A session with David. Check out the...

Darker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #2 The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Episode #2 features The Book of Nod in a segment recorded by Beckett, who details how to use the "vampire bible" in your nWoD games. Check it out at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at darkerdaysradi...

The Big One! Our biggest show so far, with almost three hours of fantastic content! Episode #11 focuses on all things Mage, featuring our special guest, elite White Wolf freelancer Malcolm Sheppard! This week on the show: the Secret Frequency visits Poveglia Island, we look importing the Ascension War from Mage: the Awakening into Mage: the Ascension, show you how to run the classic Mage: the Asce...

Steve Wilson, American Hero? The boys are back with another monster show - almost two hours of podcasty goodness! And we're joined by special guest host Stew Wilson, gentleman, scholar and White Wolf freelancer. After our regular Mail Call, White Wolf and Network News and ever-popular The Secret Frequency, we move onto the OWoD and a more detailed look at lowering the supernatural population of yo...

The Chuck-Man Cometh! That's right folks - the man, the myth, the legend Chuck Wendig joins us as a special guest host! This week's show is themed around Hunters, from the earliest days of Vampire: the Masquerade and The Hunters Hunted, through Year of the Hunter, Hunter: the Reckoning and into the modern era with Hunter: the Vigil. After our regular Mail Call, White Wolf and Network News and The...

The Ocho! This week, your hosts are joined by special guest Eddy Webb - White Wolf staffer and all-round cool dude! In our longest show yet (just under two hours!) we take a look at how to tweak your OWoD and NWoD games by altering the amount of supernatural creatures in the gameworld and also have our long-overdue review of Summoners for the NWoD. Our ST-advice section this episode focusses on ho...

This week, we take a look at the Demon: the Fallen game for OWoD and provide a detailed review of Second Sight for NWoD. We additionally present the first installment of our new Storyteller advice segment, with tips on getting your chronicle up and running smoothly. Regular features, including mail call, news from White Wolf, and The Secret Frequency, are also present. Check out  our homepage for...

This episode was recorded before Matt McFarland admitted to sexual assault and was accused of serial sexual harassment. Darker Days does not condone the guest's actions and they will not be invited to return. This episode is left here for posterity. This week we are joined by a special guest - White Wolf freelancer, author and developer Matt McFarland! After digging into the mail bag and covering...

This week we are joined by a special guest host - Rob from  Bear Swarm ! After digging into the mail bag and covering the latest news from White Wolf, we dive into Spooky News, which this week covers the grim reality of suicide machines. Then we move on to Part 1 of our two-part OWoD feature on the Sabbat, detailing how to get the most out of the sect for your Vampire: the Masquerade games. For th...

This week your hosts take a look at Destiny's Price for the OWoD and share some optional rules for speeding up combat in the OWoD. For the NWoD, we take a look at the classic Jail of Night articles from the old White Wolf Inphobia magazine and discuss how to use these articles in your NWoD games. And for our spooky news section, we immerse ourselves in the Skull Cult of Naples! Our regular news an...

This week your hosts take a look at Dark Ages: Inquisitor for the OWoD and Inferno for the NWoD. We also share some optional rules for Mage: the Ascension, chat about upcoming releases from White Wolf, and delve into the creepy horror of the zombie fire ants! Also included is a preview of our upcoming feature on the Jail of Night. Check out  our homepage for added links and forums! Featured Books: