Darker Days Radio

Mike calls Pete, a resident of the future, and gets ready to discuss the numerous articles and ebooks covering Cyberpunk, the World of Darkness, and Chronicles of Darkness. First up is World of Future Darkness, an article in White Wolf Magazine #36, giving you rules and setting advice to crossover Cyberpunk 2020 and Vampire: the Masquerade. Then they cover Mirrors: Bleeding Edge, a generic cyberpu...

What begins as a simple, farcical April Fool's review ends with Chigg and Mike failing some Sanity checks, losing Maximum Humanity, and facing their own Hubris.  Get ready for Nightlife, an Urban Horror Role-playing Game published at some undisclosed time in the Nineteen Nineties... This episode was inspired by the System Mastery podcast, whose host Jef recently wound up in a U.S. hospital without...

Mike takes listeners on a journey to Skinwalker Ranch, a real world location of urban myth that may inspire your horror games. Be sure to check us out on  Facebook  or through our brand new Discord server https://discord.gg/GGuRKAn . To stay up to date, subscribe through iTunes  or Spotify !            Links For This Episode:   Midnight Express Podcast: http://midnightexpress.podbean.com/ Full Met...

Mike, Chris, and Chigg are joined by Matt Webb of Jackalope Live Action Studios to discuss the upcoming Cyberpunk: Night City LARP! Matt explains the vision for the live action game, the unique venue they've chosen, and the incredible rules and set design that will make Cyberpunk come alive. Cyberpunk: Night City will take place May 24-25, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas and on The Net. Be sure to grab...

Mike, Chris, and Chigg are joined by LARP luminary Matt Webb to explore the setting basics of Cyberpunk 2020. This classic roleplaying game codifies the character roles of game structure of cyberpunk gaming decades later, and holds up as an entertaining and challenging roleplaying experience. The team discusses the setting's style, Night City, corporations, and edgerunner characters, while teasing...

Following the exploration of Kindred of the East's setting last week, Mike, Chris, and Chigg create a Kuei-Jin player character, Mapuana, and discuss the character creation process and rules for this sourcebook. Spoiler Alert: Chris and Chigg like the game better after learning the rules. :p Darker Days is testing out a new format, please let us know what you think! Be sure to check us out on  Fac...

Join the Darker Days team for Episode #100! Mike, Chris, and Chigg tackle the most hotly demanded book from the past 99 episodes... Kindred of the East! The team focuses solely on Kindred of the East's Middle Kingdom setting, exploring the monstrous creation of the Second Breath, the stabilizing nature of the Dharmic Paths, and ponder what the intended game structure is supposed to be. Get ready f...

Live from PAX Unplugged, Mike is joined by Vampire: the Requiem developer Danielle Lauzon! The two discuss the growth of PAX, the resurgence of Vampire: the Requiem, Danielle's extensive resume, and some of her rad upcoming work for Chronicles of Darkness, particularly for Mage: the Awakening! Be sure to check us out on  Facebook  or through our brand new Discord server https://discord.gg/GGuRKAn...

Mike is roaming the isles of the UK, and arrives in Sheffield, "Steel City", and so meets up with Chris and James for this episode. We discuss recent White Wolf and Onyx Path Publishing news, plus chat about gaming, before delving into some Sheffield inspired Secret Frequency material.       Be sure to check us out on  Facebook  or through our Google Plus Community . To stay up to date, subscribe...

Chris was at Dragonmeet 2018, in London last December, a day after getting back from Boston, and he sat down with Onyx Path Publishing freelancers and developers David Brookshaw and Christopher Allen. They chat all about the releases coming up, plus some more exclusive information for Mummy: the Curse 2nd Edition and Deviant: the Renegades.       Be sure to check us out on  Facebook  or through ou...

Live from PAX Unplugged, Mike is joined by Onyx Path writer Crystal Mazur! The two discuss the growth of PAX, the dynamism of Onyx Path, Crystal's street cred, and her first work for Onyx Path Publishing - the upcoming Chicago by Night 5th Edition! Be sure to check us out on  Facebook  or through our brand new Discord server https://discord.gg/GGuRKAn . To stay up to date, subscribe through iTunes...

  You listened to our first foray into the world of Vampire: the Masquerade 5th edition. You've played Ascension Night. Now you can play the sequel and learn more about Manchester by Night. Make Blood Boil is a scenario for Vampire: the Masquerade 5th edition, available on the Storyteller's Vault. This document provides you more history regarding Manchester by Night, the story itself, and a set of...

Join Mike, James and Craig ( Red Moon Roleplaying ) as they take the role of a band of vagabonds in the Ostermark, near the shattered city of Mordheim, and as Chris as GM leads them through a tale of betrayal, horror and dark desires.   We explore the setting and the rules of this new version of the Warhammer RPG, by Cubicle 7. Intro and outro music by Occam's Laser . Extra music by Music: www.vid...

Chris and Sam come to visit Mike in Boston, and they meet up with live action superstars Garett and Tyler of Reverie Studios. As tea is served and soft holiday music plays in the background, Chris and Sam review the city of Boston, while Garett and Tyler introduce their crusade to bring Nordic LARP to the United States. In particular, they introduce Eskhaton, an apocalyptic immersion LARP inspired...

Join Mike, Chigg and James as they take the role of a Venator gang in the depths of Hive Primus on the world of Necromunda, and as Chris as GM leads them through a tale of betrayal, horror and thrilling adventure.   We explore the setting and the rules of this new version of the 40k RPG, by Ulisses North America. Intro and outro music by Occam's Laser . Extra music by Music: www.hooksounds.com. Bu...

Oh what sweet summer children we were, recording an episode about war in the World of Darkness just a week before V5 Anarchs and Camarilla hit the streets... On this exciting installment, Chris introduces listeners to the brand new Warhammer 40,000 role-playing game Wrath & Glory, giving listeners insight into the setting and mechanics of this epic game. Continuing the theme, Mike reviews the Chro...

Chigg and Mike sit down with star storyteller, Joe! A moderator of the World of Darkness Discord and a luminary of the Chilean gaming scene, Joe explains the history of roleplaying games in his country and how World of Darkness exploded on the scene in the mid-2000s. Do you want to hear more about World of Darkness Around the World? Let us know! Be sure to check us out on  Facebook  or through our...

  You listened to our first foray into the world of Vampire: the Masquerade 5th edition. Now is your chance to run the same story at your table top. Ascension Night is now available for Pay What You Want on the Storyteller's Vault, and can be found here:    This document provides you everything you need to know about Manchester by Night, the story itself, and a set of characters ready to play. How...

Chigg interviews Martin, Freja, Karim, Karl, and Juhana about Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition. The topics range from production page counts to Anarchs, and Camarilla to Second Inquisition. Enjoy! Tune in next episode for some long awaited Chronicles of Darkness content too! Be sure to check us out on  Facebook  or through our Google Plus Community . To stay up to date, subscribe through iTunes...

Changeling renegade Chigg brings listeners another clandestine GenCon recording, as White Wolf hosts a panel introducing Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition! White Wolf brings in a host of authors to discuss the development process, tantalize fans about future releases, and illustrate their path forward in the world of darkness and the world of licensing. Be sure to check us out on  Facebook  or t...

London is burning and they're on the run. Destitute, low on blood, and out of gas, four kindred escape the Second Inquisition only to find themselves shunned by the cloistered Camarilla of Manchester. But after their new haven is burned down by a rival coterie, these neonates show the city that they messed with the wrong bloodsuckers. Join the full cast of Darker Days Radio for the very first live...

From a tomb beneath the frozen wastelands of Sweden, Karim Muammar and Matthew Dawkins of  White Wolf Entertainment  join Mike and Chris to give an overview of Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition  (still available for preorder from Modiphius). Karim is the chief editor, and has developed the new systems that are in the undead heart of V5. Matthew Dawkins (recently announced as Senior Community Dire...

UKGE 2018 Round-up Chris and James discuss UKGE 2018 , which they attended a few weeks back. There are a whole host of interviews here, such as with;    Modiphius ,   Grimlord Games ,   Sins ,   Lamentations of the Flame Princess ,   and Para-Bellum Wargames .   We also got to have a go at Paizo's Pathfinder 2.0, Games Workshop's Shadespire, and of course Chris reflects on running demo games of Wh...

From the darkest, grimiest corners of urban myth come Brendan Carrion and Adam Sink of the Full Metal RPG Podcast! These two master storytellers join Mike and Chris to show listeners how to amp up their games, double down on terror, and accidentally mix My Little Pony with Hellraiser. Combined with some hot takes on Vampire 5th Edition and a secret frequency on the real life Fall River Satanic Cul...

Chris speaks to Az Drummond of Mythic Games , and they talk about the upcoming Kickstarter for their new game, Solomon Kane. Apologies for the popping in the audio - lost the windshield for the mic, and no press area this year, so I was not sure how close to the mic I needed to be, but I tried to clean it as best as I can. Special thanks to Occam's Laser for providing new music for our intro, outr...