Mage: The Podcast

Adam Simpson interviews Mage fan Paul Strack about his involvement with the early online fan community for World of Darkness, an example of tiered play and blending Mage: The Ascension with Mage: The Awakening rules. Show Notes World of Darkness news groups and moderators “The Umbra” by Paul Strack Anders Mage Page 2.0 Demographics in Mage Tiered play Playing one’s self in the World of Darkness Ea...

The Euthanatoi have been with the Council of Nine Mystic Traditions since its founding but are they misunderstood tenders of the wheel or death dealers with alien morality? Claimed by some to be half-Nephandi and others to be the Fallen's greatest enemy, Adam and Terry discuss the tension within the Euthanatoi and between it and the rest of the Council. Show Notes Why do the Traditions use a stand...

We’re told that the fae and changelings are, well, just fairy tales, but in the World of Darkness dreams made manifest are very, very real. Join Terry Robinson and Walking Away from Arcadia's Victor Kinzer for a guide to adding Changelings to your Chronicle as friends, foes, or something simply strange. Show Notes Victor and Simon Eichhörnchen ’s excellent podcast, Walking Away from Arcadia Si...

Rachelle Udell has been the author on such diverse Mage titles as The Bitter Road, Revelations of the Dark Mother, and to the Disparate Alliance section of the Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition core rulebook. On today’s show, Rachelle and Terry talk about how Rachelle got into writing for Mage, where she sees the Ahl-i-Batini in the 21st century and, of course, why buying Neiman Marcus...

Adam and Terry discuss the sometimes over-the-top mechanical horror of first edition Technocracy: Iteration X . The Clockwork Convention gave us the unfeeling malevolent robots in the form of HIT Marks but what else can they bring to the table? To what extent was Iteration X just a response to the killer robot phase of the early 90s? How did the first convention to explicitly say it has non-Wester...

Mage’s premise assumes humanity and the characters matter. What if the universe doesn't care? Terry Robinson and Josh Heath, COO of High Level Games and host of Werewolf: The Podcast discuss cosmicism , the belief that there is no divine presence and that humanity is particularly insignificant. How to combine the epic and indifferent? Show Notes The deeply problematic H.P. Lovecraft and his be...

We live in a world full of gods and monsters: spirits, creatures, Paradox entities, Avatar aspects, vampires, beast-folk, godheads, primordial legends, and other creatures too strange for the average mind to conceive. On this episode, Adam Simpson and Terry Robinson talk with the authors who brought these entities to life in Gods & Monsters , the latest supplement for Mage 20 from Onyx Path Pu...

On today’s show Adam Simpson discusses Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts by Darren McKeeman . The youngest magical Tradition is the most vibrant and the most irreverent. Virtual Adepts dont waste time delving into ancient grimoires or contemplating their navels. They’re too busy surfing the razors edge of the next zeitgeist. They dont follow trends, they make them. By the time the mainstream catches...

Terry speaks with Charles Siegel, author of Mystic Armory about the magickal things mages of all stripes make like wonders, devices, artifacts, inventions, charms, gadgets, grimoires, and principiae. Also discussed are the “gadget” of nuclear weapons introduced in Fallen Tower: Las Vegas , the best-ever-charm Unbullets, and more importantly, how to introduce wonders and devices into yo...

In this episode, Terry Robinson interviews Matthew Webb of Jackalope Live Action Studios about Matt's thoughts on revising Mage LARPing and how to bring the metaplot forward to what an M5 world may look like under the Eclipse LARP system . Also discussed, LARP types and the move from competition to cooperation in storytelling, where Laws of Ascension failed, how the Traditions are less organized g...

Adam Simpson and Terry Robinson discuss The Chaos Factor, the (almost) end of the cross-line exploits of Sam Haight, the kinfolk ghoul mage that we all wanted to play as kids but just weren't bad ass enough to do....also he ends up as an ashtray.  Included are discussions of early 90s supplements, the difficulties of game maps, how hard it is to run a crossover chronicle, ways of dealing with them...

Chris Zac from the Twin Cities by Night podcast talks about how to run a Chronicle when the table everyone’s around is virtual using Google Hangouts , and other tools. Chris issues a call to creators to make their stuff and promote it shamelessly (and provides some place to do so). Also discussed: The importance of vetting players. If you're an ST on-line you’ll have your pick of playe...

Terry Robinson chats with Josh Heath, COO of High Level Games and host of Werewolf: The Podcast discuss the occult; how different game lines in World of Darkness handles the occult; the Eldritch horrors of H.P. Lovecraft ; Aleister Crowley ’s Thelema and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ; the Yazidis ; Neo-Paganism ; occult understanding vs occult knowledge; Orders within the World of Darknes...

Today's episode is a discussion of Quiet, the state where a Mage's grip on reality has begun to slip.  Quiet has gone through a number of interpretation and this episode focuses on the Revised and M20 rule system where Quiet is broken into Madness, Denial, and Morbidity. Our guest is Darling Rose of the Midnight Express podcast.  Rose brings broad knowledge of World of Darkness to the table as wel...

Hosts Adam Simpson and Terry Robinson discuss “The Book of Shadows;” Players Guides in World of Darkness games; additional abilities, Merits and Flaws; min-maxing in games; Sanctums (and their abuse); Joseph Campbell and the Hero's Journey; a day in the life of Tradition Mages; flavoring magick; the schism in the Technocracy; vampires into lawn chairs; 3 ways to view the book. Contact us at mageth...

David Herman from The Geekly Oddcast discusses how to introduce Wraith to your Mage chronicle, mechanics, powers, crossovers, and metaplot. Wraith is a game of horror and passion set in the underworld of the World of Darkness.  Mages can dip into this realm and find anything ever remembered and much much more. Get started with Wraith 20th Anniversary or Orpheus Contact us at magethepodcast@gmail.c...

Hosts Adam and Terry discuss Digital Web for Tomes of Magick; a call for help with example play sessions; the book Gödel, Escher, Bach; a place where all mages can experience digital magick; Mount Qaf and ancient conspiracies; Spy's Demise, the ultimate neutral ground for trading information; tips for passing rumors to players; ipdating details to 2018; "information wants to be free;” how technica...

Victor Kinzer discusses  "A Phoenix Rises", an exploration of the world on the cusp of a New Horizon Council.   Are you ready to make history?  Listen to the episode at:  Pick up a copy of A Phoenix Rising  Victor is part of the creative team behind Walking Away from Arcadia about Changeling: The Dreaming

On today’s show Carrie Kube joins us to talk about her Mage adventure, “The Babel Center,” available on the Storytellers Vault . We discuss the adventure she wrote Vampire: The Masquerade, “Bloodlinebook Deava” and for Dungeons and Dragons Ravenloft; the artifact and characters featured in “The Babel Center;” tips writing for the Storytellers Vault; setting her adventure up for various editions of...

On today’s show Adam discusses Anders Mage Page 2.0; introduces our new co-host, Terry Robinson ...

On today’s show we announce the winner of “The Enlightened Grimoire” and Adam Simpson discusses ...

On today’s show Bill Maxwell joins us to talk about “Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts,”; his gran ...

On today's show Charles Siegel joins us to talk about the Enlightened Grimoire, a book that con ...

Adam Simpson discusses Loom of Fate, one of the earliest supplements for the first edition of M ...

On today’s show Travis Legge joins us to talk about his release for the Storytellers Vault, Raz ...