Mage: The Podcast

Lore of the Traditions updates the Council Tradition by Tradition. We talk with Rachel Judd about the Verbena, Tyler Middleton about the Order of Hermes, and Theanos Thrax about the Society of Ether. Lore of the Traditions Kickstarter Rachel's stuff: Rachel's books on DTRPG Rachel Judd on Twitter Tyler's stuff: Vorpal Tales' Mage Kult game Theanos's stuff: Trinity Continuum: Aberrant

Lore of the Traditions updates the Council Tradition by Tradition. We talk with Hiromi Cota about the Akashayana, Satyros Phil Brucato about the Sahajiya, James Sambrano about the Kah'vadi and Travis Legge about devving it. Lore of the Traditions Kickstarter Hiromi's stuff: Hiromi’s Amazon Author Page Hiromi's webpage Travis's stuff: Travis's Patreon Travis's work on Storytellers Vault Slarecian V...

Eight years after Ascension , convention books NWO , Progenitors , Syndicate , and Void Engineers completed the splatbooks of Revised. Developer Ryan Macklin talks their origins, themes, and Katanas and Trenchcoats . Ryan Macklin's webpage The Forge archives - a popular 2000s RPG forum Fate - Complete system SRD Primetime adventures - TV emulation RPG Cortex Plus - RPG system powering Smallville D...

Terror lurks beyond the Gauntlet . Threat Null will co-opt any agent who's been Processed leaving the Void Engineers as earth's sole defense. Adam and Terry talk time travel, guns, spaceships, and guns for spaceships. Convention Book: Void Engineers - This book Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition Quickstart - Next book Action Scientist shirt - Enlist today. Max Tegmark's levels of the mul...

Mikaela Sims , ST of As Above, So Below shares advice on improving actual plays and hopes for the World of Darkness streaming community then Terry and Josh answer listener questions in a year end Q&A. Onward to 2022! Mikaela Sims Twitch stream - Where the show is being streamed As Above, So Below episode 01 - Where it starts Ko-fi for the Stream - Chip in if you'd like the participants to get...

The Syndicate tried to fund the Union to success but the Financial Crisis crashed the Cash-or-Credit Convention . Adam and Terry talk Primal Utility , the current board, and Technocracy civil war in Convention Book: Syndicate . Hypereconomics and Primal Utility with Victor Kinzer - Episode talking hypereconomics Convention Book: Syndicate - This book Convention Book: Void Engineers - THE LAST ONE

Mage is full of conspiracies but what about hypercompetent assassins for hire? Monica Speca joins to explain how to add assassins and assassin societies to the World of Darkness from Trinity Continuum: Assassin Trinity Continuum: Assassin - The book we're talking about Trinity Continuum Core - Core book for Trinity Continuum Crazy 88 (Youtube Clip) - Killer society from Kill Bill Leverage (TV Seri...

The Progenitors grab at a perfect deathless future but with great moral peril. As the Ethics Council replaces the Administration, Adam and Terry talk action scientists and hyperintelligent whales in Convention Book: Progenitors . If you’re listening to this before December 21st, applications are still open for the Jackalope Live Action Roleplaying event Mage Noir set to happen in Austin, Texas, th...

Four guests! Charles Siegel talks about adding sorcerers to M20, the Hermetic Hipster talks new Tradition Backgrounds, TL Webb talks mages in Texas, and Thrice Great introduces a persistent text Mage game you can go join . Strange Yesterdays - My book on alternatives to the Revised metaplot Liberation Mush - An online persistent text game you can join Mush Clients - Software required to play Liber...

Ascension may have come but we have Conventions to update and Convention Book: N.W.O. is the first of the early 2010s books under CCP Games . Adam and Terry talk the Data Sphere , the Greylocke Incident, and ATLAS units for the N.W.O. . Show Notes Convention Book: N.W.O. - This book Convention Book: Progenitors - Next book

Mage the Ascension contains all sorts of magickal books , but how do magic texts in our world go from unearthed to on a bookshelf? Translator and RPG writer, Brian Johnson talks paradigms, spells, and library adventures. Brian's freelancer webpage Forged by Dragon's Fire - Book containing books Brian's References : Sophie Page has studied a whole collection of magical texts from the 14th-century l...

All things come to an end but Mage and Ascension , the last Mage book for eight years, provides five such endings. Adam and Terry talk the death of Senex , the return of al-Aswad , asteroid impacts and the Zigg'raugglurr . This book: Ascension The next book: Convention Book: N.W.O. World of Darkness: Time of Judgment : The book that provided end time scenarios for the other lines Note! Our current...

The Rich Bastard's Guide to Magick adds magick for movers and shakers and two of the authors join us! Lauren Roy as developer and Josh Heath as author talk hypercars, Porthos ' grimoire and rich-ass Templars . Get the book Lauren M Roy 's other books

Terry ran a Mage one shot for some players with mostly D20 prior experience. The session highlights the power and morality of what a mage does in the hands of new players. Mage 1-page per Sphere references by Mark Hope - You likely need to be a member of the FB group to grab them. The Nine Spheres by Charles Siegel - A more expansive coverage of the Spheres  Support the show on Patreon  

The Mage: The Ascension Revised take on the Virtual Adepts mixes fashion, modernity, and a bit of 1e kookiness in with the last published Tradition Book . Adam and Terry talk the Turing virus, the Tesla vaccine, and mid-2000s clothing choices. Show Notes This book: Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts Next book: Ascension

The Technocracy is a staple of the Mage canon but it brings along with it assumptions on how science works. Victor and Terry discuss Occupy Horizon, crowd effects, and six new technomagick Crafts . Executive producers! Check the Patreon or the Discord to vote on which group should receive a write up. Poll runs through November 15th. Shadowbound - Victor's Wraith project

The Verbena Circle introduced in the 90s is now grown and tackles the contemporary problems of some very old practices. Adam and Terry talk deadly healing, the limits of Merlin, and the Paths of the Wyck in Tradition Book: Verbena . Tradition Book: Verbena - This book Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts - Next book

Jason Pitre is a writer and developer whose games often focus on beliefs and the fight to change them which really sounds like Mage. Jason is also a big Mage fan and talks how to adapt his work for your table.  Genesis of Legend Publishing - Jason's firm RPG Design Panelcast - A podcast Jason rights on game design M5 Hack - From our Patrick McNamara interview plus what Terry put together. Jason's...

Seeking to reverse the Curse of Caine , vampires say "dare we spit in God 's eye?" while mages grab a hose and say "hold my beer". Adam and Terry talk forbidden texts, Cold War Technocracy , and so many NPCs in The Red Sign . The Red Sign - This book The Yellow King RPG - A Pelgrane Press book including four time periods The King in Yellow - The short story collection containing the stories that c...

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...