Mage: The Podcast

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...

The Ecstatics find liberation and possibly Ascension through potent sensory experiences in both agony and ecstasy so how have they met modernity? Adam and Terry talk a plethora of new groups, expanded history, and very practical magick in Tradition Book: Cult of Ecstasy . Next book: Convention Book: Iteration X

The mechanics for raising Arete are easy, but how do you play out a Seeking where a mage may make a self discovery or learn about the fundament of the cosmos? Josh and Terry share how Seekings changed across editions and some ways you can run them. Dusk Wiki - Large wiki with house rules on Seekings TryItCon Links: If you have a game you’d like to try, ask for it: https://forms.gle/mt5eY3QRQhY3WXD...

In a world going mad how do the Marauders manifest? How have the Nephandi cope with the Avatar Storm ? How do I barter my (character's) soul? Adam and Terry talk the dark whisperers in the Ascension War in Book of Madness Revised .  This book: Book of Madness Revised Next book: Tradition Book: Cult of Ecstasy   Previous Book of Madness   Book of the Fallen - 20th anniversary update to the Nephandi

Three different interviews with three different liveplays! Terrifying Tales nods to Kult, Ombligo Del Diablo is an M5 hack in a strange Southwest, and Technogate explores the 90s, one Umbral Realm at a time and what 2d10 and Guldan Age Stories are up to. Terrifying Tales - A run of Mage with hints of Kult added for good measure run by Vorpal Tales . Technogate 1999 - Exploring the goings on an Umb...

Guide to the Traditions lifts the curtain on the thousand ways the Traditions work with and against each other. Adam and Terry talk high-ritual shamans, hidden Cathars, Asthika technomancers and stranger magicks in this broad look at the 21st century Council. Books: Guide to the Traditions - the one we're talking about The Bitter Road - Another big book of group and plot options Book of Madness (R...

The 19th century saw the West push to conquer the world but what were mages up to? The Technocracy rises, the American frontier closes and dozens of societies resist colonialism in Onyx Path's newest crowdfunding campaign, M20 Victorian Age now on Indiegogo . The crowdfunding campaign for Victorian Age Mage Victor Kinzer on Walking Away from Arcadia Technocracy history Books references:  Guide to...