Mage: The Podcast

The Renaissance world crawls towards the light of enlightenment but shadows lurk with infernalists, demons, and horrors. Adam and Terry talk the Absolute, Aesfotedia, and Ahrimanites in Infernalism: The Path of Screams.Infernalism: The Path of Screams - This bookCastles and Covenants - Next bookM20 The Book of the Fallen - A large contemporary versionThe Garden of Adompha - Story by Clark Ashton Smith

World of Darkness has varied views on the divine while In Nomine is clear: A distant god and a bitter lucifer brood while their angels and demons pursue their agendas. Griffin and Terry discuss how to jam that into Mage.In Nomine - Core RulebookThe Story Told - Podcast where Griffin runs the Promethean actual playPromethean MtP Episode - Also with Griffin!Demon the DescentDemon the Descent QuickstartDemon the Fallen Core

The World of Darkness has mere than mere vampires and werewolves in the shadows. Bygone Bestiary describes the dragons, unicorns, firebirds, and stranger creatures in it and Adam and Terry talk the hits and misses.Bygone Bestiary - This bookM20 Gods & Monster - Another big book of beastiesInfernalism: The Path of Screams - Next book!

Tarot, Ouija, runes, and trances receive heavy play in RPGs but what about using lightning, fire, coffee grinds and roosters? David Whitworth author of Eye to the Void joins to talk historical divination in RPGs.Eye to the Void Kickstarter - Where you can get itDrunken Storyteller Podcast - David's podcast!Ouija and Japan's Satanic Panic - Episode on Ouija's Japanese analogHalloween Episode: Kokkuri Spirit Boards and WTF?!  - Another show itThoth tarot - Tarot variant informed by Uncle AliParadigm Shift - Introductory game on the God MachineWikipedia page on divinationDarker Days Radio -Show where David is a periodic guesthttps://thedrunkenstoryteller.podbean.com/

Can we use clocks to track finding a True Name? What if the Technocracy used Heat? Can we come up with good systems to represent flashbacks using Spheres? Charles and Terry talk systems to steal from Blades in the Dark.Blades in the Dark SRD - The Blades rules online for freeMagickal Capital - High Resource firms for MagesBlades on DRTRG - The PDFScum and Villainy - Sci Fi Forged in the DarkVarious Forged in the Dark gamesBlades in the Dark Score generator - Make a score...NOW!

Crusade Lore is full of the bits that didn't fit into Sorcerers Crusade core with information on scourgelings, and town layout. Adam and Terry talk port logistics, gabled hats and war balloons in Tomes of Magick: Crusade Lore.Crusade Lore - This bookSorcerers Crusade core - The core bookBygone Bestiary - Next book

What if the Dreamlands replaced the Maya, Innsmouth had wraiths, and Miskatonic University were the reality bubble of a Marauder? Bryce and Terry talk adding Mythos locations to Mage the Ascension.No forests on flat earth - it's real weird The Lovecraft wiki - Really powered this episodeThe Control Wiki - Enter the Oldest HousePnakotus - Australian city where people write down their memories while conesCover image designed by Dorchadas, thanks!

1466 is a world where faith, science, and magick mix together in an uneasy brew. Sorcerers Crusade Core kicks off the first historical period for Mage and Adam and Terry talk balloons, Batini, and battle armor.Sorcerers Crusade core book - This bookKen and Robin Talk About Stuff - a podcast featuring Ken Hite

What do you ask during chronicle planning? How do you set up for a first or tenth session? Victor and Terry talk how they prepare for a new chronicle as well as what session prep looks like at each stage of a story.

What's a Marauder do with billions in the bank? What's the richest Tradition? Adam and Terry talk the treasures of Doissetep, private towns, nanotech clouds and cold hard cash in M20 The Rich Bastard’s Guide to Magick.M20 The Rich Bastard’s Guide to Magick - This bookRich Bastard’s Guide to Magick with Lauren Roy - Conversation with the developer and Josh Heath about the bookThe Midnight World on DTRGPThe Midnight World on itch.ioJoe Versus the Volcano - Adam movie recommendation #1Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Adam movie recommendation #2