

Mage: The Podcast
Mage: The Podcast
A podcast dedicated to exploring the Mage: The Ascension, a role-playing game (RPG) based in the World of Darkness.
Episodes
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Mar 20, 2021 • 1h 18min
Tomes of Magick: Book of Madness, Revised
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 RevisedNext book: Tradition Book: Cult of Ecstasy Previous Book of Madness Book of the Fallen - 20th anniversary update to the Nephandi

Mar 13, 2021 • 1h 1min
Mage Actual Plays with VorpalTales, Guldan Age Stories, Ombligo Del Diablo, and Utility Muffin Labs
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 Umbra-hopping Amalgam by Guldan Age Stories.Ombligo Del Diablo - Adventures in an eerie Southwest by the Odd Troupe.Crossing Darkness - An old World of Darkness informational podcast about the full breadth of oWoD gaming2D10 Podcast - A broad gaming podcast by Nate of Utility Muffin LabsOther links!Victorian Mage Indiegogo - For each person who comments that I should write on the Victorian Umbra, I'll add 250 words to an STV supplement on the Victorian Umbra. (Min 5k, max 20k)Sorcerer: Paths to Power - Sorcerer updated to M20Tradition Rotes Project

Mar 6, 2021 • 1h 28min
Tomes of Magick: Guide to the Traditions
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 aboutThe Bitter Road - Another big book of group and plot optionsBook of Madness (Revised) - Next up!

Feb 27, 2021 • 55min
Victorian Mage with Ian AA Watson and Victor Kinzer
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 MageVictor Kinzer on Walking Away from ArcadiaTechnocracy historyBooks references: Guide to the Technocracy - Technocratic HistoryMage Storyteller's Companion - Giant timelineVictorian Age Vampire - The first VIctorian age bookW20 Wyld West Expansion - Update to the Wyld West setting for werewolf

Feb 25, 2021 • 38min
Minisode: Saga Experience with Max
This minisode is with Max from Saga Experience which is trying to create a new type of virtual tabletop with a kind of built in game engine. We talk about our favorite numbers, virtual tabletops, and outcome distributions. Regular episode will be out Saturday!Saga Experience - Their webpageSaga Experience Discord - Talk to 'em! Tell them you want a freeform magick system. :3Saga Experience Youtube - See it in action

Feb 20, 2021 • 1h 4min
Tomes of Magick: Tradition Book: Celestial Chorus
What does faith look like as the End Times approach? What is the role of shepherds when monsters walk the earth? Adam and Terry talk how the Chorus as broadened even as theology seemingly declines in Tradition Book: Celestial Chorus.Next up: Guide to the TraditionsOur discussion of the previous Celestial Chorus bookSwords of Faith which includes the prior Tradition Book and two othersTradition Book: Celestial Chorus on Drivethrurpg

Feb 13, 2021 • 1h 17min
Action in Mage with Bryce Perry
Mage is a game suited for many genres from pensive journey to space opera but the rules don't always give us fast-paced action. Bryce Perry of Darker Days Radio talks with Terry about things to steal from games like Torg and how to speed up combat.Games to steal from: Torg - Game geared towards action and adventure with group leveling and dramatic build-up system. Unknown Armies - Urban fantasy game where broken people save the world. Blades in the Dark - The best game Ars Magica - For when the Order of Hermes isn't enough and you want all the hermetics.Our episode on Tales of Magick: Dark AdventureDarker Days Radio mailing list

Feb 6, 2021 • 1h 23min
Tomes of Magick: Lost Paths: Ahl-i-Batin & Taftâni
In the 21st century, the Ahl-i-Batin quietly invoke the Khwaja al-Akbar while the Taftâni fight druj and pursue Asha with explosive ferocity. Adam and Terry talk math, carpets, figs and other goodies from Lost Paths: Ahl-i-Batin & Taftâni.Show Notes More information on the Entelechy in Ascension Previous information on the Ahl-i-Batini in Book of Shadows

Jan 30, 2021 • 1h 13min
How to Make a Tradition with Victor Kinzer
The Traditions claim to represent all of mystick magick but may were left out of the Grand Convocation. So what is a Tradition and what makes them special? Victor and Terry talk Traditions over time, areas to explore, and how to build your own. The Hermit Hipster's PatreonVideo on Tradition BookGarou Nation - Werewolf explainer by the team of Juarez by NightBooks mentioned: Guide to the Traditions - Revised guide to mystick politics Lost Paths: Ahl-I-Batin and Taftani - Two groups that maybe could be Traditions Dark Ages Mage - Game that uses Fellowships instead The Fragile Path - Book on the founding and betrayal of the First Cabal Book of Crafts - Book of well, Crafts

Jan 23, 2021 • 1h 25min
Tomes of Magick: Tradition Book: Akashic Brotherhood
No longer lead by monastic ascetics the Akashayana are ready to bury old ways but can they hold together long enough to change? Adam and Terry talk new sects, new rotes, new wonders and a whole lot of Do in Tradition Book: Akashic Brotherhood.This book: Tradition Book: Akashic Brotherhood on DrivethrurpgNext book: Lost Paths: Ahl-I-Batin and Taftani on DrivethrurpgFist of the North StarTheravada - Type of Buddhism discussed largely in this book.Mahayana - More popular branch of Buddhism