

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.
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May 4, 2018 • 37min
Life by Antonios Rave-N Galatis
On today’s show we’re going to do something different. Instead of talking about Mage were going ...

Apr 28, 2018 • 1h 8min
Metaplot in Mage: The Ascension
On today's show Mage: The Ascension co-creator Satyros Brucato and Darker Days Radio co-founder Mark Hope join us to to discuss metaplot in Mage.
How Mark got into RPGs and Mage
What is metaplot and how does it relate to Mage
The House of Helekar and the beginning of the metaplot
The cautionary tale of Vormaas
If Amanda will return to Mage
Should you check in with your players regarding the metaplot
The Year of the Reckoning
The Avatar Storm
The Horizon War trilogy
Porthos Fitz-Empress
The Whiteout
How Ron Perelman wiped out 30% of the comic book and gaming industry in the 90s and how it effected the metaplot for Wraith and Changeling
Will there be future Sorcerer's Crusade-related releases
How to use Threat Null as antagonists but still keep the Umbra open for player exploration
What elements didn’t make it into the Mage metaplot
What happend to the Jade Demon
Big Trouble in Little China
What the main difference in game mechanics between Victorian Age: Mage and Mage 20 is.
Join us next week when Antonios Galatis reads his short story, “Life," from the Truth Beyond Paradox anthology.
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Apr 21, 2018 • 33min
The Lexicon of Mage
On today's show co-host Adam Simpson shares how he discovered role playing games and Mage: the Ascension.
The lexicon of Mage
Arete
Seeking,
Avatar
Arcane
Ascension
The Ascension War.
Next week Mage co-creator Satyros Brucato returns to the podcast and we are joined by Darker Days co-founder Mark Hope will talk about the metaplot of Mage: the Ascension.
Contact us at magethepodcast@gmail.com with questions, comments, or feedback.
Subscribe to Mage: The Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and TuneIn.
Follow us on Twitter @magethepodcast

Apr 14, 2018 • 1h 23min
What is Mage: The Ascension?
Welcome to the first episode of Mage: The Podcast! On today’s show we’re joined by Mage: The Ascension’s co-creator, Satyros Brucato.
What the Mage role playing game is; how the game has changed in nearly 25 years
How Mage has been updated for the 21st century
If Gods and Monsters and Book of the Fallen will be released by Onyx Path Publishing this year
How have the themes in White Wolf have changed in the last 20 years
Will the rest of the World of Darkenss related games be updated
What was the experience was like taking over Mage
How Mage has changed some people’s lives
A look back at the Traditions in Mage and how they have been updated
Erik Davis’ book, TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information
Are there any plans to make Mind’s Eye Theatre available for Mage
How to prepare a three-act structure for Mage
If the Traditions have been balanced
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Contact us at magethepodcast@gmail.com with questions, comments, or feedback.
Subscribe to Mage: The Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and TuneIn.
Follow us on Twitter @magethepodcast