Mage: The Podcast

Sandman is one of the most highly lauded comic runs to have ever been published, what can we take from it for our games? Pook and Adam discuss mood, inspiration, and TS Eliot in this edition of Reality Deviant Book Club. The Annotated Sandman, which was a late 90s/early 00s passion project to capture as many internal connections and external references as possible, issue by issue. TXT archive from an earlier version of the website Vertigo released their own very expensive series with the same name, with "proper" annotations, but... using the power of the early internet to situate and discover the series' intertextuality felt a lot more magical.

What dies may not stay dead. Driven by hunger, vengeance or piety the Hungry Dead have rare knowledge and potent powers mages be drawn to. Hsien joins to talk their work in rewriting Kindred of the East. Kindred of the East: The Relentless Age - This book Kindred of the East - The original Hsienfan on RPGnet - The author

When death isn't the end, what strange things can Sleepers get up to? Adam and Terry talk cauls, fennel swords, weird death tech, and more in the surprisingly useful-for-Mage The Quick and the Dead Quick and the Dead - This book!

Want to have bards in your game, preserved guardians that uphold the Gauntlet, a weird holiday, or some minor Spheres? Pook and Terry talk STV books you can get right now for as little as pay what you want. Tale Singers - Book on Bardism Bog Bodies - Book on Guardians of the Gauntlet Book of Days - Book on holidays and the calendar for Changeling but also good for Mage Book of Fragments - Minor Spheres!

Apophis rises, Horus prepares, and mages go "this could get interesting". Adam and Terry talk the ka, khaibit, Cabiri, Ishmaelites and the vastly expanded landscape of Mummy in its Second Edition printing. Mummy 2nd Edition - This book! Mummy the Curse 2nd Edition - CoD book! Religion in Mage with James Estes - Previous episode with the author

Jen Peters of ⁠Dork Tales⁠ joins to introduce the ⁠Paradox podcast⁠. A well-researched right series geared towards explaining Mage to completely new players. Does it succeed? Listen and find out! An entire episode of Paradox is included. ⁠Paradox Podcast on Podbean⁠ ⁠Dork Tales on Youtube⁠ ⁠Dork Tales on Twitch⁠ ⁠M20 Visions and Vistas call for writers

Finally Adam and Terry talk deathless supernaturals in an unending war that stalk the night, mummies! A World of Darkness: Mummy contains strange creatures with strange ancient magic and we talk adding it to your Mage game. A World of Darkness: Mummy⁠ - This book US Route 666 - One of several Mage/Mummy Crossover - previous episode on Mummy the Resurrection Mummy the Cursed - Previous episode on Mummy the Cursed

How do you brainstorm plot threads? How do you come up with Umbrood names, McGuffin descriptions or outline NPCs? Adam and Terry walk through their processes for coming up with plot and creating Mage-sounding non-sense. John Cleese spoke about creativity for Video Arts in January 1991. Creativity: A Short & Cheerful Guide (book) by John CleeseA Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger von Oech, 1983 / 2008(newer)A Kick in the Seat of the Pants by Roger von Oech, 1986Electric Bastionland by Chris McDowallTome of Adventure Design by Matt FinchThe Dungeon Dozen by Jason SholtisFar Side Collection (newspaper comic strip)Legends of TonoThe Classic of Mountains & SeasKojiki (I recommend the Donald Philippi translation)Charles DickensG. K. Chesterton

Does the NWO control the CIA or the FBI? How entwined in the NSA are the Virtual Adepts? Adam and Terry talk NSA, CIA, FBI, what mages know about them and other weird 90s conspiracies in Project Twilight. Project Twilight - This book Mummy 1st Edition - Next book Now, with corrected syncing!

Join Satyros and Walking into Shadow for a wide-ranging discussion on matching effect with paradigm, emulating other games, minimal and maximal interpretations of the rules, and Terry just yelling about things. Otherworlds Illuminated: A "Mage Made Hard" Guide to the Umbra is out! If you want a version without AI art, that's available here: Generative AI Art-Free Version of Otherworlds Illuminated Episode on One Dot Sphere Effects Onyx Path Twitch Channel