Mage: The Podcast

The World of Darkness is teeming with spirits and things yet stranger and shamanic mages practitioners from all corners of the globe act as messengers and defenders. Spirit Ways is a book on some types of shamanic practice and Adam and Terry walk you through it. Previous similar episodes: Tomes of Magick: Dreamspeakers Tomes of Magick: Axis Mundi  Related books: Dreamspeakers - The 2e Tradition book for the most shamanic Tradition. Also available as part of Blood and Dreams. Axis Mundi - The 2e crossover book with Werewolf Next book: Masters of the Art  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

Mage has changed a lot over the past 25 years but what was it like being on the inside as an artist, developer or writer? Find out from the people who were there with two artists, two developers, five writers, and the guy responsible for the Sphere system (who's also Dante). Full panel is Bill Bridges, Satyros Phil Brucato, Jackie Cassada, Echo Chernik, Jesse Heinig, Mark Jackson, Nicky Rae, James Sambrano, and Travis Williams Mark Jackson - Mage Illustrator Instagram Facebook  Phantasia - Retrospective work Jesse Heinig working with cryptic studios on Star Trek Online - Former Line Developer Bill Bridges Fading Suns Gameontabletop.com Bill-bridges.com Travis Williams, VP of game development at lightstorm entertainer - On the 1e Mage Team Technoobians He was Dante Jackie Cassada and Nicky Rea - Long time White Wolf writers, heavily involved in Changeling and Kindred of the East Tradition Book: Dreamspeakers World of Darkness: Hong Kong Changeling 20th Anniversary Edition James

Mages can reach levels of power that can level mountains and carve Realms in the Horizon that follow their every whim, but where do they start, what can you do with an Arete of one, and how do you not get accidentally launched into the Umbra? Adam and Terry talk Initiates of the Art, the first in a series of books that outline mages at various steps on the Path of Thorns.  Series: Initiates of the Art - On low Arete games Masters of the Art - On high Arete games Bitter Road - On mid Arete games (Revised) Next Book: Spirit Ways  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

The Hollowers have gone from tragically hip Orphans to post-modern alternative to the Traditions, but how do they do magick? Life-long Goth and Mage writer, James Sambrano, talks paradigm, practices, and playlists for one of the newer paradigms in Mage. Books James worked on: M20 Core - Helped plan the Disparate Alliance Gods and Monsters - Concept behind Big Owl Truth Beyond Paradox - The M20 fiction compilation Hollower/Goth books: Outcasts: A Players Guide to Pariahs  Tradition Book: Hollow Ones Orphans Survival Guide Mage Storytime #2 Play lists! Goth playlist #1 Goth playlist #2 Goth playlist #3 Goth playlist #4 Goth playlist #5 Goth music by not white people --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

The Technocracy has been presented as both a monomaniacal terror and the only thing saving humanity from itself and other things. So how do you play one? Adam and Terry talk through the Guide to the Technocracy which takes a normally antagonistic Ascension War faction and gives players and storytellers everything they need to run a game within the Union. Tomes of Magick Technocracy books Technocracy - Iteration X episode Technocracy - NWO episode Technocracy - Progenitors episode Technocracy - Syndicate episode Technocracy - Void Engineers episode Book of Mirrors Appleseed manga   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

Some RPGs are swashbuckling sagas, others are intimate dramas, and others are simply about surviving a brutal world. Mage can be all those things, but how? Professional game and fiction writer Rai Cole of the Bonus Experience podcast gives solid advice on how to build your Mage setting, how to change the stock World of Darkness, and things you can steal from other games that work well in the Storyteller System. Games Mentioned Monster Care Squad - A game where you serve as vets for sick monsters Americana - A supernatural game about a greaser era that never was. BXP interview about it. Blades in the Dark - A game of stress and choices with a free public SRD Last Blood - Comic about vampires protecting humans against zombies Rai's Other Work A Light Extinguished - Scion Quickstart Bonus Experience - Rai and Monica's podcast about game design Cult of the Blood Gods - Book on blood cults in Vampire RaiWCole on Twitter Community Works 9 Things I Like about Mage by Camak Players Becoming Cha

Mage can be a game of cosmic chess or one of gritty urban realism, but what about something in between? Tales of Magick: Dark Adventure guides storytellers in how to make a high action, not just adventure, but dark adventure chronicle without leaving the World of Darkness. Adam and Terry go through the systems, themes, and tools, what you should include and what you can probably leave out. Other setting books: Horizon: Stronghold of Hope - a guide to an otherworldly and high mage count game Destiny's Price - a first edition-ish Black Dog publication for a very gritty urban game Orphan's Survival Guide - the other "city" book for Mage Other episodes: Horizon: Stronghold of Hope episode Destiny's Price episode Orphan's Survival Guide episode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

Chronicles of Darkness has their vampires, werewolves, and changelings, but what are their mages like? More importantly, what can we steal from them? Occultists Anonymous, a Mage: The Awakening liveplay explains what they think makes the game so special and what the coolest bits of the game are. Books referenced: Mage the Awakening 2e - Current edition of Mage the Awakening Chronicles of Darkness 2e - Core rulebook that also includes information for the default Chronicles setting. Mage Translation Guide - An explainer on how to move a game from Ascension to Awakening and back. Also does a good explainer of the metaphysics of both games. Mage Translation Toolkit - 1e Awakening, Revised Ascension, the Translation Guide, and 1e Chronicles of Darkness. A bit outdated but a very good price. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

The Ascension War is an epic struggle for control of reality but not everyone wants to be part of that war as some fight just to survive. How can a faction-less mage make it in Mage's urban fantasy setting while staying safe and independent? Orphan's Survival Guide picks up and expands where Destiny's Price and Outcasts: A Players Guide to Pariahs left off and Adam and Terry walk you through it. Books mentioned:  Destiny's Price - A book on hard-scrabble life in the city with a few locations and set pieces and rules for swarms and drugs. Initiates of the Art - A book on playing a newly Awakened mage. Other books: Travels with Lizbeth - book on traveling and surviving while homeless Down and Out in Paris and London - semi-autobiographical account of being homeless by George Orwell Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman book on the trials of a young wizard discovering magic A picture of Adam's tanto ean5c8sz --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: htt

The World of Darkness is full of supernatural horrors, demonic entities, subterranean monsters, and bygone creatures, but how about aliens? In the second episode celebrating weird stuff from space, Charles and Terry talk about the Ka Luon, the Zigg'raugglurr, the Hui:xa, and the Watchers in the Deep and the mortals who love them. Also! There's a 25% sale on DTRPG right now, if you order at least $100 in stuff using our affiliate code and we'll do a shout out to you.  Pages Referenced: Hui:xa - possible super advanced aliens of which Khuvon is a member Zigg'raugglurr - Time-hopping reptilian quintessence thieves Ka Luon - Greys that have been either in a war with the Zigg, the Technocracy, or both since the 50s Books referenced: Ascension - Final book in Mage series, also contains scenario Whimper Not a Bang where aliens ruin everything Beyond the Barriers - Book that details the Watchers in the Deep Infinite Tapestry - Give information on the Hive Dwellers and other maybe aliens Mage 1st E

The Digital Web is a Zone that cuts across all layers of the Umbra and is rare for being accessible my mortals. So what does it look like, how do you get there, and how has it changed in the five years since the original Digital Web supplement was launched? Adam and Terry walk through the state of the Digital Web after the Great Whiteout, the difference between a troika and a Bogie, and how to avoid getting derezzed in their discussion of Digital Web 2.0. First Digital Web Tomes of Magick episode - Adam and Terry talk....at length about the still entirely usable book. Other Books Mentioned: Tales of Magick: Dark Adventure - Our next Tomes of Magick book Mage Chronicles, Volume 1 - Reprint book that includes the original Digital Web book as well as Book of Chantries --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

We've talked about changelings, and we've talked about Technocrats, but we've never talked about body snatching space changelings and the Void Engineers who love them...and by that we mean shut them down. Changeling: Countless Dreams is a 176 page supplement detailing how to introduce creatures powered by humanity's dreams and nightmares about space to your chronicle.  Author Simon Eichhörnchen and editor Victor Kinzer break the book down and provide power ideas and plots for your game. Changeling: Countless Dreams - Includes custom character sheet, Countless logos, the text, and a mobile version Walking Away from Arcadia - The podcast that Simon and Victor do on Changeling the Dreaming. Additional STV releases from friends of Mage the Podcast: Past is Prologue - A Dark Ages: Fae supplement by Radio Free Arcadia expanding on the setting including new abilities, lore, and a new Dominion. The Second Transmission - The Second Transmission: The Secret Frequency Files 2 is collection of story hooks, settin

Legends are full of magic wands, enchanted slippers, and sacred artifacts of immeasurable power, but what kind of Wonders to console jockeys, ethernauts, and mirrorshades get? Technomancer's Toybox answers that question in spades and Adam and Terry do a rapid tour of what techies and their friends use instead of cauldrons and potions picking out their favorites and those that should have stayed on the drawing board.  Other Books with Wonders: Mystic Armory - Storyteller Vault title with all published Wonders in them Forged by Dragon's Fire - Big book of mystick items Guide to the Technocracy - Vastly expanded rules for Technocratic Wonders and focuses  Book of Secrets - M20 series book with expanded Wonder rules Other Books: World of Darkness: Combat - Generic WoD supplement with vastly expanded weapons Tales of Magick: Dark Adventure - Next in our review series!  Other References: Pineapple Army - Manga featuring a grenade launcher mentioned in this book Neuromancer - Willia

Where did the Unofficial White Wolf Wiki come from? What's the state of RPG technology? How does the Trinity Continuum work? Ian AA Watson, developer and community manager for Onyx Path answers all of these in a wide-ranging conversation. The Wiki Update Event on Facebook The Mage the Podcast Discord Things Ian has worked on: Guide to the Traditions - Ian's first credit Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook - The core book for the Trinity Settings Trinity Continuum: Aeon - Future setting for Trinity Other things mentioned: The Scion phone edition Post Human Studios - The publisher behind the Eclipse Phase RPG --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

What does an NWO science museum look like? Why did the Tremere frame House Diedne for diabolism? What's it like to have an Arcane of 7? All of these questions are answered in the curious Isle of the Mighty, a crossover book for Mage the Ascension and Changeling the Dreaming. If you do not speak Changeling, do not fear, this episode features note faeinmageologist, Victor Kinzer.  Books you may want for crossover: Changeling: The Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition Book of Lost Dreams - Includes crossover books for the Prodigals Changeling Storytellers Guide - Earlier book that also includes crossover rules The Enchanted - Book on how to introduce the Enchanted to your games. Mortals who can see changeling magic and for whom the Mists have parted Changeling: Countless Dreams - Victor's latest project as editor with writer Simon Eichhörnchen about changelings from the dreams of science fiction. Contains amazing crossover potential with the Void Engineers. Adam's links - These are fixed links from the ba

We talk with two creators about their Storyteller Vault creations.  Charles Siegel, discusses Sources of Magick, a book on Nodes, what they could be, and how to use them. The second interview is with Secrets of the Masquerade  on their Major Arcana Optional System which is a system to make magick dynamic during a game of Mage with changing rules to reflect the ebb and flow of the Spheres. Charles other works: Rite of the Spring - A small adventure for Mage The Nine Spheres - A set of handouts on the nine Spheres and how to use them Enlightened Grimoire - All the Rotes! Mystic Armory - All the Wonders! Secrets other works: 2019 Trick or Treat - A Halloween special Bordeaux by Night Players Guide - An introduction to France and to Bordeaux as a city, and Bordeaux as a domain, foreigner-friendly. Bordeaux by Night Storytellers Guide - Contains the true history of the city and all sorts of bits to drop into a game.  Guide to Dying - Dive into the causes of deaths and their effects on

Some vampires have Thaumaturgy, some changing breeds have sorcery, but what about unAwakened mortals? World of Darkness: Sorcerer vastly expands the systems and options for linear or hedge magic beyond what previous books present. Adam and Terry walk through the world of sorcery and those who employ it and how to include sorcerers in your game.  Previous books with hedge magic: Ascension's Right Hand (part of Mage Chronicles 2) - Book about mage Acolytes and custos Project Twilight - Book on the government and what they may or may not know about Night-Folk. Hunters Hunted and Hunters Hunted II - Books on mortals dealing with vampires. (The second one is better) Vampire Inquisition - Yet more info on people who stake vampies Bob Schnoblin's Pyramid of Satanic Power - The best summary of the World of Darkness ever Future books that mention hedge magic: Sorcerer Revised - Revised-era book updating paths and what happened to various societies. Current links to resources in the back of the book:

People say it's "just money" but money can turn into seemingly anything but how about turning into the very stuff of magick? Hypereconomics is a paradigm where practitioners manipulate reality and desire itself with tools no mystick would recognize. In addition, they also have access to the Primal Utility Sphere, pulling quintessence out of businesses and practicing some of the most subtle magick of any mages. This toolbox isn't just for Technocrats and Victor Kinzer, Mage writer, and host of Walking Away from Arcadia tells you how to use it. Mage 20 Core - Has all the alternative Spheres Convention Book: Syndicate - The book that best explains hypereconomics Swashbucklers Handbook - Ars Concupidae, the precursor to hypereconomics Book of Secrets - Contains guidelines for Union discipline Mage Made Easy - Satyros' guide to getting people started in Mage Other! Collective Action Problems - Class of problems where acting is in everyone's best interest The Logic of Life - Book on economics in non-mo

Fighting the Ascension Conflict isn't all about daring and fighting for principles. Someone has to pay for the Devices, the Sanctums, the cleaning crew, and that's hoping there's enough coin left over to get a vacation every now and then. Enter the Technocracy's Syndicate. Adam and Terry talk about the last 2e Convention book and what makes the shine, as well as the skeletons they have in their closet as they make millions while making billions. Books mentioned Technocracy Assembled 2 - Convention book containing this and Void Engineers Guide to the Technocracy - the book that make the Technocracy playable Rite of the Spring - a Spring Dash submission from Charles Siegel Convention Book: Syndicate - Revised book that better explains hypereconomics Sapiens and Homo Deus - Books that describe alternative versions of economies based on information processing type. John Wick movies - Movie series with a guild that controls criminal activity  Next: Technomancer's Toybox - Big book of Wonders/Devices -

Mages are often behind the scenes in the war for reality, but what's behind the veil of reality itself? What if reality were just the visible part of some impossibly advanced program? Who's the programmer and what happens if you get access to the code? The God-Machine Chronicle gives a twist on the classic tales of god, angels, and demons. and developer Danielle Lauzon gives us a tour of what awaits those who plot against them. Demon: The Descent - You get to play the demons unchained from the God-Machine Chronicles of Darkness Core 2e - Contains God-Machine core plot and rules update Danielle Lauzon author page - Facebook page Demon: The Fallen - the other demon with the like regular not necessarily computer god. Other The Primogen's Mage Lore Intro Video Juarez by Night Spanish-Language Podcast oWoD in Spanish! Selections from the Play It Forward Event By Banner Bound - A Changeling book about banner houses Enlightened Grimoire - All the Mage rotes Sources of Magick - Noooooodes Mysti