Synopsis
A podcast dedicated to exploring the Mage: The Ascension RPG.
Episodes
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Online Live Play Chronicles with Chris Zac
09/03/2019 Duration: 41minChris Zac from the Twin Cities by Night podcast talks about how to run a Chronicle when the table everyone’s around is virtual using Google Hangouts, and other tools. Chris issues a call to creators to make their stuff and promote it shamelessly (and provides some place to do so). Also discussed: The importance of vetting players. If you're an ST on-line you’ll have your pick of players Ways to take notes. Ravnos vs Changelings. How your players shouldn't let you fail. Constantinople by Night is amazing, other city guides…questionable. Cutting out problematic players. The difficulty of being a creator. Reddit Looking for Group (to find play groups). Discord Dice Bot (to roll dice in Discord). White Wolf and Onyx Path RPGs Game Play and Media Facebook Group - A Facebook group of just WW and Onyx Path content. Twin Cities by Night on Twitter. Twin Cities by Night on Youtube. Contact us at magethepodcast@gmail.com with questions, comments, or feedb
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The Occult: Hidden Knowledge in the World of Darkness with Josh Heath
01/03/2019 Duration: 46minTerry Robinson chats with Josh Heath, COO of High Level Games and host of Werewolf: The Podcast discuss the occult; how different game lines in World of Darkness handles the occult; the Eldritch horrors of H.P. Lovecraft; Aleister Crowley’s Thelema and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; the Yazidis; Neo-Paganism; occult understanding vs occult knowledge; Orders within the World of Darkness most associated with the occult; secrets and mysteries; initiatory magic; expressions of the occult in Vampire: The Masquerade; the Sabbat; the Cain and Abel/vampire paradox; the Tremere; Vaulderie and Quintessence; Nephandi; Guide to the Sabbat: A Sourcebook for Vampire the Masquerade; Mudang; RPGs as storytelling and LARPs as theatre; “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law;” yoga as an occult practice; hidden knowledge; wisdom passed down in lineages; mystery cults bearing the hallmarks of the occult; Jack Tripp; Opus Dei; Sufism; Kabbalah; the Wyrm; Gnosticism; street level occultism; the Arcanum; rituals i
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Quiet: Madness, Denial, and Morbidity with Darling Rose
22/02/2019 Duration: 49minToday's episode is a discussion of Quiet, the state where a Mage's grip on reality has begun to slip. Quiet has gone through a number of interpretation and this episode focuses on the Revised and M20 rule system where Quiet is broken into Madness, Denial, and Morbidity. Our guest is Darling Rose of the Midnight Express podcast. Rose brings broad knowledge of World of Darkness to the table as well as experience with remote and asynchronous chronicles. Contact us at magethepodcast@gmail.com with feedback and comments and please help extend the reach of the show by sharing it with friends. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Tomes of Magick: Book of Shadows
16/02/2019 Duration: 01h57minHosts Adam Simpson and Terry Robinson discuss “The Book of Shadows;” Players Guides in World of Darkness games; additional abilities, Merits and Flaws; min-maxing in games; Sanctums (and their abuse); Joseph Campbell and the Hero's Journey; a day in the life of Tradition Mages; flavoring magick; the schism in the Technocracy; vampires into lawn chairs; 3 ways to view the book. Contact us at magethepodcast@gmail.com with questions, comments, or feedback. Subscribe to Mage: The Podcast on iTunes, Google Play and TuneIn. Follow us on Twitter @magethepodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Worlds of Darkness: Mage/Wraith Crossovers
09/02/2019 Duration: 01h15sDavid Herman from The Geekly Oddcast discusses how to introduce Wraith to your Mage chronicle, mechanics, powers, crossovers, and metaplot. Wraith is a game of horror and passion set in the underworld of the World of Darkness. Mages can dip into this realm and find anything ever remembered and much much more. Get started with Wraith 20th Anniversary or Orpheus Contact us at magethepodcast@gmail.com with questions, comments, or feedback. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Tomes of Magick: Digital Web
06/02/2019 Duration: 01h59minHosts Adam and Terry discuss Digital Web for Tomes of Magick; a call for help with example play sessions; the book Gödel, Escher, Bach; a place where all mages can experience digital magick; Mount Qaf and ancient conspiracies; Spy's Demise, the ultimate neutral ground for trading information; tips for passing rumors to players; ipdating details to 2018; "information wants to be free;” how technical should you get; story ideas in the Digital Web. Subscribe to Mage: The Podcast on iTunes, Google Play and TuneIn. Follow us on Twitter @magethepodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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A Phoenix Rises with Victor Kinzer
04/02/2019 Duration: 30minVictor Kinzer discusses "A Phoenix Rises", an exploration of the world on the cusp of a New Horizon Council. Are you ready to make history? Listen to the episode at: Pick up a copy of A Phoenix Rising Victor is part of the creative team behind Walking Away from Arcadia about Changeling: The Dreaming --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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The Babel Center
01/02/2019 Duration: 29minOn today’s show Carrie Kube joins us to talk about her Mage adventure, “The Babel Center,” available on the Storytellers Vault. We discuss the adventure she wrote Vampire: The Masquerade, “Bloodlinebook Deava” and for Dungeons and Dragons Ravenloft; the artifact and characters featured in “The Babel Center;” tips writing for the Storytellers Vault; setting her adventure up for various editions of Mage and for crossover for other World of Darkness games; Spellfire: Master the Magic; how she discovered role playing games and Mage; Roll20. Subscribe to Mage: The Podcast on iTunes, Google Play and TuneIn. Follow us on Twitter @magethepodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Tomes of Magick: Technocracy: Progenitors
03/12/2018 Duration: 01h18minOn today’s show Adam discusses Anders Mage Page 2.0; introduces our new co-host, Terry Robinson ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Tomes of Magick: The Book of Chantries
25/11/2018 Duration: 01h14minOn today’s show we announce the winner of “The Enlightened Grimoire” and Adam Simpson discusses ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts
24/11/2018 Duration: 40minOn today’s show Bill Maxwell joins us to talk about “Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts,”; his gran ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Enlightened Grimoire
10/11/2018 Duration: 31minOn today's show Charles Siegel joins us to talk about the Enlightened Grimoire, a book that con ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Tomes of Magick: Loom of Fate
03/11/2018 Duration: 25minAdam Simpson discusses Loom of Fate, one of the earliest supplements for the first edition of M ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Razors and Thunderbolts: The Ksirafai
27/10/2018 Duration: 39minOn today’s show Travis Legge joins us to talk about his release for the Storytellers Vault, Raz ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Tomes of Magick: First Edition
24/10/2018 Duration: 38minAdam Simpson discusses the four editions of Mage: The Ascension and which ones are the best; Du ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Lesson from the Windy City: A Mage Chronicle
21/09/2018 Duration: 20minAdam Simpson discusses his Windy City Mage Chronicle he ran online; expectation of characters a ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Adventure Writing Ideas, Part 2
14/09/2018 Duration: 32minAdam Simpson continues to wax eloquent on writing adventures for Mage: The Ascension. Adam disc ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Storytellers Vault
01/09/2018 Duration: 30minOn today’s show we chat with Josh Heath, Chief Operations Officer at High Level Games and host ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Adventure Writing Ideas, Part 1
19/08/2018 Duration: 35minOn today’s show Adam Simpson discusses Paradox; Anders Sandberg and Anders Mage Page 2.0; Mage: ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support
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Mage Chronicles: Ahriman Chronicles: The Vile Nature of an Ascension War
29/07/2018 Duration: 49minOn today’s show Panos V. Skordas joins us to share the Ahriman Chronicles: Vile Nature of the A ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support