Mage: The Podcast

The Technocracy is a staple of the Mage canon but it brings along with it assumptions on how science works. Victor and Terry discuss Occupy Horizon, crowd effects, and six new technomagick Crafts. Executive producers! Check the Patreon or the Discord to vote on which group should receive a write up. Poll runs through November 15th. Shadowbound - Victor's Wraith project --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

The Verbena Circle introduced in the 90s is now grown and tackles the contemporary problems of some very old practices. Adam and Terry talk deadly healing, the limits of Merlin, and the Paths of the Wyck in Tradition Book: Verbena. Tradition Book: Verbena - This book Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts - Next book --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Jason Pitre is a writer and developer whose games often focus on beliefs and the fight to change them which really sounds like Mage. Jason is also a big Mage fan and talks how to adapt his work for your table.  Genesis of Legend Publishing - Jason's firm RPG Design Panelcast - A podcast Jason rights on game design M5 Hack - From our Patrick McNamara interview plus what Terry put together. Jason's Game Spark Roleplaying - a game of shifting beliefs Spark Roleplaying on DrivethruRPG After the War on DrivethruRPG After the War in hardcopy on Indie Press Revolution Sig: Manual of the Primes on DrivethruRPG --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Seeking to reverse the Curse of Caine, vampires say "dare we spit in God's eye?" while mages grab a hose and say "hold my beer". Adam and Terry talk forbidden texts, Cold War Technocracy, and so many NPCs in The Red Sign. The Red Sign - This book The Yellow King RPG - A Pelgrane Press book including four time periods The King in Yellow - The short story collection containing the stories that contains references to the play....the King in Yellow --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Chaos magic seeks to boil ritual to its essence and change the world while discarding the baggage of previous movements but how to add it to a Mage game? Yui joins to talk egregores, servitors, sigils, and Speed posters. Penny Dreadful Mage Novel Grant Morrison on Sigil Creation - Note, this video starts with him literally screaming Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic - One of the popular texts on chaos magic.  Condensed Chaos - Phil Hines' chaos magic book Yui on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Tradition Book: Sons of Ether gives a sneak peak of what the end times in the World of Darkness could be but first it shares much more. Adam and Terry talk Ethics Councils, missing archmasters, and some crackpot science. Next: Tradition Book Verbena Flash Gordon - On The Planet Mongo - Titan Books The Shadow Out of Time by HP Lovecraft Some Thomas Dolby She Blinded Me With Science Flying North I Live In A Suitcase Windpower One of Our Submarines --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Mage can often provide surreal moments but how do you run a game with the surreal baked in without breaking everything? Chazz and Terry talk surrealism in Mage, references, and things to steal from Invisible Sun.  Invisible Sun Preview - A free preview of the game Invisible Sun - The whole game Itras By - A surreal game in a strange town Dreamhounds of Paris - Game of surrealists discovering the dreamlands Lacuna - Surrealism  of strange agents fighting things they don't quite understand Teratology Preview - Free peek Teratology - Monster book for Invisible Sun Works Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening - Dali painting The Gone Away World - Nick Harkaway's book about a strange sci fi book The Last Days of New Paris - China Miéville book on destructive surrealism Cicero - A print Terry finds inspiring Afro Surrealism Pinterest The Guardian article on modern Afro Surrealism Artists Kay Sage - Surrealist who did haunting studi

Wonders trace back to 1e but in Forged by Dragon's Fire they are completely fleshed out. Adam and Terry talk Wonders Artifacts, Inventions, Talismans, Devices, Periapts, Matrices, Fetishes, Grimoires, Principiae, and Familiars. Books Technomancer's Toybox - 2e Technomancer book Mage Storytellers Companion - Previous book on new Wonders M20 Gods and Monsters - Big book of familiars Forged by Dragon's Fire - This book Tradition Book: Sons of Ether - Next book --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Patrick McNamara ran a Mage hack based on Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition for Club Penny Arcade and shares his tweaks, hacks, ideas, and what it's like running Mage the Ascension for one of the most widely known groups in tabletop play. Key Books: Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition - Foundation of the system Mage the Awakening 2nd edition - Foundation for Reach used to determine Paradox dice M20 Quickstart - a pretty good run-down of the M20 rules Animal House Podcast Animal House Video Animal House Rules Quick Reference (Must be Club PA member on Patreon) Patrick McNamara Twitch Adam Neely's 24 Hour Album project --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

The Order has lost Doissetep, waged a questionable war against vampires and lost many masters but the Hermetics are far from defeated. Adam and Terry talk new houses, new praxes, new rotes, and new chantries in Tradition Book: Order of Hermes. Things mentioned! Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica - Rare book library The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast - A podcast that covers much of the corpus hermeticum Embassy of the Mind - Hermetic documents Books! Tradition Book: Order of Hermes - This book Forged by Dragon's Fire - Next book --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Sleepers wildly outnumber the Awakened but a few know something about the supernatural and use it to their own ends. Josh and Terry talk the Orpheus Group, Pentex, the NSA, and the Arcanum, what they know, and how to use them. Sources: Pentex W20 Book of the Wyrm W20 Pentex Employee Indoctrination Handbook Subsidiaries: A Guide to Pentex Arcanum Mage Chronicles 2 - Includes both Halls of the Arcanum and Ascension's Right Hand Halls of the Arcanum  The Orpheus Group Orpheus: End Game - Lots of info on Grandmother and some previously unanswered questions Orpheus Core Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition - Also contains a condensed but complete version of Orpheus without the Grandmother metaplot Government Groups Project Twilight - Contains Bob Schnoblin's Pyramid of Satanic Power V20 The Hunters Hunted II - a massive update to mortal groups and mortal-ish groups Bob Schnoblin's Pyramid Music: Ukulele - Bensound https://www.bensound.comSupport by RFM - NCM: https://bit.ly/

The Umbra contains mysteries and wonders enticing to mages seeking wisdom and power. But how to navigate the Otherworlds and secure their boons? Infinite Tapestry answers this in spades and Adam and Terry talk patrons, realms and planets. Books mentioned: Infinite Tapestry - This book Beyond the Barriers: The Book of Worlds - Previous Umbra book for mage W20 Umbra: The Velvet Shadow - Werewolf book that outlines the Middle Umbra --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Mage has many strange places and the Umbra doubly so but how can we use them in games? Charles and Terry talk Autochthonia, The Fortress of Government, The Far Shores, and the Copernicus Research Station Books mentioned: Beyond the Barriers, the Book of Worlds - The first book about the Umbra Infinite Tapestry - Revised book about the Umbra --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Dead Magic II tells of magicks rare or hidden but not yet gone, some ignored by the major players, and some that lay in wait. Adam and Terry talk rune magick, the Dreamtime, lightning divination, tikis, and of course the Salmon of Wisdom. Dead Magic II: Secrets and Survivors - This book Licensed Mage Tarot deck - Reasonably priced version of the Mage tarot for less than the infinity dollars of the 90s one. Tarot Art Pack - Just the pictures, free! Tarot Sleeves - Sleeves for tarot cards Storyteller's Thesaurus - Book listing types and variants of objects. Sooth Deck - Divinatory and gameplay aide for Invisible Sun Fantod Deck - A gloriously weird pack made by Edward Gorey Mage Books Dead Magic - The first volume in the series Paradigms Explored: Wyrd and Weft - Another view of Norse magick Scion Second Edition - Revised version of Scion setting --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Mage is a big setting with big questions and M20 provides a set of Future Fates to help a Storyteller build their setting, but how do you use them? Victor and Terry walk through the options presented and share their experience building Mage worlds. Books discussed: Ascension's Landscape - Terry's Storyteller Vault title on the topic. Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary - Contains all the Future Fates --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

With Fallen Tower: Las Vegas, Revised brings the total number of Mage city books....to one! Vegas is a city where money and magick flow freely and  Adam and Terry talk questionable Nodes, neat rotes, and an Awakened mime. This book - Fallen Tower: Las Vegas Next book - Dead Magic II: Secrets and Survivors Above Las Vegas Support us on Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message

Kathy Ryan was on the Mage train since almost the beginning and she shares her experiences adding Amanda and Senex, shifting the Marauders and the Nephandi, and some of her notes for what her M20 metaplot would have been. The Show Our Patreon! Rich Bastard's Guide to Magick - Preorder for M20 high power book Books mentioned Book of Worlds - Book where we get information about Amanda's Avatar and the twice-born. Swords of Faith - The compilation of the Euthanatoi, Celestial Chorus, and Akashayana of which the first contains much of the Amanda plot M20 Core - The big book Book of Chantries as part of Mage Chronicles 1 - The big dose of setting that needed to be steered Other References Wolf 359 podcast - Sci fi podcast Magnus Archives - Horror podcast Cordwainer Smith - Sci fi author The War of the Worlds album - Jeff Wayne's reinterpretation of War of the Worlds  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-p

The mysterious Rogue Council calls on mages to again pursue the Ascension War in the face of despair and the Technocracy responds. Adam and Terry talk the Sphinx, Annunaki, and Panopticon in Manifesto: Transmissions from the Rogue Council.  Manifesto: Transmissions from the Rogue Council - This book Fallen Tower: Las Vegas - Our next book Anders Mage Page Egypt Chronicle - So much sphinx, so so so much sphinx --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

Greg Stolze, prolific author of RPG books for Hunter, Demon, A Dirty World, and Mage fan favorite, Unknown Armies, talks Invisible Clergy, obsession fueling magic, writing game fiction, how he'd write WoD angels and crowdfunding projects. New Stories of Unknown Armies Indiegogo - The project discussed at the end Greg's Projects Greg on Twitter Greg's web page Free fiction Unknown Armies Book 1: Play - Core book to play the game, player's guide and rules Unknown Armies Book 2: Run - GM guide Unknown Armies Book 3: Reveal - More weird, great inspiration A Dirty World - A Noir game of hard choices --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support

How do you run a game without Paradox? How about during a game where the Roman empire never fell? What if the Ministry of Swords still existed? Adam and Terry talk the Mage Storytellers Handbook and what you can take to your table. Mage Storytellers Handbook - This book Manifesto: Transmissions from the Rogue Council - Next book --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mage-the-podcast/support