Mage: The Podcast

The Hsien are said to be the changelings of East Asia...but that's...a stretch, so why not use them in your Mage game instead? Adam and Terry talk Shinma, hanumen, suijen, and tasty tasty dragon's nests in Land of Eight Million Dreams. Changeling the Podcast's Land of Eight Million Dreams episode This book

Sources run the gamut for how many mages are running around the World of Darkness, how should your game change based on their commonality? Terry and Bryce talk low mage counts games and how to run them. Ascension's Landscape - Terry's book of storyteller advice Hidden Lore - 2e overflow book with mage count Malcolm Sheppard's Distribution - Former writer's opinion on how many mages

Metaplot can be hard to approach, so how do pick what to add? How do you fill in what happened since Avatar Storm? Terry and Michael talk Avatar Storms, the Sphinx, STV supplements, and many many factional plot hooks. The Riddle of the Sphinx - Michael's book on adding plot between Revised and M20 Strange Yesterdays - Alternatives to the 2e/Revised metaplot

The Year of the Lotus added East Asian elements to many gamelines, what can Mage players take from the supplements for other lines? Adam and Terry talk the Shih, the Shen, and ass tattoos in World of Darkness: Demon Hunter X. World of Darkness: Demon Hunter X - This book Land of Eight Million Dreams - Next book

Mages can live centuries with minds both powerful and fluid, how do we feature memory as a central story idea? Bryce and Terry talk the Mind Sphere, strategic forgetting and There Is No Antimemetics Division. There Is No Antimemetics Division (CC) - One of the inspirations for the episode. Also available in dead tree form SCP Foundation - Wiki that also contains information on some of the memetic entities mentioned Nibiru - Billed as a science fiction game of lost memories Mummy the Curse - Another game heavily featuring memory

M20 still has several releases in queue and Hiromi and Travis talk about them including two for M20 Victorian and two for M20's contemporary setting. This is an edited recording of the Oppcon 2024 M20 panel. Travis Legge on DTRPG Hiromi Cota on DTRPG --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

What if reality were even more malleable than Mage lets on and conspiracies existed to incept some new truth into existence? This is the world of The Department of Truth and we talk how to bring it into a Mage game. The Department of Truth omnibus - First 17 issues. On sale as of this posting Types of Conspiracies in the World of Darkness - Previous episode on a similar topic Babalon Working - A working involving a prominent figure in Crowley's Thelema Jack Parsons - He...he did some stuff Splashin' Around - The song that got stuck in my head --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

Mage can be tuned to a lot of different play experiences but knowing how to do that is hard. This episode addresses just three things: who call for rolls, when to call one, and how to look at the results. Finite and Infinite Games - Philosophy book on the nature of play --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

The Hedge serves as both a strange place with its own denizens and border between Arcadia and the mundane world in Changeling the Lost. How can we use it in the World of Darkness? Lauren Roy joins to explain how! The Hedge - This book! Damnation City - A darn good book on city building Changeling: The Lost 2e SNL Well Skit Lauren works --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

Gnosticism has ancient roots and is mentioned at across various WoD lines. How can we reflect Gnosticism and Gnostic magick in Mage? Pook joins to talk Sophia, Yaldabaoth, the Pleroma, and the Cainite Heresy. Nostradamus's Cherry Jams World of Darkness Books Cainite Heresy - Dark Ages Vampire book with a wild take on Gnosticism. The Paradigm's Progress - Pook's book on Paradigm advancement Other Books Michael Baigent - A British author known for his works on the historical Jesus and conspiracy theories. Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - A science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores themes of reality and illusion. Valis - A science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that delves into Gnosticism and reality. Current Gnostic churches - Modern religious movements influenced by ancient Gnostic traditions. The Thunder, Perfect Mind - A Gnostic poem discovered among the Nag Hammadi library texts. The Gospel of Truth - A Gnostic text that provides a unique interpretation of Christian te

The Maya and Dreaming are only lightly described in Mage, where can we look to for more options? Why Changeling! Terry and Adam read Dreams and Nightmares with an eye to using it in Mage with all its trods, mists, and chimera. Dreams and Nightmares - This book Changeling the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition - The most recent core book --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

So what's everyone else makin'? This week Terry talks to Kris Newton of Megadumbcast, Mike Diamond of the Ascension of Babylon actual play and TL Webb's latest fiction, Crushing Depths. Crushing Depths - Latest Hollow Earth fiction TL Webb's Other Works Megadumbcast Patreon - Get the megasodes Ascension of Babylon -The Old Ways podcast The Old Ways Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

Strange peoples lurk at the edges of the World of Darkness. How do we add them to our games? Pook and Terry talk the Sekrana, Chulorviah, The Watchers in the Deep, the Wyck, and other early humans. BOOKS! Last Days of New Paris - A novel that imagines a surreal Paris overrun with manifestations of surrealist art. The City & The City - A detective story set in two cities that occupy the same space but are perceived separately by their residents. Perdido Street Station - A fantasy novel set in the sprawling city of New Crobuzon, filled with bizarre creatures and arcane technologies. Psionics Handbook - A resource book for the Dungeons & Dragons game, detailing psionic powers and characters. Teratology - An exploration of monsters and mythical beings from Invisible Sun Book of Gehenna - A dark fantasy book exploring the mythologies of the end of the world. Nim Chimpsky - A chimpanzee raised as a human child to test language acquisition 2001: A Space Odyssey - A classic science fiction no

Mage draws upon sources both ancient and modern, what can they teach us about our games? Pook and Adam talk Books of Magic, the four-part series by Neil Gaiman for DC Comics in this installment of Reality Deviant Book Club. Reading List for Hollow Earth Inspiration --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

The World of Darkness has all sorts of non-human peoples, how do we add them to Mage? Pook from Changeling the Podcast joins to talk about the Fomorians, Tuatha de Danaan, the Goro, Dero, Firstborn and the Djinn. Sphere of Gun book Episode on Dark Ages Fae Episode on Beyond the Barriers: The Book of Worlds Colorized Revised prints --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

The World of Darkness is full of supernatural conspiracies, but who falls in with them and how can we use them in our games? Jordan Etherington joins to talk methods and pitfalls when adding creeping conspiracy to your game. The Crying of Lot 49 They Live The X Files Ahti (Control) Delta Green Unknown Armies Over the Edge Inside Job (Netflix) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

How do we crack D&D's hegemony? What would a better World of Darkness convention experience be? What fun stuff did we find? Mike A of Darker Days Radio and Pooka G from Changeling the Podcast talk PAX Unplugged Games we mention: To Serve Her Wintry Hunger The Electric State Mr Gone's Character Sheets The Walking Dead RPG --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

Werewolves see the Otherworlds differently with different senses, different passages, and possibly different places. Adam and Terry talk Umbra, Umbra Rev and W20 Umbra from the Scar to the planetary court. Axis Mundi - A big book of spirits for Mage and Werewolf Umbra: The Velvet Shadow - First Werewolf Umbra book Umbra (Revised) - Revised edition Werewolf Umbra book W20 Umbra: The Velvet Shadow - W20 Werewolf Umbra book Umbra Revised on Werewolf the Podcast Umbra high-level overview Spirit high-level overview --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

Werewolves guard against mages raiding their caerns for quintessence but no one can stop us from raiding Werewolf books for story ideas! Adam and Terry talk Umbra, Umbra Rev and W20 Umbra from Chaos Stones to the Kami. Axis Mundi - A big book of spirits for Mage and Werewolf Umbra: The Velvet Shadow - First Werewolf Umbra book Umbra (Revised) - Revised edition Werewolf Umbra book W20 Umbra: The Velvet Shadow - W20 Werewolf Umbra book Umbra Revised on Werewolf the Podcast Umbra high-level overview Spirit high-level overview --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message

The Void Engineers get pigeon-holed as the Convention of space marines and voidships, but that's just one part. Bryce and Terry talk about what the Void Engineers do on Earth and how to run planetside VE stories. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mage-the-podcast/message