The Changeling Show! Darker Days Episode #16 Season 2 continues with a show dedicated to the most-requested topic in our mailbag: Changeling! We are joined by two Changeling scholars and experienced Storytellers - Adrian from Mirage Arcana Podcast, and Crothian from ENWorld - who share their insights, suggestions and war-stories on the Changeling line, from Dreaming to Dark Ages to Lost. And all our regular features are present as well, including a look at suicide hotspot Aokigahara Forest for t...
Feb 24, 2010•1 hr 9 min
Darker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #7 Darkling Podcast The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. On Episode #7 we are joined by Monte Cook himself! Monte answers our listeners' questions and talks about designing his version of the World of Darkness, his new Dungeon-a-Day project, his recent book The Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracies and life at TSR. Check out the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leav...
Jan 28, 2010•27 min
Darker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #6 Darkling Podcast The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Episode #6 features a deeper look at Monte Cook's World of Darkness, with a more detailed examination of the game's supernatural beings, character powers and the innovative free-form magic system. Listen to the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at darkerdaysradio@gmail.c...
Jan 21, 2010•15 min
Happy New Year! Darker Days Episode #15 Kicking off the New Year with Season 2 of the Darker Days Podcast! Long awaited, often imitated never duplicated! The boys go through some mail stuff and network news. Mark talks about “death - for medicinal purposes” in the Secret Frequency and then jumps into talking about different ways to use Mummy in your story. In the NWoD section Vince leads off with a talk about Promethean, wrapping up the show with a “What have you been doing” segment. So sit back...
Jan 15, 2010•44 min
Verghast does an overview of Mummy, Mummy 2nd Edition, and Mummy: the Ressurection.
Dec 11, 2009•12 min
We're Back! Episode fourteen and Darker Days is back on the airwaves! We're giving you all the latest news from White Wolf, demon dogs and disembodied heads on the Secret Frequency, cool new houserules for Vampire: the Masquerade and Vampire: the Requiem, and an in-depth look at what was cool about Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand, and how to use its best ideas in your chronicle, whichever version of Vampire you play. The show rounds out with the return of our Storyteller Advice segment. Download...
Dec 04, 2009•1 hr 7 min
Darker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #4 The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Episode #4 features Monte Cook's World of Darkness in a special feature submitted by WGPRN listener Beckett. Lift the lid on this little-known re-imagining of the World of Darkness by one of the world's premier game designers! Check out the show right now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at dark...
Nov 18, 2009•14 min
Halloween Special! Darker Days Podcast Welcome to our thirteenth episode! Lucky for some - this week we have not one, not two but three special guests. Chuck Wendig, Eddy Webb and Stew Wilson rejoin us for 1hr and 45 minutes of horror goodness. After the Secret Frequency drowns itself in rains of blood, we spend the rest of the show discussing how to craft the perfect horror story for your World of Darkness games. And be sure to stick around for the no-holds-barred aftershow! Check out the show ...
Oct 30, 2009•1 hr 44 min
Darker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #3 Episode #3 features Demon: the Return, a conversion of Demon: the Fallen for the NWoD rules system. Written by Evo Shandor, the game expands on the mythology of D:tF while bringing it up-to-date with the latest rules innovations. Listen to the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at darkerdaysradio@gmail.com. And stay tuned for more!
Oct 21, 2009•23 min
The David Hill Project! Welcome to our twelfth episode, featuring special guest host and White Wolf freelancer David Hill! This week the Secret Frequency looks at the Tunnel People beneath Las Vegas, we explore some alternate origin myths for vampires in Vampire: the Masquerade, and give a review of World of Darkness: Innocents. The show wraps up with a meaty Q&A session with David. Check out the show at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at darkerdaysrad...
Oct 15, 2009•1 hr 39 min
Darker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #2 The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Episode #2 features The Book of Nod in a segment recorded by Beckett, who details how to use the "vampire bible" in your nWoD games. Check it out at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at darkerdaysradio@gmail.com. And stay tuned for more!
Oct 08, 2009•20 min
The Big One! Our biggest show so far, with almost three hours of fantastic content! Episode #11 focuses on all things Mage, featuring our special guest, elite White Wolf freelancer Malcolm Sheppard! This week on the show: the Secret Frequency visits Poveglia Island, we look importing the Ascension War from Mage: the Awakening into Mage: the Ascension, show you how to run the classic Mage: the Ascension adventure Loom of Fate for Mage: the Awakening, then close with our Q&A session with Malco...
Sep 30, 2009•2 hr 48 min
The Darkling Podcast is a new release from the Darker Days team - a 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Hosted by Mark and Vince, the Darkling Podcast looks at submissions from our listeners, cool fan-projects from across the internet and other gems that we discover out in the community. Episode #1 features Forgotten Lore, a fantastic segment recorded by Matt Buffington (host of the Now Playing podcast), which presents ways you can incorporate the Triat from We...
Sep 20, 2009•15 min•Ep. 1
Steve Wilson, American Hero? The boys are back with another monster show - almost two hours of podcasty goodness! And we're joined by special guest host Stew Wilson, gentleman, scholar and White Wolf freelancer. After our regular Mail Call, White Wolf and Network News and ever-popular The Secret Frequency, we move onto the OWoD and a more detailed look at lowering the supernatural population of your Mage: the Ascension game. For the NWoD, we review Witch Finders for Hunter: the Vigil, and then d...
Sep 15, 2009•1 hr 50 min
The Chuck-Man Cometh! That's right folks - the man, the myth, the legend Chuck Wendig joins us as a special guest host! This week's show is themed around Hunters, from the earliest days of Vampire: the Masquerade and The Hunters Hunted, through Year of the Hunter, Hunter: the Reckoning and into the modern era with Hunter: the Vigil. After our regular Mail Call, White Wolf and Network News and The Secret Frequency, we dive right in for almost one and a half hours of fun. The show wraps up with a ...
Sep 03, 2009•1 hr 23 min
The Ocho! This week, your hosts are joined by special guest Eddy Webb - White Wolf staffer and all-round cool dude! In our longest show yet (just under two hours!) we take a look at how to tweak your OWoD and NWoD games by altering the amount of supernatural creatures in the gameworld and also have our long-overdue review of Summoners for the NWoD. Our ST-advice section this episode focusses on how to run games for different types of supernatural creatures at the same time, and the show rounds o...
Aug 29, 2009•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 8
This week, we take a look at the Demon: the Fallen game for OWoD and provide a detailed review of Second Sight for NWoD. We additionally present the first installment of our new Storyteller advice segment, with tips on getting your chronicle up and running smoothly. Regular features, including mail call, news from White Wolf, and The Secret Frequency, are also present. Check out our homepage for added links and forums!
Aug 10, 2009•1 hr 12 min
This episode was recorded before Matt McFarland admitted to sexual assault and was accused of serial sexual harassment. Darker Days does not condone the guest's actions and they will not be invited to return. This episode is left here for posterity. This week we are joined by a special guest - White Wolf freelancer, author and developer Matt McFarland! After digging into the mail bag and covering the latest news from White Wolf, we tune into the Secret Frequency (our new name for the Spooky News...
Jul 23, 2009•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 6
This week we are joined by a special guest host - Rob from Bear Swarm ! After digging into the mail bag and covering the latest news from White Wolf, we dive into Spooky News, which this week covers the grim reality of suicide machines. Then we move on to Part 1 of our two-part OWoD feature on the Sabbat, detailing how to get the most out of the sect for your Vampire: the Masquerade games. For the NWoD, we describe how you can develop the Sabbat as a new covenant for Vampire: the Requiem, and th...
Jul 02, 2009•59 min
This week your hosts take a look at Destiny's Price for the OWoD and share some optional rules for speeding up combat in the OWoD. For the NWoD, we take a look at the classic Jail of Night articles from the old White Wolf Inphobia magazine and discuss how to use these articles in your NWoD games. And for our spooky news section, we immerse ourselves in the Skull Cult of Naples! Our regular news and chronicle update sections are also included. Check out our homepage for added links and forums! Fe...
Jun 19, 2009•52 min
This week your hosts take a look at Dark Ages: Inquisitor for the OWoD and Inferno for the NWoD. We also share some optional rules for Mage: the Ascension, chat about upcoming releases from White Wolf, and delve into the creepy horror of the zombie fire ants! Also included is a preview of our upcoming feature on the Jail of Night. Check out our homepage for added links and forums! Featured Books:...
Jun 05, 2009•45 min
Mark and Vince discuss their own origin stories, and how they began with RPGs. Mark presents spooky news on the mysterious Secret Frequency. Mark reviews Vampire: the Dark Ages' Constantinople by Night. Vince talks about his plans for Dark Ages Inquisitor. Featured Books:...
May 23, 2009•50 min
Darker Days is a podcast for the World of Darkness. Time: The show is broadcast bi-weekly. We record on a Wednesday night and post the show shortly afterwards. Hosts: Your hosts are Mark and Vince. Topics: We'll be covering both old and new versions of the setting. We'll also be giving coverage to the upcoming MMORPG World of Darkness Online. An additional feature is our "Spooky News" section, which finds the strangest news from around the globe and shows you how you can adapt this to the World ...
May 15, 2009•9 min