Terry speaks with Charles Siegel, author of Mystic Armory about the magickal things mages of all stripes make like wonders, devices, artifacts, inventions, charms, gadgets, grimoires, and principiae. Also discussed are the “gadget” of nuclear weapons introduced in Fallen Tower: Las Vegas , the best-ever-charm Unbullets, and more importantly, how to introduce wonders and devices into your chronicles. Other texts mentioned: Forged by Dragon’s Fire , a big book of non-technological wonders Technoma...
Mar 29, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 38
In this episode, Terry Robinson interviews Matthew Webb of Jackalope Live Action Studios about Matt's thoughts on revising Mage LARPing and how to bring the metaplot forward to what an M5 world may look like under the Eclipse LARP system . Also discussed, LARP types and the move from competition to cooperation in storytelling, where Laws of Ascension failed, how the Traditions are less organized groups than Mythic Threads, how the Virtual Adepts are heirs to eliteness from the Hermetics, what a ...
Mar 23, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Adam Simpson and Terry Robinson discuss The Chaos Factor, the (almost) end of the cross-line exploits of Sam Haight, the kinfolk ghoul mage that we all wanted to play as kids but just weren't bad ass enough to do....also he ends up as an ashtray. Included are discussions of early 90s supplements, the difficulties of game maps, how hard it is to run a crossover chronicle, ways of dealing with them, the power differential between nightfolk, why you shouldn't mess with a Baali Methuselah, and why b...
Mar 16, 2019•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Chris 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 i...
Mar 09, 2019•41 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Terry 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 occul...
Mar 01, 2019•46 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Today'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 f...
Feb 22, 2019•49 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Hosts 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, ...
Feb 16, 2019•1 hr 57 min•Season 2Ep. 32
David 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.
Feb 09, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 31
Hosts 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 P...
Feb 06, 2019•2 hr•Season 2Ep. 30
Victor 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
Feb 04, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 29
On 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 dis...
Feb 01, 2019•29 min•Season 2Ep. 28
On today’s show Adam discusses Anders Mage Page 2.0; introduces our new co-host, Terry Robinson ...
Dec 03, 2018•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 27
On today’s show we announce the winner of “The Enlightened Grimoire” and Adam Simpson discusses ...
Nov 25, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 26
On today’s show Bill Maxwell joins us to talk about “Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts,”; his gran ...
Nov 24, 2018•40 min•Season 1Ep. 25
On today's show Charles Siegel joins us to talk about the Enlightened Grimoire, a book that con ...
Nov 10, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Adam Simpson discusses Loom of Fate, one of the earliest supplements for the first edition of M ...
Nov 03, 2018•26 min•Season 1Ep. 23
On today’s show Travis Legge joins us to talk about his release for the Storytellers Vault, Raz ...
Oct 27, 2018•40 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Adam Simpson discusses the four editions of Mage: The Ascension and which ones are the best; Du ...
Oct 24, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Adam Simpson discusses his Windy City Mage Chronicle he ran online; expectation of characters a ...
Sep 21, 2018•21 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Adam Simpson continues to wax eloquent on writing adventures for Mage: The Ascension. Adam disc ...
Sep 14, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 19
On today’s show we chat with Josh Heath, Chief Operations Officer at High Level Games and host ...
Sep 01, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 18
On today’s show Adam Simpson discusses Paradox; Anders Sandberg and Anders Mage Page 2.0; Mage: ...
Aug 19, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 17
On today’s show Panos V. Skordas joins us to share the Ahriman Chronicles: Vile Nature of the A ...
Jul 29, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 16
On today’s show we chat with Josh Heath, Chief Operations Officer at High Level Games and host ...
Jul 21, 2018•47 min•Season 1Ep. 15
On today’s show Adam Simpson interviews Dr. Anders Sandberg of Anders Mage Page fame. Adam and ...
Jul 14, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 14
On today’s show Adam Simpson talks about Paradox in Mage. Adam discusses why magick has limitat ...
Jul 04, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Karin Tidbeck talks about Mage: Refuge, a text-based interactive game with a rich scenario full ...
Jul 01, 2018•30 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Our guest on today’s show is Chris Zac, host of the excellent Twin Cities by Night and we talk ...
Jun 23, 2018•48 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Adam Simpson discusses themes in Mage: The Ascension and how to use them in your games; Stewart ...
Jun 20, 2018•49 min•Season 1Ep. 10
On today’s show were joined by Jason Louv, who is a real life magician and author. Jason’s most ...
Jun 16, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 9
