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What if reality were even more maleable 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


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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


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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








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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 teachings.
The Gospel of Judas - An ancient Gnostic text that presents Judas Iscariot in a positive light.
Voight-Kampff test - A fictional test used in the Blade Runner universe to distinguish humans from replicants.


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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


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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


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