Mage: The Podcast Mage: The Podcast

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 novel that explores themes of evolution, technology, and consciousness.
Sphere of Gun - A book that probably shouldn't exist


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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




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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





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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)



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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


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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


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