Best Rachel Wilkinson Podcasts (2024)

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What Was Lost: Revisiting First Edition Mage 42:53

2h ago42:53

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Not every bit of lore persists through a game's history and today we're talking the things shed after first edition and how to bring them back like active Oracles, node-seeking spiders, Nephandic pure forms, and more. Masters of the Art episode - Where we talk about Exemplars Infernalism: The Path of Screams episode - Talking about demons' special …

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Clawmoor Heights Episode 1 25:00

3h ago25:00

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Clawmoor Heights is a new 10-episode series created by Rachel J. Wilkinson, the same creator behind Vampire the Masquerade: Port Saga. In this ghost story, a historian faces expulsion from her guild when accused of violating its ethics and procedures. To defend herself, she must recount her time working for the Valgreave family at Clawmoor Heights …

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The Illusion on Choice | S1E1 24:00

5h ago24:00

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Truefolk historian Agatha Quinn faces expulsion from Crown Hall College when she’s accused of breaching her duties to the guild. To defend herself, she must recount the story of her time working for the Valgreave family at Clawmoor Heights — and the dangerous secrets she uncovered there. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/sp7Cw7PGyT Learn more an…

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Stealing from Oneshots: Cyberpunk, Through the Breach, and Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast 1:20:48

6d ago1:20:48

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One shots give you a taste of another game but what can we take from them? Terry and Pook talk choice bits from Cyberpunk, Through the Breach, Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast and more. Cyberpunk Red Through the Breach Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast Everyday Arcana Stealing Stories for the Devil Twilight Inscription Changeling the Podcast…

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13: Why kindness leads to change with Carey Davis Munro 52:54

9d ago52:54

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There is a new science around kindness and compassion, and how transformative it is for mental health. In this podcast, Carey Davis Munro discusses the benefits of being kind and how this research around the ‘helpers high’ demonstrates the positive benefits for the self in being kind and helpful to others. Carey discusses random acts of kindness an…

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Season 1 Trailer 1:05

10d ago1:05

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Agatha Quinn, a truefolk historian, risks professional ruin when she's drawn into the turbulent affairs of a dying Baron and his idle children as he attempts to preserve his family’s legacy. Clawmoor Heights is an Our Brilliant Ruin story. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/sp7Cw7PGyT Learn more and follow online at: Website: ourbrilliantruin.com…

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What would you change in Mage? System and setting 1:13:39

12d ago1:13:39

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What would you change in Mage? Today we asked Darker Days Radio's Bryce Perry, Jackalope Live Action Studio's Matthew Webb, Plastic Age Production's Travis Legge, and author James Sambrano what they'd change. Dark Days Radio Jackalope Live Action Studio Plastic Age Plays on Patreon James on Patreon Travis on Startplaying.games Gulag Archipelago…

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Adding Romance to Games with Friday Stout and Sebastian Yūe 1:18:55

26d ago1:18:55

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Mages are human. Love and romance are parts of their lives, so how do we add them? Friday Stout and Sebastian Yūe join to talk their project How to GM Romance which gives systems for romance plus plenty of ST advice. How to GM Romance on Backerkit Sample Pamphlet Sebastian's InfoTwitter: http://twitter.com/sebastianyue Website: http://sebastianyue.…

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Our Brilliant Ruin with Justin Achilli and Rachel J. Wilkinson 52:17

27d ago52:17

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What would you do if you knew the world were in its last days? Our Brilliant Ruin from World of Darkness writers Justin Achilli and Rachel J. Wilkinson asks this question and we talk tools, methods, inspirations, and ideas for gaming in a world that's dying. Our Brilliant Ruin site Our Brilliant Ruin on DTRPG Rachel J Wilkinson's site Studio Hermit…

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Tomes of Magick: Land of Eight Million Dreams 1:29:54

1M ago1:29:54

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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…

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10: The power of habits to increase health and happiness when everything feels uncertain with Dr Heather McKee 51:43

1M ago51:43

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If we want to eat more healthily, start an exercise routine that you commit to, or any other positive ‘lifestyle change, your focus should be on ‘habits’ rather than motivation or willpower. Dr Heather McKee, global behaviour change expert unpacks how building a habit is the most important thing we can do when it comes to changing our behaviour. Sh…

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Running and Playing Low Mage Count Games 1:09:27

2M ago1:09:27

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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 …

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Creating Metaplot Between Editions with Michael Mercere 1:23:10

2M ago1:23:10

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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…

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Tomes of Magick: World of Darkness: Demon Hunter X 1:27:07

2M ago1:27:07

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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…

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9: Overcomplicating food is bad for our mental health…how to keep it simple and enjoyable with Dr Lisa Gatenby 1:01:38

2M ago1:01:38

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Dr Lisa Gatenby registered nutritionist offers a real-world view on the chaos and confusion which surrounds what and how we eat. This podcast is full of scientifically backed advice and support to take the stress and guilt out of our relationship with food. Lisa discusses the way in which we over complicate food with an excessive amount of food inf…

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Amnesia and Anamnesis: Memory in Mage 1:12:41

2M ago1:12:41

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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…

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8: How to make friends with exercise and alter your perspective for good with Dr Paula Watson 45:31

2M ago45:31

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Paula is an experienced BPS Chartered Psychologist with 18 years’ experience of developing and delivering health behaviour change interventions. Paula’s vast experience of working with different people to build exercise as a long lasting habit has created a wealth of effective tricks, tools and techniques which she discusses in this podcast. So man…

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Upcoming M20 Releases with Hiromi Cota and Travis Legge 50:46

3M ago50:46

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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

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7: Why buying things makes us sad….materialism and mental health with Dr Louise Lambert 34:04

3M ago34:04

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Dr Louise Lambert, employee wellbeing specialist and positive psychologist explores the issue of materialism, the high valuation of material goods. Louise unpicks the way in which our focus on buying thing negatively impacts our mental health. Louise describes the consistent inverse relationship between materialism and wellbeing; such that as mater…

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Scattered Realities: The Department of Truth in the World of Darkness 1:03:09

3M ago1:03:09

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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 - Previou…

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6: How to Manage Fear with Carey Munro 50:09

3M ago50:09

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Listen to Carey as she explains how fear and anxiety, common emotions that overwhelm so many of us are detrimental to our health. Carey describes how these powerful emotions extract energy from us and alter our daily experiences, mood and reactions. This podcast helps us to understand how we can begin to cognitively understand, detect and manage fe…

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Storyteller Toolbox: Calling for Rolls 51:22

3M ago51:22

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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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5: How we can imagine ourselves into a better place. Visualisation and mental health with Maya Raichoora 50:04

3M ago50:04

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Maya Raichoora, expert in mental fitness and TEDx speaker describes the power of visualisation to reverse a medical condition in her own life. Maya discusses how the power of imagination led to an empowered journey to take charge of her own health. Maya illustrates the way our own thoughts and beliefs limit us and describes how we can begin to use …

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Using the Hedge in the World of Darkness with Lauren Roy 1:10:36

3M ago1:10:36

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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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4: How culture, art and history can help us think differently with Dr Louise Lambert 34:04

3M ago34:04

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In this interesting conversation Dr Louise Lambert, employee wellbeing specialist and positive psychologist describes how art and history can support positive mental health. Louise discusses how art evokes emotion. This is the role of art. Within this there is room for contemplation and reflection. We can examine what we feel and why. Art and cultu…

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Sophia and Ascension: Gnosticism in the World of Darkness 1:16:55

4M ago1:16:55

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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 Prog…

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Tomes of Magick: Dreams and Nightmares 1:34:17

4M ago1:34:17

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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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Community Roundup: Ascension of Babylon, Megadumbcast, and Crushing Depths 58:32

4M ago58:32

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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…

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3: For every back problem..... there is a back story. How our bodies and minds are interlinked with Rachel Wilkinson 51:34

4M ago51:34

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A chiropractor for over 20 years, Rachel Wilkinson has an intuitive understanding of the way the body reflects so much of our mental health and trauma. In this podcast she describes how so many problems relating to our back and body have a root in mental health. Rachel illustrates with real -life example clients who present with pain and dysfunctio…

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Strange Peoples in Mage: Space Squids, Umbra Squids, and Mantis People 1:04:10

4M ago1:04:10

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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 s…

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Reality Deviant Book Club: Books of Magic 33:44

5M ago33:44

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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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[FIXED] Strange Peoples in Mage: Fae Beings, Djinn and Robots 1:12:39

5M ago1:12:39

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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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2: You are not 'broken'.....why anxiety is doing exactly what it should and how to embrace it for change, with Jonny Ward 58:27

5M ago58:27

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Why your anxiety is serving a purpose and how you can reframe it". Content descriptor: Jonny Ward aka 'The Anxious Firefighter' brings a fresh perspective on anxiety. A station manager in the Fire and Rescue Service in the North of England he describes his own raw and traumatic journey with anxiety across his career. He explains how he learnt to ma…

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Types of Conspiracies in the World of Darkness 1:24:59

5M ago1:24:59

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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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1: Welcome to the On Wellbeing podcast. 0:45

5M ago0:45

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We are talking with different people to better understand ourselves and others. Sharing tools and tips on how to live our lives with more purpose and peace. Join us from wherever you may be and indulge in the conversations we have to offer.By On Wellbeing

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RPGs at PAX Unplugged with Mike A and Pooka G 1:02:20

6M ago1:02:20

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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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Tomes of Magick: Mapping Werewolf's Umbra 57:38

6M ago57:38

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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 …

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Tomes of Magick: Werewolf Umbra Books 1:01:25

7M ago1:01:25

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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) - Rev…

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Planetside: The Void Engineers on Earth 1:32:15

7M ago1:32:15

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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.

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Making Sense of Paradigm, Practice, and Instruments 1:08:15

8M ago1:08:15

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M20 was a leap forward in how a character does magick with focus but how do we bring instrument, practice, and paradigm alive at the table? Charles Siegel walks through optional systems, high level explainers, and his reference work, Prism of Focus. Prism of Focus on Storytellers Vault

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Tomes of Magick: M20 Victorian Mage 2:03:42

8M ago2:03:42

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M20 Victorian Age describes a world on the cusp of modernity steeped in gaslit mystery. Pook and Terry talk the perils of the straits, the intrigue of empire, and odd magicks re-emerging after centuries. M20 Victorian Age Mage - This book The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War - Book that discusses the…

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Shakespeare's Magick England after the Sorcerer's Crusade with Nathan Foxgrove 1:17:41

8M ago1:17:41

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What does magick look like in Shakespeare's England with Dee as Elizabeth's court astrologer and Walsingham's spies everywhere? Nathan Foxgrove joins to talk Navalon, the last skyriggers, and the Book of Oberon. Book of Oberon - Reconstructed grimoire The Fairie Queene - Looooong poem dedicated to Elizabeth Monas Hieroglyphica - John Dee's glyphs R…

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Advice for First-Time Storytellers with Walking into Shadow 1:37:03

8M ago1:37:03

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Mage is an intimidating game to run, so besides the rules, what to keep in mind when you start? Simon from Walking into Shadow and Terry talk recommendations to get a game a Mage that won't fall apart in one sitting. Links! Hellblazer Fiasco Band of Blades Beating the Plot Hamlet's Hitpoints

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Exploring the Deep Umbra in Werewolf and Mage with Hal Case 1:14:21

9M ago1:14:21

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The Deep Umbra is vast and dangerous but full of wonders. So how do you get there? Hal Case, author of Umbral Pilots for W20 and M20, talks spirit-powered spaceships, plasma klaives and Garou/Mage relations. Umbral Pilots - This book The Shipyard - The expansion for the book Dead Ends - Book of liches Convention Book: Void Engineers - Rev resource …

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Reflections and Plans: 2023 in Review 1:39:15

9M ago1:39:15

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WEIRD EPISODE! First a little bit on how 2023 went for Mage the Podcast then a lost conversation with Noah H of The Story Told on Chronicles of Darkness and RPG art. Noah's Wraith 20 overview Noah around places: Noah on Instagram Noah on Artstation Noah on Facebook

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Reality Deviant Book Club: Sandman 38:24

9M ago38:24

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Sandman is one of the most highly lauded comic runs to have ever been published, what can we take from it for our games? Pook and Adam discuss mood, inspiration, and TS Eliot in this edition of Reality Deviant Book Club. The Annotated Sandman, which was a late 90s/early 00s passion project to capture as many internal connections and external refere…

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Tales of Hungry Ghosts: Updating Kindred of the East for Mage 1:31:07

9M ago1:31:07

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What dies may not stay dead. Driven by hunger, vengeance or piety the Hungry Dead have rare knowledge and potent powers mages be drawn to. Hsien joins to talk their work in rewriting Kindred of the East. Kindred of the East: The Relentless Age - This book Kindred of the East - The original Hsienfan on RPGnet - The author…

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Tomes of Magick: The Quick and the Dead 1:29:28

10M ago1:29:28

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When death isn't the end, what strange things can Sleepers get up to? Adam and Terry talk cauls, fennel swords, weird death tech, and more in the surprisingly useful-for-Mage The Quick and the Dead Quick and the Dead - This book!

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Bards, Bog Mummies, and Book of Days with PookaG 59:39

10M ago59:39

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Want to have bards in your game, preserved guardians that uphold the Gauntlet, a weird holiday, or some minor Spheres? Pook and Terry talk STV books you can get right now for as little as pay what you want. Tale Singers - Book on Bardism Bog Bodies - Book on Guardians of the Gauntlet Book of Days - Book on holidays and the calendar for Changeling b…

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Tomes of Magick: Mummy Second Edition 1:30:28

10M ago1:30:28

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Apophis rises, Horus prepares, and mages go "this could get interesting". Adam and Terry talk the ka, khaibit, Cabiri, Ishmaelites and the vastly expanded landscape of Mummy in its Second Edition printing. Mummy 2nd Edition - This book! Mummy the Curse 2nd Edition - CoD book! Religion in Mage with James Estes - Previous episode with the author…

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