Mage: The Podcast
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Mage: The Podcast
A podcast dedicated to exploring the Mage: The Ascension, a role-playing game (RPG) based in the World of Darkness.
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Tomes of Magick: Zero Edition Part 2
In Part 2 of our Mage Zero Edition deep-dive, Adam and Pooka sift the fun esoterica—early Tradition names (Parmenidians, Initiates of the Invisible Wo...
Tomes of Magick: Zero Edition, Part 1
Adam and Pooka crack open a lost treasure — Mage: The Ascension, Zero Edition, a 1993 manuscript that shaped the game’s future. They share laughs, lor...
Tomes of Magick: Bizarre Tales & Unusual Characters
Pooka and Bryce crack open Victorian Mage: Bizarre Tales and Unusual Characters. From ghostly X-ray photos to occult artists and Umbra conspiracies, w...
Never-Real Worlds
Adam and Pooka explore the wild world of Paradox, those cosmic smackdowns that keep Mages humble. They chat about realms where magic bites back, share...
Movie Club: Sneakers
Welcome to Reality Deviants Movie Club! Pooka, Adam, and Jenna dive into Sneakers (1992), a techno-thriller packed with heists, hacker mages, and Mage...
Tomes of Magick: Laws of Ascension Companion
Adam and guest Amena dive into Laws of Ascension Companion, the last Mage live action role-playing game (LARP) book. From Technocracy quirks to oddbal...
Community Roundup July 2025
Adam chats with 4 guests about 3 projects. Mage 20 system reference document, Book of Common Magicks and Darkness Over Dallas fiction series.
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Tomes of Magick: Seance on St. James Street
In this spirited dive into Séance on St. James Street, Pooka and Josh Heath dissect the Victorian Mage jumpstart—what works, what misses, and whether...
Tomes of Magick: Laws of Ascension
Adam and Bryce dive into Laws of Ascension, Mage’s guide to live-action roleplaying! They chat rotes, rubber rats, and rock-paper-scissors magic, with...
Interview with James Curcio
Writer, musician, and game designer James Curcio joins us for a warm, wide-ranging chat on magic, myth, and RPGs. From Dungeons & Dragons to Mage: The...
Mystic Syndicate I
This is the final two-hander episode featuring the brilliant and sorely missed Terry Robinson, recorded with Pooka before Terry’s passing. In this dee...
Interview with Gary Lachman
In this episode, legendary occult historian and ex-Blondie bassist Gary Lachman joins us to talk magic, Crowley, meme sorcery, and the reality-bending...
Tomes of Magick: Forbidden & Forgotten Orders
What makes a great Disparate? Adam and Pooka crack open M20 Forgotten and Forbidden Orders to spotlight the most compelling crafts in Mage 20—from the...
Tomes of Magick: Faces of Magick
Pooka and Bryce discuss M20 Faces of Magick. One of the final two books of Mage 20, a collection of NPCs, ideas and possibilities.
Interview with Arden Leigh
Arden Leigh shares her magical journey—from neuro-linguistic programming and trauma healing to chaos magic, sigils, and becoming Grant Morrison’s magi...
Reality Deviants Book Club: King in Yellow
Adam and Pooka discuss Robert W. Chambers' King in Yellow mythos and other stories. Can they inspire Mage stories? Can these two stick to the subject?...
Tomes of Magick WoD Hong Kong
Terry and 3 other hosts discuss World of Darkness Hong Kong
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Some Tips for New Storytellers
Adam’s riding solo on this one, and he’s pulling a bundle of helpful tricks and tips out of his Storyteller’s saddlebag—especially for folks just star...
Tomes of Magick: M20 Sorcerer
Adam and Terry discuss Mage20 Sorcerer. What do the sorcerers and psychics of the World of Darkness get up to when they can't learn Sphere magick?
Interview with Jiba Anderson on the Bata'a
Adam interviews Jiba Anderson, author of the Bata'a chapter in Forbidden and Forgotten Orders.
Griot Enterprises
Rocbottom S...
Houses of Hermes
Terry and Michael Mercere discuss six of the Houses of the Order of Hermes.
Michael's book Riddle of the Sphinx
Check out OoH Tradition Bo...
Interview with Atalanti Evripidou on the Sisters of Hippolyta
Pooka G interviews Atalanti Evripidou on her Sisters of Hippolyta chapter Forbidden & Forgotten Orders.
We Are Island, published in Luna Station...
Satyros Brucato Interview on the Solificati
Adam interviews Satyros Brucato on his Solificati chapter in Forbidden & Forgotten Orders.
Brucato's Recommendations:
The Magician's Refle...
Rachelle Udell Interview on the Ngoma
Adam chats with longtime contributor Rachelle Udell. Rochelle shares her journey through Mage projects—from her early days to her favorite, The Fallen...
Tomes of Magick: World of Darkness: Tokyo
Hey folks, we’ve got something special for you—a new podcast series featuring our dear friend Terry Robinson, recorded before his passing. With the bl...
Kim Godwin Interview - Forbidden and Forgotten Orders
Adam sits down with Kim Godwin to chat about about her chapter inForbidden and Forgotten Orders, an upcomingMage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Editi...
Interview with Douglas Rushkoff and Richard Metzger
Today we’ve got something special—two deep dives into the world of magic and role-playing!
We sit down with Douglas Rushkoff—media theorist, wri...
Interview with Bill Bridges
Adam sits down to talk with Bill Bridges, developer and author for Mage the Ascension. Bill talks about the early days of White Wolf, his work on We...
Christmas Special - Three Facts About the Syndicate
A bonus episode featuring some wisdom from the Syndicate.
Tomes of Magick: M20 Lore of the Traditions
Twenty one years after the last Tradition Book, Lore of the Traditions gives an update to the Nine Traditions. Adam and Pook walk through where each T...
Avatars, Adepts and the Comte de Saint Germain with 33.3 FM
Mage isn't the only game with weird metaphysics. Frank and Tormsen from 33.3 FM join to talk the metaphysics of Unknown Armies, their favorite supplem...
Demon Emperors and Little Gods: Rethinking the Hsien with Sebastian Noh
The hsien of Changeling sat oddly with their cousins, how else could they be imagined? Sebastian Noh, author of grand In the Realm of Gods and Dreams...
New Damnations: Using Curseborne in the World of Darkness
Curseborne is Onyx Path's new urban fantasy game powered by Storypath Ultra now on Kickstarter. So what can steal from it? Eddy Webb and Matthew Dawki...
Expanding Magick: Inspiration from Ars Magica Definitive Edition with David Chart
Want more systematic magick, Hermetic houses, options for the divine and infernal, new types of duels and ways to build chantries? Try Ars Magica! Dav...
Using Trail of Cthulhu 2e with Kenneth Hite and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
What would it be like to wrapped in occult weirdness in the 1930s? Trail of Cthulhu 2e answers and we talk with the authors about Azathoth, veal price...
What Was Lost: Revisiting First Edition Mage
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 ac...
Stealing from Oneshots: Cyberpunk, Through the Breach, and Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast
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'...
What would you change in Mage? System and setting
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 T...
Adding Romance to Games with Friday Stout and Sebastian Yūe
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...