Mage is a game of hope, action, and hubris in a world that is dark. Sometimes the darkness wins and we go from punk and gothic to horror. Bryce Perry from the horror game podcast Darker Days joins Terry to talk about how to add horror to your Mage game.
Just a note, this episode contains discussion of body horror, family terror, harm to children and family conceptually and a number of other things. Look below to get an idea of what we go over.
Show Notes
- The Baali – Group of vampires who do terrible things to keep dark things asleep.
- Friday the 13th – Archtypal slasher film where kids are killed off in revenge.
- Consent Checklist – One method of verifying and checking what game types and themes players are or are not ok with.
- Consent in Gaming – A Monte Cook Games publication on how to tackle adult themes.
- “The Lottery” – Short story about a community that practices an annual sacrifice ritual.
- The Wicker Man – Movie about an out of towner brought in as sacrifice to a dark thing.
- 10 Candles – A gothic horror game (rather than survival horror) where everyone dies at the end.
- Betrayal at the House on the Hill – Board game of discovery then action where tension builds with an omen mechanic.
- The Expanse RPG – a Green Ronin game, variant of the AGE System with a number of interesting mechanics like Churn to create tension and Fortune to replace Health.
- Dark Heresy – Game set in the Warhammer Universe with purity and sanity mechanics.
- Jacob’s Ladder – 1990 film about someone recovering from trauma and it not going well. Psychological horror.
- Faculty of Horror podcast – a non-scary discussion of horror movies and how they work.
- Cosmic Horror in Mage – Our episode on cosmic horror.
- Sins Washed Away – the latest Chronicles of Darkness 2e publication from the Darker Days folks.
Executive Producers
Oracles
Bad Company • Buck Gregory • Christopher Phillips • Derek Semsick • DrawnCap • DrunkDez • Jason Vines • Rebecca Pool • Sean Gallagher • Spartacus • The Krewe of Erebus
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Berto • Brad-O-the Blue • Dan Svensson • Glacial Indifference • Jeffois • Leroy Bryce • Morgan Aran • Wolf Larryson
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Aleks • Alexia • Ambiversion • Anders S • Ben Bandelow • Blaise Hebert • Bruno Teixeira • Bryce Perry • Bubba, The Pale One • Chartan • Cig • Curtis Hendricks • Daniel Cuppen • Daniel Scribner • Darren Hennessey • David Röhe • Ean Robertson • EBG • Eric Schwenke • George Lara • Gray -Trilug- H • Guy Stewart • Ia Bull • James B • Jason Kennedy • Jenna F • Jeremy Z • Jervis Johnson • JadeBarroth • Kathleen Hailperin • Kevin Fitzpatrick • Khris Kinner • Leslie Weatherstone • Lolz & stuff • Loren Jensen • Manel Canós • Matthew Proehl • Maurice Hopkins • Melissa Krause • Michael Parker • Nebero • Nikita Kleymenov • Patrick McNamara • RobH • Ryan • Ryan Kendy • Ryan Stray • Samuel Tobin • Sev Nessus • Shell Konch • Starfish • Stefan Carton • Tyler Bryan • Will Vincent • Ygard
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