Mage is a game of Urban Fantasy in a gothic punk setting and Destiny’s Price helps turn a city from merely a backdrop into a character in the story. Adam and Terry discuss how cities and city life has changed in the 25 years since this book came out under the Black Dog Imprint and what has and hasn’t aged well regarding drug use, organized crime, and violent crime in the United States.
Show Notes
- Dropping homicide rate in the U.S.
- Dropping poverty rate in the U.S. (The poverty rate in the U.S. is pretty cyclical and unlike in most countries is tied to an estimate of what it takes to feed a family vs provide basic amenities)
- Narconomics
- Income of low level drug dealers (Income varies by drugs and location. If you’re providing cocaine to Wall Street types, you’re probably living comfortably, but by the numbers, very few dealers are making that kind of money.)
- Black Dog Game Factory, the Pentex subsidiary
- Other Black Dog books
- World of Darkness: Mafia
- Midnight Express Mafia episode
- Overview of organized crime
- Gangs in America
- Largest rat in New York
- Sources of heroin in the U.S.
- Listen to our How to Run a Street Level Game episode
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