(M1) My Awakening to Mage: the Ascension Back in the swingin’ 90’s, I had a couple of friends who really enjoyed Mage, but they never ran even a single session of it, so I never got to play the game. But I always play the Wizard in high-fantasy games like D&D, so i saw my copy of Mage 20 (M20) sitting there all perfect and flawless on its shelf, and I decided “What the hell. Let’s go for it”. So now I’m hooked reading about this game!
Illumination Through Gaming Role playing games, especially in the context of Mage: The Ascension, put us in the role of the divine and the characters becomes a reflection of us. And by the philosophy of Hermes Trismegistus, we become a reflection of the characters. By this fuzzy occult logic, that characters we create come to be a vessel for our higher selves and through this yin/yang integration, we can more easily get in touch with that higher self and potentially open ourselves up to gnosis.
Podcasts
25 Years of Vampire: The Masquerade – A Retrospective A weekly review of the Vampire: The Masquerade releases over the last 25 years. Bob and Nathan review the Classic World of Darkness books for White Wolf Publishing’s game, Vampire: the Masquerade, in chronological order. They combine their passion for the game with a dose of deep knowledge to help you decide which books to buy and which books to skip. VTM25 is the premiere Vampire: the Masquerade podcast!
Full Metal RPG Full Metal RPG is an exploration of the art, craft and science of running and playing roleplaying games.
The Grognard RPG Files The GROGNARD RPG files is a podcast that looks at RPGs from ‘back in the day.’ Each episode concentrates on the original rules of a featured game, our experiences of playing the game, PLUS excellent contributions from @dailydwarf selecting highlights from the halcyon days of White Dwarf magazine.
Midnight Express Shining a light into the darkest corners of the Old World of Darkness.
The Adventure Zone The Adventure Zone is a biweekly comedy and adventure actual play podcast based loosely upon the popular Dungeons & Dragons game series, along with other role-playing games. The show is distributed by the Maximum Fun network and hosted by brothers Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy, and father Clint McElroy.
The Story Told RPG Podcast The Story Told is a tabletop RPG podcast covering a variety of games and topics.
Werewolf: The Podcast Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Gaming, Inclusivity, Geek Life, Dialogue.
Websites
High Level Games A new media and blog community that engages with various tabletop role-playing games and issues in an always fun and sometimes intellectual way.
Utility Muffin Labs Utility Muffin Labs release two podcasts a week, various additional audio production work, artwork and run an online-based Vampire: The Masquerade game with 40+ players and growing. With over 10,000 podcast subscribers as of October, 2017, Utility Muffin Labs are getting bigger every day!
