Interview with Satyros Brucato on the Solificati

Adam interviews Satyros Brucato—writer, developer, and architect of Mage: The Ascension’s evolving mythos—who has been guiding mages through paradox-laden landscapes since the first edition. He played a key role in defining the game’s earliest metaplot, developed the majority of the first two editions, and later helped craft Mage 20, writing several of its core books. Today, he joins us to discuss Forbidden & Forgotten Orders, the latest release that explores hidden magical factions, lost alliances, and the enigmatic Solificati.

Show Notes

• Forbidden & Forgotten Orders
• Solificati
• Brucato’s Recommendations:
  • ⁠The Magician’s Reflection⁠ by Bill Whitcomb
  • ⁠The Doors of Perception⁠⁠ by Aldous Huxley⁠
  • ⁠The Alchemists of Kush⁠ by Minister Faust
  • ⁠A Perfect Union of Contrary Things – Maynard James Keenan biography⁠
• Gary Lachman books:
  • ⁠Aleister Crowley⁠: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World
  • ⁠A Secret History of Consciousness⁠
  • ⁠Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius
  • ⁠Occulture: The Unseen Forces That Drive Culture Forward
• ⁠Coyote Wallace’s book⁠s
• Red Shoes: A Riverhaven Novel
• Valhalla with a Twist of Lethe, and Other Strange Tales

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