Articles
- (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.
- Twin Cities by Night
Podcast that plays Vampire: The Masquerade and WoD RPGs.
- 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!