Incantations

This is the final stop on the Path of Suns before things get strange, the Red Sun. Then we'll stop off at an early expressionist horror film for some inspiration and talk about The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Incantations Show NotesThe Gold SunThe Gold Sun -- (link) The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariEdited volume -- (link)Full movie on YouTube (thanks, public domain!) -- (link)From Caligari to Hitler (Kracauer) -- (link)Living Dead Girl (Rob Zombie) -- (link) About IncantationsWe can be contacted via email at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community. Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG. Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | RSS

It's all demons and wizards on this episode of Incantations. First we talk about the Red Sun and Invisible Sun's demons, then we move on to discuss Vancian Magic in D&D. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Incantations Show NotesThe Red SunThe Red Sun -- (link) Vancian Magic in D&DDying Earth -- (link) About IncantationsWe can be contacted via email at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community. Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG. Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | RSS

We're discussing the final "order" of the Invisible Sun RPG, the Apostates. Then we talk about Monte Cook's fifth design diary about dead vislae, and theorize it was totally inspired by that fantastic Swayze film, Ghost. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Incantations Show NotesApostatesApostates -- (link)Invisible Sun Q&A Part 6: Apostates -- (link) Design Diary 4: Long Form MagicInvisible Sun Design Diary 5: The Vislae Ghost Play Experience -- (link)Bustin -- (link) About IncantationsWe can be contacted via email at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community. Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG. Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | RSS

Monte Cook has a new design diary posted about long form magic. Well, it was new when we recorded this. We also talk about pulling from post war themes to inspire Invisible Sun campaigns. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Incantations Show NotesDesign Diary 4: Long Form MagicInvisible Sun Design Diary 4: Long Form Magic -- (link) Surreal War StoriesSome war movies (with varying degrees of surrealism): Paths of Glory (WWI) - (link)All Quiet on the Western Front (WWI) - (film)(link)Thin Red Line (WWII) - (link)Catch-22 (WWII) - (link)Apocalypse Now (Vietnam) - (link)Full Metal Jacket (Vietnam) - (link)The Deer Hunter (Vietnam) - (link) About IncantationsWe can be contacted via email at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community. Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG. Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | RSS

We're back to walking the Path of Suns as we head to the Pale Sun. We also touch on another Invisible Sun magical order, the Order of Weavers. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Incantations Show NotesThe Pale SunAs We Reach the Pale Sun, the Black Cube Grows Stronger -- (link) The Pale SunWeavers -- (link)Invisible Sun Q&A Part 3: Weavers -- (link) About IncantationsWe can be contacted via email at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community. Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG. Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | RSS

We've got an interesting show for you today. We've only got one segment this time and we're talking to an actual human for it. We're talk to Mike Q. Hanlon who is teaching a class in which his students are using automatism to write a surreal play. Perhaps there's something us RPG players can learn from him. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Incantations Show NotesCollaborative Surreal StorytellingSorry, no notable links this time people. About IncantationsWe can be contacted via email at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community. Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG. Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | RSS

Walk the Path of Suns with us again as we stop in at the Grey Sun. We continue our discussion of shadows as we talk about Plato's Allegory of the Cave and Theory of Forms and how we can use that in our Invisible Sun games. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Incantations Show NotesThe Grey SunThe Grey Sun -- (link)Nightside of the Grey Sun and Shadows -- (link)The Invisibles -- (link)Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and the Theory of FormsSorry, our boy Plato doesn't really have a Twitter account or a website. The Republic -- (link) About IncantationsWe can be contacted via email at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community. Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG. Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | RSS

On this episode of Incantations we'll be talking about the Order of Goetics. We also talk about how to make libraries surreal in order to fit them into an Invisible Sun campaign. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Incantations Show NotesThe Order of GoeticsA New Goal, and the Order of Goetics -- (link)Invisible Sun Q&A Part 5: Goetics -- (link)Story Cubes -- (link)Noisy Person Cards -- (link)Non-player cards -- (link)Surreal LibrariesDethklock recording on water -- (link)About IncantationsWe can be contacted via email at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community. Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG. Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | RSS

We are walking the Path of Suns again, this time we've moved on to the Indigo Sun. After that we get into the details of Monte Cook's third Invisible Sun design diary. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Incantations Show NotesThe Indigo SunThe Indigo Sun -- (link)Satyrine -- (link)Invisible Sun Design Diary 3Invisible Sun Design Diary 3: Visual and Tactile Design -- (link) About IncantationsWe can be contacted via email at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community. Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG. Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | RSS

We have another Order of the Invisible Church to discuss, the Makers. We also talk about the first collected volume of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, Preludes and Nocturnes. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Incantations Show NotesThe Order of MakersMakers -- (link)Invisible Sun Q&A Part 4: Makers -- (link)Neil Gaiman's The SandmanPreludes and Nocturnes -- (link)Good Omens (the title Scott forgot) -- (link)And now Good Omens is getting a TV miniseries adaptation -- (link)American Gods [winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel] -- (link)Scott meant to say "House of Secrets", not "House of Suspense" - as recompense, he recommends checking out the recent House of Secrets series by Seagle -- (link) An example of the (recolored) depiction of Hell in Sandman -- (link)Sam Keith's The Maxx -- (link)About IncantationsWe can be contacted via email at [email protected]. You can also get in touch with us on the Invisible Sun G+ community. Music in the episode was drawn from the song "Beyond" by Wes Otis and Plate Mail Games. It is available at DriveThruRPG. Invisible Sun is the intellectual property of Monte Cook Games. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | RSS