Guide to the Traditions lifts the curtain on the thousand ways the Traditions work with and against each other. Adam and Terry talk high-ritual shamans, hidden Cathars, Asthika technomancers and stranger magicks in this broad look at the 21st century Council.

Books:

Guide to the Traditions - the one we're talking about

The Bitter Road - Another big book of group and plot options

Book of Madness (Revised) - Next up!

The 19th century saw the West push to conquer the world but what were mages up to? The Technocracy rises, the American frontier closes and dozens of societies resist colonialism in Onyx Path's newest crowdfunding campaign, M20 Victorian Age now on Indiegogo.

The crowdfunding campaign for Victorian Age Mage

Victor Kinzer on Walking Away from Arcadia

Technocracy history

Books references: 

Guide to the Technocracy - Technocratic History

Mage Storyteller's Companion - Giant timeline

Victorian Age Vampire - The first VIctorian age book

W20 Wyld West Expansion - Update to the Wyld West setting for werewolf

This minisode is with Max from Saga Experience which is trying to create a new type of virtual tabletop with a kind of built in game engine. We talk about our favorite numbers, virtual tabletops, and outcome distributions. Regular episode will be out Saturday!

Saga Experience - Their webpage

Saga Experience Discord - Talk to 'em! Tell them you want a freeform magick system. :3

Saga Experience Youtube - See it in action

What does faith look like as the End Times approach? What is the role of shepherds when monsters walk the earth? Adam and Terry talk how the Chorus as broadened even as theology seemingly declines in Tradition Book: Celestial Chorus.

Next up: Guide to the Traditions

Our discussion of the previous Celestial Chorus book

Swords of Faith which includes the prior Tradition Book and two others

Tradition Book: Celestial Chorus on Drivethrurpg

Mage is a game suited for many genres from pensive journey to space opera but the rules don't always give us fast-paced action. Bryce Perry of Darker Days Radio talks with Terry about things to steal from games like Torg and how to speed up combat.

Games to steal from:

Our episode on Tales of Magick: Dark Adventure

Darker Days Radio mailing list

In the 21st century, the Ahl-i-Batin quietly invoke the Khwaja al-Akbar while the Taftâni fight druj and pursue Asha with explosive ferocity. Adam and Terry talk math, carpets, figs and other goodies from Lost Paths: Ahl-i-Batin & Taftâni.

The Traditions claim to represent all of mystick magick but may were left out of the Grand Convocation. So what is a Tradition and what makes them special? Victor and Terry talk Traditions over time, areas to explore, and how to build your own. 

The Hermit Hipster's Patreon

Video on Tradition Book

Garou Nation - Werewolf explainer by the team of Juarez by Night

Books mentioned:

No longer lead by monastic ascetics the Akashayana are ready to bury old ways but can they hold together long enough to change? Adam and Terry talk new sects, new rotes, new wonders and a whole lot of Do in Tradition Book: Akashic Brotherhood.

This book: Tradition Book: Akashic Brotherhood on Drivethrurpg

Fist of the North Star

The world of Mage is teeming with strange creatures so why not add dragons? Scion: Dragon explores the powers and agendas of the mythic creatures and their heirs and developer Danielle Lauzon shares how dragons can go in your Mage game.

The Kickstarter campaign!

Scion core books:

Scion: Origins - Book outlining starting Scions and the storypath system 

Scion: Hero - Book on more powerful Scions 

Danielle's author page

Danielle's Twitter account

The grip of Paradox has tightened but sorcerers, psychics, extraordinary citizens, and practitioners of limited or codified magick are unhindered. So what are they up to? Adam and Terry talk new groups, new paths, new systems, and PSYCHIC POWERS in Sorcerer Revised.

Next Book: Lost Paths: Ahl-i-Batini and Taftani

World of Darkness: Sorcerer - Prior Sorcerer book which was less free-form and overall smaller

True Faith was not in this book but it's expanded in Tradition Book: Celestial Chorus