Truth Beyond Paradox: (World of Darkness)

On today's show Mage: The Ascension co-creator Satyros Brucato and Darker Days Radio co-founder Mark Hope join us to to discuss metaplot in Mage.

  • How Mark got into RPGs and Mage
  • What is metaplot and how does it relate to Mage
  • The House of Helekar and the beginning of the metaplot
  • The cautionary tale of Vormaas
  • If Amanda will return to Mage
  • Should you check in with your players regarding the metaplot
  • The Year of the Reckoning
  • The Avatar Storm
  • The Horizon War trilogy
  • Porthos Fitz-Empress
  • The Whiteout
  • How Ron Perelman wiped out 30% of the comic book and gaming industry in the 90s and how it effected the metaplot for Wraith and Changeling
  • Will there be future Sorcerer's Crusade-related releases
  • How to use Threat Null as antagonists but still keep the Umbra open for player exploration
  • What elements didn’t make it into the Mage metaplot
  • What happend to the Jade Demon
  • Big Trouble in Little China
  • What the main difference in game mechanics between Victorian Age: Mage and Mage 20 is.

Join us next week when Antonios Galatis reads his short story, “Life," from the Truth Beyond Paradox anthology.

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