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The Perils of Paradox

On today’s show we talk with Lee Webb about the perils of Paradox: every modern-day fantasy story has to confront a fundamental question—if magic is real where has it been hiding all this time? The answer to that question in Mage is Paradox. We talk about Lee’s new baby, Leonora; how he became involved with role playing games, Werewolf and Mage: The Ascension; what is Paradox and how it might effect characters and reality; how to avoid Paradox and how to get rid of it; how Paradox effects Marauders and Nephandi; examples of Paradox in movies and literature: Bruce Sterling’s Zeitgeist, Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files, Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland’ The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.; Dark Ages Mage and Victorian Mage; Museum of Jurassic Technology; Sons of Ether; Fermi’s Paradox; LARPing.

Join us again next Saturday for the first installment of our segment, Mage Chronicles: featuring Sorcerer’s Crusade with Victor Joseph Kinzer, co-host of Walking Away from Arcadia.

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Top 5 Books to Run A Mage: The Ascension Chronicle

On today’s On today’s Mage: The Podcast hosts Mark Hope and Adam Simpson break down their top five books for running a Mage: The Ascension chronicle… with possible bonus books thrown in for good measure! Expect titles with Book of… and Guide to… in the title, and more! Mark and Adam discuss the pros and cons of each core book; The Infinite Tapestry; the Umbra; the Periphery; the Penumbra; Middle Umbra; Astral Umbra; Dark Umbra; the Beyond; the Avatar Storm; Wraith: The Oblivion; the Horizon; Copernicus Research Center; the Nephandi; Marauders; Infernal Cults; Umbrood; Al-Aswad; Paradox Spirits; the Foimor; essays; seasonal play; weapons; vehicles; the Technocracy; Mage: Sorcerer’s Crusade; Bygones; making monsters; Spheres; Chi; telekinesis; Mage: The Awakening.

Mark Hope’s Top Five:

  1. Beyond the Barriers: The Book of Worlds
  2. The Book of Madness
  3. Guide to the Traditions
  4. Guide to the Technocracy
  5. How Do You DO That
  6. Bonus Book: Mage Translation Guide

Adam Simpson’s Top Five:

  1. Beyond the Barriers: The Book of Worlds
  2. The Book of Madness
  3. Technomancer’s Toybox
  4. The Book of Mirrors
  5. The Bygone Bestiary
  6. Bonus Book: Book of Crafts

Join us again next Sunday for the first installment of our segment, Mage Chronicles. Panos V Skordas will talk about his Mage chronicle, Ahriman Chronicles: The Vile nature of an Ascension War.

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Life by Antonios Rave-N Galatis

On today’s show we’re going to do something different. Instead of talking about Mage were going to hear the short story “Life” read by the author, Antonios Galatis. “Life” is from the Truth Beyond Paradox anthology and you can find on Amazon or DriveThruRPG.

I’m really excited about today’s show because ever since I heard the Walking Away from Arcadia Changeling podcast’s “Beyond the Mists” short story I’ve wanted to do something like on this show. Go listen to “Beyond the Mists,” it’s fantastic.

I’ve been a member of the Mage: The Ascension Facebook group for a couple of months and in that time I’ve met some really wonderful people. In fact, that’s show I met Satyros Brucato, the co-creator of Mage. When I discovered Antonios was also a member of the group I approached him about reading his short story for the show. I was thrilled that he agreed to do it and even more surprised that he went above and beyond to produce a professional recording of his story. Antonios could have recored it on his laptop or phone with a headset and I would have been happy with whatever I got. I’m floored that Antonios was so generous with his time to record “Life” and he’s set the bar for future short stories to appear on Mage: The Podcast.

We’ll also have Andonee as a guest on the show this Saturday at 10 AM Pacific on Zcast. As usual, you can join in in realtime with any questions you have for Antonios or post your questions on Twitter @magethepodcast or metal us at magethepodcast@gmail.com.

See you then!

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