Metaplot in Mage: The Ascension

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.

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