Darker Days Radio

Mike and Chris end Season 4 with a bang, bringing listeners a detailed look a the geography of New and Classic World of Darkness underworlds. After going over recent releases, Mike presents the earliest incarnation of The Shadowlands, discussing how to build upon the vague ideas of Wraith 1st Edition. Following that, the Secret Frequency explores Hart's Island, the potter's field of New York City. Finally, Chris leads listeners on a tour of The Underworld, as presented in Geist: the Sin-Eaters and The Book of the Dead.

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Mike and Chris welcome back to the show Simon Berman, of Privateer Press. In this show they look at all the exciting new releases coming up for Warmachine, Hordes, and the Iron Kingdoms RPG. Simon also gives us a great over view of the exciting Kickstarter going on for the Warmachine video game - Warmachine Tactics. Finally we have a good talk about horror based stories for the Iron Kingdoms RPG, and how the setting lends itself to those types of stories. 

Mike and Chris are joined Matt Bresee to discuss W20, picking over the book and seeing how the game has change and been improved. Keeping with the werewolf theme, there is a review of the tribes of Werewolf the Forsaken, in particular the book Tribes of the Moon. On the Secret Frequency, Chris presents the mystery of the Europe spanning Stone Age tunnel network. Also Reap the Whirlwind is out as a free download and a taster to the upcoming book, Blood and Smoke. Be sure to check us out at http://www.facebook.com/DarkerDaysRadio or our Google Plus Community at https://plus.google.com/communities/104221086985174488220. Be sure to subscribe through iTunes!

Chris is joined by Pete, and together they take an in depth look at the renowned SciFi space opera, Fading Suns. They cover topics such as the setting itself, the game mechanics, and also quickly review the host of player options in the game plus give their own opinions on the game. If you like World of Darkness game and want a SciFi game with the same sort of feel, this one is perhaps worth a shot. Enjoy. Be sure to check us out at http://www.facebook.com/DarkerDaysRadio or our Google Plus Community at https://plus.google.com/communities/104221086985174488220. Be sure to subscribe through iTunes! Links For This Show: Chris's Fading Sun's Chronicle: Hyperion Dusk Intro music by arhipco - used under Creative Commons License. Outro music by Bass Tandem - used under Creative Commons License.

Mike and Chris are joined by One Book Shelf Publisher Relations Manager Matt M. McElroy to discuss all the great work going into DriveThruRPG and DriveThruCards. Matt also shares his latest work on the V20 Red List and announces the subject matter for Hunter: the Vigil's Monstrous Basterds. On the Secret Frequency, Mike presents Santa Muerte, the North and Central American patron saint of death. Mike goes on to discuss the V20 Product Line so far, while Chris presents a formal review of the God Machine Chronicle. Oh, and Werewolf 20th is out. Be sure to check us out at http://www.facebook.com/DarkerDaysRadio or our Google Plus Community at https://plus.google.com/communities/104221086985174488220. Be sure to subscribe through iTunes! Links For This Show: DriveThruCards: http://www.drivethrucards.com/ Flames Rising: http://www.flamesrising.com/

Mike and Chris are joined by White Wolf luminary David Hill Jr. to discuss four upcoming books. After a brief introduction, the trio jump into a discussion of the next Mage: the Ascension release, Convention Book: Progenitors. Following that they explore the secret frequencies of Amsterdam with Black Mathew and the Phantom of Compagnie. Next up is a discussion of the impending New World of Darkness chronicle books God Machine Chronicle and Blood & Smoke. Lastly, David introduces Darker Days to his new Fate-drive mecha game, Apotheosis Drive X. Be sure to check us out at http://www.facebook.com/DarkerDaysRadio or our Google Plus Community at https://plus.google.com/communities/104221086985174488220. Be sure to subscribe through iTunes!

Links For This Show: ADX Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/machineage/apotheosis-drive-x-a-fate-powered-mecha-rpg?ref=search

Mike, Chris, and Peter sit down to chat about PAX East 2013 - the best three days in gaming (5 if you're an enforcer). We talk about Catalyst Game Labs and Shadowrun, Cubicle 7, Steve Jackson Games, Dragon Dice, Reaper Miniatures, Joshua A.C. Newman and Mobile Frame Zero, Privateer Press, Light Weight RPG, and probably a few other games and companies. We follow this up with a discussion of how Mummy: the Curse can crossover with the New World of Darkness, and even a few classic games! Be sure to check us out at http://www.facebook.com/DarkerDaysRadio or our Google Plus Community at https://plus.google.com/communities/104221086985174488220. Be sure to subscribe through iTunes!

Mike chills with Alex, Andrew, and Tim to play Fallen is Babylon using World of Darkness: Gypsies! Challenge complete.

This episode was recorded before C.A. Suleiman was accused of serial sexual assault and sexual harassment. Darker Days does not condone the guest's actions and they will not be invited to return. This episode is left here for posterity.

Starring C. A. "Sleepless" Suleiman and Sam "Corpse-in-the-Fridge" Araya Mike, Chris, and James sit down to chat about Mummy with developer CAS and artist Sam Araya. But before they get started there's plenty of Onyx Path discussion, shout outs to the listeners, and an update regarding Forgotten Lore #4. First the group tackles the storytelling elements and setting that Colin developed for Mummy the Curse, including a few player spoilers, so watch out! Next they discuss the hanging dolls of Isla de las Muñecas in the Secret Frequency. Finally, the hosts discuss Mummy's fine art with Sam, and learn a bit about gaming in Paraguay along the way.

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Links For This Show:
Gentleman Gamer on Mummy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjbD8E4uNK8 Gentleman Gamer Plays Mummy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vTAXIQaGiU Creepy Doll Island: http://weburbanist.com/2010/10/06/mexicos-creepiest-tourist-destination-island-of-the-dolls/

For a special birthday episode, Mike is joined by long time listener Peter Mars and Trinity Continuum Developer Ian Watson. The trio discusses the current happenings with Onyx Path, and give a shout out to the new WoDCast MMO podcast. The secret frequency this week is shortwave radio signal markers that are mysteriously broadcast from Russia. This episode then focuses White Wolf's second big roleplaying game series - The Trinity Universe. Ian and Peter explain all the cool gaming that Trinity, Aberrant, and Adventure! can provide. Be sure to check us out at http://www.facebook.com/DarkerDaysRadio or our Google Plus Community at https://plus.google.com/communities/104221086985174488220. Be sure to subscribe through iTunes! Featured Books: Link For This Show: WoDCast #0: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1VQIoDsnRQ The Gentleman Gamer & Mark Rein-dot-Hagen Play Wraith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQPDN4eJ99Q Hunters Hunter II: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/deluxe-hunters-hunted-ii Conet Project Radio Signals: http://archive.org/details/ird059