Darker Days Radio

[Darker Days Mike]

#116: Modiphius Entertainment (Live From Gencon 2019)

August 3, 2019
Chigg infiltrates the Modiphius Entertainment booth to interview Head of RPGs Sam Webb and Founder Chris Birch about the latest products coming out and to get listeners some tid bits about future World of Darkness books.
Time Stamps:
00:00:33 - Chat with Sam Webb
00:04:10 - Chat with Chris Birch

[Darker Days Mike]

Sorry for the out of order - just realized we didn't post this important Onyx Path related episode.

#115: What’s Up With Onyx Path (Live From Gencon 2019)

August 2, 2019
RichT, Matt McElroy, and a rogue's gallery of freelancers bring you the latest news from Onyx Path Publishing, including exclusive new announcements for World of Darkness, Chronicles of Darkness, Exalted, Scion, andTrinity.
Onyx Path was gracious enough to let us record and release their panel. Please also consider following their new Twitch channel!
Time Stamps:
00:01:05 - What's Up with Onyx Path?

[Darker Days Mike]

#117: Vampire 5th Edition, Warcry, and GW Ex-Staffer Chat (Live from Fanboy 3 Gencon Pop-up 2019)

August 6, 2019
Fueled only by beer and curry, Chris is joined by David Whitworth of the Darker Days Blog and Rising Sun Painting Studio. They discuss their Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition demos using the upcoming Ahriman Contract scenario, the brand new Warhammer Warcry skirmish game, Kult, Kingdom Death, and upcoming UK conventions. Then the electronic base beat starts and things get interesting as these two former Games Workshop: Manchester employees start swapping war stories from the good 'ole days...
Time Stamps:
00:00:33 - Gencon Pop-Up Discussion
00:22:40 - GW Ex-Staffers Talk About Old Times

[Darker Days Mike]

#118: Chigg’s Gencon 2019 Roundup (Live From His Kitchen Table)

August 9, 2019
Surviving his arduous journey back to the Lone Star State, Chigg regales Mike and the listeners with stories of his Gencon experience. He recounts tales of Star Trektechnobabble, the dangers of chocolate in Pugmire, gives warnings of collectible card game addiction, and tantalizes with the possibility of running Cyberpunk Red.
This episode is a bit light on the horror roleplaying content, but we'll be back to our regularly scheduled shows in two weeks!
Time Stamps:
00:00:33 - Gencon Roundup!

[Dr Ether]

#119: Tabletop Freelance Writing with Crystal Mazur

August 30, 2019
Crystal Mazur returns to the show to discuss Chicago by Night 5th Edition (now released to kickstarter backers), talk about her other cool writing projects, and also give tons of tips and tricks to budding writers who want to break into the industry!
Time Stamps:
00:05:05 - News
00:10:15 - Never Going Home Discussion
00:17:00 - Chicago by Night
00:35:42 - Storytellers Vault
00:43:00 - Snowhaven Discussion
00:51:15 - Freelance Writing Tips and Tricks

[Darker Days Mike]

#125: Gehenna Gaming, The World of Darkness Multi-Game Collective

November 15, 2019
Mike and Chris are joined by Ian of Gehenna Gaming, a rad gaming collective using interlinked tabletop chronicles of Vampire: the Masquerade to tell complex stories and also introduce new players to the game. Ian discusses the group's current New England based chronicles, their plans to explore Kult and Call of Cthulhu, and finally some spicy plans for the future.
Gehenna Gaming and Mike of Darker Days will be running 4 tables of Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition games at PAX Unplugged - December 6th-8th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Come by and join us!

[Darker Days Mike]

#127: Mummy: the Curse 2nd Edition. RPG Setting First Impressions

December 1, 2019
Crystal, Chigg, and Mike discuss the new Mummy: the Curse 2nd Edition, looking at the preview documents for the ongoing kickstarter. They discuss how the new edition tackles niggling issues from the previous edition, how rad the "achronological time" idea is, updates to the rules and setting, and how this edition of Mummy may actually be the best Chronicles of Darkness game for new players.
Spoiler Alert: Chigg wants to play and run this game.
Mike and Crystal will be at PAX Unplugged, December 6th - 8th in Philadelphia, PA. Stop by and say hi or play in one of our games!
Time Stamps:
00:00:38 - Introduction and Game Update
00:03:30 - News
00:07:06 - Mummy the Curse 1st Edition Review
00:13:41 - Mummy the Curse 2nd Edition First Impressions

[Darker Days Mike]

#175: Alien the Hidden RPG Review (Exclusive!)
April 1, 2021
Mike and Chigg review Alien the Hidden, the unpublished World of Darkness game originally written for Summer 2004 publication!