Darker Days Radio
340 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsHorror roleplaying writers discuss their favorite RPGs, with a focus on Vampire the Masquerade, Chronicles of Darkness, and Warhammer, and introduce real world spookiness with the Secret Frequency.
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Darker Days Radio: Darkling #17
April 04, 2011 22:37 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBRetainers Marquis Von Vimanys has sent us an excellent review of Ghouls: Fatal Addiction for Vampire: the Masquerade. Mark and Mike are joined by guest host Chris (Dr. Ether) to discuss this sourcebook, as well as Vampire: the Requiem's Ghouls. We round off the darkling with discussion of retainers in Hunter: the Reckoning, Promethean: the Created, and other game lines. Check use out on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DarkerDaysRadio Twitter: http://twitter.com/DarkerDaysRadio Our feed: w...
#22: The Wrath of Mark
February 23, 2011 05:50 - 2 hours - 140 MBMark and Mike hit it off with some White Wolf news and the triumphant return of the Secret Frequncy, discussing the Dyatlov Pass incident. We take a look back at the Old World of Darkness and talk about everything. Absolutely everything. Vampire? Obviously. Werewolf? Totes. Mage? Duh. Wraith? Heck yeah! Changeling? Sure. Dark Ages? Got it. We'd go on with Hunter, Kindred of the East, Mummy, Demon and Orpheus but our vocabulary ran out and you get the picture. www.facebook.com/DarkerDaysRadio...
Darkling #16: Vampire Translation Guide
January 29, 2011 00:18 - 1 hour - 78.4 MBMike (Lost_Heretic) is joined by Mark (GehennaHeretic) in a discussion of the Vampire Translation Guide, considering what's included and what's not, with a special look at how to improve your Vampire games. Mike follows up to interview with Monica Valentinelli discussing Scenes of the Embrace, Vampire: the Requiem's newest product. You can check out Monica's website at www.mlvwrites.com. We do not currently have a forum, so discuss the episodes at http://www.facebook.com/DarkerDaysRadio Send...
#21: The Last Supper
December 31, 2010 23:34 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBMike is joined by Adrian of the Mirage Arcana Podcast for the last Darker Days of 2010. The two discuss a lot of what's going on with the Wild Games Productions Radio Network and shed some light on the new White Wolf print and digital products. They discuss the North American Championship for VtES and the Grand Masquerade in general. Original World of Darkness: Adrian talks about his favorite Vampire supplement, The Last Supper. The hosts discuss the story's strengths and give tips on how to...
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #15
December 16, 2010 03:21 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBMike sits down with Matt M. McElroy, Publisher Relations Manager for DriveThruRPG and DriveThruComics, to discuss the new print on demand tools available to White Wolf. They discuss the approaches publishers can take, how the books are distributed, and what consumers can expect in the future. If you'd like to contact Matt, just shoot him an email on FlamesRising.com: Flames Rising Contact Page To get Queen of the Crows by Monica Valentinelli for $2.50, use the following link: http://horror...
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #14
December 08, 2010 21:54 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBWe were just kidding about the Season 1 Episode Guide being the only update this fortnight! We were in no way coerced by WGPRN's new benevolent tyrant Vince into putting out another episode. Mike flys solo as he brings listeners up to speed on Darker Days and WGPRN network news. The real meat of this episode is a review of World of Darkness: Midnight Roads, a sourcebook for stories on the road, with story hooks for mortals and supernatural splats alike.
Darker Days Radio Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #13
September 26, 2010 04:24 - 26 minutes - 24 MBMallius and Lost_Heretic kick it into high gear for the unlucky thirteenth darkling, Requiem for a Masquerade Redux. The dynamic duo discuss importing the Camarilla and Masquerade Clans, so check it out.
Darker Days Radio Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #12
September 10, 2010 03:28 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBMallius and Lost_Heretic join forces to bring you the first part of "Requiem for a Masquerade." This episode focuses on how the upcoming translation documents can be used to bring fresh ideas into Vampire: the Masquerade. Stay tuned for the next episode, which will cover new material for Vampire: the Requiem!
Darker Days Radio Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #11
August 27, 2010 01:17 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBVince and Mark are joined by Mallius from the WGPRN forums and have a nice chat about White-Wolf’s Murder City!
Darker Days Radio Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #10
August 27, 2010 01:15 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBThe guys sit down and chat with Ari “Mouseferatu” Marmell from White Wolf’s past!
Darker Days Radio Episode #20
August 27, 2010 01:12 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBThis week, Vince and Mark take a step back, and speak with Richard Dansky, from the Classic World of Darkness line, and currently working for Ubisoft as Central Clancy Writer. Check it out! Email: [email protected], http://www.darkerdays.tk, http://www.facebook.com/darkerdaysradio
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #9
May 23, 2010 19:33 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBThe Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' sister show, focusing on special features, material created by our listeners and other nuggets of goodness. On Episode #9, Lost Heretic gives us a special feature on the Vampire: the Eternal Struggle collectible card game, including an overview of play and suggestions on how to use elements from the card game in your tabletop rpg sessions! Check out the show now at our homepage, stop by our facebook and leave feedback or drop us an email at darkerdaysradi...
Darker Days Radio Episode #19
May 12, 2010 20:19 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBWe're Not Dead Yet! Mark and Vince are back after a short break with a nice long show! We examine Inventions Lost to History on the Secret Frequency, cover Wraith: the Oblivion and Dark Reflections: Spectres for the OWoD, then move onto ideas for chronicles featuring Mortals for the NWoD, and round out the show with a look at recurring antagonists in our Storyteller Advice section. So download the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at darkerd...
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #8
April 15, 2010 20:23 - 28 minutes - 26 MBOn Episode #8 we take a look at the awesome upcoming game Maschine Zeit and interview its designer David A. Hill Jr. David talks us through the background of the game, its design philosophies and outlines just what makes it so damn cool. Check out the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at [email protected].
Darker Days Radio Episode #18
March 17, 2010 20:28 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBThe Chuck-Man Taketh! Mark and Vince welcome uber-freelancer Chuck Wendig back onto the show! We look at the Dropa Stones on the Secret Frequency, dive into the realms of madness with Malkavians and Malkovians for Vampire: the Masquerade and Vampire: the Requiem, and bring you a review of Night Horrors: the Unbidden for Mage: the Awakening. The show wraps with a cool Q&A session with Chuck himself! So download the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an...
Darker Days Radio Episode #17
February 24, 2010 20:29 - 1 hour - 91.9 MBEddy Webb Strikes Back! Yes, that's right folks - Mark and Vince are once again joined by White Wolfer Eddy Webb for another fun-packed show. Explore the mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript and take a fresh look at zombie ants on the Secret Frequency. Check out some cool NPCs for Werewolf: the Apocalypse, including Samuel Haight (yes, that's right - the Skinner redeemed!) And kick back with Eddy for an in-depth Q&A session! Download the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave...
Darker Days Radio Episode #16
February 24, 2010 18:40 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBThe Changeling Show! Darker Days Episode #16 Season 2 continues with a show dedicated to the most-requested topic in our mailbag: Changeling! We are joined by two Changeling scholars and experienced Storytellers - Adrian from Mirage Arcana Podcast, and Crothian from ENWorld - who share their insights, suggestions and war-stories on the Changeling line, from Dreaming to Dark Ages to Lost. And all our regular features are present as well, including a look at suicide hotspot Aokigahara Forest ...
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #7
January 28, 2010 03:42 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBDarker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #7 Darkling Podcast The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. On Episode #7 we are joined by Monte Cook himself! Monte answers our listeners' questions and talks about designing his version of the World of Darkness, his new Dungeon-a-Day project, his recent book The Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracies and life at TSR. Check out the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums an...
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #6
January 21, 2010 03:45 - 15 minutes - 14 MBDarker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #6 Darkling Podcast The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Episode #6 features a deeper look at Monte Cook's World of Darkness, with a more detailed examination of the game's supernatural beings, character powers and the innovative free-form magic system. Listen to the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at darkerdaysradio@g...
Darker Days Radio Episode #15
January 15, 2010 03:50 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBHappy New Year! Darker Days Episode #15 Kicking off the New Year with Season 2 of the Darker Days Podcast! Long awaited, often imitated never duplicated! The boys go through some mail stuff and network news. Mark talks about “death - for medicinal purposes” in the Secret Frequency and then jumps into talking about different ways to use Mummy in your story. In the NWoD section Vince leads off with a talk about Promethean, wrapping up the show with a “What have you been doing” segment. So sit...
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #5
December 11, 2009 04:03 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBVerghast does an overview of Mummy, Mummy 2nd Edition, and Mummy: the Ressurection.
Darker Days Radio Episode #14
December 04, 2009 03:51 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBWe're Back! Episode fourteen and Darker Days is back on the airwaves! We're giving you all the latest news from White Wolf, demon dogs and disembodied heads on the Secret Frequency, cool new houserules for Vampire: the Masquerade and Vampire: the Requiem, and an in-depth look at what was cool about Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand, and how to use its best ideas in your chronicle, whichever version of Vampire you play. The show rounds out with the return of our Storyteller Advice segment. Down...
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #4
November 18, 2009 03:53 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBDarker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #4 The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Episode #4 features Monte Cook's World of Darkness in a special feature submitted by WGPRN listener Beckett. Lift the lid on this little-known re-imagining of the World of Darkness by one of the world's premier game designers! Check out the show right now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at...
Darker Days Radio Episode #13
October 30, 2009 03:56 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBHalloween Special! Darker Days Podcast Welcome to our thirteenth episode! Lucky for some - this week we have not one, not two but three special guests. Chuck Wendig, Eddy Webb and Stew Wilson rejoin us for 1hr and 45 minutes of horror goodness. After the Secret Frequency drowns itself in rains of blood, we spend the rest of the show discussing how to craft the perfect horror story for your World of Darkness games. And be sure to stick around for the no-holds-barred aftershow! Check out the ...
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #3
October 21, 2009 03:59 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBDarker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #3 Episode #3 features Demon: the Return, a conversion of Demon: the Fallen for the NWoD rules system. Written by Evo Shandor, the game expands on the mythology of D:tF while bringing it up-to-date with the latest rules innovations. Listen to the show now at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at [email protected]. And stay tuned for more!
Darker Days Radio Episode #12
October 15, 2009 00:03 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBThe David Hill Project! Welcome to our twelfth episode, featuring special guest host and White Wolf freelancer David Hill! This week the Secret Frequency looks at the Tunnel People beneath Las Vegas, we explore some alternate origin myths for vampires in Vampire: the Masquerade, and give a review of World of Darkness: Innocents. The show wraps up with a meaty Q&A session with David. Check out the show at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at darkerdays...
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #2
October 08, 2009 00:05 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBDarker Days Presents: The Darkling Podcast Episode #2 The Darkling Podcast is Darker Days' 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Episode #2 features The Book of Nod in a segment recorded by Beckett, who details how to use the "vampire bible" in your nWoD games. Check it out at our homepage, stop by our forums and leave feedback or drop us an email at [email protected]. And stay tuned for more!
Darker Days Radio Episode #11
September 30, 2009 00:05 - 2 hours - 154 MBThe Big One! Our biggest show so far, with almost three hours of fantastic content! Episode #11 focuses on all things Mage, featuring our special guest, elite White Wolf freelancer Malcolm Sheppard! This week on the show: the Secret Frequency visits Poveglia Island, we look importing the Ascension War from Mage: the Awakening into Mage: the Ascension, show you how to run the classic Mage: the Ascension adventure Loom of Fate for Mage: the Awakening, then close with our Q&A session with Mal...
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #1
September 20, 2009 02:30 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBThe Darkling Podcast is a new release from the Darker Days team - a 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Hosted by Mark and Vince, the Darkling Podcast looks at submissions from our listeners, cool fan-projects from across the internet and other gems that we discover out in the community. Episode #1 features Forgotten Lore, a fantastic segment recorded by Matt Buffington (host of the Now Playing podcast), which presents ways you can incorporate the Triat fro...
Darker Days Radio: Darkling #17
September 19, 2009 16:30 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBThe Darkling Podcast is a new release from the Darker Days team - a 15 to 20 minute podcast focusing on material created by our listeners. Hosted by Mark and Vince, the Darkling Podcast looks at submissions from our listeners, cool fan-projects from across the internet and other gems that we discover out in the community. Episode #1 features Forgotten Lore, a fantastic segment recorded by Matt Buffington (host of the Now Playing podcast), which presents ways you can incorporate the Triat fro...
Darker Days Radio Episode #10
September 15, 2009 16:32 - 1 hour - 101 MBSteve Wilson, American Hero? The boys are back with another monster show - almost two hours of podcasty goodness! And we're joined by special guest host Stew Wilson, gentleman, scholar and White Wolf freelancer. After our regular Mail Call, White Wolf and Network News and ever-popular The Secret Frequency, we move onto the OWoD and a more detailed look at lowering the supernatural population of your Mage: the Ascension game. For the NWoD, we review Witch Finders for Hunter: the Vigil, and th...
Darker Days Radio Episode #9
September 03, 2009 16:37 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBThe Chuck-Man Cometh! That's right folks - the man, the myth, the legend Chuck Wendig joins us as a special guest host! This week's show is themed around Hunters, from the earliest days of Vampire: the Masquerade and The Hunters Hunted, through Year of the Hunter, Hunter: the Reckoning and into the modern era with Hunter: the Vigil. After our regular Mail Call, White Wolf and Network News and The Secret Frequency, we dive right in for almost one and a half hours of fun. The show wraps up wit...
Darker Days Radio Episode #8
August 29, 2009 16:37 - 1 hour - 101 MBThe Ocho! This week, your hosts are joined by special guest Eddy Webb - White Wolf staffer and all-round cool dude! In our longest show yet (just under two hours!) we take a look at how to tweak your OWoD and NWoD games by altering the amount of supernatural creatures in the gameworld and also have our long-overdue review of Summoners for the NWoD. Our ST-advice section this episode focusses on how to run games for different types of supernatural creatures at the same time, and the show roun...
Darker Days Radio Episode #7
August 10, 2009 04:29 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBThis week, we take a look at the Demon: the Fallen game for OWoD and provide a detailed review of Second Sight for NWoD. We additionally present the first installment of our new Storyteller advice segment, with tips on getting your chronicle up and running smoothly. Regular features, including mail call, news from White Wolf, and The Secret Frequency, are also present. Check out our homepage for added links and forums!
Darker Days Radio Episode #6
July 23, 2009 14:28 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBThis episode was recorded before Matt McFarland admitted to sexual assault and was accused of serial 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. This week we are joined by a special guest - White Wolf freelancer, author and developer Matt McFarland! After digging into the mail bag and covering the latest news from White Wolf, we tune into the Secret Frequency (our new name for the Spooky...
Darker Days Radio Episode #5
July 02, 2009 04:26 - 59 minutes - 54 MBThis week we are joined by a special guest host - Rob from Bear Swarm! After digging into the mail bag and covering the latest news from White Wolf, we dive into Spooky News, which this week covers the grim reality of suicide machines. Then we move on to Part 1 of our two-part OWoD feature on the Sabbat, detailing how to get the most out of the sect for your Vampire: the Masquerade games. For the NWoD, we describe how you can develop the Sabbat as a new covenant for Vampire: the Requiem, and ...
Darker Days Radio Episode #4
June 19, 2009 04:24 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBThis week your hosts take a look at Destiny's Price for the OWoD and share some optional rules for speeding up combat in the OWoD. For the NWoD, we take a look at the classic Jail of Night articles from the old White Wolf Inphobia magazine and discuss how to use these articles in your NWoD games. And for our spooky news section, we immerse ourselves in the Skull Cult of Naples! Our regular news and chronicle update sections are also included. Check out our homepage for added links and forums!...
Darker Days Radio Episode #3
June 05, 2009 04:22 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBThis week your hosts take a look at Dark Ages: Inquisitor for the OWoD and Inferno for the NWoD. We also share some optional rules for Mage: the Ascension, chat about upcoming releases from White Wolf, and delve into the creepy horror of the zombie fire ants! Also included is a preview of our upcoming feature on the Jail of Night. Check out our homepage for added links and forums! Featured Books:
Darker Days Radio Episode #2
May 23, 2009 04:20 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBMark and Vince discuss their own origin stories, and how they began with RPGs. Mark presents spooky news on the mysterious Secret Frequency. Mark reviews Vampire: the Dark Ages' Constantinople by Night. Vince talks about his plans for Dark Ages Inquisitor. Featured Books:
Darker Days Radio Episode #1
May 15, 2009 04:18 - 8 minutes - 8.07 MBDarker Days is a podcast for the World of Darkness. Time: The show is broadcast bi-weekly. We record on a Wednesday night and post the show shortly afterwards. Hosts: Your hosts are Mark and Vince. Topics: We'll be covering both old and new versions of the setting. We'll also be giving coverage to the upcoming MMORPG World of Darkness Online. An additional feature is our "Spooky News" section, which finds the strangest news from around the globe and shows you how you can adapt this to the ...