Podcast providing both basic information on playing Changeling: the Dreaming in the World of Darkness and in depth examinations of theme and content. New episodes every 1st and 15th of the month.
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Recovered from the deepest, darkest, recycle bin in digital subspace via forbidden technologies here is the first half of Session 6.
Before infiltrating the Avalon Interactive office, the crew comes up with a plan of attack, visits the admiral, and fails to convince the police that they are a totally legitimate electrical repair crew.
Apologies for posting out of order. Blame Simon.
Special thanks to Josh Heath from Werewolf: the Podcast.
Countless Dreams can be found on the Storyteller's Vault. If you buy it using our link Walking Away from Arcadia gets some dross.
Breaking away from the relentless pursuit of metaplot research Simon and Victor decide to dive into Changeling's Year of the Ally installment The Enchanted. This book focuses on the Dreaming's oft neglected and misused children, the Enchanted and the Kinnain. If you've never been certain how to use mortals in your Changeling games come listen to Simon and Victor's take on Dreaming's treatment of the Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve, and Sprogs of the Apple who guide their fae family through the treacherous waters of Banality.
The themesong for this episode was Je voudrais être un pigeon by Monplaisir.
If you want to enrich your games with broken, fed up family members who see your characters for the dysfunctional messes they are, but keep on keeping on because this is the World of Darkness and Glamour addiction is very VERY real pick up your own copy of The Enchanted.
If you've been listening since the beginning of Walking Away from Arcadia you've heard the glowing mythic stories we tell about the last book in the original Changeling line, War in Concordia. You've also heard Simon and Victor thrash and struggle when they read through their favorite books with an intentionally critical eye. Listen to find out how the somewhat rushed conclusion to the "Revised" Changeling metaplot fared when they dug into the details in earnest.
The themesong for this episode was Je voudrais être un pigeon by Monplaisir.
If you want to dive into the cascading breakdown of Concordian society you can pick up War in Concordia through this convenient link and help us fund the glorious revolution coming for those Gwydion tyrants.
High King David's Back? The Parliament is functional again? Somehow David wasn't involved in the reopening? Are you are a new player who entered the world of the fae with Changeling: The Dreaming 20th Anniversary? Do you find yourself wondering how C20 changed the landscape, but you don't want to go trolling through our entire metaplot series? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Come listen and discover what Simon and Victor think of the uniquely C20 "metaplot" if it's even fair to call it that.
The themesong from this episode was LSD by Mon Plaisir.
Reading Guide for Alternate Reality: the Evanescence, David's Return, Reopening Parliament:
C20 Pgs 39,40,41
C20 Player's Guide: Whole Book
Kithbook: Boggan: Pg 21
Going back to where it all began! Kingdom of Willows depicts the fall of High King David, revealing the details behind the event that almost shattered Concordia. More than merely the establishment of the game's first real "current" canon, Kingdom of Willows is also the first book detailing a location in the Changeling: The Dreaming line. Covering a much broader area than the city books of Vampire, Kingdom of Willows tries something that arguably had never been attempted before in the World of Darkness.
Join Simon and Victor and see how they think Willows fared with it's attempted innovations.
The themesong for this episode was Je voudrais être un pigeon by Monplaisir.
If you would like to participate in the fall of David at your table Kingdom of Willows is waiting for you. Maybe you can build some intrigue still winding it's way through the halls of Parliament even after all these forgotten years.
After a confusing display of disloyalty to our commoner brethren in our review of Book of Houses 1, and then a stunning betrayal of our new Sidhe overlords in our review of Book of Houses 2 what will Simon and Victor have to say in their review of Fool's Luck: The Way of the Commoner? Spoilers, it's complicated. 1 part history of the fae, 2 parts splat book with no specific splat, come listen and find out what this elfless "wonderland" is all about.
The themesong for this episode was Je voudrais être un pigeon by Monplaisir.
If we've inspired you to pick up Fool's Luck: Way of the Commoner and try to use it in you games, we have a convenient link to it for you that helps us out distracting the nobles from our meetings with the 2 actual pro-commoner revolutionaries in this book.
The ages of the fae have now fallen to the mists. The Resurgence has come and gone, and a generation of changelings only remember the Accordance War through the fog of remembrance. For the first time Simon and Victor will dive into a portion of the metaplot written to directly impact the story at your table as it unfolds. Your fearless leaders can finally lay off the speculative game of "can we reshape this into something practical?", at least for the most part.
Join us as we explore the event that created living Changeling: The Dreaming metaplot and see how usable we really think it is at your table.
The themesong from this episode was LSD by Mon Plaisir.
Reading Guide for David's Disappearance, Adjourning the Parliament, The Second War for Concordia:
C20 Pgs: 39,40
Kingdom of Willows: Whole Book
Fool's Luck: Pgs: 46-48,82
War in Concordia: Whole Book
The team has fought their way into the heart of Avalon's operation. This episode is the second half of the final play session, so we pick up with the players just as they are about to take the final plunge into their invisible enemy's development lab. They don't know what they are facing, and they will need grace and luck to wipe Hunter's Augment from the face of the chimerical net. Join us for the conclusion to our crew's daring mission to save the chimerical denizens of Seattle from the most aggressive anthropic threat since the tidal event brought the Countless crashing into the singularity.
Special thanks to Josh Heath from Werewolf: the Podcast.
Countless Dreams can be found on the Storyteller's Vault. If you buy it using our link Walking Away from Arcadia gets some dross.
You were stunned when your fearless rebel leaders were revealed as turncoats in the review of Book of Houses 1. Will we lavish our sidhe oppressors with another wave of unimaginable "praise", will be confirm our position in the Dreaming as stealth turncoat loyalists, or has the Shining Host's time finally come? There's only one way to find out.
The themesong for this episode was Je voudrais être un pigeon by Monplaisir.
If you would like to experience Pour L'Amour Et Liberte: The Book of Houses 2 for yourself, use that link and the Green Court of Whackiness will thank you.
Stopping the assaults on Seattle's holographic population has taken on new urgency as our crew discovers they aren't the only target. They must find allies in their fight to stop the violent plans of Avalon International. Estie has deeper connections to the movers and shakers of Seattle's supernatural community than she's revealed, but will it be enough to broker a safe alliance with the wolves? If it isn't there is little hope of saving Seattle. Nothing motivates like desperation, and after dropping face first into a singularity, what's the worst that could happen?
Special thanks to Josh Heath from Werewolf: the Podcast.
Countless Dreams can be found on the Storyteller's Vault. If you buy it using our link Walking Away from Arcadia gets some dross.
Crafted and wild, Simon and Victor's opinions on the Inanimae swing as wildly as the narrative about when exactly the Solimonds were first shaped by human hands while reviewing Inanimae: The Secret Way. Diving further into the history and book design than their original episode on the Inanimae this is the episode for you if you ever wondered how the sessile ones actually fit into the world of changeling.
The themesong for this episode was Je voudrais être un pigeon by Monplaisir.
If we've inspired you to pick up Inanimae: The Secret Way and try to use it in you games, we have a convenient link to it for you that helps us out by keeping those oppressive glomes deep in their mines.
From one Interregnum to another we end our long break with a deep dive into the time between springs. What were the fae up to after the Silver Gate came crashing down? Memories vary, but isn't that when changelings are at their best? Simon and Victor explore the mysterious centuries where Banality reigned and the changelings we know and love truly came into their own.
Join us as we discuss the history every changeling storyteller reconstructs to reflect their own twisted dreams.
The themesong from this episode was LSD by Mon Plaisir.
Reading Guide
Reading Guide for The Interregnum:
Changeling 1st Ed Pg 53
Changeling 2nd Ed Pgs 56, 57
C20 Pgs 36,37
Isle of the Mighty Pgs 18,19,20, 21, 22,23,24
Court of All Kings Toybox Pgs 20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29
Shadows on the Hill Pgs 25,26
Book of Houses Pgs 14,15,16,39,63,88,89
Book of Houses 2 Pgs 19,20,62,11-,111
Book of Lost Houses Pgs 16,17,37,78,79,101
Secret Way Pg 22
Denizens Pgs 21,22
Fool's Luck Pgs 22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30
Reading Guide for The Interregnum:
Kithbook: Trolls Pgs 22, 23, 24
Kithbook: Sluagh Pgs 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Kithbook: Nockers Pgs 15, 16
Kithbook: Satyrs Pgs 17, 18, 19
Kithbook: Redcaps Pgs 19, 20, 21, 22
Kithbook: Pooka Pgs 18, 19
Kithbook: Eshu Pgs 21, 22, 23
Kithbook: Boggan Pgs 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Join Victor as he storytells an adventure in the World of Darkness: Hunters Augment!. Stare in abject horror as KC and Marc fail utterly at subterfuge! Recoil as Neodymium is witnessed french-kissing a USB port! Shudder as mansplaining is weaponized! All this and more in this session of Hunters Augment!
The opening music from this episode is Total Eclipse by Nathaniel Wyvern. The closing music from this episode is Gabriel Flying by Gianluca Sgalambro. The Werewolf: the Podcast theme music is Metalmania by Kevin MacCleod.
Special thanks to Josh Heath from Werewolf: the Podcast.
Countless Dreams can be found on the Storyteller's Vault. If you buy it using our link Walking Away from Arcadia gets some Zed.
See you in the new year, former Arcadians!
Today, Katherine helps Victor and Simon discuss Dreaming's Year of the Lotus product: Land of 8 Million Dreams. Then we all drink to forget.
The themesong for this episode was Je voudrais être un pigeon by Monplaisir.
You can find this book if you look for it, but we're not helping you with your cringe addiction. Frankly, we're kind of worried for you.
Hope everyone survived their gluttony holiday.
Taking a quick break from our regularly scheduled metaplot walk through to discuss the MET Storyteller's Vault release of their Changeling: the Dreaming LARP book. We tried to limit ourselves to the narrative elements of the book since our LARP experience is pretty thin, but we both though it was a good offering. The art was an especial highlight.
The themesong from this episode was LSD by Mon Plaisir.
If you'd like to pick up MET's Changeling: the Dreaming, you can do so here.
Rejoin our crew as reality gets too real for them and they take in the vistas on a brief vacation to Digital Subspace. Though they'll never use this travel agency again, they come away from the experience with all the souvenirs and memories one might expect from a holiday in a cell phone.
The opening music from this episode is Total Eclipse by Nathaniel Wyvern. The closing music from this episode is Gabriel Flying by Gianluca Sgalambro.
Special thanks to Josh Heath from Werewolf: the Podcast.
Countless Dreams can be found on the Storyteller's Vault. If you buy it using our link Walking Away from Arcadia gets some dross.
Probably not the worst in the Dreaming lineup (that would be Land of 8 Million Dreams), but Denizens of the Dreaming should get at least nominated for an ignobel prize in game development. Join Victor and Simon as they attempt (and mostly fail) to find something nice to say about the book that exists as paper-thin connective tissue between 2nd edition and the Time of Judgment plot Dreaming barely got.
The themesong for this episode was Je voudrais être un pigeon by Monplaisir.
If you would like to experience Denizens of the Dreaming for yourself, use that link and the Green Court of Whackiness will thank you.
We're almost done with the our prelude for Changeling: the Dreaming's history. Soon we'll be able to stop saying things like, "because of the Mists", "Remembrance is a whole thing", "every book has a different take on this". It's going to be amazing. But for now we're talking about the Shattering and we're going to be leaning pretty hard on our greatest hits of how to hammer the Dreaming pre-history together.
Join us as we attempt to explain the strange, slow-motion, path of the Shattering's migration across the mortal world.
The themesong from this episode was LSD by Mon Plaisir.
Reading Guide for The Shattering:
Changeling 1st Ed Pg 53
Changeling 2nd Ed Pgs 55,56
C20 Pgs 35,36
Isle of the Mighty Pgs 17,18
Court of All Kings Pgs 36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47
Toybox Pgs 20,21
Shadows on the Hill Pgs 21,22,23
Book of Houses Pgs 14,39,63,88,113
Book of Houses 2 Pgs 18,19,60,61,62,110
Book of Lost Houses Pgs 14,36,78,101
Secret Way Pg 22
Denizens Pgs 20,21,22
Fool's Luck Pgs 20,21,22
War in Concordia
Kithbook: Trolls Pg 22
Kithbook: Sluagh Pgs 16, 17
Kithbook: Nockers Pg 15
Kithbook: Satyrs Pg 17
Kithbook: Redcaps Pg 16, 17, 18
Kithbook: Pooka Pg 18
Kithbook: Eshu Pg 20
Kithbook: Boggan Pgs 11, 12, 13
Join Victor as he storytells an adventure in the World of Darkness: Hunters Augment!. The crew goes on to meet the admiral and find out what the establishment knows about the disappearances of several holographically active hosts. They also take some time out of their busy schedule to beta test the new augmented reality game for Avalon Interactive. Avalon Interactive is not responsible for damages caused to or by players engaging in unlawful activities.
The opening music from this episode is Total Eclipse by Nathaniel Wyvern. The closing music from this episode is Gabriel Flying by Gianluca Sgalambro.
Special thanks to Josh Heath from Werewolf: the Podcast.
Countless Dreams can be found on the Storyteller's Vault. If you buy it using our link Walking Away from Arcadia gets some dross.
Today Victor and Simon will lose all their anti-Nobility anarcho-syndicalist something something Shadow Court something pro-proletariat cred by reviewing Book of Houses I: Noblesse Oblige and mostly having nice things to say about it. If you're curious about the four major Seelie Houses in Concordia (Gwydion, Eiluned, Dougal, Fiona) or the delegitimized House of rejects who got exiled in the most contrived and somehow boring way possible (Liam) this book is for you.
The themesong for this episode was Je voudrais être un pigeon by Monplaisir.
If we've inspired you to pick up Noblesse Oblige and try to use it in you games, we have a convenient link to it for you that helps us out by getting us a useless Title from our fancy overlords.
The second major plot point in the Changeling: the Dreaming chronology is the Sundering. This is the time that saw the Fae begin to lose their ascendancy among the various creatures in the World of Darkness. The world began to split into two distinct realms, the Prodigals fell away from the True Fae, and mortals rejected the claims of the old gods and their magi.
Join us as we attempt to clear the mists on this often discussed but mostly forgotten time in the Dreaming's history.
The themesong from this episode was LSD by Mon Plaisir.
Reading Guide for The Sundering:
Changeling 1st Ed Pgs 51,52
Changeling 2nd Ed Pgs 53,54
C20 Pg 35
Isle of the Mighty Pgs 16,17
Court of All Kings Pgs 28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36
Toybox Shadows on the Hill Book of Houses Pgs 13,38,39,62,88,111,112
Book of Houses 2 Pgs18,59,60,109,110
Book of Lost Houses Pgs 13,36,77,78,99,100,101
Secret Way Pg 19,20,21,22
Denizens Pgs 19,20
Fool's Luck Pgs 18,19,20
War in Concordia
Kithbook: Trolls Pgs 19, 20, 21
Kithbook: Sluagh Kithbook: Nockers Pgs 14, 15
Kithbook: Satyrs Pg 17
Kithbook: Redcaps Pgs 15, 16
Kithbook: Pooka Pg 17
Kithbook: Eshu Pgs 18, 19
Kithbook: Boggan Pgs 10, 11
Join Victor as he storytells an adventure in the World of Darkness: Hunters Augment!. Implanted Countless investigate the disturbing disappearances of Seattle's local chimerical and holographic beings. A suspiciously knowledgeable human offers his assistance and the crew receives a summons from an admiral.
The opening music from this episode is Total Eclipse by Nathaniel Wyvern. The closing music from this episode is Gabriel Flying by Gianluca Sgalambro.
Special thanks to Josh Heath from Werewolf: the Podcast.
Countless Dreams can be found on the Storyteller's Vault. If you buy it using our link Walking Away from Arcadia gets some dross.
The first in a series of reviews of official White Wolf publications, Walking Away from Arcadia reviews Exalted: Fair Folk. We used this book as a source in our metaplot discussion about the Time of Legends. You may find our older discussion about the 2nd edition iteration of this book Graceful Wicked Masques relevant as well.
The themesong for this episode was Je voudrais être un pigeon by Monplaisir.
If you want to buy Exalted: Fair Folk and Graceful Wicked Masques use these links to send us some dross.
As a prelude to our series of reviews of White Wolf books we referenced in the metaplot series, this is an introduction to the very, very, very basics of critique. Victor and Simon discuss the purpose of critique in professional contexts, and the sorts of things we're going to be looking for when we review Dreaming books. This also serves as a content warning for people who don't like criticism or think it's impossible to like something while being aware of its shortcomings and wanting it to be better as it gets remade and rewritten in the future.
The themesong for this episode was Je voudrais être un pigeon by Monplaisir.
The first in a series of Changeling: the Dreaming metaplot summary and discussion episodes. The ancient pre-history of the World of Darkness has many names, even just within the Dreaming ecosystem. Often named either the Time of Legends or the Mythic Age, the first period in the Dreaming metaplot is obscured by the Mists and an erratic development plan. Join Victor and Simon as we attempt to shed a little light on the possibilities and canon sources for information on this frequently referenced but rarely illuminated time before the Sundering.
The themesong from this episode was LSD by Mon Plaisir.
Reading Guide for The Mythic Age
Reading Guide for The Mythic Age:
Changeling 1st Ed Pg 51
Changeling 2nd Ed Pg 53
C20 Pgs 33,34,35
Isle of the Mighty Pgs 10,11,12,13,14,15
Court of All Kings Pgs 24,25,26,27,28
Toybox Pg 19
Shadows on the Hill Pgs 17,18,19
Book of Houses Pgs 37,38,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,84,85,86,87,88
Book of Houses 2 Pgs 17,18,57,58,59,105106,107,108
Book of Lost Houses Pgs 10,11,12,13,35,36,76,77,98,99
Secret Way Pg 19
Denizens Pgs 17,18,19
Fool's Luck Pg 18
Kithbook: Trolls Pgs 17,18, 19
Kithbook: Sluagh Pgs 14, 15, 16
Kithbook: Nockers Pgs 11, 13, 14
Kithbook: Satyrs Pgs 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Kithbook: Redcaps Pgs 12, 13, 14
Kithbook: Pooka Pgs 13, 14, 15, 16
Kithbook: Eshu Pgs 16, 17, 18
Kithbook: Boggan Pgs 9, 10
The wonders and secrets of Chimerical Subspace are only beginning to unfold as one realm gives way to the next. Join Simon and Victor as they trek across the internet to join Terry Robinson from Mage: The Podcast to discuss how Changeling: Countless Dreams works with Mage: The Ascension. While Changeling and The Void Engineers might seem like strange bedfellows to most World of Darkness veterans, the intrusion of Chimerical Subspace during the Tidal Event changes everything. We hope this opens the door to expansive crossover possibilities never imagined before, and that a few of our listeners discover just how amazing Mage: The Podcast is during this listen.
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
Changeling: Countless Dreams can be found here.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Technology is the Endless Winter's herald
the future holds darkness and death for Changelings
the Dreaming will die
These are lies
told by Banality-ridden Changelings
and bitter Gladelings
who see the ISS streak by at night
or look down into the Earth's magma glow
or contemplate machines' potential
and fail to see the Dreaming
The Countless forge
new homes for themselves in Subspace
and a harmonious relationship with Humanity
from Dreams of the future
It's time for another Storyteller's Vault interview, but this time with our very own Simon Eichhörnchen! Changeling: Countless Dreams has finally released on the Vault after over a year of development! If changelings are stories so powerful that they are aware of themselves then what has become of humanity's fantasies about the future? Listen and find out exactly what waits in the darkest corners of subspace, and what already walks among us.
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
Changeling: Countless Dreams can be found here.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Welcome to another Storyteller Vault review! Today, Victor and Simon are chatting about recent ST Vault release: the Memory of Trees. You might be able to tell that we both really liked this book.
Thank you for listening!
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
Memory of Trees can be found here.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Welcome to another interview with a Storyteller Vault creator. Today, Victor and Simon are chatting with Charlie Cantrell from Radio Free Arcadia Publishing about his latest project: Kiths of Arcadia. Curious about the rarer visitors from Arcadia? Charlie's got you covered.
Thank you for listening!
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
Kiths of Arcadia can be found here.
Keep up to date on upcoming Vault projects from Charlie and other C20 authors at Radio Free Arcadia Publishing.
Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Here's one for you from the Vaults. Today, Victor and Simon interview Jeremy Jagosz, author of Kithbook: Strega. We talk with him about what inspired him to write it, what place he sees the Strega filling in Changeling: the Dreaming, and preview a little of what's in the book. And who isn't fond of owls?
In the second review, we discuss our thoughts on the Cantrip Cards (and by extension the Realm Cards) by XY RPG Creations. This simple, yet brilliant, PDF provides an easy way for players and storytellers to quickly reference how Changeling's sometimes confusing Arts work without having to go into mortal combat over the only copy of the sourcebook at the table.
Thank you for listening!
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
Kithbook: Strega can be found here. The Cantrip Cards can be found here. Be sure to leave a review!
Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Welcome back former Arcadians! Today, Victor and Simon discuss Charlie Cantrell's World of Darkness 5th Edition conversion guide for Changeling: the Dreaming. Come down the Trod into Charlie's vision of the Evernight and the changelings who populate its nightmarish future.
Thank you for listening!
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LSD by Mon Plaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
Charlie's Conversion Guide can be found here.
Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Today Victor and Simon gab about a controversial topic: Children in Changeling. Do children belong in a horror game? How do you use children either as storyteller characters or as player characters without falling prey to some of the gross tropes that people lean on? What happens when one of your motley gets busted for truancy? What kind of media has interesting examples of children in Dreaming-like environments?
Thank you everyone for listening!
The interludes included in this episode are from:
Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up or Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir
I Got 99 Broadswords But This Isn’t One (store’s theme) by Komiku
Melancholic Ending by Soft and Furious
Uncertain by Unheard Music Concepts
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
We're back, offering up tasty, tasty, opinions about the types of horror we enjoy to play and write for Changeling: the Dreaming. This one is a fairly wide-ranging conversation between Victor and Simon on general points about different types of horror, horror's place in the zeitgeist, and the ways we use for our Changeling stories.
We broke the interlude story from this episode out and published it as a stand-alone episode: Beyond the Mists: Thomas' Story.
Thank you everyone for listening! We'll be in your ears again soon.
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LSD by Mon Plaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
Matt Dawkin's discussion of Horror in Changeling: the Dreaming.
Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists. Simon's Nightmare Incursion system lives there!
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Cast
Victor Kinzer, Cordie Nelson, Natali Gerany
Author
Victor Kinzer
Producer
Simon Eichhornchen
Creative Commons Attributions
Soft Wind, Hawaii Volcanoes -- Kilauea, Footsteps on Stone Patio, Gamelan Gong A, Kerkambience, Ronda - Bells and Ambience, Quiet Spring Woodland Ambience, DiZi Flute 03.
Join us in contemplating the arrival of the Lycians on the Concordian stage. Victor and Simon chat with their creator, Charlie Cantrell, about the Lycians: What they're like, what they care about, and how the rest of chimerical reality feels about them. Special thanks to Charlie for putting aside the time to talk with us!
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LSD by Mon Plaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com. To find Charlie's Fragments of the Lycian Dream, check out the Storytellers' Vault. It's a pay-what-you-want offering.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
The long awaited Changeling: 20th Anniversary Edition Player's Guide has been released on Drivethru RPG. Join Victor and Simon as we go over some of what's in the book and our first impressions of it.
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Welcome to the bizarroverse, where Simon publishes a book on the Storyteller Vault and Victor stands in for the readers and their questions. Listen in as we complain about how hard it is to come up with faun art, and Simon goes on tangents about why colonialism is terrible and why the mists needed to be even more punishing than they already are, and Victor introduces our next Storyteller Vault project.
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
Find Kithbook: Faun on the Storyteller Vault today!
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Whew, this one's been sitting in the can for a while! Join Victor and Simon as we discuss the BNS Changeling LARP beta slice which is now available on the Storyteller Vault. We go through some of the new kith splats, arts, and other rules revealed in this release.
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com. Here is a Storyteller Vault link to the BNS Beta Slice. It's free!
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Hello All! We've been off the wires and out of commission for a while. Simon and Victor circled up and are sad to say that we don't have the time or energy to produce 2 episodes a month anymore. So the show as you all knew it is effectively complete.
But FEAR NOT! We are still working on a number of projects, and this interview is the first sneak peek at that work. Victor wrote a Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Chronicle Jumpstart for the Storyteller's Vault! If you want to hear what this fever dream is all about (seriously who writes a module for Mage, is that even a thing?) come listen to Simon throw Victor in the hot seat and ask what he was even thinking. You'll also find out a few details about some upcoming projects with the Walking Away From Arcadia imprint. Future work will get back to the Dreaming where it belongs, and there may just be a few more conversations to go along with these coming texts. We hope you'll all stick around to see what we're up to.
You can pickup a copy of A Phoenix Rising on The Storyteller's Vault.
That time in every Changeling's life has finally come for Simon and Victor. Winter is upon us. We are going on a hiatus until January when we will burst forth with Season 2 of Walking Away from Arcadia. Season 2 will be a bit different, and we share a few details about what we have in mind in this minisode. We also talk a little bit about the Changeling news that's come out of GenCon. This is a brief episode just to make sure everyone is up to speed before we slip off into that good Chimerical Death. Don't worry though, we'll be back, and there might even be an occasional enchantment here or there between now and January.
Correction: In the record Victor said one of the two remaining C20 kickstarter rewards was the Anthology. He meant to say the new Immortal Eyes novel. We're sorry for the slipup.
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir, Four by Monplaisir
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Join Victor and Simon today as we discuss Exalted: Graceful Wicked Masques -- how it relates to Changeling: the Dreaming, its strengths as a source of inspiration, its weaknesses in creating something actually playable, and some of the likely real world inspiration that went into the book.
Readings
How to Remember to Forget to Remember the Old War by Rose Lemberg, Selected Poems of Saigyo Hoshi, and Family Terrorists by Antoya Nelson.
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir, Four by Monplaisir, and Agony of Echoes by Yaka-anima.
Sounds
Walking on Pavement, Office Ambience, Singing Mountain, Crows Talking, Bell Tolls, Fraser Range Salt Lake Eve
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Today we're having a conversation on a requested topic: building characters for Changeling: the Dreaming. Thrill as we immediately get off topic and begin talking about ways to make the character creation process more dynamic and allow for more player and storyteller creativity.
Readings
The Velveteen Rabbit/How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams
The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan
Angel Monster Man By Sam J. Miller
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir, Tech Toys by Lee Rosevere, My Angel by Ars Sonar, and Chilling With A Drink At The Club by Loyalty Freak Music.
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists. If you liked this conversation you might enjoy some of Simon's thoughts on tweaking the character creation system to make early interregnum games more interesting.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Today on Walking Away from Arcadia, Victor and Simon discuss the strongly-felt-about-by-fans prequel to Changeling: the Dreaming -- Dark Ages: Fae. We discuss the themes DAF and CTD have in common, their places relative to each other in the shard-like timeline of the Shattering, and how we each might (or do) pull from DAF for inspiration in Interregnum games.
Readings
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Rumplestiltskin from the Brother’s Grimm
Pwyll of Dyved translated by Lady Charlotte E. Guest
Ka Mo’olelo o Hi’iakaikapoliopele or The Epic Tale of Hi’iakaikapoliopele translated by Puakea Nogelmeier and published by Awaiaulu Press
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir, Everybody’s Jazzin’ It by Collins and Harlan, Spray Paint it Gold by Little Glass Men
Sound Effects
Storm at Sea, Hawaii Birds, Distant Foxhunt, Scattered Ghost, Spooky Wind 2, Wind Chimes A, Ambient Sound Inside Cafe Kitchen
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Join the superlative Sara and Natali the neat as they help Simon and Victor explore the how Changeling: the Dreaming uses, misuses, and makes space for disability. Several splats in CtD are centered around disability and we wanted to get help talking about the ways that Changeling succeeds and fails to authentically interact with the experience of people living with challenges.
Readings
“Touch” by Kathryn Larlee
“OCD” by Neil Hilborn.
Music
LSD by Mon Plaisir
The music from this episode was “LSD” by Mon Plaisir.
Sound Effects
Merry Go Round, 33 Music Boxes
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists. Considering reading the Seasons post for ideas on how to use more flexible kith creation to incorporate assistive technology as part of one's seeming.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Join Victor, Simon, the legendary Luka Carroll, and the captivating Charlie Cantrell for a discussion of the now available Book of Freeholds and the place they see freeholds fitting into a changeling game. We cover some of the new content they created for Changeling 20th, as well as some of what's coming down the pike for the upcoming players' guide.
Readings
“Mirror Lights” from “Book of Freeholds” by Onyx Path Publishing
“Letter” from “Stardew Valley” by Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone
“The Marvelous Land of Oz” by Frank L Baum
“Thief of Always” by Clive Barker
“The Mists of Avalon” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Music
“Wabi Sabi Nightclub” by Hypnodrones
“Spooky Disco” by Lobo Loco
“Hope” by Borrtex
“Throwing a Tantrum” by Ask Again
"Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre - Isolated Harp" by Kevin MacLeod
Sound effects
Paintbrush, Fireplace, High Street of Gandia (Valencia, Spain), Fountain 1, Birdlife at Målsjon in Kristdala Sweden,
You can purchase a copy of Book of Freeholds here.
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Join Victor and Simon for the second part of the one-shots and long chronicles conversation. This episode focuses primarily upon the concerns of planning, running, and playing long form chronicles.
Readings
“War in Concordia: the Shattered Dream” by Whitewolf Publishing
“Dark Ages: Fae” by Whitewolf Publishing
“Cardcaptor Sakura” by Clamp
Music
Fallen Oak by Ben McElroy, Dukduk, and LSD by Mon Plaisir
Sound Effects
Child screaming, Pine Forest, Goblet Struck, Quiet Town, Ambience in Kitchen, Door Opening, Water on a Burner, Smashing Wooden Fence B, Ambience London Street A, and Wind Chime Tolling A.
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists. The Nightmare Incursions rules mentioned in this episode can be found there.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Join Victor and Simon for a conversation about the peculiar troubles and joys of planning, running, and playing one-shot games with Changeling: the Dreaming. We discuss the difference in narrative style, as well as some ways to avoid common pitfalls created by the system and the players.
The readings from this conversation were from Though the Mists, Darkly by Simon Eichhornchen and Born to Run by Mercedes Lackey.
The music from this episode was LSD by Mon Plaisir.
To purchase Changeling: the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists. The Nightmare Incursions rules mentioned in this episode can be found there.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Join us today as Victor and Simon discuss the Shining Host LARP books; "The Shining Host" and "The Shining Host Player's Guide". What worked, what didn't, what we loved, what we found confusing, and what we might use in our table-top games.
The readings in this conversation were from Crazy Jane and Jack the Journeyman by William Butler Yeats, Interlude 2: Lady Fiona’s Curse by Rocio Vega, Kiss of the Fur Queen, by Tomson Highway, The Shining Host by Mind’s Eye Theatre, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.
The music in this episode was Traveling by Madeline, You Yourself and the Main Character by Komiku, Staring at the Void Between Me and the Wall by Mon Plaisir, At the Edge of Dawn by Parvus Decree, and LSD by Mon Plaisir.
To purchase Changeling the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Join us today as Victor discusses the Nunnehi with James High. We go through how parts of them are working well, how some parts could be done better, and the importance of getting writers who can authentically speak to minority experience involved in projects about minority experience. Simon was unavailable due to ill fate.
The readings from this conversation were from: A Sacred Place by J. F. High, The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, and The Alcatraz Proclamation by Indians of All Tribes.
The music from this episode was LSD by Mon Plaisir.
You can find the expanded epiphany house rules mentioned in this podcast at Parting the Mists.
You can find James High at http://roadclandestine.com/.
To purchase Changeling the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
Join Victor and Simon for another conversation about the new Dreaming LARP. With us today are Lisa and Samuel who attended and help us discuss playing the Changeling alpha slice at Midwinter Gaming in Milwaukee. Simon was unable to attend due to the unSeleighe court being car-hating bastards, but occasionally makes word noises in this episode.
The readings from this conversation were from The Tempest and Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
The music from this episode was LSD by Mon Plaisir and A Month of Dust by Schemawound.
To purchase Changeling the Dreaming as well as a wide array of other role playing texts go to DriveThruRPG.com.
We have a blog now! Come read some of our more fully developed thoughts about playing and playing with the Changeling: the Dreaming rules and setting at Parting the Mists.
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Publishing AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information please visit white-wolf.com.
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