Mage Fiction: Such Pain

About this episode

Pooka and Lee review the first Mage novel, Such Pain, discussing its impact on the understanding of the Mage world.

Pooka and Lee discuss Such Pain, the first Mage novel published in 1995. Can novel-length stories help you envision the world of Mage? Did the author hit it out of the park with this one? Hear Pooka and Lee’s review of the book. Their commentary highlights how the World of Darkness was a little different during Mage’s first edition. Mage the Podcast social media links Website http://magethepodcast.com Patreon https://bit.ly/MagePatreon Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/magethepodcast.bsky.social Mastodon https://dice.camp/@magethepodcast Threads https://www.threads.net/@magethepodcast Discord https://discord.gg/7rsy59Zz

People in this episode

Hosts: Pooka, Lee

Topics covered

• Mage novel
• book review
• World of Darkness
• first edition
• storytelling

Keywords

• Mage
• Such Pain
• book review
• World of Darkness
• 1995
• novel
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mage, World of Darkness

Books & works: Such Pain

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