This week, we consider World of Darkness: Hong Kong! Like WoD: Tokyo, this all-gamelines (but really Vampire) entry needed other expertise in the mix, so we got input from Terry (before his passing) and Josh Heath to help us through. Rich in detail and curious in tone, the citybook has a lot to consider—including early drafts of the hsien—so sit back as we flip pages...

Facts and fictions abound: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-109-world-of-darkness-hong-kong/

To die, to sleep; to sleep: perchance to dream. Today we're talking about Guildbook: Sandmen for Wraith: the Oblivion, a deep dive into the phantasm-ghosts who make natural antagonists (or allies?) for the fae. It's a surprisingly rich read with lots of ideas, so if you want to introduce some spoopiness—and some Drama—into your fae chronicle, look no further.

The curtain rises: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-108-guildbook-sandmen/

Teilzeithelden: NEWS: Vorbestellung der Jubiläumsgaben Wechselbalg: Der Traum beginnt

Ulisses Spiele startet am 30. April die Vorbestellung für die Übersetzung der Jubiläumsgaben von Wechselbalg: Der Traum. Damit erhält das nächste große System der Welt der Dunkelheit eine deutsche Übersetzung. Darüber hinaus werden noch zusätzliche Bücher für Wechselbalg angekündigt.

Dieser Beitrag wurde von Konstantin Paessler geschrieben

I have seen a lot of posts lately about Lost Girl, which makes me happy. I loved that show. It is the closest we will get to a Changeling: The Dreaming show or movie.

We've been teasing the Changeling 30th Anniversary project for quite a while now, and at long last, our labors begin to bear fruit...! Which you might turn into something tasty using the Changeling Cookbook, or use to tantalize others with the wisdom in Kithbook: Swan Maidens. Co-author Andrew joins us to discuss these first two C30 books, and what they bring (so to speak) to the table.

Snag an appetizer: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-106-c30-changeling-cookbook-and-kithbook-swan-maidens/

Apologies again for missing a week due to life and busywork, but now we are back to the library...! Moving over to the Mage shelf, we're talking today about sorcerers: the hedge wizards of variable understanding who might cross paths with the fae. Skimming across the choicest relevant bits from three books, join us for a conversation about mortals making (mediocre?) magic.

Alakazam!: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-105-sorcerers/

Back in time and another game line...! We're delving into the OG Vampire: the Dark Ages (and its Companion) this week, scraping out some interesting fae content for the era—and rather more than most books offer as Changeling connections. It's more vibes than history, but still good for any table looking to go (Dark) Medieval. And no experience of playing bloodsuckers necessary!

Two-voice polyphony: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-103-vampire-the-dark-ages/

New session of Changeling: the Dreaming tonight. I need help to better play my character, a satyr (the others are a pixie, a golem, a dryad and a kind of Moira/harpy). I feel like I don't really understand my kith, their state of mind and motivations.

Any advice, reference or recommendations are welcome :) I would love to take my RP to another level.

We saw that Paradox Interactive advertised the position of Creative Director for World of Darkness as being open, and though we’re unqualified by their standards, we did send in an application.

Less in the hopes of getting the job (hah, could you imagine?!), and more in the (most likely vain) hope that a human being at Paradox will see the cover letter, which calls out Paradox’s intention of using generative AI for “efficiency and innovation” for what it really is: a move that is set to spell the beginning of the end for World of Darkness, as it currently stands, in the hands of Paradox.

We don’t expect that most WoD fans are going to want to spend their increasingly hard-earned money on AI slop “writing” and “artwork”, which amount to nothing more than stolen labor.

We’ll for sure not buy any more source books, and instead write our own material.

At last, SEASON FOUR...! While we're out of books for CtD proper, some vaguely related oWoD books remain. We're starting in with WoD: Tokyo, a Wraith book disguised as an all-lines book that may nevertheless have fae connections. (It's a memorial episode as well, recorded with our friend Terry before his passing.) Let's learn how the world's (debatable) largest city can fit into your game.

Turn your ears to: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-101-world-of-darkness-tokyo/

Not all the audio we record makes it into our final episodes (obviously). In the spirit of Imbolc and stoking the balefires—as well as filling the remaining slumber of Winterregnum with a bit more content—herewith a selection of scraps from the cutting room floor. Just a minisode stroll down memory lane to tide you over until we return in a couple weeks...!

Fragments and morsels: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-100-6-from-the-cutting-room-floor/

My Updated #Introduction Post.

Gamer of 40+ years, mostly as a #ttrpg GM. Favorite games include #TalesOfTheValiant #dnd #BattleTech #Alien #StarWars #CarWars #CallOfCthulhu #VampireTheMasquerade #ChangelingTheDreaming
Contributor to Our Turn: Gaming for Everyone podcast
Former Gaming Chair, ConStellation
ENFP "Campaigner"
Input, Connectedness, Communication, Learner, Positivity
Unitarian Universalist #UU

Another Winterregnum minisode...! We've scraped through the last little bits of content we can find in the library of published material, namely a few bits of Mind's Eye Theatre content that never made it into The Shining Host or it's Player's Guide. It's more historical curiosity than useful material, but we're nothing if not completionist.

Odds and ends: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-100-5-minds-eye-remnants/

While we have slowed for the winter, there are still tidbits of content we plan to share over the course of the coming weeks. To that end, let's start 2025 with a minisode! Today, Pooka talks with Bloodied Porcelain from Hallowed Haven Studios, about their upcoming Changeling actual play, District of Dreams. The show goes live this Friday, so we hope this info whets your appetite to watch.

A well-set junket: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-100-4-hallowed-haven-studios/

That's a wrap for Season 3, more or less. While we may have a some sporadic content in the coming weeks, the weekly full episodes will return in February 2025 or thereabouts. (And we do have PLANS.) Until then, we leave you with a few thoughts on how things have been going and where they're headed in the future. Into the depths of Winter we go that we might climb out again...

The state of things: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-100-3-state-of-the-podcast-winterregnum-24-25/

One last trip down memory lane for 2024...! Today's minisode covers that hallowed forum of yore, ShadownEssence, where we hung out and traded dreams long before the social medias and the Discords and whatnot. Joining us is Chris Bern (aka Swordsman) to reminisce on what we've lost and what we've carried forward—fond memories which seem appropriate to wrap up our Season.

Gather round the balefire: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-100-2-shadownessence-with-chris-bern/

It happened again! Pooka is at #PAXU and spent yesterday afternoon running around the expo hall, doing on-the-spot interviews with creators of games whose themes & settings might interest Changeling players. The acoustics were...not ideal, but everyone was lovely and informative. Perhaps this minisode will inspire you to try out some of these and broaden your gaming horizons...?

The mad dash begins at: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-100-1-pax-unplugged-2024-expo/

In this last full episode of Season 3, as well as *episode 100!* by our (admittedly loose) count, we're joined by veteran Storyteller Fetch to discuss online gaming. While we're thinking mostly in Changeling terms, there are some principles and advice that we feel extend across all games. In this webbèd world we inhabit, no doubt many of your tabletops are virtual, so we hope this will be of help.

Dial up at: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-100-online-games/

While begging pardon for last week's delay, here we go again... This episode, Pooka and special guest @werebuffalo enter the Storytellers' Vault to talk about By Night Studios' live-action title, Mind's Eye Theatre: Changeling. It's the largest C20 supplement by far on the site, and there are Things to Say. Whether you LARP or not, we hope this walkthrough is of use!

Paper covers rock at: https://changelingthepodcast.com/podcast/episode-99-minds-eye-theatre-changeling-bns-edition/

Thus endeth the C20 Player's Guide, the 20th Anniversary book dives, and indeed the whole of Changeling: the Dreaming canon... at least, for now. We're talking about Síocháin, Lycians, swan maidens, and so forth today, giving the words our same consideration as ever, even as we close this last book. Where will we go from here? We've got ideas and dreams—but for another day.

Help us wrap up the canon at: https://changelingthepodcast.com/2024/11/04/episode-98-c20-players-guide-part-three/