Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade

*Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade*
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Designers	Phil Brucato ; Rachelle Udell;
Publishers	White Wolf Publishing
Publication	1998
Genres	Modern Mysticism
Systems	Storyteller System
Series	World of Darkness
ISBN	1-56504-625-0

Last updated August 28, 2025

Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade is a tabletop role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing in 1998. It is part of the World of Darkness series, and is a spin-off from Mage: The Ascension . Set during the Renaissance, it depicts the beginning of the struggle between "traditionalists" and "technocrats".

History

White Wolf Publishing came up with a new model for game releases as historical RPGs, with each of these new games based on one of the original games in the World of Darkness setting. Three new lines were published as a result: Vampire: The Dark Ages (1996), Werewolf: The Wild West (1997), Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade (1998) and Wraith: the Great War (1999).^[1]

Reception

Although Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade was among the best selling role-playing games in France in the July–August 1998 period,^[2] it and the other most recent World of Darkness games at the time, with the exception of Vampire: The Dark Ages, were commercial failures, contributing to large economic problems for the publisher by 1998. White Wolf felt that they were unable to afford to continue publishing Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade, Changeling: The Dreaming , and Werewolf: The Wild West, so they were moved to White Wolf's new imprint Arthaus, where they could be produced on smaller budgets; there, Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade was able to succeed commercially.^[1]

Reviews

Backstab #9^[3]
Casus Belli #114^[4]

References

1 2 Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '90s (2nd ed.). Evil Hat Productions. pp. 7–52. ISBN 978-1-613170-84-7.
↑ "Top 10". Backstab (in French). No. 11. FC Publications. September–October 1998. p. 4.
↑ "Backstab Magazine (French) Issue 09".
↑ "Casus Belli #114". 1998.

External links

Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived June 25, 1998)

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[designers-1] 1 2 Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '90s (2nd ed.). Evil Hat Productions. pp. 7–52. ISBN 978-1-613170-84-7.

[2] "Top 10". Backstab (in French). No. 11. FC Publications. September–October 1998. p. 4.

[3] "Backstab Magazine (French) Issue 09".

[4] "Casus Belli #114". 1998.

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