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Message: <blockquote data-quote="opacitizen" data-source="post: 8121582" data-attributes="member: 7023208">I haven't GMed Mage for ages (even though it used to be a fav rpg of mine), so I can only give you only a basic tip or two that you probably already have thought of.Anyway: if I were you, I'd start by extending the Prelude into a series of full-fledged, short one shots. I'd introduce the World of Darkness gradually, through the eyes of mortals, or as Mage calls them, Sleepers — that is, all the PCs would start out as mostly ordinary people, maybe with a sixth sense, second sight, or something similar, a basic and hazy magical perception. Then, after a relatively low stakes confrontation or two with the supernatural (and learning the basics of the game system without having to deal with casting and spells right away), they could all awaken, preferably in connection with and as a (partial) consequence of the previous confrontation -- and over the course of the next few stories you could introduce the advanced mechanics, step by step, with time to practice and without everyone having to learn everything right away.</blockquote>