Panda's Talking Games

May 01 2024 363
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Queer gamers answering your TTRPG questions! It's like CarTalk, but for your tabletop role playing game. Campaign making a weird noise? One shot difficult to steer? Join pandas Phil Vecchione (Misdirected Mark, Gnome Stew, Encoded Designs) and Senda Linaugh (She’s A Super Geek, Gnome Stew) every Wednesday answering listener questions about playing, running, and designing TTRPGs.

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PTG 349 – Daydreaming Big

May 01 2024 45 mins  
Show us how you use daydreaming as GM prep! Phil and Senda talk daydreaming, both intentional/focused and not, as well as where we do it best and when and how you might want to write MORE

PTG 348 – Phil’s Nostalgia Game

Apr 17 2024 33 mins  
Show us how you get the old group back together! Phil went on a trip and did some game prep for a very unique and specific circumstance, and we’re going to talk about it. Welcome MORE

PTG 347 – When You Aren’t the IP Expert

Apr 10 2024 65 mins  
Show us how you run or play a game when you’ve only dabbled in a particular IP! Phil and Senda talk being the GM or being a player when you’re not the expert in something MORE

PTG 346 – March Chit Chat

Mar 27 2024 46 mins  
Hey friends! We ran into a crunch and needed to turn out a lower stakes episode this week, so here we present to you (drum roll please!) a chit chat! If this is your first MORE

PTG 345 – Game of Theseus

Mar 20 2024 53 mins  
Show us how much of a game you can replace before you may as well write your own! Senda and Phil chat about the Ship of Theseus syndrome of games (if you replace all the MORE

PTG 344 – Emotional Investment in One Shots

Mar 13 2024 65 mins  
Show us how you get emotional investment in one shots and the beginnings of campaigns! Phil and Senda talk player and GM responsibilities and faking it til you make it, along with some other ideas MORE

PTG 343 – Conditions and Agency

Feb 28 2024 54 mins  
Show us how you handle conditions and agency! Character agency vs. player agency — is there a difference? Phil and Senda talk agency and conditions, and when conditions have the potential to infringe on player MORE

PTG 342 – Are You Down with NPCs?

Feb 21 2024 56 mins  
Who's an NPC? How can we categorize them? Let's talk non-player characters (and the sometimes spectrum)!

PTG 341 – Less Than Enthused

Feb 14 2024 46 mins  
Show us how you run a game when you are less than enthusiastic about it...maybe? Phil and Senda talk running games as a gift or favor for folks (when you are not a professional GM), how to get onboard or find a way to be onboard, and when it's maybe not worth it.

PTG 340 – Giving Your Setting LIFE

Jan 31 2024 47 mins  
Show us how you breathe life into your setting at the table! How do you make a setting feel alive, engaging, and evocative? Phil and Senda discuss in this off the cuff episode.