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Category: Panda’s Talking Games

Like Car Talk, but queerer and for your TTRPGs! Join pandas Phil Vecchione (Misdirected Mark, Gnome Stew, Encoded Designs) and Senda Linaugh (She’s A Super Geek, Gnome Stew) every Wednesday to answer listener questions about playing, running, and designing TTRPGs. Is your game making a funny noise when you start it up? Does the story feel clunky or lag when you try to accelerate? We’ve got you covered!

PTG 271 -- Table Rituals

PTG 271 — Table Rituals

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you start your game, and how you end your game, and how you — well, let’s just talk about table rituals! Phil and Senda chat (at a pretty high level) about rituals MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Lumpley Games, Meguey Baker, rituals, table rituals
PTG270 - Knowledge Imbalance

PTG270 – Knowledge Imbalance

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you manage knowledge imbalance when a player at your table knows more about a setting or situation than you do! Or really, let’s have a conversation about it, shall we? Bamboo Lounge MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged knowledge, Star Trek
PTG269-6 Year Anniversary

PTG269-6 Year Anniversary

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you wrap up year 6! Our podcast is getting old, just like Phil (Happy birthday, Phil)! On today’s episode, we do a quick recap of year 6, including our three favorite episodes, MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged 6th anniversary, anniversary
PTG268 - I shall Call It...Mini Campaign!

PTG268 – I shall Call It…Mini Campaign!

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you do a mini campaign (vs. a full campaign or a one shot)! Phil and Senda talk mini campaigns, arbitrarily numbered at 3-8 sessions. Or 9. Because math. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged 8 no 9!, character driven, mini campaign, story driven
PTG267 - A Definition Intermission: Story vs. Character Driven Games

PTG267 – A Definition Intermission: Story vs. Character Driven Games

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you drive your game — is it story based or do the characters make it happen? Phil and Senda talk story driven vs. character driven games, and while the concept is not MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged arc of the misdirected, character, character driven, Story, story driven
PTG266 - Of Journeys and Brussels Sprouts

PTG266 – Of Journeys and Brussels Sprouts

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Senda Linaugh

Show us your gaming journey! Senda and Phil talk about gaming journeys, why you might care about yours, and some ways to consider your assumptions and biases about games. Find us on the internet: Twitter: @PandasTalkGames MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged gaming journey
PTG 265 - Unfulfilled Character Concepts

PTG 265 – Unfulfilled Character Concepts

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Senda Linaugh

Show us what you do with your unfulfilled/unrequited character concepts! Phil and Senda talk about how unfulfilled concepts happen, ways that you can try to hang on to them, and some of our own unfulfilled MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged character concepts
PTG264 - How to be Multigamerous

PTG264 – How to be Multigamerous

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Senda Linaugh

Senda and Phil talk about managing the social aspects of trying new games or playing lots of games with an existing group (spoilers: it’s about communication). Find us on the internet: Twitter: @PandasTalkGames Forums: http://forums.misdirectedmark.com and MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged multigamerous, play MOAR games, playing many games, polygamerous
PTG263 - January Chit Chat: Of Thirstiness and Cortex

PTG263 – January Chit Chat: Of Thirstiness and Cortex

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Senda Linaugh

It’s a January Chit Chat! Phil and Senda chat about what’s giving them life in gaming and outside of gaming (spoilers: books and food). There’s a bit of Thirsty Sword Lesbians, a bit of Larp, MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged chit chat, Cortex
PTG 262 - Editing In Progress

PTG 262 – Editing In Progress

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you edit your best laid plans when the campaign has already started! Senda and Phil chat about potential pitfalls and some ways to edit your story that’s already in progress, whether at MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged best laid plans, Editing, shorten
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