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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 243 - Jottin' Notes

PTG 243 – Jottin’ Notes

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you manage your notes, as a player or as a GM! Phil and Senda talk about note taking, when we take notes, and how and with what, as well as what we MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged notes
PTG242 - Unrequited Characters and Campaigns

PTG242 – Unrequited Characters and Campaigns

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Senda Linaugh

Show us your favorite character or campaign that you never got to play through! Phil and Senda talk through their own unrequited characters and campaigns. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Campaigns, Characters
PTG 241 - Narrative Combat

PTG 241 – Narrative Combat

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you run narrative combat! Phil and Senda are here with some tips and tricks and pitfalls to running narrative combat successfully, including (of course) some definitions about what folks might be talking MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Narrative Combat, narrative positioning, theater of the mid, theatre of the mind
PTG240 - Don't Stop Grab Baggin'

PTG240 – Don’t Stop Grab Baggin’

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Senda Linaugh

We’re back with another grab bag episode — two topics from twitter and one soap box from Phil! We talk more about our in development spark short hand for short hand romantic consent and what MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged grab bag, pandemic, recipe blogs, recipes, romantic consent, spark
PTG239 - May I Grab Your Bag?

PTG239 – May I Grab Your Bag?

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Senda Linaugh

It’s a grab bag episode for May! We answer three listener questions in quick succession because they were fun. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp. Find us on the internet: MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged grab bag
PTG238 - Gotta Collect/Play Them All!

PTG238 – Gotta Collect/Play Them All!

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you acquire games — to play or to collect! Phil and Senda talk about collecting games, playing games, and how and why we keep and purchase games. Also, a sarlacc pit. Bamboo MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged buy, collecting, collection, why buy games
PTG237 - Publishing: The Sequel

PTG237 – Publishing: The Sequel

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you take your sheaf of loose chapters and turn them into an actual end product — small rpg publisher style! Phil and Senda talk about their personal experiences in publishing, formatting, short MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged epub, pdf, print on demand, Publishing
PTG236 - Publishing

PTG236 – Publishing

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Senda Linaugh

By request, Phil and Senda jump in on talking about their particular experiences in RPG publishing: Phil as a publisher of RPGs, and Senda as a designer who has and is publishing with him, as MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged ebooks, print on demand, Publishing, rpg industry, self publishing
PTG235 - Description on Demand

PTG235 – Description on Demand

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you use description on demand! When is it a good idea to use it, how can you make it effective, and when might you want to avoid it? Phil and Senda talk MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged description, description on demand, source the table
PTG 234 - Game Design Part II

PTG 234 – Game Design Part II

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you FINISH designing a game! Phil and Senda talk feedback, alphas, betas, ashcans, and quickstarts, based on our personal experience. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp. Find MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged ashcan, beta, Game Design, quickstart
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