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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!

PTG207--Definitions

PTG207–Definitions

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you … define a bunch of random terminology that we use all the time! Shadowwarl1 on twitter asked us to define some terms we’ve commonly used so that you don’t have to MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged 8 things, beefness, cognitive load, definitions, latency, layers
PTG206 -- Further Thoughts on Reactive Safety Tools

PTG206 — Further Thoughts on Reactive Safety Tools

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you use consent revoking/reactive safety tools effectively in your games! Phil and Senda share some thoughts on effectively implementing and effectively using consent revoking safety tools like the X card in your MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged consent, consent in gaming, consent revoking, reactive safety, Safety Tools
PTG205 - A Culture of Player Improvement

PTG205 – A Culture of Player Improvement

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you would talk about creating a culture of player improvement the way that we typically talk about GM improvement. Phil and Senda chat about what that might look like in this first MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged player advice, player improvement, proactive players
PTG Chit Chat 10

PTG Chit Chat 10

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Senda Linaugh

Another Chit Chat for us — you know the drill, friends! That means this is 90% unedited. This week we talked games and food, of course, as food seems to be a reoccurring pandemic theme MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Cartel, chicken katsu, chit chat, chocolate ice cream, Numenera
PTG204 - It's My First Time

PTG204 – It’s My First Time

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Senda Linaugh

Show us your favorite games for first time GMs and first time players! Phil and Senda talk some of their favorite games for both categories and why they picked those games. Despite being a return MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged DISASTER OPENING, first games, first time GM, first time player
PTG Chit Chat 9 - PbtA

PTG Chit Chat 9 – PbtA

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Senda Linaugh

Another chit chat — this one inspired by some of the twitter chatter last week about Powered by the Apocalypse games, and their relevancy to current game design. Bonus outtakes for Patreon backers today! Find MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged genre emulation, PbtA
PTG 203 - Reskin It Again, Sam

PTG 203 – Reskin It Again, Sam

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Senda Linaugh

Show us some more examples of reskinning! Thanks to Joe for sending us this one — we’re revisiting reskinning plots in different genres. Bonus outtakes for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp. Find MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Plot, reskin, reskinning
PTG - Chit Chat 8

PTG – Chit Chat 8

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Senda Linaugh

Another chit chat as Phil comes out of his harrowing work project! Next week, we are hoping to do some random question answering, so drop us your quick questions! Bonus outtakes for Patreon backers today! MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged amber, books, chit chat, physical game artifact, robin mckinley, roger zelazney
Chit Chat Fail

Chit Chat Fail

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Senda Linaugh

Senda and her guest host Pandi try to fill in for Phil and fail. Come back next week! There are no bonus outtakes because Pandi FAILED ME. Find us on the internet: Twitter: @PandasTalkGames Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames and MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged chit chat, fail
PTG Chit Chat 7

PTG Chit Chat 7

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Senda Linaugh

Our 7th Chit Chat. We talk what’s giving us life in gaming: writing letters and superheroes. As per usual with the Chit Chats, this episode is largely unedited and will contain ums, uhs, and sidetracks MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged chit chat, epistolary, letter writing, Superheroes
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