Show us why GMing advice? Phil and Senda talk about why GMing advice matters and the Encoded Designs acquisition of Engine Publishing as an imprint. Also, Phil’s Boston trip, Senda’s temporary consideration of a yellow MORE
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!
PTG157 – And Also Grab Bag
One more grab bag episode for May as we cover for Phil’s trip to Boston! In this episode, we answer questions about sharing the spotlight and taking the hook. Please note, I’ve marked this episode MORE
PTG156 – May The Grab Be Bag You
Show us how you do a grab bag for May when travel interferes with your recording schedule! On today’s episode, we answer two questions: How to have satisfying session arcs in episodic campaigns, and which MORE
PTG155 – Switching: Empathy and Perspective on GMing and Playing
Show us how playing can make you a better GM and GMing can make you a better player! Phil and Senda talk about how being in each position at the table and how it can MORE
PTG154 – Game Life Balance Part 2
Show us how you adjust your life for games! Phil and Senda talk part 2 of balancing games and life. Also, Panda’s Talking Bags. Lots of bags. And pouches. Bonus outtakes for Patreon backers today! MORE
PTG153 – Life or Games Part I
Show us how you adjust your gaming for your life! This is part one of a two parter we ACTUALLY ANTICIPATED. Go us! Phil and Senda talk about adjusting your gaming style to your life MORE
PTG152 – Pilots and Mid-season Episodes
Show us how pilots and midseason episodes can inspire one shots and campaigns! Phil and Senda talk parallels between how script writers write for pilots vs. mid-season episodes as their old standards of one shots MORE
PTG151 – Something Kissy This Way Comes
Show us how you set up and make a space for romance in your games! Phil and Senda talk creating safe spaces for romance with consent, boundaries and expectations, and safety tools, and also how MORE
PTG150 — Our 3nd Anniversary! No kidding!
Show us how you celebrate a podversary with no fooling! Phil and Senda talk getting your players to do homework between games (thanks to Jim Likes Games), our favorite episodes, our year in review, and MORE
PTG149 – Breakout 2019
Show us how you…somehow manage to still record a show while con dropping like mad! Phil and Senda talk Breakout 2019 in Toronto, what we played (all games in development), and what we learned. Don’t MORE