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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!

Panda's Talking Games 116 - We're Out Of Hobbits July Grab Bag 2

Panda’s Talking Games 116 – We’re Out Of Hobbits July Grab Bag 2

Posted on July 23, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us what you…like to snack on for conventions and at home? Phil and Senda talk way too much about snacks before jumping in on how to make “good” puzzles for one shots and campaigns. MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged puzzles, silicone, snackage, snacks, zelda
Panda's Talking Games 115 - Grayman's Grabbid Grabbits

Panda’s Talking Games 115 – Grayman’s Grabbid Grabbits

Posted on July 16, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Iiiit’s the July Grab Bag part one! Senda’s going on vacation so this needed to be faster to edit. On today’s episode, we cover mashing up magical girls with cyberpunk, how to handle character death MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged blue raspberry, character death, cyber punk, Death, GM support, grab bag, Magical Girls, popsicle
Panda's Talking Games 114 - Power Level 9000

Panda’s Talking Games 114 – Power Level 9000

Posted on July 9, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you handle different power levels in one shots and campaigns! Phil and Senda talk about the pros and cons of starting at low levels, medium levels, or high levels, and handling speed MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged advancement, levels, starting levels
Panda's Talking Games 113 - One Shots at Cons vs. at Home

Panda’s Talking Games 113 – One Shots at Cons vs. at Home

Posted on July 2, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you prep differently for one shots at cons vs. one shots at home! Phil and Senda talk about generality and accessibility vs. specificity and customization, time frames, etc. Please forgive my slightly MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged con games, home games, milky cheese, One shots
Panda's Talking Games 112 - Origins 2018 Recap

Panda’s Talking Games 112 – Origins 2018 Recap

Posted on June 25, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you con! Phil and Senda are just back from Origins, and they talk through the experience of running games at a convention that are in development, as well as a general recap MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged con games, Conventions, milky cheese, Origins, origins 2018, Playtesting
Panda's Talking Games 111 - Sackville Grabaggins

Panda’s Talking Games 111 – Sackville Grabaggins

Posted on June 18, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

One more grab bag while Senda and Phil are at Origins! When you are hearing this, we will be in transit home. One today’s grab bag we answer Ditch Lily trivia questions from Ryan Swan, MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged comedy, Crazy Games, ditch lilies, food, grab bag, Setting
Panda's Talking Games 110 - Frodo Grabaggins

Panda’s Talking Games 110 – Frodo Grabaggins

Posted on June 11, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Iiiit’s a grab bag because we’re heading in to Origins! Hope to see you there! On tonight’s show, Senda and Phil talk time to produce a game, sandboxes, magical girl 101 and old games that MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Design, grab bag, Magical Girls, Publishing, settings
Panda's Talking Games 109 - I ship It: Rules and Settings

Panda’s Talking Games 109 – I ship It: Rules and Settings

Posted on June 4, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you ship rules with settings! Phil and Senda talk merging settings with different rules as one shots vs. the considerations of campaigns. Also, we saw Solo but there are no spoilers, only MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Campaign Settings, mechanics, rules systems, Setting
Panda's Talking Games 108 - Thanks, Chelsea!

Panda’s Talking Games 108 – Thanks, Chelsea!

Posted on May 28, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you handle the fallout from your one shot turning in to a campaign! We answer @our_lady_irony’s questions about her time travel campaign. Alternative titles for this episode: Blushing Panda, Hidden Waveform; The MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged advancement, Campaigns, new GM advice, One shots, risus, time travel
Panda's Talking Games 107 - Bilbo Grabaggins

Panda’s Talking Games 107 – Bilbo Grabaggins

Posted on May 21, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Apparently Phil was busy this week, so we have yet another grab bag episode! On this episode, Senda and Phil talk physics vs. genre modeling, pop culture homages, and of course, the Ditch Lilies (we MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged ditch lilies, genre modeling, grab bag, homages, physics
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