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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 91: Social Issues vs. Escapism in RPGs

Panda’s Talking Games 91: Social Issues vs. Escapism in RPGs

Posted on January 14, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you handle social issues vs. escapism in gaming! Phil and Senda talk pros and cons of each and their personal styles in game. Also, it was finally not totally freezing out East, MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged escapism, Phil, Senda, social issues
Panda’s Talking Games 90: Panda Ren vs. Luke Pandawalker (New and Old Games)

Panda’s Talking Games 90: Panda Ren vs. Luke Pandawalker (New and Old Games)

Posted on January 7, 2018April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us why you play new editions or old editions of games! Phil and Senda are back for 2018, and starting off talking about old games and new games, and why they play each of MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged edition wars, new editions, nostalgia, old editions, Phil, Senda
Panda’s Talking Games 89: Playtest with the Best

Panda’s Talking Games 89: Playtest with the Best

Posted on December 31, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

I pass the playtest. I shall diminish, and pass in to the west.   Show us how you playtest in one shots and campaigns! Phil and Senda talk about the generalized purpose of playtesting as MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Phil, playtest, Senda
Panda’s Talking Games 88: Designed by Pandas

Panda’s Talking Games 88: Designed by Pandas

Posted on December 17, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you like to design games!Phil and Senda try (and FAIL) to crunch two design topics in to one show, and so this is part I: wherein we talk about our design processes, MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Game Design, Phil, Senda
Panda’s Talking Games 86: (Relation)ships Ahoy!

Panda’s Talking Games 86: (Relation)ships Ahoy!

Posted on December 3, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you handle PC relationships! Senda and Phil talk PC relationships, why they’re important, and how to approach them in one shots and campaigns. Also, cookie cat, waveform song fail, the lesbian trap… MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Phil, relationships, Senda
Panda’s Talking Games 87: Turning the other Heel

Panda’s Talking Games 87: Turning the other Heel

Posted on December 3, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you handle heel/face turns in one shots and campaigns! Phil and Senda talk about how to pull this kind of turn off in one shots, and the keys to making them work MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged face heel turns, heel face turns, Phil, Senda
Panda’s Talking Games 85: The Boston Three Party

Panda’s Talking Games 85: The Boston Three Party

Posted on November 26, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us what you think of third party products! Senda and Phil talk pros and cons of third party products. Also, cough breaks, Phil’s sick brain does very bad things, Lord Panda of the Definitions… MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Phil, Senda, third party products
Panda’s Talking Games 84: Indie Panda Jones and the Metatopia of Doom

Panda’s Talking Games 84: Indie Panda Jones and the Metatopia of Doom

Posted on November 19, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Part two of our accidental two parter! Senda and Phil talk about the games that they brought to Metatopia, the experiences of those playtests, and gush more about how cool it was! Unfortunately due to MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged metatopia, Phil, Senda
Panda’s Talking Games 83: Indie Panda Jones and the Raiders of Metatopia

Panda’s Talking Games 83: Indie Panda Jones and the Raiders of Metatopia

Posted on November 12, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Senda and Phil went to Metatopia! It was our first time, so of course we’re talking about it! A LOT! More than we thought! Despite the amount of exclamation points here, we were actually hitting MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged metatopia, Phil, Senda
Panda’s Talking Games 82: The Topics Strike Back

Panda’s Talking Games 82: The Topics Strike Back

Posted on November 5, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

TOPIC ROUND UP PART II! Senda and Phil talk how to give advice to a GM who doesn’t know they need advice and feels on organized play. Also, dinosaur universities. Bonus outtakes available for Patrons MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged ama, Phil, Senda, topic round up
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