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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 51b: Never Tell Me The Games

Panda’s Talking Games 51b: Never Tell Me The Games

Posted on March 13, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you’d run cartoons as RPGs! In the second half of our Phil Solo episodes, Phil tackles favorite cartoons and how he’d run them as role playing games. I promise I’m mostly back MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged cartoons, panda, Phil, Phil only
Panda's Talking Games 51a: Phil Shot First (Converting Trad. to Indie)

Panda’s Talking Games 51a: Phil Shot First (Converting Trad. to Indie)

Posted on March 6, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you make a podcast when one of you doesn’t have a voice….? Guess Phil’s flying solo (Phil Solo – get it?)! On today’s episode, Phil tackles a question from our list that MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged Indie Games, panda, Phil, Phil only, phil solo, traditional gamers
Panda's Talking Games 51: Feast or Famine (Non-Ideal Party Size)

Panda’s Talking Games 51: Feast or Famine (Non-Ideal Party Size)

Posted on February 27, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you deal with non-ideal numbers of players at the table! Senda talks large tables, and Phil talks small ones. There was also a bit about kender, Phil failed to start the show, MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged archive, kender, party size, Phil, Senda
Panda's Talking Games 50: Loot, I Am Your Father

Panda’s Talking Games 50: Loot, I Am Your Father

Posted on February 20, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you handle none XP rewards and advancement! Phil and Senda talk about narrative and mechanical rewards in one shots and campaigns. Also there is a deep dive on…candy corn and donuts? What does MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged advancement, archive, loot, Phil, Senda, xp
Panda's Talking Games 49: Romance is in the Air

Panda’s Talking Games 49: Romance is in the Air

Posted on February 13, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you handle romance in one shots and campaigns! Phil and Senda talk about the story arc of romance and how to use it in both types of games. I couldn’t get the Doubleclicks MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged archive, Phil, relationships, romance, Senda
Panda's Talking Games 48: Gender

Panda’s Talking Games 48: Gender

Posted on February 6, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you play a character of a different gender? Phil and Senda have an awkward conversation about trying to filter societal gender constructs in to some kind of advice for playing NPCs of a MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged diversity, gender, Phil, Senda
Panda's Talking Games 47: Gaming With Your Significant Other

Panda’s Talking Games 47: Gaming With Your Significant Other

Posted on January 30, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you handle gaming with your significant other! What if they’ve never played a game before, but want to try? What if they’re an old hand? What if Phil gets really excited about the MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged panda, Phil, Senda, significant other, spouse
Panda's Talking Games 46: On the Down Low (Low Level Games)

Panda’s Talking Games 46: On the Down Low (Low Level Games)

Posted on January 23, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Show us how you run low level one shots and campaigns! What kind of games do lower power characters create and play in? Also, murder bears and a deep dive on sewing with grass, ponchos MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged low level, murder bears, panda, Phil, Senda
Panda's Talking Games 45: Player vs. Genre: Round 1

Panda’s Talking Games 45: Player vs. Genre: Round 1

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

Show us how you deal with players who don’t play to genre! Phil and Senda talk about the reasons people play against genre, and how to handle each of those situations in one shots and MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged closets, genre, panda, Phil, Senda
Panda's Talking Games 44: Debriefs

Panda’s Talking Games 44: Debriefs

Posted on January 9, 2017April 30, 2026 by Senda Linaugh

Phil and Senda show us how they handle debriefs in their one shots and campaigns! We also talk about debriefs and conventions, make professional cat noises (very professional), and fail to start the show several MORE

Posted in Panda's Talking Games, Podcasts Tagged debrief, panda, Phil, Senda
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