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
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 47: Gaming With Your Significant Other
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
Panda’s Talking Games 46: On the Down Low (Low Level Games)
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
Panda’s Talking Games 45: Player vs. Genre: Round 1
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
Panda’s Talking Games 44: Debriefs
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
Panda’s Talking Games 43: The X Card
Show us how you handle the X Card at your table. We talk basic safety and lessons we’ve learned from personal experience. We managed to keep it short and sweet despite many failed attempts at MORE
Panda’s Talking Games 42: The Answer (to Encouraging Improv)
Show us how you encourage your players to improv and participate in improv at your table! Phil and Senda answer a listener email, then chat about new year’s gaming resolutions. We also referenced a bunch of MORE
Panda’s Talking Games 41: Missing Players
Show us how you handle empty seats at your table! Senda and Phil tackle the issue of missing players in one shots/convention play vs. campaign play. Some of the issues over lap but of course MORE
Panda’s Talking Games 40.5: Waveform Carol
Hi pandas! We admit it — we dropped the ball. Life happened and recording did not. We’ll be back next week with more one shot and campaign (and outtake) goodness, but for this week here MORE
Panda’s Talking Games 40: Comfort Zone Characters
Everyone’s got a comfort zone they fall in to with PCs — show us yours! Phil and Senda talk about their comfort zones, how to mitigate the annoyance of other players when you stick to MORE