Panda's Talking Games

Show us how you use consent revoking/reactive safety tools effectively in your games! Phil and Senda share some thoughts on effectively implementing and effectively using consent revoking safety too…

Show us how you would talk about creating a culture of player improvement the way that we typically talk about GM improvement. Phil and Senda chat about what that might look like in this first part…

Another Chit Chat for us — you know the drill, friends! That means this is 90% unedited. This week we talked games and food, of course, as food seems to be a reoccurring pandemic theme for us.

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Show us your favorite games for first time GMs and first time players! Phil and Senda talk some of their favorite games for both categories and why they picked those games. Despite being a return to…

Another chit chat — this one inspired by some of the twitter chatter last week about Powered by the Apocalypse games, and their relevancy to current game design.

Bonus outtakes for Patreon backer…

Show us some more examples of reskinning! Thanks to Joe for sending us this one — we’re revisiting reskinning plots in different genres.

Bonus outtakes for Patreon backers today! Find these and …

Another chit chat as Phil comes out of his harrowing work project! Next week, we are hoping to do some random question answering, so drop us your quick questions!

Bonus outtakes for Patreon backe…

Senda and her guest host Pandi try to fill in for Phil and fail. Come back next week!

There are no bonus outtakes because Pandi FAILED ME.

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Our 7th Chit Chat. We talk what’s giving us life in gaming: writing letters and superheroes. As per usual with the Chit Chats, this episode is largely unedited and will contain ums, uhs, and sidetra…

Our 6th Chit Chat. We talk what’s giving us life in gaming and we (with precautions) saw people in in real life! As per usual with the Chit Chats, this episode is largely unedited and will contain …

Our 5th Chit Chat. Giving us life in gaming, we talk about sound as a game mechanic and being a proactive player. Then we added what was giving us life in the kitchen since we’re both doing new reci…

Chit Chat the fourth! We are continuing the chit chats as Senda has ongoing cat care on her shoulders. On this week’s chit chat, we talk what’s giving us life in gaming (from Senda: using online too…

Chit Chat the third! We may be having these a little more than anticipated as Senda is dealing with a sick pet. Phil and Senda chat about gaming in the time of lockdown, when people may cancel, as w…

Another chit chat episode while Phil and Senda take a breather! As a quick reminder, that means that this episode is 95% unedited, so you will find all the outtakes embedded IN the actual audio — li…

Hi Friends! We’re doing something a bit different this episode. It’s hard to keep up spoons for creativity and editing in our current climate, but we also didn’t want to podfade on you. So! Enter th…

Show us how you handle in game character introductions! Phil and Senda talk managing tropes of all the characters meeting or being forced together in one shots as a GM and as a player. Also, cookies…

Show us how you manage collaborative world building in the beginning and middle of one shots! Phil and Senda talk collaborative world building in the time constraints of a one shot, how best to enga…

Show us how you celebrate 200 episodes by trying to pretend that you can do the anniversary stuff and STILL ANSWER A QUESTION somehow! Phil and Senda talk about campaign stress vs. one shot stress, …

Show us how you run games in genres you’re not familiar with! Phil and Senda talk faking it and picking it up quickly to run games in genres that aren’t your core competency as one shots and campaig…

Show us how you manage relationship triangles in your game! Phil and Senda talk about triangles, how to use them, and how to keep them fun, whether it’s all PCs or some mix of PCs and NPCs.

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