Panda's Talking Games
Queer gamers answering your TTRPG questions! It's like CarTalk, but for your tabletop role playing game. Campaign making a weird noise? One shot difficult to steer? Join pandas Phil Vecchione (Misdirected Mark, Gnome Stew, Encoded Designs) and Senda Linaugh (She’s A Super Geek, Gnome Stew) every Wednesday answering listener questions about playing, running, and designing TTRPGs.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 308
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Panda’s Talking Games 138 – I’m Stuck On You
Show us what you do when your players get stuck! Phil and Senda talk about some quick tips and tricks as a GM or as players when the story gets stuck and stops moving forward. Then we get a little he…
00:40:37 |
Mon 24 Dec 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 137 – Problematic Content
Show us how you deal with problematic content! Phil and Senda answer a listener question about problematic content and how to include it (if you have a good reason) in your games.
Also, the meow fail…
00:41:16 |
Mon 17 Dec 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 136 – Environmental Challenges
Show us how you handle environmental challenges as a GM and as a player! Phil and Senda talk environmental challenges in light of Anadara’s current precarious situation in Dungeon World. Also, accept…
00:40:34 |
Mon 10 Dec 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 135 – Violence Isn’t The Answer
Show us how you manage non-violent encounters instead of combat! Phil and Senda talk encounters with combat potential and how to make other options viable. Also, we fail at the end of the show, we fa…
00:44:31 |
Mon 03 Dec 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 134 – Talking Games
Show us how you….talk about games when it’s the middle of busy holiday stuff! We really will get back to answering questions here any week now. In the meantime, Anadara spends most of her time buried…
00:46:24 |
Mon 26 Nov 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 133 – Metatopia Part 2 (The funny bits)
Show us how you…had so much fun talking about Metatopia you ran out of time to do any AP…? Phil and Senda talk through the rest of Metatopia, including the inception of the half-eaten burger larp, Se…
00:44:08 |
Mon 19 Nov 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 132 – Metatopia 2019
Show us how you…do a show while dropping! Phil and Senda talk through the first part of their Metatopia 2019 experience, what they playtested. Funny stories for next week!
Also on this week’s episode…
00:49:11 |
Mon 12 Nov 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 131 – The Grab’s Out of the Bag
Show us how you…plan ahead for Metatopia so as not to miss any scheduled releases! Phil and Senda are just traveling back today, so this episode was recorded two weeks ago. On today’s grab bag, we wa…
00:39:05 |
Mon 05 Nov 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 130 – So…How Do We Start This Thing?
Show us how you create an evocative opening! Phil and Senda talk through a few of their favorite opening options, then finally truly begin the Legacy weapon with an opening of their own. Also, Phil a…
00:47:10 |
Mon 29 Oct 2018
Panda’s Taking Games 129 – Adjusting for 1 on 1 Play/Character Creation
Show us how you handle manage 1 on 1 play when your game might be built for a party! Phil and Senda talk about ways to manage the power differentials and missing niches, then move in to how we’re han…
00:41:38 |
Mon 22 Oct 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 128 – Session 0
Show us how you session 0! Phil and Senda talk about a little pivot we’ll be making to the show to accommodate our crazy lives: we will be splitting the show in to some discussion, and some actual pl…
00:49:40 |
Mon 15 Oct 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 127 – Improve Your Improv
Show us how you learn to improv GM! Phil and Senda talk about tips and ways to ease in to improv GMing coming from a more traditional prep background. Also, snacks, oreos, raccoon appreciation day, a…
00:42:55 |
Mon 08 Oct 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 126 – Backstory’s Back, Alright!
Show us how much backstory is too much backstory! Senda and Phil talk about backstory for PCs, NPCs, and how to be effective with it in one shots and campaigns. Also, silicone, Phil is still a fan of…
00:39:29 |
Mon 01 Oct 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 125 – QCC Redux
Show us how you QCC’d! Phil and Senda talk about what they ran at QCC 2018 and what lessons they took away from each of those game experiences.
Also, Phil has a silicone straw! Phil’s new notebook, i…
00:53:24 |
Mon 24 Sep 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 124 – Live at QCC 2018
Show us how you run a panel when you make the audience come up with all the topics! Phil and Senda answer audience questions at QCC 2018 in Buffalo.
All the outtakes are in the show this week!
Find u…
00:47:02 |
Mon 17 Sep 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 123 – Grab Bag 1 2 3 A B C
It’s a grab bag! Phil and Senda talk running tight plots at one shots, handling paradigm shifts in games, and what kind of designs we’re currently in to. Past Phil and Past Senda assume that QCC was …
00:35:59 |
Mon 10 Sep 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 122 – Proactive vs. Reactive Gaming
Show us how you play and GM reactively and proactively in one shots and campaigns! So many moving parts in this one that Senda and Phil both talk about one shots and campaigns. Also we discuss rearra…
00:47:56 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 121: Emotional Grab Baggage
That’s right, it’s another grab bag! The QCC is nearly here and in a desperate attempt to not be last minute scrambling or missing an episode, our valiant hosts return to the time honored tradition o…
00:42:19 |
Mon 27 Aug 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 120 – The Month of Grab Bags Begins
Hi friends! This month leading up to the Queen City Conquest, where both Phil and Senda will be in attendance, is super hectic! We’ll be doing a bunch of fun grab bag episodes to keep things going.
O…
00:39:29 |
Mon 20 Aug 2018
Panda’s Talking Games 119 – Domina Magica
Show us how you cootie catcher a magical girl! Phil and Senda are joined by Emily Reinhart of Third Act Publishing to talk about her new game on kickstarter now, Domina Magica:
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https://www.kickstarte…
01:04:22 |
Mon 13 Aug 2018
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