

Panda's Talking Games
Senda Linaugh and Phil Vecchione
Queer gamers talking about table top role playing games and making outtakes! Join pandas Phil and Senda every Wednesday talking about TTRPGs and answering listener questions.
Episodes
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Nov 1, 2021 • 53min
PTG256 – Conflicted without Combat
Show us how you design non combat conflict for your campaign! Phil and Senda talk non combat conflict. A quick heads up: there will NOT be an episode on Monday, 11/8. We’ll return to our regularly scheduled episodes on 11/15!
Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @PandasTalkGames
Forums: http://forums.misdirectedmark.com
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com

Oct 18, 2021 • 56min
PTG 255 – I’m a New Tone
Show us how you manage changes in your campaign and game tone! Senda and Phil talk managing big changes and how they can effect your tone, and taking time to stop and talk to the table to keep things on the level.
Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @PandasTalkGames
Forums: http://forums.misdirectedmark.com
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com

Oct 11, 2021 • 50min
PTG Chit Chat 15
Things got away from us this week — so we’re back with a chit chat! Phil and Senda talk what’s giving them life in gaming, and what’s giving them life outside of gaming (more briefly). Spoilers: Senda went back to Meow Wolf and is experiencing high engagement with the interactive access in really gamified ways! Phil is reading Cortex Prime!
Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @PandasTalkGames
Forums: http://forums.misdirectedmark.com
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com

Oct 4, 2021 • 58min
PTG 254 – Born To Run
Show us how you pick a game to run when nothing feels quite right! Also, where do you want to grab dinner…? Phil and Senda tackle these two topics in tandem using hunger as a metaphor for wanting to play.
Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @PandasTalkGames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com

Sep 20, 2021 • 56min
PTG 253 – Motivation and Engagement for Solo RPGs
Show us how you stay engaged with a solo RPG! Senda and Phil talk solo RPGs, excitement, engagement, and identifying ways to keep the interest going.
Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @PandasTalkGames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com

Sep 13, 2021 • 49min
PTG 252 – Campaign Debriefs
Show us how (or if) you debrief your campaigns! Phil and Senda talk campaign debriefs and ways to approach them.
Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @PandasTalkGames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com

Sep 7, 2021 • 49min
PTG251 – Player Pacing
Show us how you handle pacing as a player! Phil and Senda sit down to chat about the companion topic to 250, the one that people don’t address very much — that everyone contributes to pacing! So how can you support the GM as a player?
This episode is a day late due to the holiday — thank you for your understanding!
Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @PandasTalkGames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com

Aug 30, 2021 • 52min
PTG250 – GM Pacing
Show us how you pace your story as a GM — in one shots and campaigns! That’s right, for our 250th episode we revisit our classic format of one shots vs. campaigns to talk about pacing from the GM’s seat.
Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @PandasTalkGames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com

Aug 23, 2021 • 49min
PTG 249 – Genre Hopping Like It’s 1999
Show us how you manage genre hopping all in one game! Phil and Senda sit down to talk about the specific needs of games that hop genres and which ones would make it the easiest to pull off.
Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @PandasTalkGames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com

Aug 9, 2021 • 56min
PTG 248 – Story Time, No GM Gods Here
Show us your favorite GMless story game! Phil and Senda talk GMless, collaborative story games — some of our favorites, why and when they’re great, and tips on how to approach playing them.
Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @PandasTalkGames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com