Panda's Talking Games

Show us how you handle relationship disasters in games — whether between PCs or with NPCs! Phil and Senda talk disaster relationships, the axis on which you can slide some of the controls, and how MORE

Join Phil and Senda for a quick chit chat! Yes, life got away from us again. As usual for our chit chats, we’re talking what’s giving us life in gaming and outside of gaming. Phil: MORE

CONTENT WARNING: discussion of alcohol and adult substances with mentions of substance abuse. Show us how you deal with adult substances at your table! Phil and Senda talk about table behavior expectations, and some ideas MORE

Show us how you get into character for the first time! Phil and Senda talk about some ways to approach that awkward first set up when you are trying to bring a character out for MORE

Show us how you start your game, and how you end your game, and how you — well, let’s just talk about table rituals! Phil and Senda chat (at a pretty high level) about rituals MORE

Show us how you manage knowledge imbalance when a player at your table knows more about a setting or situation than you do! Or really, let’s have a conversation about it, shall we? Bamboo Lounge MORE

Show us how you wrap up year 6! Our podcast is getting old, just like Phil (Happy birthday, Phil)! On today’s episode, we do a quick recap of year 6, including our three favorite episodes, MORE

Show us how you do a mini campaign (vs. a full campaign or a one shot)! Phil and Senda talk mini campaigns, arbitrarily numbered at 3-8 sessions. Or 9. Because math. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon MORE

Show us how you drive your game — is it story based or do the characters make it happen? Phil and Senda talk story driven vs. character driven games, and while the concept is not MORE

Show us your gaming journey! Senda and Phil talk about gaming journeys, why you might care about yours, and some ways to consider your assumptions and biases about games. Find us on the internet: Twitter: @PandasTalkGames MORE

Show us what you do with your unfulfilled/unrequited character concepts! Phil and Senda talk about how unfulfilled concepts happen, ways that you can try to hang on to them, and some of our own unfulfilled MORE

Senda and Phil talk about managing the social aspects of trying new games or playing lots of games with an existing group (spoilers: it’s about communication). Find us on the internet: Twitter: @PandasTalkGames Forums: http://forums.misdirectedmark.com and MORE

It’s a January Chit Chat! Phil and Senda chat about what’s giving them life in gaming and outside of gaming (spoilers: books and food). There’s a bit of Thirsty Sword Lesbians, a bit of Larp, MORE

Show us how you edit your best laid plans when the campaign has already started! Senda and Phil chat about potential pitfalls and some ways to edit your story that’s already in progress, whether at MORE

Show us how you stuff one game inside another and cook it up for gaming! Senda and Phil talk about using side games and main games to create specific experiences in a campaign or story. MORE

Show us how you make a good plot! Phil and Senda sit down with an email about nerves setting up a new plot, and dive in on some advice to hopefully help. Bamboo Lounge for MORE

Things are getting a little wild around here — so it’s back to a chit chat for us! If you’re new here, that means we drop our normal show format of answering listener questions to MORE

Show us how you do a one on one session zero for a campaign! No really! We haven’t done one before! Senda was in Buffalo, so we did one in person — here’s our debrief. MORE

Show us how you approach a one on one GM-ful game! Well, really, let us chat since we weren’t sure we were going to get to record this week at all (Senda’s been down with MORE

Show us how you set up family dynamics in your game! Phil and Senda talk family dynamics and specific safety conversations you might want to have when setting up PCs who are all related. Also: MORE

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 MORE

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 MORE

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). MORE

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 MORE

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