Panda's Talking Games

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

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 MORE

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 MORE

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 MORE

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 MORE

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 MORE

Show us how you determine if your game is bumming you out instead of pumping you up! Phil and Senda talk some of the reasons your game might not feel fun anymore and some ideas MORE

Show us how you use NPC relationships — without stressing them! Phil and Senda talk through some ideas about embedding NPCs without making them pressure points for the PCs. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! MORE

Show us how you “decrunchify” a mechanics heavy game — ie how to shift the balance to encourage more role play in conjunction with the heavier mechanics. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these MORE

Show us your favorite zero prep games to run! Phil and Senda talk games that are written to be low prep, and how to make a game that you like work as a no prep MORE

Show us how you manage your notes, as a player or as a GM! Phil and Senda talk about note taking, when we take notes, and how and with what, as well as what we MORE

Show us your favorite character or campaign that you never got to play through! Phil and Senda talk through their own unrequited characters and campaigns. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more MORE

Show us how you run narrative combat! Phil and Senda are here with some tips and tricks and pitfalls to running narrative combat successfully, including (of course) some definitions about what folks might be talking MORE

We’re back with another grab bag episode — two topics from twitter and one soap box from Phil! We talk more about our in development spark short hand for short hand romantic consent and what MORE

It’s a grab bag episode for May! We answer three listener questions in quick succession because they were fun. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp. Find us on the internet: MORE

Show us how you acquire games — to play or to collect! Phil and Senda talk about collecting games, playing games, and how and why we keep and purchase games. Also, a sarlacc pit. Bamboo MORE