Panda's Talking Games

Senda Linaugh and Phil Vecchione

5.0 (58)
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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.

AUG 20

PTG 398 – Culture of Critique

Show us how you get useful feedback as a GM or a player! Phil and Senda talk ways to get critique and what needs to be true to make it useful. Also, sometimes the game MORE

59 min
AUG 6

PTG 397 – When You’re Not Feeling It

Show us how you handle starting a game that’s lost it’s shine…or should you? Phil and Senda talk communication with your players and ways to approach a game that’s lost its shine between when you MORE

57 min
JUL 30

PTG 396 – GM Manipulation via NPC

Show us how you avoid manipulating your players via NPC/GMPC (GMC)! Phil and Senda talk the actual question from last week: how to avoid unconscious (or conscious) bias in using your NPCs to communicate with MORE

1h 5m
JUL 23

PTG 395 – Don’t be Clever — Experiment!

Show us how you try new or risky ideas at the table! Phil and Senda tackle a single question that turns into two parts (so come back next week for the rest of the discussion). MORE

49 min
JUL 16

PTG 394 – Check Ins

Show us how you handle mid-game check ins! Phil and Senda talk checkins: after session, four sessions in, going into a new arc, going into the end game, and when something goes wrong. Bamboo Lounge MORE

50 min
JUL 2

PTG 393 – Phil’s Prep Problem

‘Show us how you rebuild your game prep strategy when life throws you a curveball! Phil and Senda talk through Phil’s updated free time reality, how that’s been impacting his gaming, and what his new MORE

54 min
JUN 11

PTG 392 – Our Most Important Areas for New GMs

Show us what three things are most important for a new GM to learn! Phil and Senda talk through what we think — do you agree? Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and MORE

50 min
JUN 4

PTG 391 – What a Game Wants, What a Game Needs

Show us what you want from a rulebook! Phil and Senda tackle a question about what we most want to see in a rule book, for running a game or for potentially purchasing a game. MORE

1h 3m

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58 Ratings

This show has made me a better GM and player

05/24/2023

PennyPriddy

I found this show after I asked what non-AP ttrpg podcasts I should listen to and after sorting through all the responses (and there were a lot), Panda’s Talking Games was absolutely the best one and I’m almost done burning through the backlog. Phil and Senda are fun and engaging, but they’re also really thoughtful and knowledgable GMs and players. The current format is fantastic, and their advice has let me have better, more fun sessions at the table. Thank you!
Fun and Informative

01/02/2021

AD&David

I picked up this show from the Gnomecast. Senda and Phil are a wonderful mix of practical role-playing iadvice and straight-up fun. They are really good at providing answers to topics provided by their listeners and so so in an easy to listen to and friendly way. That and some of the silliest humor the internet has to offer! After listening to them for a while, they are more than just podcasters, they seem like old friends.
Fun and Engaging

03/18/2022

BattleDrumz

Just discovered this podcast and it’s great! The personalities are funny and engaging and the topics are interesting. They only thing that bothered me was that it feels like Phil, in his excitement, constantly talks over Senda, who seems a bit less gregarious than her cohost.
Charming Chit-Chat

08/09/2020

Jim Likes Games

A confession: I don’t enjoy funny podcasts. I mean podcasts that try hard to get you to laugh for them, that hit you with jokes and self-conscilusly yuck it up morning DJ-style. PTGs is a funny podcast that doesn’t do any of that. It’s bring in the room with 2 sharp, charming friends as they talk about gaming. There’s just enough structure to keep everything on the rails, and they very explicitly put the rambling non-gaming stuff at the end so you can skip it if you want to. I frequently do! It’s a charming, intimate, deeply sincere show and I never miss an episode. Highly, highly recommended.

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.