Phil and Senda are having a busy *life* moment, so for your listening pleasure we bring you this chit chat! The chit chat is not our normal format of show, for which we’d recommend going back (or probably forward) an episode. We talk about what’s giving us life in gaming and in life, and Senda expounds a lot on her extreme excitement for the LARP she is in.

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Show us how you handle known characters in known IPs (intellectual properties)! Phil and Senda talk characters, setting, and what kind of characters you might be bringing in.

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Show us how you take inspiration from the books you’re reading — or really any media? Phil and Senda talk about distilling the experience of reading to various levels of specificity and applying that potential to your game.

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Show us how you world build — and is it collaborative? Phil and Senda talk worldbuilding in quadrants from not collaborative to all collaborative and do you do it alone or as a group (trust me, it makes more sense in the show).

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Show us how you play a one on one game! Phil and Senda talk one on one games and some tips on making them successful. We are back!

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Show us how project management skills can help you GM — and vice versa! Phil and Senda are both professionals in various project management offices at this point in their careers, and have a conversation about how those skills work in both places and how you can use one to hone the other.

Also! This is our last show of 2024. We will be on podcasting vacation until the second week of January. Happy holidays, all!

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Show us…Gary Gygax’s tenants of GM Mastery! Phil and Senda go back for one more part on the 1987 book Role-Playing Mastery. Do they stand up to the test of time? Our take is…well, mostly.

Also this episode: HOLIDAY HIATUS DATES. We will be taking some time off — but we will be back in January! Specific dates and information at the top of the show.

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Show us how Gary Gygax thought you should be a master GM! Phil and Senda continue their conversation about the 1987 title Role-Playing Mastery by Gary Gygax, deciding what they think still holds true, what can be reinterpreted to modern play/situations, and what we have evolved beyond. In this episode, the beginning of GM Mastery!

(CW: definitely cuss words.)

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Show us what Gygax considered a master player! Do we agree? Do you?! Phil and Senda talk through the first 9 steps to being a Master Player according to Gary Gygax/s 1987 book Role Playing Mastery.

As a refresher, here are the first 9 points: 

Study the rules of your chosen role-playing game.
Learn the goal(s) of the game.
Discover the spirit of the game, and make it your credo in play.
Know the genre in which the game is set, and study it often.
Remember that the real you and your game persona are different.
Know your team’s PCs and those who play them.
Know the campaign in which you play.
Understand the role of the game master and assist its fulfillment.
Role-play your character fully and correctly.

Here are the last 8 points that we cover on today’s episode:

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Show us what Gygax considered a master player! Do we agree? Do you?! Phil and Senda talk through the first 9 steps to being a Master Player according to Gary Gygax/s 1987 book Role Playing Mastery.

Here are the first 9 points:

Study the rules of your chosen role-playing game.
Learn the goal(s) of the game.
Discover the spirit of the game, and make it your credo in play.
Know the genre in which the game is set, and study it often.
Remember that the real you and your game persona are different.
Know your team’s PCs and those who play them.
Know the campaign in which you play.
Understand the role of the game master and assist its fulfillment.
Role-play your character fully and correctly.

Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.

Find us on the internet or drop us a topic on our shiny new linktree: https://polygamero.us/panda