Panda's Talking Games

Show us how you handle lines and veils as a living documents — recorded live on twitch! Senda and Phil talk about their (current and evolving) thoughts on lines and veils as a living document and in conjunction with other safety tools. Also, Buc-ee’s, giraffes, Phil LIED about kombucha, the Buggies in my Tumtum (by the Beaver Nuggets), and Disney’s failed movie A Gut’s Life.

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

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Show us how you run an impromptu (esque) RPG game day! Phil and Senda talk about their trip to WI for Weregator’s surprise birthday party and how they managed running games and setting up a quick system for game selection while there. Also, CHEESE. Too much cheese? YES. Too much cheese.

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

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Show us how youuuuuuu do a grab bag or the B show! Phil and Senda talk players who don’t show up, props, and inspiration. Also, movies with bad rotten tomato reviews, Axe body spray, Aliens, giggles, consent and earbuds. A little more cussing in this one than usual so it’s marked explicit.

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

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Show us how you manage transactional complications as a player and as a GM! Phil and Senda talk about setting table expectations, how to use transactional complications effectively, and how to not be a dick about using them. Also, bread. A lot about bread. Bread machines too.

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

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Show us how you manage an online game! From recruitment to note taking, Senda and Phil are here with some thoughts on running one shots and campaigns online. Also, way more than you wanted to know about Senda’s new desk and way more than you wanted to know about wikis generally and Confluence specifically.

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

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Show us how you implement the hero’s journey in one shots and campaigns! Phil and Senda talk about this classic story structure and ways you can make it work in games vs. static media. Also, Transit AI, Ancillary Justice, and WHATEVER SENDA IS READING.

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

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Show us how you hard frame a scene! Phil and Senda talk hard openings and hard endings for scenes when you need to keep a story clipping along. Also, Phil used his one wish on a dumpster.

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

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Show us how you handle splitting the party in story games! Phil and Senda talk pros and cons and some tips for being split up and for when you’re not so that you can mix the two like a pro. Also, Nickelodeon, You Can’t Do That On Television, Double Dare, Days of Thunder (TWENTY SEVEN TIMES), there’s a song?

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

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Twitter: @PandasTalkGames

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Show us how you co-GM! Phil and Senda have been deflecting this question for YEARS now, but…we think we can now approach it! This is the third and final episode of our live on mic negotiation of how we will approach co-GMing for cons in 2020. Also, Phil’s hair, mani and pedis, and Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Check out Never Unprepared, Phil’s book on game session prep, now available in audiobook form from Audible!

Bonus outtakes 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

Show us how you co-GM! Phil and Senda have been deflecting this question for YEARS now, but…we think we can now approach it! This is the second part of our live on mic negotiation of how we will approach co-GMing for cons in 2020. Also, Phil’s hair. A lot about Phil’s hair.

Check out Never Unprepared, Phil’s book on game session prep, now available in audiobook form from Audible!

Bonus outtakes 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