Panda's Talking Games

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 first part of our live on mic negotiation of how we will approach co-GMing for cons in 2020. Also, a new podcast? Thanksgiving was great! And as always, the meows.

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.

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Show us how you manage an open table! Phil and Senda talk running games when you have fluctuating attendance with many characters, such as at a school or a game store, and how to still run a coherent arc. Also, phrasing. Are we still doing phrasing?? (The outtakes here get a little risqué.)

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

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Well friends…we recorded a good, long, normal episode this week — and then discovered that the audio was mangled beyond retrieval. So instead we bring you this super short, COMPLETELY UNEDITED (except for chopping off the beginning and putting in the music) weird recap episode that we immediately rerecorded in half the time! There are no bonus outtakes from this week. Partially because it was short, and partially because…I didn’t edit it.

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It’s a Grab Bag! We’re on our way back from Metatopia today, so Senda and Phil talk about not letting your next campaign steal steam from the current one, balancing new hotness with old standbys, and what games we’d like to see each other run.

There are no bonus outtakes today because this was a pretty short episode.

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Phil and Senda sit down to answer three quick questions for a November Grab bag — the first of two this month, as we’ll be at Metatopia coming up 11/7! Let us know if you’ll be there! On today’s episode we’re talking licensed games, rewriting old or obscure games, and self care.

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

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Show us how you avoid the too-much-planning and analysis paralysis in your games! Phil and Senda talk creating urgency, adding stakes, and how to mitigate the issues of players who don’t have the same level of competency as their characters. Also, clicky off sides, finger soccer, Silence of the Lambs, and tick tock.

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

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Show us how you port rules from other games in to your current game! Phil and Senda talk porting integrated and non-integrated rules in to your ongoing campaign, as well as random ideas for merging games together. Also, Fatal (oops), losing the meow in the middle, Phil makes fake hard cuts, Swords without Queens, what’s our twitter handle again…?

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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and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com

Show us how you set up a mystery game! Phil and Senda talk mysteries, making a clue map and a what’s really going on here document, as well as prepping your clues and changing them on the fly. Also, a lot of Blue’s Clues trivia, and we originally titled this episode Building A Mystery buuuuuuut we just kept yelling about BLUE’S CLUES!

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 get Indie gamers to play traditional games and vice versa! Phil and Senda break down some generalities about what differentiates the stereotypes of these games and then talk about some of the ways you can be up front with your players to make sure they have a good experience switching. All of this episode assumes that they are game to at least give something new a shot — no bait and switch for us! Also, Senda tries to plug the G+ community, Phil is playing Dream Daddies, and Senda’s game group has “compliance” issues.

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

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Show us how….Senda forgets to queue the episode before leaving for con! Also on this episode, we talk good pregens for cons and one shots and how to manage surprise as a GM. Also, there are outtakes…

Bonus outtakes for Patreon backers will be available later today or early tomorrow! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp.

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Twitter: @PandasTalkGames

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