Panda's Talking Games

By Senda Linaugh and Phil VecchioneLeisure Games Hobbies

Panda's Talking Games episodes

February 11, 2019 Panda’s Talking Games 143 – Adventure Structure
Show us how you structure you sessions, one shots, campaigns, or adventures! Phil and Senda talk through the various adventure structures, including linear, branching, railroad, and sandbox. Also, origami butterflies, missing dice, and Phil forgets to introduce himself.
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @pandastalkgames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com
46 min
February 04, 2019 Panda’s Talking Games 142 – Situation Scope and the Case of the Setting Seekers
Show us your pros and cons for broad and narrow, strong and weak game situations! Phil and Senda talk situation a la Jason Pitre’s four structures (http://www.genesisoflegend.com/2018/06/fourstructures) in terms of pros and cons. Also, Minecraft, a failed Steven Universe waveform song, the kombucha bait and switch, cereal, and on being too old for instagram.
Bonus outtakes for patrons today!
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @pandastalkgames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com
44 min
January 28, 2019 Panda’s Talking Bonus Experience 141 – Playtesting and Onions
Show us how you playtest your games! Phil and Senda are joined by Bonus Experience’s Monica and Rai to talk playesting, giving feedback, and accepting feedback. Also, PBMOs, we fail to start the show, we fail to end the show, and put it back in your butt.
Bonus outtakes for patrons today!
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @pandastalkgames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com
47 min
January 21, 2019 Panda’s Talking Games 140 – Hack the (PbtA) Planet
Phil and Senda talk hacking Powered by the Apocalypse — making your own moves and playbooks. Also, sheep pits, minecraft, Senda forgets to put the blurb in, who sees your #tableselfies when you post them on social media, and the magical girl transformation move.
Bonus outtakes for patrons today!
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @pandastalkgames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com
45 min
January 14, 2019 Panda’s Talking Games 139 – Unedited and In Person: The Grab Bag
Show us how you…still get an episode out when you’re both on the road all week! This week’s show is unedited except for music and clipping our very beginning nonsense and very end nonsense. Not only do you get the full range of ums and uhs, you also get the outtakes right there in the show! I pause here for dramatic excitement and effect!
Despite all of these set backs, we did in fact talk about all three planned topics in this week’s episode: Saturday Morning cartoons as game inspiration, running H2O as a one shot vs. Love and Justice as a campaign, and where we like to go for inspiration and game ideas.
Bonus outtakes for patrons today!
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @pandastalkgames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com
32 min
January 01, 2019 The MMP 2018 – 2019 New Years Exstravaganza
Welcome to the new year folks. We have a bit of a treat for you all this week as we got together with many of the different hosts of our shows and brought them in for a new years eve gathering. A variety of hosts from other shows on the network drop in and we have a rousing good time on this New Years Eve special episode. Enjoy and we’ll be back with normal programing next week.
2 hr 19 min
December 24, 2018 Panda’s Talking Games 138 – I’m Stuck On You
Show us what you do when your players get stuck! Phil and Senda talk about some quick tips and tricks as a GM or as players when the story gets stuck and stops moving forward. Then we get a little healing and a couple more terrible rolls for Anadara Blackwing to wrap up the podcasting year. Also, Tumblr’s demise, female presenting nipples, GI Joe, where’s the beef, Whamaggedon, and Senda got a new mic so now we can both doppler podcast.
Bonus outtakes for patrons today!
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @pandastalkgames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com
The theme used for the Legacy Weapon is adapted from “nomen alterum” by nomenum on freesound.org and is used under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Sound effects included “Weathering 01 – earth, water and frost” by New Age Soup on freesound.org and is also used under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

41 min
December 19, 2018 The Streets of Avalon is Kickstarting Now (2 minutes long)
Hello listeners of Misdirected Mark Productions. I'm here with this short message to let you know about The Streets of Avalon Kickstarter by Encoded Designs. Some of you may be listening to us talk about it on the other podcasts but we wanted to give you the short version.

We’re raising money to bring to life a Fafard and The Grey Mouser inspired, urban swords and sorcery city of epic proportions. If we raise enough, this book will contain a gazetteer of the city of Avalon, a GMing section which provides advice on how to make the city of Avalon come to life along with what gives a Streets of Avalon game its distinct feel. There will be information about neighborhoods as adventure locations, having a base of operations, and a number of adventure types: including but not limited to Political Intrigue, Heists, and Monster Hunting. There will also be some example neighborhoods which you can use to run Avalon adventures right out of the book, and tons of flavor in the form of art, sidebars, flash fiction, letters, and quotes from the people who live on the streets of Avalon.

The PDF is only $10. It’ll be $15 when it goes to drive thru butwe want to give the people who get in on this book early a real deal. The physical copy is $24 but it’s fulfilled through drive thru which should make the shipping cost a little easier on some of you folks outside of the United States.

We also have some stretch goals, many which will enhance the city of Avalon and make this game even more playable with the 5th edition of the most popular RPG in the world. Some of the stretch goals include extra classes, a PDF supplement for Guns in Avalon, art enhancements to the book, and adventures by Avalon creator Brett B of Gaming & BS.

Thank you for taking the time to listen and I hope you check out the kickstarter. You can find it by going to tinyurl.com/StreetsofAvalon. I hope you stay safe in the light of the lamps and I know we all look forward to running with you Rogues.

The Streets of Avalon is an Encoded Designs project the publishing arm of Misdirected Mark Productions.
2 min
December 17, 2018 Panda’s Talking Games 137 – Problematic Content
Show us how you deal with problematic content! Phil and Senda answer a listener question about problematic content and how to include it (if you have a good reason) in your games.
Also, the meow fails, pizza bagels, Schrödinger’s Camdon, there is no show, earbuds by people who hated ears, and maybe I’ll start the show. Maybe.
Bonus outtakes for patrons today!
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @pandastalkgames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com
The theme used for the Legacy Weapon is adapted from “nomen alterum” by nomenum on freesound.org and is used under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
42 min
December 10, 2018 Panda’s Talking Games 136 – Environmental Challenges
Show us how you handle environmental challenges as a GM and as a player! Phil and Senda talk environmental challenges in light of Anadara’s current precarious situation in Dungeon World. Also, acceptable star wars hood shapes, coffee naps, homework parties and bribery, posting the correct outtakes for patrons from last week, and Phil’s failed environmental challenge.
Bonus outtakes for patrons today!
Find us on the internet:
Twitter: @pandastalkgames
Facebook: facebook.com/pandastalkgames
and panda(at)misdirectedmark.com
The theme used for the Legacy Weapon is adapted from “nomen alterum” by nomenum on freesound.org and is used under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
41 min

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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.