Panda's Talking Games

Show us how you…still manage to record an episode even if it’s cursed?! Phil and Senda talk three listener questions on today’s show: RPG design as software sprints, what games to play the Ditch Lilies in, and what’s better for a first time GM, one shots or campaigns?

As this episode was cursed, we must apologize for Phil’s less than ideal sound quality and the lack of bonus outtakes for our Patrons. Better luck next week!

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Show us how you handle relationship set up past your session 0 in a game! Phil and Senda talk creating relationships when you need to drop a new PC in to an existing game, and creating or evolving relationships with NPCs. Also, Cowboy Bebop, smerge, I totally remembered the words to the waveform song, yep.

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Show us how you up your descriptive game! Phil and Senda answer listener @gmgerrymander’s question — how do you get players to be more descriptive about their actions? Also, Cowboy Bebop and the history of the internet according to pandas.

Don’t forget — you can catch us both at the Queen City Conquest! Check it out, and we’d love to see you there! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/leg/the-queen-city-conquest-2018?ref=discovery&term=queen%20city%20conquest

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Show us how you….actually, please really just don’t. Phil and Senda talk about the bait and switch, how GMs think they’re being clever, and why players hate it. There’s one specific convergence of events that might net you a successful bait and switch campaign, and we talk about it.

Also, Parry Grip, Cowboy Bebop, and we can’t possibly live up to the Beefness.

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Show us how you handle stakes in one shots and campaigns! Senda and Phil talk stakes as character, session, arc, and campaign stakes, and how you use those to drive your story in one shots and campaigns. Also, an ad, Bunnicula, the beefness.

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Show us how you handle episodic campaigns for small play time and imperfect attendance! Phil and Senda answer listener David’s question about handling individual sessions as one shots while still having an overall campaign arc, having folks who are there sometimes and not others, and keeping things to a three hour play time. Also, Ditch Lily trivia, meow issues, Turning Point updates, and Phil is playing Marvel Strike Force (which apparently everyone should be playing — JOIN THE RUST BELT AVENGERS TODAY! You can find him under the name dnaphil of course).

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Show us how you like to put your closet bars — in single rows high up, or split in half? Phil and Senda talk closet organization (because it’s April Fool’s).

AND

It’s our second pandaversary! We answer a listener question about playing characters over 100 in honor of our 100th episode, and talk retirement home RPG ideas. Then we pulled some of our favorite episodes from this year and talk about our plans going forward. Also, Ditch Lilies.

“Easy Jam” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Show us how you handle Panda’s LIVE!!!! Senda and Phil talk about Breakout Con as they recorded this episode live, in front of a studio audience. All outtakes are in the show…so I guess they’re not outtakes.

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Show us how you handle that sinking feeling in your stomach when you’re getting in to your GM groove! Senda and Phil tackle a number of reasons that GMing can be intimidating, with thoughts to mitigate and debunk or hopefully at least take the irrational fear out of them. Thanks to Chelsea for the question…it was so good we went REALLY LONG. Also, snort laughs, Apple podcasts, and a super hard time starting the show.

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The great ask us anything continues with  fantastic email from Evan! Senda has a parable about stealing form the party and gets to say the Phil line (“So I wrote an article on Gnomestew…”), Phil figures out kender naming conventions, and we don’t really know ship fighting games (#spoilers).

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