Panda's Talking Games

Show us your favorite ways to use leading and open questions! Phil and Senda sit down to talk about the difference between the two and do a little workshopping on question construction. Thanks to Rich for the questions about…questions….

Due to some technical difficulties this episode was recorded extraordinarily late, which means the outtakes were prolific. Patrons can access the rest of the outtakes that didn’t fit on the MMP Patreon page: patreon.com/mmp!

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Show us how you avoid hitting GM burn out! Phil and Senda talk about the different ways we tend to burn out running one shots vs. campaigns, some common strategies to avoid hitting burn out, and quick advice on what to do if you are burned out. The Spoon Theory in terms of emotional energy comes up a lot, so here’s a link in case you’re unfamiliar with it:

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

Don’t miss a very special wave form theatre starring Mr. Phil V., only in our outtakes!

Golden Griffon Games

Look, Robot — Look, we’ll just give you the complete list of all Grant Howitt’s games. Okay? Okay. Good. There are many I haven’t even played yet but of course I want to. Desperately. Use some of these one shots to combat burn out. Especially the ones that should only be played while drinking.

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Show us how you handle prepped NPCs vs. on the fly NPCs! Phil and Senda wrangle some thoughts on how to create characters with appropriate depth in both cases, some useful tools and approaches to creating on the fly, and things to consider when you’re planning in advance. Phil threatens to do the show with no outtakes to prove a point and it’s terrible and Senda talks him out of it.

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Show us how you run evil games! Phil and Senda talk about how to try to get an evil game off the ground and how to keep it going. Then we outtake about music.

THIS EPISODE IS EXPLICIT! You have been warned.

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Show us how you run games with specific good alignment constraints! In part one of a two part special on running Good aligned and Bad aligned campaigns, Phil and Senda talk about good campaigns and how to handle them uniquely.

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Show me how to handle and cultivate rainmakers at your game table! Senda and Phil take a stab at how to cultivate, spot, control, and be the rainmaker at a game table. And folks, it’s the B show. There are outtakes galore. Phil might have been worried we didn’t have enough. He might have made sure there were more. Guess who writes the show notes? THAT’S RIGHT! I can say whatever I want! People can so spell my twitter handle! And Troy — your daughter is adorable. Thank you for the audio!

Hear more from Troy and Darcy on their new podcast, Cypher Speak: kinda like Talking Games except less Giggles and more cypher awesomeness. As usual, we also talked about One Last Job and Dungeon World.

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Show us how you switch up your prep between campaigns and one shots! What are the challenges when

you’re most accustomed to one form over the other?

Phil and Senda manage to make ONE QUARTER OF THE SHOW outtakes!

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Show us how you teach games to new players!  This topic was partially covered by episodes 11: Gateway Games and Adherence to Rules, so we’re covering some pieces we may not have discussed previously. Hear how Phil and Senda both fell in to the hobby, and how old Phil is!

Buffalo Fate Corps

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Show us how you use music in your games! Senda and Phil talk music for background, engagement, and inspiration.

….And we may have had some trouble recording the intro. LA!

Thank you so much for your patience with this episode. We’ll be back on to a normal schedule next week.

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Gen KAAAAAAAHHHHHNNNNNN!

Show us how you do your conventions! Senda and Phil break up the usual pattern a little to talk about attending Gen Con as a newb and an old hat. We’ve got our plans, tips on convention going in general, and managed to avoid an all night discussion of bags and mollies.

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