Panda's Talking Games

By Senda Linaugh and Phil Vecchione

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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.

Episode Date
PTG 422 – White Whales
May 26, 2026
PTG 421 – The SO as Non-Gamer
Apr 29, 2026
PTG 420 – The Hustle
Apr 15, 2026
PTG 419 – Going All The Way
Apr 08, 2026
PTG 418 – What’s Love Got To Do With It (Part II)
Apr 01, 2026
PTG 417 – What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Mar 18, 2026
PTG 416 – Removing Combat
Mar 11, 2026
PTG 415 – I’m a Creep
Mar 04, 2026
PTG 414 – Series Campaigns
Feb 18, 2026
PTG 413 – But What Do I Do With This Info?
Feb 11, 2026
PTG 412 – Play to Find Out
Jan 28, 2026
PTG 411 – Stuck At A Table You’re Not Enjoying
Jan 21, 2026
PTG 410 – Welcome to 2026!
Jan 14, 2026
PTG 409 – Grab Bag with Ryan!
Dec 11, 2025
PTG 408 – No Closure
Nov 19, 2025
PTG 407 – Keep on Tuckman
Nov 12, 2025
PTG 406 – I Got Your Agency Right Here
Oct 29, 2025
PTG 405 – First Time Powered by the Apocalypse
Oct 22, 2025
PTG 404 – Failure
Oct 08, 2025
PTG 403 – I Want More
Oct 01, 2025
PTG 402 – GM as Servant Leader
Sep 24, 2025
PTG 401 – The Info Dump (and how to avoid it)
Sep 17, 2025
PTG 400 – Pod Stars & Wishes and a Grab Bag
Sep 10, 2025
PTG 399 – Culture of Collaboration
Sep 03, 2025
PTG 398 – Culture of Critique
Aug 20, 2025
PTG 397 – When You’re Not Feeling It
Aug 06, 2025
PTG 396 – GM Manipulation via NPC
Jul 30, 2025
PTG 395 – Don’t be Clever — Experiment!
Jul 23, 2025
PTG 394 – Check Ins
Jul 16, 2025
PTG 393 – Phil’s Prep Problem
Jul 02, 2025
PTG 392 – Our Most Important Areas for New GMs
Jun 11, 2025
PTG 391 – What a Game Wants, What a Game Needs
Jun 04, 2025
PTG 390 – Core Loops and Investment
May 21, 2025
PTG 389 – Collaboration and Facilitation
May 14, 2025
PTG 388 – Missing Games
May 07, 2025
PTG 387 – Zeroing in on Session Zero
Apr 30, 2025
PTG 386 – One Venti Iced Campaign, Please
Apr 23, 2025
PTG 385 – Tech at the Table
Apr 16, 2025
PTG 384 – Dear Pandas: Patterns of Behavior
Apr 09, 2025
PTG 383 – Biting the Bullet Point
Apr 02, 2025
PTG 382 – New and Returning Players
Mar 19, 2025
PTG 381 – GM Manipulation
Mar 05, 2025
PTG 380 – Going from GM to Player
Feb 26, 2025
PTG 379 – A Chit Chat!
Feb 19, 2025
PTG 378 – Playing Characters in Other IPs
Feb 05, 2025
PTG 377 – Book Inspiration
Jan 29, 2025
PTG 376 – Worldbuilding – To Collaborate or Not
Jan 22, 2025
PTG 375 – One on One Games
Jan 15, 2025
PTG 374 – Project Management and the GM
Dec 11, 2024
PTG 373 – GM Mastery Part II
Nov 27, 2024
PTG 372 – Gygaxian GM Mastery Part I
Nov 20, 2024
PTG 371 – Master Player Part II
Nov 13, 2024
PTG 370 – Master Player (according to Gygax)
Nov 06, 2024
PTG 369 – Very Very Proactive Players
Oct 23, 2024
PTG 368 – Build a Gamer (Finding a Group Part II)
Oct 09, 2024
PTG 367 – Finding a New Gaming Group (Part I)
Oct 02, 2024
PTG 366 – Making Gaming Goals Happen
Sep 25, 2024
PTG 365 – Goals for Gaming
Sep 18, 2024
PTG 364 – A Jrab Bag (Audio Fixed)
Sep 11, 2024
PTG 363 – The Case of the Missing Momentum
Aug 28, 2024
PTG 362 – An August Grab Bag!
Aug 21, 2024
361 – Playing it like it’s Evil
Aug 14, 2024
360 – Character and Player Goals
Aug 07, 2024
PTG 359 – Ch-ch-ch-changes (Major Life Ones)
Jul 24, 2024
PTG 358 – Making Space for Fun
Jul 10, 2024
PTG 357 – Romantic Sideplots
Jul 03, 2024
PTG 356 – Get Your Board Game Friend In To TTRPGs
Jun 26, 2024
PTG 355 – Shared World Building
Jun 19, 2024
PTG 354 – Embodying NPCs
Jun 12, 2024
PTG 353 – Downtime Mechanics
Jun 05, 2024
PTG 352 – Game Design Topic Round Up
May 22, 2024
PTG 351 – Structure
May 15, 2024
PTG 350 – Big Ol’ List
May 08, 2024
PTG 349 – Daydreaming Big
May 01, 2024
PTG 348 – Phil’s Nostalgia Game
Apr 17, 2024
PTG 347 – When You Aren’t the IP Expert
Apr 10, 2024
PTG 346 – March Chit Chat
Mar 27, 2024
PTG 345 – Game of Theseus
Mar 20, 2024
PTG 344 – Emotional Investment in One Shots
Mar 13, 2024
PTG 343 – Conditions and Agency
Feb 28, 2024
PTG 342 – Are You Down with NPCs?
Feb 21, 2024
PTG 341 – Less Than Enthused
Feb 15, 2024
PTG 340 – Giving Your Setting LIFE
Jan 31, 2024
PTG 339 – Challenging Challenges
Jan 24, 2024
PTG 338 – Introducing Settings
Jan 17, 2024
PTG 337 – New Years Aspirations
Jan 10, 2024
PTG 336 – Leading into the Holidays with Leading Questions
Dec 06, 2023
PTG 335 – Thanksgaming 2023
Nov 22, 2023
PTG 334 – I’m Bleeding Here!
Nov 15, 2023
PTG 333 – Feel the Character Beat
Nov 08, 2023
PTG 332 – Play Moar Games
Nov 01, 2023
PTG 331 – Recall, Improv, and Anxiety Part II
Oct 11, 2023
PTG 330 – Recall, Improv, and Anxiety, Part I
Sep 27, 2023
PTG 329 – Turning Point Chit Chat
Sep 20, 2023
PTG 328 – I’m So Into It, Into It, Into It
Sep 13, 2023
PTG 327 – Galaxy GM Brain (GM Brain Part 2)
Sep 06, 2023
PTG 326 – GM in the Membrane (GM in the brain!)
Aug 30, 2023
PTG 325 – Let’s Talk About Scenes, Baby
Aug 23, 2023
PTG 324 – How to Incorporate Memorable Gaming Experiences
Aug 16, 2023
PTG 323 – Game Changing Games
Aug 09, 2023
PTG 322 – Supporting New GMs
Aug 02, 2023
PTG 321 – Queering It Up
Jul 19, 2023
PTG 320 – When Real Life Crashes Your Campaign (Tone and Content)
Jul 12, 2023
PTG 319 – June Chit Chat
Jun 28, 2023
PTG 318 – Showing Your Dice and Uninviting Players
Jun 21, 2023
PTG 317 – To GMPC or not to GMPC
Jun 14, 2023
PTG 316 – Playtesting this Title
May 31, 2023
PTG 315 – May Chit Chat
May 24, 2023
PTG 314 – Easy As Pi (Connecting published adventures and Non-Railroad Mysteries)
May 17, 2023
PTG 313 – Emotional Damage
May 10, 2023
PTG 312 – Character Death
May 03, 2023
PTG 311 – Safety Breaks
Apr 27, 2023
PTG 310 – Dropped Game, We Out
Apr 19, 2023
PTG 309 – The Camera Pan(da)s Down
Apr 12, 2023
PTG 308 – Inspiration not Aspiration
Apr 05, 2023
PTG 307 – March Grab Bag [insert funny name here]
Mar 29, 2023
PTG 306 – Today’s Fit Check
Mar 22, 2023
PTG 305 – Beginnings and Endings
Mar 08, 2023
PTG 304 – The Challenge of Skill Challenges
Mar 01, 2023
PTG 303 – Feb Chit Chat
Feb 22, 2023
MMPlays 3 – Mods for Cortex
Feb 21, 2023
PTG 302 – Prep Me Up
Feb 15, 2023
PTG 301 – Slow Your De-Role
Feb 01, 2023
PTG 300 – THIS. IS. PANDAS! (about epilogues.)
Jan 25, 2023
PTG 299 – Whose NPC Is It Anyway?
Jan 18, 2023
PTG 298 – Rules on the House
Jan 11, 2023
PTG 297 – The Prisoner Dilemma
Dec 07, 2022
PTG 296 – Whose Clues Two(se)
Nov 23, 2022
PTG 295 – November Chit Chat
Nov 16, 2022
PTG 294 – Family Drama
Oct 26, 2022
PTG 293 – When They Make a Terrible Decision
Oct 19, 2022
PTG 292 – Analysis Paralysis
Oct 12, 2022
PTG 291 – LEROOOOOY JENKINS
Sep 28, 2022
PTG290 – I’m so SHINY
Sep 21, 2022
PTG289 – Driving The Game
Sep 14, 2022
PTG288 – A New Introduction To Panda’s Talking Games
Sep 07, 2022
PTG287 – Age Gaps (At The Table)
Aug 31, 2022
PTG286 – Cortex Prime and Denver
Aug 24, 2022
PTG285 – Too Clever: The Warning Signs
Aug 03, 2022
PTG 284 – Mini Campaigns Again
Jul 27, 2022
PTG283 – The Chit Chat of July
Jul 13, 2022
PTG 282 – Later On, We’ll Conspire
Jul 07, 2022
PTG281 – Treat or Treat
Jun 29, 2022
PTG 280 – Ain’t Nothing But A Mistake
Jun 20, 2022
PTG279 – Analyze This! … Media
Jun 14, 2022
PTG 278 – Failing Forward
Jun 07, 2022
PTG 277 – Memorial Day Chit Chat
May 31, 2022
PTG 276 – Player Loss
May 16, 2022
PTG 275 – Relationship Disasters
May 09, 2022
PTG274 – April Chit Chat Brings May Down Pat
Apr 25, 2022
PTG 273 — Nothing But A Good Time (Substance Expectations at the Table)
Apr 18, 2022
PTG272 – Getting Into Character
Apr 11, 2022
PTG 271 — Table Rituals
Apr 04, 2022
PTG270 – Knowledge Imbalance
Mar 28, 2022
PTG269-6 Year Anniversary
Mar 22, 2022
PTG268 – I shall Call It…Mini Campaign!
Mar 14, 2022
PTG267 – A Definition Intermission: Story vs. Character Driven Games
Mar 07, 2022
PTG266 – Of Journeys and Brussels Sprouts
Feb 28, 2022
PTG 265 – Unfulfilled Character Concepts
Feb 21, 2022
PTG264 – How to be Multigamerous
Feb 07, 2022
PTG263 – January Chit Chat: Of Thirstiness and Cortex
Jan 31, 2022
PTG 262 – Editing In Progress
Jan 24, 2022
PTG 261 – Turgamen
Jan 17, 2022
PTG260 – You’ve Lost That Plotting Feeling
Jan 10, 2022
PTG December Chit Chat
Dec 20, 2021
PTG 259 – Buffalo and Session Zero
Dec 13, 2021
PTG 258 – One on One Games (Birthday Edition)
Nov 22, 2021
PTG 257 – All In The Family
Nov 15, 2021
PTG256 – Conflicted without Combat
Nov 01, 2021
PTG 255 – I’m a New Tone
Oct 18, 2021
PTG Chit Chat 15
Oct 11, 2021
PTG 254 – Born To Run
Oct 04, 2021
PTG 253 – Motivation and Engagement for Solo RPGs
Sep 20, 2021
PTG 252 – Campaign Debriefs
Sep 13, 2021
PTG251 – Player Pacing
Sep 07, 2021
PTG250 – GM Pacing
Aug 30, 2021
PTG 249 – Genre Hopping Like It’s 1999
Aug 23, 2021
PTG 248 – Story Time, No GM Gods Here
Aug 09, 2021
PTG 247 – Is This Even Fun Anymore?
Aug 02, 2021
PTG246 – Non Stressed Relationships
Jul 12, 2021
PTG 245 – Decrunchify
Jun 28, 2021
PTG244 – Zero Prep Games
Jun 21, 2021
PTG 243 – Jottin’ Notes
Jun 14, 2021
PTG242 – Unrequited Characters and Campaigns
Jun 07, 2021
PTG 241 – Narrative Combat
May 31, 2021
PTG240 – Don’t Stop Grab Baggin’
May 24, 2021
PTG239 – May I Grab Your Bag?
May 17, 2021
PTG238 – Gotta Collect/Play Them All!
May 10, 2021
PTG237 – Publishing: The Sequel
May 03, 2021
PTG236 – Publishing
Apr 26, 2021
PTG235 – Description on Demand
Apr 19, 2021
PTG 234 – Game Design Part II
Apr 12, 2021
PTG233 — How I Met Your Game Designer
Apr 05, 2021
PTG Chit Chat 14 – March Chatness
Mar 22, 2021
PTG 232- Poker Face
Mar 15, 2021
PTG Chitty Chitty Chat Chat 13
Mar 08, 2021
PTG231 – Prelude in G (for Game)
Mar 01, 2021
PTG230 – Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About (In Character)
Feb 22, 2021
PTG 229 – Bad Romance
Feb 15, 2021
PTG 228 — PAY ATTENTION!
Feb 08, 2021
PTG 227 – Oh The Places You’ll Go
Feb 01, 2021
PTG 226 – Post Pandemic Cons
Jan 25, 2021
PTG Chit Chat 12
Jan 19, 2021
PTG 225 – Let’s Get Physical
Jan 11, 2021
PTG224 – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Jan 04, 2021
PTG223 — Grabbing the New Year By The Bag
Dec 28, 2020
PTG222 – On Baggon, On Blitzen
Dec 21, 2020
PTG221 – Santa’s Magic Grab Bag
Dec 14, 2020
PTG220 – Gaming Rituals
Dec 07, 2020
PTG219 – Online Games
Dec 01, 2020
PTG218 – November Grabsgiving
Nov 23, 2020
PTG217 – Short Form Games: Old and New
Nov 16, 2020
PTG216 – Taking Stock
Nov 02, 2020
PTG215 – GM Meta Talk
Oct 27, 2020
PTG214 – A Class in Classification
Oct 19, 2020
PTG213 – Layers: The Panda Redux
Oct 12, 2020
PTG212 – Spoiling for a Stagefright
Oct 05, 2020
PTG211 – Personal Plots
Sep 28, 2020
PTG210 – Bringing Your B Game
Sep 21, 2020
PTG ChitChat 11
Sep 14, 2020
PTG 209 — Player Responsibility
Sep 07, 2020
PTG208 — Definitions Part 2
Aug 31, 2020
PTG207–Definitions
Aug 24, 2020
PTG206 — Further Thoughts on Reactive Safety Tools
Aug 17, 2020
PTG205 – A Culture of Player Improvement
Aug 10, 2020
PTG Chit Chat 10
Aug 03, 2020
PTG204 – It’s My First Time
Jul 27, 2020
PTG Chit Chat 9 – PbtA
Jul 20, 2020
PTG 203 – Reskin It Again, Sam
Jul 13, 2020
PTG – Chit Chat 8
Jul 06, 2020
Chit Chat Fail
Jun 29, 2020
PTG Chit Chat 7
Jun 22, 2020
PTG Chit Chat 6
Jun 15, 2020
PTG Chit Chat 5
Jun 01, 2020
PTG Chit Chat 4
May 25, 2020
PTG Chit Chat 3
May 18, 2020
PTG – Panda Chit Chat 2
May 11, 2020
PTG – Panda’s Chit Chat 1 (Welcome to the Unedited)
May 04, 2020
PTG 202 – Getting to Know You
Apr 27, 2020
PTG201 – Alright Stop, Collaborate in One Shots
Apr 20, 2020
PTG200 – 4th Anniversary!
Apr 13, 2020
PTG199 – Unfamiliar Territory
Apr 06, 2020
PTG198 – Triangles
Mar 30, 2020
PTG197-Going the Social Distance: Transitioning to Online Play
Mar 23, 2020
PTG196 – Making Dungeons Sexy Again
Mar 16, 2020
PTG195 – 2Fast2Cliche
Mar 09, 2020
PTG194 – You Want To Listen To This Episode
Mar 02, 2020
PTG193 – Lines and Veils
Feb 24, 2020
PTG192 – Running an Impromptu Game Day
Feb 17, 2020
PTG191 – Februgrabby Bag
Feb 10, 2020
PTG190 – Toss a Fate Point to your Transactional Complications
Feb 03, 2020
PTG189 — Online Gaming
Jan 27, 2020
PTG188 – The Hero’s Journey
Jan 20, 2020
PTG187 – Who Framed Scener Rabbit?
Jan 13, 2020
PTG186 – Splitting the Party
Jan 06, 2020
PTG185 – CoGMing Part 3
Dec 23, 2019
PTG184 – Co-GMing Part 2
Dec 16, 2019
PTG183 – Co-GMing Part I
Dec 09, 2019
PTG182 – Open Tables
Dec 02, 2019
PTG181 – Metatopia Recap 2019
Nov 25, 2019
PTG180 – November Grab Bag 2
Nov 11, 2019
PTG179 – November Grab Bag 1
Nov 04, 2019
PTG178 – Too Much Plan? …Bit More Plan.
Oct 28, 2019
PTG177 – Portin’ Rules
Oct 21, 2019
PTG176 – Whose Clues
Oct 14, 2019
PTG175 – Try It, You Might Like It!
Oct 07, 2019
PTG174 – SeptemBI Grab Bag
Sep 30, 2019
PTG173 – Pumpkin Spice Grab Bag
Sep 23, 2019
PTG172 – Table Reading Rainbow
Sep 16, 2019
PTG171-We Built This City
Sep 09, 2019
PTG 170 – New GMs on the Block
Sep 02, 2019
PTG169-Augustus Grabbus Baggus
Aug 19, 2019
PTG168 – The Name’s Bond
Aug 12, 2019
PTG167 – The Ditch Lilies Part 2
Aug 05, 2019
PTG166 – The Ditch Lilies Part 1
Jul 29, 2019
PTG165 – QCC and Lessons Learned/Remembered
Jul 22, 2019
PTG164 – Turning Point!
Jul 15, 2019
PTG163 – Balancing Immersion vs. Mechanics
Jul 09, 2019
PTG162 – Wait, What? Intrigue!
Jul 01, 2019
PTG161 – Origins Recap 2019
Jun 24, 2019
PTG160-June Grab Bag the Second
Jun 17, 2019
PTG159 – Insert Creative Grab Bag Name Here
Jun 10, 2019
PTG158 – Why GMing Advice?
Jun 03, 2019
PTG157 – And Also Grab Bag
May 20, 2019
PTG156 – May The Grab Be Bag You
May 13, 2019
PTG155 – Switching: Empathy and Perspective on GMing and Playing
May 06, 2019
PTG154 – Game Life Balance Part 2
Apr 29, 2019
PTG153 – Life or Games Part I
Apr 22, 2019
PTG152 – Pilots and Mid-season Episodes
Apr 15, 2019
PTG151 – Something Kissy This Way Comes
Apr 08, 2019
PTG150 — Our 3nd Anniversary! No kidding!
Apr 01, 2019
PTG149 – Breakout 2019
Mar 25, 2019
PTG148 – March Grab Bag the Second
Mar 18, 2019
PTG147 – Insert Funny Grab Bag Name Here
Mar 11, 2019
PTG146 – To Write or Not To Write
Mar 04, 2019
Panda’s Talking Games 145 – Demo vs. Entertainment
Feb 25, 2019
Panda’s Talking Games 144 – You Can Lead a Group to Water
Feb 18, 2019
Panda’s Talking Games 143 – Adventure Structure
Feb 11, 2019
Panda’s Talking Games 142 – Situation Scope and the Case of the Setting Seekers
Feb 04, 2019
Panda’s Talking Bonus Experience 141 – Playtesting and Onions
Jan 28, 2019