Panda’s Talking Games
@pandastalkgames.bsky.social
Like Car Talk but with queer gamers for your TTRPGs! New episodes (nearly) every Wednesday.
Find our feed and other ways to get ahold of us:
http://misdirectedmark.com/panda/
Find our feed and other ways to get ahold of us:
http://misdirectedmark.com/panda/
Just a reminder—no episodes this week! We’re on vacation! Next episode will drop Nov. 12.
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just a reminder—no episodes this week! We’re on vacation! Next episode will drop Nov. 12.
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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If you enjoyed a game on Itch, leave a comment!
Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.
Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.
Like a game? Comment away!
Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.
Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.
Like a game? Comment away!
September 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If you enjoyed a game on Itch, leave a comment!
Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.
Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.
Like a game? Comment away!
Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.
Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.
Like a game? Comment away!
It me.
"We will get back to you in 1 to 52 business weeks." 😉
September 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It me.
By golly I checked our social media! Maybe this is the beginning of reliability! (Probably not but I love you all anyway.)
September 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
By golly I checked our social media! Maybe this is the beginning of reliability! (Probably not but I love you all anyway.)
Hey friends! I’m sorry to tell you there will be no episode next week (Jun 18)—Phil will be out of town for the unexpected funeral of a family friend. If you want to send him some love, please do! We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming the following week.
June 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hey friends! I’m sorry to tell you there will be no episode next week (Jun 18)—Phil will be out of town for the unexpected funeral of a family friend. If you want to send him some love, please do! We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming the following week.
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Said it before on twitter but if you're signing up for someone's patreon on iOS please DO NOT use the patreon app, just use a web browser instead
The iOS app charges an extra fee that goes right into apple's pockets IN ADDITION to them placing a 75 day hold on the money before we even get it
The iOS app charges an extra fee that goes right into apple's pockets IN ADDITION to them placing a 75 day hold on the money before we even get it
Another reason not to use the Patreons ios app when supporting creators, Apple will not give us all the money you spend
April 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Said it before on twitter but if you're signing up for someone's patreon on iOS please DO NOT use the patreon app, just use a web browser instead
The iOS app charges an extra fee that goes right into apple's pockets IN ADDITION to them placing a 75 day hold on the money before we even get it
The iOS app charges an extra fee that goes right into apple's pockets IN ADDITION to them placing a 75 day hold on the money before we even get it
Hey friends! There won’t be a new episode of Panda’s today because we had some ~life stuff~ that we failed to account for correctly and did not record. No one is hurt and we’ll catch you all next week on our regular schedule!
March 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hey friends! There won’t be a new episode of Panda’s today because we had some ~life stuff~ that we failed to account for correctly and did not record. No one is hurt and we’ll catch you all next week on our regular schedule!
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Started trying to listen to podcasts at work again. Co-workers, please stop trying to make smalltalk, @pandastalkgames.bsky.social are telling me how to make our blorbo's smooch!
March 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Started trying to listen to podcasts at work again. Co-workers, please stop trying to make smalltalk, @pandastalkgames.bsky.social are telling me how to make our blorbo's smooch!
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Shout-out to my old D&D group for the GM I am today. Running six hours of 5e that I thought I would be a player in until I was literally driving to the game made me incredibly good at improv.
March 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Shout-out to my old D&D group for the GM I am today. Running six hours of 5e that I thought I would be a player in until I was literally driving to the game made me incredibly good at improv.
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I'm definitely with Phil on "established characters are patrons." In fact, that's built into The One Ring, with the PCs having one or more of the various established characters as a patron, and the group getting slightly different benefits depending on which patron they are working with.
February 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm definitely with Phil on "established characters are patrons." In fact, that's built into The One Ring, with the PCs having one or more of the various established characters as a patron, and the group getting slightly different benefits depending on which patron they are working with.
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@dnaphil.bsky.social and @senda.bsky.social have an interesting topic here, talking about playing IN established IP, what characters from those IPs show up, and if you play characters from the IP or not.
PTG 378 – Playing Characters in Other IPs – Polygamerous Podcast Network
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February 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
@dnaphil.bsky.social and @senda.bsky.social have an interesting topic here, talking about playing IN established IP, what characters from those IPs show up, and if you play characters from the IP or not.
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Speaking of getting caught up on Pandas Talking Games, @dnaphil.bsky.social and @senda.bsky.social are talking about collaborative world-building and how to approach it, how much to do it, and what it looks like. They touch on published settings.
PTG 376 – Worldbuilding – To Collaborate or Not – Polygamerous Podcast Network
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January 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Speaking of getting caught up on Pandas Talking Games, @dnaphil.bsky.social and @senda.bsky.social are talking about collaborative world-building and how to approach it, how much to do it, and what it looks like. They touch on published settings.
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It's the month of romance, and we're kicking it off today with a brand-new episode with @lordneptune.com and guest co-host @senda.bsky.social examining Breaking the Ice by Emily Care Boss, a 2-player game about first dates and making a fresh relationship work!
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Series 80.1 - Breaking the Ice with Senda Linaugh and Ryan Boelter
Character Creation Cast · Episode
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February 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It's the month of romance, and we're kicking it off today with a brand-new episode with @lordneptune.com and guest co-host @senda.bsky.social examining Breaking the Ice by Emily Care Boss, a 2-player game about first dates and making a fresh relationship work!
open.spotify.com/episode/28ud...
open.spotify.com/episode/28ud...
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(As an aside, we can’t ALWAYS be serious, so while our game was in an underwater kingdom with the mermaid queen, we did have the Narswol.)
January 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
(As an aside, we can’t ALWAYS be serious, so while our game was in an underwater kingdom with the mermaid queen, we did have the Narswol.)
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I’m late on this, but @pandastalkgames.bsky.social going through Gary Gygax’s ideas on player mastery and GM mastery is a lot of fun for #TTRPG players of a certain age. Also recorded write around the election…it feels like all podcasts recorded at that time have something like a geological line.
December 22, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I’m late on this, but @pandastalkgames.bsky.social going through Gary Gygax’s ideas on player mastery and GM mastery is a lot of fun for #TTRPG players of a certain age. Also recorded write around the election…it feels like all podcasts recorded at that time have something like a geological line.
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@pandastalkgames.bsky.social who's your third? 😉
December 26, 2024 at 1:15 PM
@pandastalkgames.bsky.social who's your third? 😉
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Listening to @polygamerous.bsky.social @senda.bsky.social @dnaphil.bsky.social [Panda's Talking Games] PTG 372 – Gygaxian GM Mastery Part I 🅴 #pandasTalkingGames
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Panda's Talking Games - PTG 372 – Gygaxian GM Mastery Part I - Podcast Addict
Listen to Panda's Talking Games - PTG 372 – Gygaxian GM Mastery Part I by Senda Linaugh and Phil Vecchione on Podcast Addict. Show us how Gary Gygax thought you should be a master GM! Phil and Senda continue their conversation about the 1987 title Role-Playing Mastery by Gary Gygax, deciding what they think still holds true, what can be reinterpreted to modern play/situations, and what we have evolved beyond. In this episode, the beginning of GM Mastery! (CW: definitely cuss words.) Bamboo Lounge f
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December 1, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Listening to @polygamerous.bsky.social @senda.bsky.social @dnaphil.bsky.social [Panda's Talking Games] PTG 372 – Gygaxian GM Mastery Part I 🅴 #pandasTalkingGames
podcastaddict.com/panda-s-talk... #TTRPG
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Folks. The Engine Publishing line of GMing books is currently a Bundle of Holding: bundleofholding.com/presents/Eng...
These books cover various GMing topics from plots, NPCs, prep, improv, campaigns, and table play.
They are one low price for a short time.
These books cover various GMing topics from plots, NPCs, prep, improv, campaigns, and table play.
They are one low price for a short time.
November 22, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Folks. The Engine Publishing line of GMing books is currently a Bundle of Holding: bundleofholding.com/presents/Eng...
These books cover various GMing topics from plots, NPCs, prep, improv, campaigns, and table play.
They are one low price for a short time.
These books cover various GMing topics from plots, NPCs, prep, improv, campaigns, and table play.
They are one low price for a short time.
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What’s up, bluesky!
We are a podcast network talking and playing TTRPGs—centered around content to help you play your best game.
Find our back catalogue at polygamero.us, or follow our shows at @thac0withadvantage.bsky.social @pandastalkgames.bsky.social and @gnomestew.bsky.social’s Gnomecast
We are a podcast network talking and playing TTRPGs—centered around content to help you play your best game.
Find our back catalogue at polygamero.us, or follow our shows at @thac0withadvantage.bsky.social @pandastalkgames.bsky.social and @gnomestew.bsky.social’s Gnomecast
Polygamerous Podcast Network – TTRPG advice and content to help you run and play your best games.
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November 21, 2024 at 2:52 AM
What’s up, bluesky!
We are a podcast network talking and playing TTRPGs—centered around content to help you play your best game.
Find our back catalogue at polygamero.us, or follow our shows at @thac0withadvantage.bsky.social @pandastalkgames.bsky.social and @gnomestew.bsky.social’s Gnomecast
We are a podcast network talking and playing TTRPGs—centered around content to help you play your best game.
Find our back catalogue at polygamero.us, or follow our shows at @thac0withadvantage.bsky.social @pandastalkgames.bsky.social and @gnomestew.bsky.social’s Gnomecast
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Being the most valuable player at any #TTRPG table means:
1. Play to lift up
Listen to what people say about their characters and play as if that is true. Is someone charismatic? - let them persuade you. Is someone a badass fighter? - talk them up, act like it's true.
You will make someone's day
1. Play to lift up
Listen to what people say about their characters and play as if that is true. Is someone charismatic? - let them persuade you. Is someone a badass fighter? - talk them up, act like it's true.
You will make someone's day
November 18, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Being the most valuable player at any #TTRPG table means:
1. Play to lift up
Listen to what people say about their characters and play as if that is true. Is someone charismatic? - let them persuade you. Is someone a badass fighter? - talk them up, act like it's true.
You will make someone's day
1. Play to lift up
Listen to what people say about their characters and play as if that is true. Is someone charismatic? - let them persuade you. Is someone a badass fighter? - talk them up, act like it's true.
You will make someone's day
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Listening to @senda.bsky.social @dnaphil.bsky.social [Panda's Talking Games] PTG 371 – Master Player Part II #pandasTalkingGames
podcastaddict.com/panda-s-talk... #TTRPG #Gygax
podcastaddict.com/panda-s-talk... #TTRPG #Gygax
Panda's Talking Games - PTG 371 – Master Player Part II - Podcast Addict
Listen to Panda's Talking Games - PTG 371 – Master Player Part II by Senda Linaugh and Phil Vecchione on Podcast Addict. Show us what Gygax considered a master player! Do we agree? Do you?! Phil and Senda talk through the first 9 steps to being a Master Player according to Gary Gygax/s 1987 book Role Playing Mastery. As a refresher, here are the first 9 points: Study the rules of your chosen role-playing game.Learn the goal(s) of the game.Discover the spirit of the game, and make it your
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November 18, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Listening to @senda.bsky.social @dnaphil.bsky.social [Panda's Talking Games] PTG 371 – Master Player Part II #pandasTalkingGames
podcastaddict.com/panda-s-talk... #TTRPG #Gygax
podcastaddict.com/panda-s-talk... #TTRPG #Gygax
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So many new folks around, guess it’s time for an intro!
Hi, I’m Senda. I read a lot of speculative fiction, play and write TTRPGs, and talk about them a lot on my podcast: @pandastalkgames.bsky.social on @polygamerous.bsky.social.
I dress vintish, have an orange cat, and I am 🌈✨ ADHD.
Hi, I’m Senda. I read a lot of speculative fiction, play and write TTRPGs, and talk about them a lot on my podcast: @pandastalkgames.bsky.social on @polygamerous.bsky.social.
I dress vintish, have an orange cat, and I am 🌈✨ ADHD.
November 15, 2024 at 3:55 PM
So many new folks around, guess it’s time for an intro!
Hi, I’m Senda. I read a lot of speculative fiction, play and write TTRPGs, and talk about them a lot on my podcast: @pandastalkgames.bsky.social on @polygamerous.bsky.social.
I dress vintish, have an orange cat, and I am 🌈✨ ADHD.
Hi, I’m Senda. I read a lot of speculative fiction, play and write TTRPGs, and talk about them a lot on my podcast: @pandastalkgames.bsky.social on @polygamerous.bsky.social.
I dress vintish, have an orange cat, and I am 🌈✨ ADHD.
Part 2 in our dissection of the 1987 Role Playing Mastery’s steps to being a “Master player,” out today!
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PTG 371 – Master Player Part II – Polygamerous Podcast Network
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November 14, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Part 2 in our dissection of the 1987 Role Playing Mastery’s steps to being a “Master player,” out today!
polygamero.us/ptg-371-mast...
polygamero.us/ptg-371-mast...