
PTG 423 – More Tuckman
Show us our Tuckman team model — where does it apply to TTRPGs, really? Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp. (We are having some issues with Patreon so I will post this as soo

Hosted by Senda Linaugh and Phil Vecchione · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 300 episodes
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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.
Senda Linaugh and Phil Vecchione hosts Panda's Talking Games, a leisure show with 300 episodes published.

Show us our Tuckman team model — where does it apply to TTRPGs, really? Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp. (We are having some issues with Patreon so I will post this as soo

Show us how you manage your white whales — have you gotten any to the table? Here’s some of ours, and some games we wish existed! Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreon.com/mmp. (L

Show us how you keep your partner’s interest in gaming if they’ve been brave enough to try! Some of this advice overlaps with our general new gamer advice, but some of it doesn’t — congrats if your non gamer partner has

Show us how you manage the hustle and your fun when gaming is also the hustle! Okay, we don’t necessarily have answers here, but we definitely do have experience, so we can say what’s at least working for us. Bamboo Loun

Show us how you manage bleed, feels, and significant others when playing with romance at your table! Phil and Senda do one more episode on romance with follow up questions from the Slack. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backer

Show us how you…continue the question about romance! Phil and Senda get into the second part of the question of romance in games. Follow ups next time! Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http

Show us how you handle love and intimate relationships in game! Phil and Senda *start* the conversation on romance in games — with part 2 to come. Reminder: there will be no episode next week! Bamboo Lounge for Patreon b

Show us how you remove combat from a published adventure! Phil and Senda talk how about what to balance, what you made need to consider, and some different approaches depending on why you want less combat in the game. Ba

Show us how you deal with creep in your games! No, not creepy people — scope creep, or slow changes in expectations, or forgetting your session 0 conversations etc. Phil and Senda manage not to sing about being a creep a

Show us what you do when you thought the campaign was over…but you all want more! Phil and Senda talk extending a campaign from a TV series perspective, and some things to check in on before you do. Bamboo Lounge for Pat

Show us how you manage your game docs! Phil and Senda talk platforms and information storage so that we can confidently answer the question “Where do you keep your rules of the table?” Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers t

Show us how you play to find out! Phil and Senda talk play to find out, where it crystalized for them, and what it means for their style and process of gaming. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more

Show us what you do when you’re sitting in a game you’re not enjoying — for whatever reason! Phil and Senda talk sitting down to a game you discover you don’t like, and what we’d do in that situation (spoilers: be polite

It’s sure been a time! Phil and Senda talk their 2025 gaming, then things to look forward to in 2026. This feels like a good time to reiterate that we have specifically chosen to maintain this podcast space (as much as w

Show us how you…do a year end topic round up?? Phil is joined by Ryan, our always intrepid editor, for a quick topic round up to “round off” our recording year. (eh? eh? you see what I did there? Nevermind.) This is our

Show us how you handle a game end when you don’t get to wrap it up, whether that’s for a story or a character! Phil and Senda talk about closure/closing loops, and other ways to approach getting closure on your own if th

Show us how you form good TTRPG teams! Phil and Senda revisit the Tuckman model of Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and (wah wah) adjourning when your group changes up — whether that’s people, scheduling, or splitt

Show us how you balance agency vs story structure in table top games! Phil and Senda talk spectrum and (hopefully) nuance of this potentially loaded question. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more

Show us how you move from a more traditional game to PbtA for the first time! Phil and Senda talk tips for grocking the major differences in the system whether you’re new to TTRPGs in general or an old hand at more tradi

Show us how you handle failure in your games! Phil and Senda talk competent failure, incompetent failure, and failure at various story points. Bamboo Lounge for Patreon backers today! Find these and more at http://patreo
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