Welcome to the second episode of series 80, everyone! In this series, we are going to be going to cover different duo or solo romance RPGs every episode, and in today’s episode, Ryan is joined by guest co-host Senda Linaugh from Panda’s Talking Games to cover our first letter writing game, You Never Told Me by Senda herself!

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Guests

Senda Linaugh:

• Polygamerous Podcast Network: https://polygamero.us
• Panda’s Talking Games: https://polygamero.us/panda/
• She’s a Super Geek: http://sasgeek.com
• itch.io: https://idellamithlynnd.itch.io
• Gnome Stew: https://gnomestew.com
• BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/senda.bsky.social

Games/Tools discussed this episode:

You Never Told Me by Senda Linaugh:

• Itch.io: https://idellamithlynnd.itch.io/you-never-told-me

Timestamps:

• (00:00:00) - Announcements
• (00:01:44) - Introductions
• (00:03:23) - What's in a Game? - Core Concept
• (00:05:44) - What setting do we play in?
• (00:06:52) - What sort of materials do we need to play?
• (00:09:04) - What stories and themes do you play with in this game?
• (00:11:46) - What do characters do in the game?
• (00:15:19) - What is unique about this game?
• (00:16:51) - History of the game
• (00:22:43) - Let's make some people! - Lines and Veils
• (00:26:37) - Questions about our immortality
• (00:47:15) - How old are we questions
• (00:51:31) - Names and Pronouns
• (00:55:08) - What is the present time?
• (00:56:40) - Who wrote the first letter and when?
• (00:58:55) - What shared experience inspired the letter?
• (01:00:25) - What is our strongest shared memory?
• (01:02:30) - Have we spoken since then?
• (01:04:09) - Letter Writer Questions
• (01:15:31) - Letter Reader Questions
• (01:22:01) - Reviewing Lines and Veils
• (01:22:55) - D20 for your thoughts? - Character Sheets
• (01:24:45) - How do we like character creation vs other games?
• (01:28:09) - Fanfic!
• (01:31:23) - Take it up a level!
• (01:32:18) - Episode Closer
• (01:35:15) - Call to Action
• (01:40:45) - Credits

Music:

• Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod
• Clip 1: Accidental Love by Reveille