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Episode 61: Call of Cthulhu Campaign Recap 1

Summary

Published: April 8, 2025

Is Hindsightless THE most sporadic podcast on the Internet? I am not sure, this one must surely qualify for something in that category.

NOTE: This episode is available as a video on Spotify and as audio on other distributors. The specific recap portion of the video has been subtitled for your convenience.

I have been putting up in-depth videos on the YouTube channel lately about the nature of RPGs, so this weekend, with my thin strips of free time, I grilled up a recap as a sort of celebration of the great play I have been enjoying with Call of Cthulhu for the past year and a half, and as a possible on-ramp to getting into or at least enjoying the campaign vicariously, for those who don’t enjoy YouTube. It was fun for me to go over our calendar of dates and events and spin that into a sort of StoryTime for the Casting Shadows Podcast. I hope you enjoy it, too. It is also available in written form if you would prefer to read it.

Call of Cthulhu Immersive Sandbox Campaign Recap and Reflection ~ 1

Recommendation!

If you are curious about a great exploration of Chainmail in the context of playing it as the wargame it began life as, rather then the product shoehorned into OD&D, please consider checking out the Diegetic Advancement podcast.

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Episode 60: On Mystery and Horror Roleplaying with TrilltheDM

Summary

Published: September 29, 2024

This nearly 90-minute conversation was made possible by the open-minded attitude of TrilltheDM, the interest of MercuriousAulicus and Black Lodge Games, and I suppose, the letter X. In it, we discuss Trill’s recent video: Mastering Player Choice in Mystery and Horror RPGs and take it further than the original 10-minute runtime would allow, dive into its specific context, and in general have an enjoyable and interesting discussion.

You can find the original video at this link:

⁠Mastering Player Choice in Mystery & Horror RPGs (youtube.com)⁠ This episode appears in its uncut, video form on my YouTube channel and is also re-distributed there in this audio-only version.

LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

⁠Mastering Player Choice in Mystery & Horror RPGs – YouTube⁠

The Imagination series on the Casting Shadows Podcast

⁠Sandboxes

⁠⁠Layers and Vectors of Play

⁠⁠Immersion and Engagement⁠

⁠On Immersion⁠⁠

On Attention⁠⁠

Imagination and Preparation

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Episode 59: #RPGaDAY2024 Week 2 Highlights + Mordavia

Summary

Published: August 12, 2024

This episode is in three segments. The first presents links and reactions to just a few of the cool posts I have seen in response to the 2nd week of #RPGaDAY2024. This is part of a series for each week of the event. If you have suggestions for great posts, send me a message with the links! The second segment offers some tantalizing morsels stolen from the freshly unearthed Mordavia: Land of Horror supplement for Leagues of Adventure, Leagues of Gothic Horror, and Leagues of Cthulhu by Triple Ace Games. The final segment runs roughshod over my own responses to the #RPGaDAY2024 prompts in unseemly haste!

LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

⁠⁠Autocratik Blog⁠

⁠Halls of the Nephilim⁠

⁠Mordavia on DriveThruRPG

NOTES:

#RPGaDAY2024 infographics are available at ⁠⁠AUTOCRATIK: Announcing #RPGaDAY2024 for August⁠

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Episode 58: Sharing some #RPGaDAY2024 Posts that I enjoyed: Week 1

Summary

Published: August 5, 2024

This episode presents links and reactions to just a few of the cool posts I have seen in response to the first week of #RPGaDAY2024. This is intended to be the first of a series for each week of the event. If you have suggestions for great posts, send me a message with the links!

LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

⁠Autocratik Blog⁠

⁠Nerds’ RPG Variety Cast⁠

⁠Stochastic Agency⁠

⁠JDRD30⁠

⁠Pink Phantom Podcast⁠

⁠Mirke the Meek Podcast⁠

⁠Dungeon Tutor⁠

⁠Dekahedron’s Joseph Gill⁠

⁠Nolinquisitor Channel⁠

⁠Creative Play and Podcast Network⁠

⁠Miskatonic Playhouse Channel⁠

⁠Hindsightless Podcast⁠

NOTES:

#RPGaDAY2024 infographics are available at ⁠⁠AUTOCRATIK: Announcing #RPGaDAY2024 for August⁠

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Episode 53: On Accommodating Imagination with Roleplay Rescue

Summary

Published: April 12, 2024

In this conversation with Roleplay Rescue‘s host and seeker of immersive and engaging play, Che Webster, we discuss some blog posts about techniques that Che is starting to use to get more of what he wants from play. As that quest is near and dear to my heart, I thought others might resonate with it as well. We talk about making room for imagination, facilitating a more active stance in our imaginations, and consider how we speak to one another when we play.

Podcasts mentioned in the episode:

⁠Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast⁠

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Episode 52: Imagination Calls

Summary

Published: April 7, 2024

This episode responds to listener calls dating back over the last two episodes of the podcast and continuing the exploration of imagination, memory, and attention as valuable parts of RPG play. Thanks go out to Jason Connerly, Spencer/FreeThrall, and Jean-Francois ‘SameOldJi’ St-Onge for the calls and the interaction~

Podcasts mentioned in the episode:

⁠Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast⁠

⁠Keep off the Borderlands⁠

⁠SameOldJi – An RPG Catharsis ⁠

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Episode 50: On Preparation for In-Character play (with Tablerunner)

Summary

Published: January 4, 2024

Preparation is one thing that can benefit from change if you adjust your style or intentions for play. My guest has recently discovered a desire for playing more and more in-character (moving toward in-character as-character) and leaving room for “immersion” to happen.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE:

MY GUEST: CRISPY of the @Tablerunner Crispy YouTube channel.

Origin: “I’m an RPG enthusiast who came to realize earlier this year that I’ve only just scratched the surface of what the hobby can be. Now I’m focused on enhancing my experience and that of my players through ‘in-character play.’ I run an in-person weekly game that has been a going concern for 17 years and hopefully many years to come. I share my experiences as an old hand with a fresh appreciation for actual roleplay on my YouTube channel ⁠@tablerunner⁠. You can find me on X at ⁠@cfourcrispy⁠.”

Call-ins:

I have received some great calls since the last episode and I would love to include them in this episode as they are relevant to various points made throughout, but I due to the length of the conversation (1hr4min) I feel it is best to frame an episode around those call-ins and any others that come in the interim. That episode will concern itself more directly with imagination. Therefore, there is still time to leave a message via Spotify (if you dare), Speakpipe, discord, or email about how imagination presents itself to you.

How do you imagine a moment of play?

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Episode 49: A Conversation on Attention and Imagination (with Primaeval Fantasy)

Summary

Published: December 12, 2023

Featuring a call-in from Mirke the Meek, this episode is primarily a first conversation between Daniel Jones of the Primaeval Fantasy RPG podcast/YouTube channel and myself on the topic of in-character play through means intended to facilitate imagination and hopefully immersion in the character’s perspective.

You can find Mirke the Meek here:

⁠Mirke The Meek • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters⁠

You can find my guest, Daniel Jones here:

⁠Primæval Fantasy RPG – YouTube⁠ and here (Podcast):

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