Hindsightless
557 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHi! I'm Joe, the former host and DM of the first ever Pathfinder 2E actual play podcast. On this show, I share my thoughts on RPG's, life, and whatever else happens to cross my mind. I mostly stick to role playing games though... I promise.
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Episodes
417: Ernest Goes to Sasquatch Country
January 26, 2023 00:40 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBI talk about the new things I've been diving into lately and take a couple calls from Jason. Good fun! Sasquatch Theory: https://www.youtube.com/@SASQUATCHTHEORY
416: The Beyonder
January 18, 2023 03:57 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBI ramble about the three RPG's I read this weekend, respond to calls about accessibility from Jason, Daniel, and Julz, and do a very special butterfly unboxing. All this and more just a click away!
415: I Don't Want to be Charmed, I Want You to DOMINATE Me
January 14, 2023 23:21 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBToday, because I'm an idiot, we're going to talk about the difference between being Charmed and being Dominated. We're also going to discuss the difference between player intent and character intent. Are they the same thing? Can we know the intent of a character by the actions of the player? To help me parse these weighty subjects, I've gathered some really smart folks together. We'll hear from the Pink Phantom, Karl, Jason, and the player controlling the character at the center of all this, ...
414: Columns and Rows
January 11, 2023 07:28 - 9 minutes - 9.04 MBI share some examples of what works and what doesn't work for PDF's in terms of accessibility, usability, and readability.
413: Wet Dream Demons
January 10, 2023 05:26 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBWhat? Wet dream demons are totally a thing. Seriously. We even fought one of them in a recent session fo Wrath of the Righteous. Jason and Julz stop by to help me talk about wet dream demons, switching characters during a campaign, ancient texts, and the nature of evil. Good times! Esoterica: https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel
412: Happy New Year!
January 01, 2023 05:15 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBJust a straight up, unedited ramble.
411: On The Road Again
December 21, 2022 00:11 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBBy the time you hear this, I'll be winging my way down to sunny SO Cal, living behind the frozen environs of the PWN. Joining me today are some of my good friends;; Jason, BJ, Karl, and Woody! That's right, Woody's going us for a bit today as we talk about barbarians, Bram Stoker's Dracula, taking too long o your turn, secret confessions, and how to pronounce the name, Majere. This is a fun one, folks!
412: On The Road Again
December 21, 2022 00:11 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBBy the time you hear this, I'll be winging my way down to sunny SO Cal, living behind the frozen environs of the PWN. Joining me today are some of my good friends;; Jason, BJ, Karl, and Woody! That's right, Woody's going us for a bit today as we talk about barbarians, Bram Stoker's Dracula, taking too long o your turn, secret confessions, and how to pronounce the name, Majere. This is a fun one, folks!
410: Mish Mash
December 15, 2022 02:32 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBI ramble about games, barbarians, players taking a long time on their turns, vampire movies, and why Jason is awesome. Leave me a Google voice message @ 661-494-6656 or drop me a message on Discord.
409: Games! Games! Games!
December 01, 2022 20:16 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBThere's three "Games!" in the title because that's how many games I've played since last we spoke. Which ones? Pathfinder 1E, Cyberpunk 2020, and Palladium Fantasy 1E! How's that for a line up?!? Plus, Jason leads us into each of the recaps, and the Raven God calls in with some Thanksgiving well-wishes. Check it out!
408: Some Recaps
November 19, 2022 20:06 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBI recap games of Cyberpunk 2020, Pathfinder 1e, and a cool game by James of Sub Class Act. BJ and Jason call in to say hello.
407: The Glaswegian Dialect Conservation & Preservation Society
November 09, 2022 04:08 - 36 minutes - 34 MBWe have a very special treat today, boys and girls. Joining us today are two esteemed speakers from the GDC&PS ... or are they? Are there shenanigans afoot? Is everyone who they purport themselves to be? What will Brigadier General Chumley Bottomley Flapps (rtd.) have to say about the complaint filed by Donald Davey Scott and the claim that Donald makes? That's right folks, a real life Brigadier General took time out of his day to give me a call. We're also going to talk Halloween, sword & so...
406: Halloween Special #1
October 31, 2022 17:03 - 14 minutes - 13.9 MBI share spooky tales of a ouija board, ghosts, and play a bone chilling message from Spencer. Join me in having a ghoulish good time!
405: I Failed My Save vs. Unconsciousness
October 30, 2022 22:54 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBAfter traveling through time, I am back and talking about the first session of Cyberpunk 2020 I ran in more than 30 years! I also give a recap of my surgery and take calls from Runeslinger, Free Thrall, Goblin's Henchman, and Jason. This is pretty much all I can muster for a description. Enjoy!
404: Sword & Sorcery; Day of the Mighty!
October 23, 2022 19:36 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBTell all your priests and kings, the Day of the Mighty has arrived! The Skull has decreed that Oct 23rd shall henceforth be known as the Day of the Mighty, a day to celebrate the awesomeness of sword and sorcery. I talk about a list of the Top 21 sword and sorcery movies of all time that I came across during my research, and discuss one of my favorite movies that I think could be considered sword and sorcery, but what do you think? I'll also talk about spoilers with Jason and Mr Henchman, Spe...
403: Back to Back
October 23, 2022 00:38 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBJust like the Warriors will be doing this summer, we're going back to back... stories! The NBA season is once again upon us, and things are looking good. This one kinda goes all over the place, but mostly focuses on backstories and collaborative world-building. We'll talk backstories, sports, world-building, my first episode, crows and squirrels, and more! Look at this list of awesome Anchorites and bask in their wisdom and glory: Kevin, BJ, Spencer, Henchman, Jason, and Karl Some folks ag...
402: Time of the Twins
October 21, 2022 21:41 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBI've started reading Time of the Twins again, the first book in the second trilogy of the Dragonlance books, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. I read this book for the first and only time back in the early 90's , and I have some thoughts. Additionally, I have a few amazing calls from Jason, Spencer, and a brand new, first time caller! Time to open up the complaint department, it's a new episode of Hindsightless!
401: Wrathful Recap
October 17, 2022 04:06 - 38 minutes - 36 MBThere's a bunch of stuff in this one. I got two recaps from recent games, more cyberpunk talk, and a few super nice messages about my reaching 400 episodes. Since we're halfway through October, I also talk about what I've learned so far about the OSR from listening to everyone's awesome OSR October episodes. Thanks for all the content, boys!
400: 400
October 13, 2022 03:16 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBIt's my 400th episode , and we're partying! I mean, not really, but it's still totally awesome! Jason, Kevin, Karl, BJ, and me are talking cyberpunk drugs, cyberpunk dragons, sending Anchor messages, and backstories. Oh yes, we're talking back stories. Below are the links to the Bandit's Keep episode and the blog post I mention in this episode. Thank you all so much for putting up with me for 400 episodes. Y'all are the best! Bandit's Keep: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-the...
399: Do Dragons Dream of Cyberpunk Sheep?
October 11, 2022 03:12 - 35 minutes - 33 MBI kick off the episode by discussing why the argument of "backstories are lame because someone will show up with a first level character that killed a dragon, and that's just silly" isn't a good argument. Then we get into some calls from Kevin on what to call Jason, from Jason on running games without reading them, and a long call from Karl about Cyberpunk 2020 vs. Cyberpunk Red vs. Shadowrun. I'm lucky enough to be able to end another episode with a fantastic reading about sleeping dragons, ...
398: It’s Not You, It’s Me
October 08, 2022 19:40 - 41 minutes - 38.8 MBIn this episode I talk more about my plans for running cyberpunk 2020, take calls from Jason, BJ, Karl, the Pink Phantom, and I have a very special reading by Safer of Safer fantasy crafting. This one is a can’t miss for sure!
398: Cyberpunk Rules, Remakes Suck
October 06, 2022 17:59 - 17 minutes - 16.6 MBIn this episode I give a very fair and unbiased review of my thoughts on theUpcoming remake of The Crow. After that, I talk about awesome stuff like cyberpunk and Jason calls in about a sweet cyberpunk movie. Or is it? You’ll have to tune in to find out!
397: Wrathful Recap
October 02, 2022 16:27 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBIt's the start of OSR October, so I'm going to talk about my most recent session of Pathfinder's Wrath of the Righteous adventure path. What the heck does that have to do with OSRtober? I don't have a clue, but it was a cool session and I want to talk about it. I also take calls from BJ, Kevin, and Jason. Good times!
396: Wishes Get Stitches
October 01, 2022 03:22 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBThe Redcaps are coming! The Redcaps are coming! Kevin of the Redcaps podcasts takes the Hindsightless reins and rides it hard! We're talking wishes, dragons, crows, Conan, surgery, the gin, cyberpunk, corporations, and demons, though not in that order. You can't ask for much more than that! Thanks for the calls to Jason, Kevin, Karl, and BJ. You dudes are awesome! Tales from My D&D Campaign,Sands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcMViXzSrPw
395: Wishing for a Cyberpunk Future
September 25, 2022 16:26 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBIn this episode I talk a bit about the wish spell, Jason and I have a spoiler-filled palaver of the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime, and I discuss how Smaug, in fact, was very, very hard to kill. Big thanks to Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast for joining me on this one!
394: Return of the Cereal Killers
September 24, 2022 01:09 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBWe're baaaaack!!! That's right, I am again joined by my amazing sister to discuss a new cereal. What did we try and what did we think? You'll have to tune in to find out! After that, I have calls from Jason, Spencer, and Joe the Raven God! We'll talk about me splitting the party in a game of Reaver, knee problems, Conan, and more! This one rules for sure!
393: The Results are In!
September 21, 2022 03:16 - 10 minutes - 9.92 MBI recap my session with the MRI and take a call from Jason about the Cyberpunk anime that's currently on Netflix. I also give a quick recap of the session of Reaver RPG that I had the pleasure to play in the other night. That game rules and I can't for everyone to be able to get their hot little hands on it!
392: Wrathful Recap
September 18, 2022 17:13 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBAs always in these recaps, there will be spoilers for the Wrath of the Righteous campaign. I have calls from Jason both pre and post session, and I get into the way the session went down. I also talk about the new Netflix series, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners that I recently started watching.
391: Sportsball and Barbarians
September 17, 2022 04:03 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MBI've got messages coming in every which way and it totally rules! They're coming in through the Anchor website, Discord, my Google voice number, and even through Facebook (boo Meta!) from the likes of Barney, Jason, Kevin, Karl, and Ray Ottis! Now how's that for a line up?!?!? We're going to be talking sports, Jedi, anime, cooking, and much more! You want to check this one out for sure!
390: Dragons, Jedi, and Barbarians
September 14, 2022 04:07 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBThere's been an interesting discussion about Conan happening on Jason's show the past few episodes, and I have some thoughts. I was going to leave Jason a long message, then I figured it'd be better to just put it here, so here it is. You don't need to be familiar with the discussion to follow my rambles but if you haven't listened, check it out! I put the links to the episodes I'm talking about below. Before that, I have calls from BJ, Jason and Karl. We're talking cool stuff like Jedi, the ...
389: Can I Axe You a Question
September 11, 2022 01:06 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBTaylor's talking Jedi, Jason's talking about my ass, Karl's talking communication, and the Pink Phantom drops the intro to end all intros. All this, and more, in today's RPG filled episode!!!
388: Should I or Shouldn't I?
September 07, 2022 23:33 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBRecently, I drunkenly asked you if I should interview my non-gamer buddy about why he didn't get into RPG's, and a few of you very kindly respond! Kevin, Spencer, and Jason weigh on the subject, and we'll also talk a bit about music. No RPG-content found here, folks. If that's what you're looking for, you may want to skip this one. That said, this is a totally rad episode!
387: Neanderthal Luddite Gutter Jester
September 06, 2022 15:14 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this episode I demonstrate just how guerrilla guerrilla-podcasting can get. Spencer drops us a line about messages, Kevin and I talk speed, while Jason and Rob talk best practices when it comes to being a good player. If you're in the U.S., feel free to leave me a message @ 661-494-6656
386: Wrathful Recap
September 05, 2022 07:11 - 34 minutes - 32 MBThe bulk of today's episode is dedicated to the latest recap of the Wrath of the Righteous campaign I've been running for the past six months. I also figured out how to play the messages that I upload from Discord, so you'll get to hear what Jason had to say in my last episode, in his own words! Plus, Kevin has a super simple mnemonic to help us remember my new Google voice number. That number, once more, is 661-494-6656, but once you hear Kevin's mnemonic you won't ever need to me remind you...
385: I Have a Voice!
September 03, 2022 01:35 - 2 minutes - 2.17 MBJason brings up an advantage of using voice memos to send each other messages, and I announce the arrival of my brand-spanking new Google Voice number!!! Leave me a message at 661-494-6656!
384: The Last batch
September 02, 2022 02:51 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBThis is a collection of what could turn out to be the last messages I ever receive via the now outlawed Anchor app. "They" don't want us to be communicating, because there is strength in numbers. "They" fear us, and fear us they should, for we are legion. Today, this legion is made up of Runeslinger, Safer, Spencer, and Jason. Anchorites, for the last time, ASSEMBLE!!!
383: RPG-A-Day #31: The End is Here
September 01, 2022 01:23 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBToday, Kevin is giving us some recommendations for sweet audiobook narrator‘s, I’m talking about how long I’ve been doing this thing, and Jason calls in with a sweet ramble. This is a can’t mess!
382: RPG-A-Day #30: What Do You Wanna Do?
August 31, 2022 02:06 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBI discuss my ideas on what RPG-ADay 2023 should look like (spoilers, I super agree with what the GMologist had to say on the subject) and field some calls from Jason and Kevin. We'll talk Malazan, audiobook narrators, Commando, and whether or not I'm currently wearing underwear. What more could you ask for?
381: RPG-A-Day #29: Who Do I Want?
August 30, 2022 02:57 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBWho would I like to see participate in RPG-A-Day 2023? Tune in and find out. Before that I take some calls from Joe Salvador, the Raven God and our buddy Jason from the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. Good stuff!
380: RPG-A-Day #28: My Favorite Cover Art
August 28, 2022 20:41 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBCalls from Anthony and Jason and I talk about some of my favorite RPG covers. Cyberpunk 2020 Cover by Doug Anderson My latest Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr9JzNkkctA
379: RPG-A-Day #27: You've Really Changed
August 28, 2022 01:06 - 24 minutes - 23 MBA house update, a crow update, a Horgus update, a Malazan update, and calls from Jason and Daniel. Herein is much awesomeness to be had by all!
378: RPG-A-Day #26: Why Do I Do This?
August 26, 2022 23:53 - 17 minutes - 16.6 MBWe're back at it again, folks. Only this time, we're focusing more on the dragon side of things. The progenitor of this whole debate, Daniel Norton, of the Bandit's Keep media empire, defends his stance that a 1st level party beating up on a dragon is totally legit, Jason calls in with a correction, and Horgus tells us why he does the things he does. This one's got it all!
377: RPG-A-Day 25: Where Have I Been?
August 26, 2022 04:47 - 6 minutes - 5.8 MBI'll answer that question in two different ways. No calls. Just me. Have fun!
376: RPG-A-Day #24: How Long is Too Long?
August 24, 2022 22:09 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MBIt's really not my fault that this is another 30 minute episode. I have fifteen minutes of calls from Anthony and Jason about the shogoth vs. red dragon debate, and I want everyone out there to get both sides of the story. Is the conundrum of air superiority discussed? What about the fact that dragons are wicked smart? Can fire even hurt a shogoth? Find out the answers the these "burning" questions, and much more, in this episode. It's, as the kids say, fire! Red Dragon Fight by Nerd's RPG V...
375: RPG-A-Day #23: What's Your Situation?
August 24, 2022 01:06 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBA shorter one today where I take a couple of super rad calls from Colin and James. What makes role playing games so cool? Who would win in a fight: Elric or Anamander? What's up with Horgus? All this and more in this action-packed episode!
374: RPG-A-Day #22: Who Am I?
August 23, 2022 00:52 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBToday we're fueling up the jets, hitting the runways, and discussing the overwhelming advantage of air superiority. Jason and the Pink Phantom may have some things to say about my "nerd logic", but I finally get some support on the dragon vs. shogoth debate from my good buddies Colin Green and Karl Rodriguez! I suppose I'll also talk about the RPG-A-Day 2022 prompt for today and tell you about one of the characters I'm currently playing. A-10: Why The Warthog Is Still The Best Tank Killer E...
373: RPG-A-Day #21: Another Wrathful Recap
August 21, 2022 21:50 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBI recap the rad session of Wrath of the Righteous I recently ran, talk about Doom Patrol, give a restaurant review, and talk about a thing I like in an RPG setting. This one is jammed packed. All those disparate parts are brought together by Jason "the Tie That Binds" Conerly!!! Really good stuff!
372: RPG-A-Day #20: Magic Spoon
August 21, 2022 00:03 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBToday I have the distinct honor of being joined by the most special guest to appear on this podcast so far! Kevin, of the redcaps podcast, asked for a second opinion on my review of the magic spoon cereal that I had ordered. His request was graciously answered. Will also hear from Jason on the hills of paid product promotion. Before all that, I’ll talk about how long my games normally last. This is a super great one, folks!
371: RPG-A-Day #19: Ten Years On and I'm Still Finding Paths
August 19, 2022 23:50 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBIn this episode I talk about why my favorite game is still my favorite game, and then we'll hear from John of the Red Dice Diaries! That's right! He's back; and he's got some stuff to say about maps, minis, and VTT's.
370: RPG-A-Day #18: Home is Where the Heart Is
August 19, 2022 01:59 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBToday were talking about a sense of time and place. Ray calls in to tell us about an awesome place to play role playing games and about the time. In which splat books 1st appeared. I’ll talk about where my favorite place to play role-playing games is, and then Jason, Spencer, Anthony, Julia, and Colin will talk about the awesome game, Maid RPG. This one is amazing, folks!