How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG

Fabula Ultima is a JRPG-Inspired Tabletop RPG by Need Games! While I highly doubt it's what they had in mind, we found we could make a cat as a Knight/College Student without breaking a single rule! Follow Chris Longhurst: https://bsky.app/profile/potatocubed.bsky.social Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/   Follow Joel Holland: https://bsky.app/profile/omamervt.bsk...

Tournament Arc is a GM-less RPG by Biscuit Fund Games about acting out your own sports anime! Or really, whatever tournament you can imagine. It could realistically be used to play out the Yu-Gi-Oh anime, Blue Lock, or (ugh) the Chunin Exams in Naruto! We used it to make a cat that plays too much Pokemon Unite! (or probably something legally distinct if we're looking for licensing deals wink wink)...

ChangedStars is a space-age sci-fi RPG by DieselShot set in a more hopeful world. Lee Andercheck of DieselShot joined us in the studio to talk about making a cat race anyone could work off in the future, the viability of cats as iPad babies, and so many more cat puns than we usually include in an episode! Follow Lee online: https://bsky.app/profile/dieselee.bsky.social Follow the show online: http...

Urban Shadows is a game published by Magpie Games about navigating the complicated politics of magical secret societies in Urban Fiction stories. We have introduced a group of redneck truckers who also happen to hunt wizards. They trained a cat to kill The Immortal Merlin. Somehow, this worked. Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/   Follow Joel Holland: https://bsky....

Interstitial is a game by Riley Hopkins that started as an attempt at a Kingdom Hearts TTRPG but has since evolved into the premiere crossover fanfic RPG! We decided to make Snowbell from Stuart Little with the help of Riley Hopkins on this episode! Though we may have had some issues with staying on track... Follow Riley Hopkins online: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/badfuckinpodcasts.com Game...

On the desert planet of Arrakis... ok I don't actually know what goes on there. I just know there's hallucinogenic jet fuel, some kid whose mom thinks he's the Chosen One, and also now, thanks to us, a Cat from a yet-to-be-determined house who does Scouting work! Also thanks to Dune: Adventures in the Imperium by Modiphius! Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/   Foll...

The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mysteries - also known as A.N.I.M-TTRPGs - is the creator of Eureka! Investigative Urban Fantasy, a mundane-yet-supernatural Detective RPG. We were joined this episode by Addison and Ash, who helped us make our Cat as By-The-Book as is possible in the game's rules! Support A.N.I.M: https://www.patreon.com/TheAgencyofNarrativeIntrigueandMysteryPatreon or https:/...

Happy April 2nd! You know this episode isn't a prank because it came out today! Anyway, did you know Renegade Games, makers of Kids on Bikes and current publisher of the World of Darkness RPG line, also owns a series of licensed RPGs on their Essence 20 Roleplaying system? Did you know GI Joe was one of those RPGs? Well we gave a cat a Jetpack and put it in that game. Yes, we did it in that order....

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After all this time, we've finally made it to every podcast's most important milestone - the 69th episode! Anyway, have you heard of Flabbergasted? It's an RPG from The Wanderer's Tome meant to replicate the comedic storytelling style of a Jeeves and Wooster story! Also, one of the game's playtesters, who goes by Sean, joined us to help us make a cat in it! At his request, please follow There's a...

I know it's already Spring, but Wild West Winter can't truly end until Haunted West is fully behind us. And so, without further ado, join us for part 2 of our attempt to make a playable cat in Darker Hue Studios' Haunted West RPG. Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/   Follow Joel Holland: https://bsky.app/profile/omamervt.bsky.social   Follow Avalon: https://bs...

So, the bad news: It's only half an episode. The good news: You wouldn't know it looking at the runtime. Anyway, Wild West Winter is being extended a little bit into March, with the Haunted West episode being a 2-parter! Anyway, check out Haunted West by Darker Hue Studios! Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/   Follow Joel Holland: https://bsky.app/profile/omamervt....

Ladies, Gentlemen, and Nonbinaries, we present to you, the game that won Wild West Winter the last seasonal theme poll, Deadlands by Pinnacle Entertainment Group! We've resisted our urge to make a gambling cat long enough, so now, we have one who gambles with magical forces! Also he's named Tintin because they can't come for us for doing that anymore! Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.co...

Happy new year, everyone! On this episode of Wild West Winter, we take a look at a somewhat simpler RPG than we'd normally go for, the Zorro RPG by Gallant Knight Games. We uh... We also spent a larger amount of time focusing on a fake movie trailer than we did the cat for this week. Sorry, it's not normally like this, if you're new here. Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatp...

This episode WOULD have been about Inevitable: A Doomed Arthurian Western by Soul Muppet Games. Unfortunately, the only thing we could salvage from it was the character sheet. Sorry for the inconvenience. Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/   Follow Joel Holland: https://bsky.app/profile/omamervt.bsky.social   Follow Avalon: https://bsky.app/profile/avalonalche...

Man, you're listening to this one on release day? You must be dedicated to celebrating the joys of Wild West Winter! Don't worry - we understand! We feel the same way! Anyway, this is Through The Breach by Wyrd Miniatures! We made a criminal doctor, because of COURSE we did. It was the fate in the cards for us! Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/   Follow Joel Holla...

Meowdy, Partner! Welcome to Wild West Winter! We're doing cowboy-themed RPGs from December to February, starting with Cowboy World by Street Rat Games! Meet an elderly cat who sees themself as a lone wanderer, the new sheriff in town, perhaps. In reality the town sheriff takes care of them and they've never gone outside the town they were born in. Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/li...

:Otherscape is the latest published RPG from Son of Oak games, this time offering a Cyberpunk twist on the City of Mist formula. Of COURSE we put a cat in it! A cybernetically enhanced cat running an AI unit who thinks it's Arsene Lupin, to be exact! Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/   Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/ Follow Avalon: https://bsky.a...

Some of you might recognize Absurdia from Monster Hour's second season. You might also recognize our guest from the same place. He made both of them! And now he's here with us, making a cat who's been through it, and gained the power of speech because he absolutely HAD to tell EVERYONE what he knows. Follow Quinn online: https://bsky.app/profile/monsterhourpod.bsky.social Follow the show online: h...

We at the Literal Cat Podcast get so few opportunities to be #topical, that when we saw we had an RPG sitting on Joel's shelf that belonged to a franchise that was ALSO Getting a new video game release in the near future, we jumped RIGHT on that. Hello, Dragon Age fans! We're one of you! At least Joel is. We're working on Avalon. Anyway this is Dragon Age by Green Ronin, and we put a cat mage in i...

Fate of Cthulhu is a Fate-based RPG by Evil Hat Productions about going back in time to stop the rise of an Eldritch horror, Terminator-style. Before the REAL heroes got sent back though, they first ran an experiment to project a cat's consciousness back in time to see if their technology worked. And so there's also just a cat from the future here, now. It's not even, like, a normal cat. they did...

MadFishMonger is a long-time contributor to the Capers RPG, and came to us to talk about it! We made her cat into a character! Anyway, check out Capers by Nerdburger Games! Follow MadFishMonger: https://www.tumblr.com/madfishmonger Check out her new adventure module: https://ko-fi.com/s/19301b6525 Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/   Follow Joel Holland: https://jh...

Break!! is a new fantasy RPG inspired by anime and manga from Grey Wizard! They also were kind enough to make a cat creation guide for us, so you can follow along at home with your own cat! Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/   Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/ Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.pa...

Jack is a GM and TTRPG hobbyist who came to us to talk about her favorite game, Monsters and Other Childish Things by Arc Dream! This is a game about children and their monster guardians. Or, in our case, a cat child and a cat monster. But hey! We do what we gotta! Follow Jack: https://www.tumblr.com/jackfrostdoll Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/   Follow Joel Ho...

Enjoy the second half of our poorly-concieved PBTA mashup game, Herding Cats! Joel is your Game Master for the evening. Avalon is playing Ryka Pirjic, a bounty hunter we hope gets cast in Star Wars canon played by Ron Pearlman. James is Kat, the cat that can seal away magic powers. Greg is Wonck, the cat that Joel previously played on his show! He's a line bull, badge name Nevis. And finally, Mish...