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How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG73 - Making Snowbell from Stuart Little (1999) in Interstitial Feat. Riley HopkinsInterstitial 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.comGame Design: mymothercangotohell.comMoonshot Podcast Network: moonshotpods.comAO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62292763Follow the show online: https...2025-05-141h 10How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG72 - Making a Scout of the Desert Planet Arrakis in Dune: Adventures in the ImperiumOn 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/ Follow Joel Holland: https://bsky.app/profile/omamervt.bsky.social Follow Avalon: https://bsky.app/profile/avalonalchemist.bsky.social We’ve got a Patreon now! https...2025-04-3053 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG71 - Making a Scrappy Alley Cat/Hard-Boiled Detective in Eureka! Feat. Anim-TTRPGsThe 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://ko-fi.com/animttrpgsJoin the A.N.I.M RPG Book Club: https://discord.gg/ztnxPVSqCzCheck them out on Itch.io: https://anim-ttrpg.itch.io/...2025-04-162h 05
Avalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 14: Spring & Summer Music Lessons!In this episode, Marie interviews Rich all about how Spring & Summer Music Lessons work at Avalon.2025-04-0322 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG70 - Making a Circus Cat with Jetpack Training in GI JoeHappy 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. You're welcome.Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/ Follow Joel Holland: https://bsky.app/p...2025-04-021h 10How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG69 (nice) - Making a Bodega Cat With a Colorful Social Life in Flabbergasted!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 TTRPG For That on Tumblr! https://www.tumblr.com/theresattrpgforthat Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/ Follow Joel H...2025-03-1954 min
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG68 pt. 2 - Finishing an Inventor With Vigilante Tendencies in Haunted WestI 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://bsky.app/profile/avalonalchemist.bsky.social We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/litera...2025-03-051h 14
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG68 pt. 1 - Starting an Inventor With Vigilante Tendencies in Haunted WestSo, 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.bsky.social Follow Avalon: https://bsky.app/profile/avalonalchemist.bsky.social We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove D...2025-02-191h 12
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG67 - Making a Magical Gambler in DeadlandsLadies, 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.com/literalcatpod/ Follow Joel Holland: https://bsky.app/profile/omamervt.bsky.social Follow Avalon: https://bsky.app/profile/avalonalchemist.bsky.social We’ve got a Pat...2025-02-051h 07
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG66. Making a - Wait, Is That a Real Zorro Movie? In ZorroHappy 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/literalcatpod/ Follow Joel Holland: https://bsky.app/profile/omamervt.bsky.social Follow Avalon: https://bsky.app/profile/avalonalchemist.bsky.so...2025-01-2247 min
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPGWe Lost Episode 65.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/avalonalchemist.bsky.social We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod Join our Discord! https://badgertrove.com/discord/ Cover...2025-01-0800 min
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG64. Making a Spice Runner With a Medical Degree in Through The BreachMan, 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 Holland: https://bsky.app/profile/omamervt.bsky.social Follow Avalon: https://bsky.app/profile/avalonalchemist.bsky.social We’ve got a Patre...2024-12-251h 08
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG63. Making a Lone Wanderer Who's Never Wandered Far in Cowboy WorldMeowdy, 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/literalcatpod/ Follow Joel Holland: https://bsky.app/profile/omamervt.bsky.social Follow Avalon: https://bsky.app/profile/avalonalchemist.bsky.social We’ve got a Pat...2024-12-1146 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG62. Making a Cyborg Phantom Thief in :Otherscape: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.app/profile/avalonalchemist.bsky.social We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/li...2024-11-271h 09Avalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 13: The NutcrackerIn this episode, Rich & Marie talk about Avalon's upcoming production of The Nutcracker as well as it's history with our school. This is the link for tickets: bit.ly/ticketsavalon as well as the other links mentioned- Music Lesson Registration: bit.ly/avalonmusicreg & Music Recital Signup: bit.ly/avalonchristmas242024-11-1328 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG61. Making a Reformed Collector of Rumors in Absurdia Feat. Quinn MajeskiSome 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: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://bsky.app/profile/avalonalchemist.bsky.social ...2024-11-1354 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG60. Making a Dalish Cat Mage in Dragon AgeWe 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 it! Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.p...2024-10-301h 10Avalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 12: Christmas Music Recitals!In this episode, Marie interviews Rich about all of the details for our Avalon Christmas Music Recitals.2024-10-2222 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG59. Making a Lab Experiment From the Future in Fate of CthulhuFate 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 something to it. Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow A...2024-10-1656 minAvalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 11: Preschool Dance Classes at AvalonIn this episode, Rich Interviews Marie all about our preschool dance programs at Avalon.2024-10-0729 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG58. Making a Diplo-catic Mobster in Capers Feat. MadFishMongerMadFishMonger 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/19301b6525Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove Download the character shee...2024-10-021h 15How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG57. Making an Anime Cat Who Rescues Kittens in Break!!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/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod Join our Discord! https://badgertrove.com/discord/ Cove...2024-09-1848 minAvalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 10: Music Lesson Registration & PoliciesIn this episode, Marie interviews Rich about Music Lesson Policies including frequently asked questions.2024-09-1723 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG56. Making a Problem Cat and his Guardian Monster Cat in Monsters & Other Childish Things Feat. JackFrostDollJack 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 Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve got a Patreon now! https://www...2024-09-041h 31How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPGLiteralCatPod Bonus: Herding Cats, Part 2 Feat. ChaosKingJameson, Misha B, and Greg Carrobis.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, Misha is here as Lady Diabolique Eclipse the 5th, a witch with a cool but deeply unsettling pet hat!None of these cats are...2024-09-011h 00How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG55. Making a Veterinarian From Another World in Monster Care SquadAld-Amura is a majestic land with vast deserts and mystical, majestic creatures referred to as Monsters. You play as someone who helps to take care of the monsters when they have health issues. Welcome Wolf the Cat to the land of Monster Care Squad, by Sandy Pug Games!Follow the show online: https://badgertrove.com/literalcatpod/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod ...2024-08-211h 04How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG54. Making a Human Resources Officer in External Containment Bureau Feat. MintRabbitPam Shrewt is the office cat of your nightmares, working as the mayor of a small Alaskan town by day, and a member of Human Resources in an anomaly investigation squad by night. People who know our inspirations, Shrewt is how you spell it, right? I don't feel like looking it up. Anyway, thank you to Mint Rabbit, the face behind the popular Tumblr blog TheresATtrpgForThat, for bringing External Containment Bureau by Mythic Gazetteer onto our show!There's A TTRPG For That: https://www.tumblr.com/theresattrpgforthatFollow the show online: https://badgertrove.com...2024-08-071h 08How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPGLiteralCatPod Bonus: Herding Cats, Part 1 Feat. ChaosKingJameson, Greg Carrobis, and Misha BEnjoy the first 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, Misha is here as Lady Diabolique Eclipse the 5th, a witch with a cool but deeply unsettling pet hat!None of these cats are...2024-08-011h 39How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG53. Making a Forklift-Certified Soldier in Sentinel Comics Feat. FionaWhimAh, the permissiveness of superhero TTRPGs never ceases to amaze. Even so, the RPG that our guest, Fiona Hopkins, brought us this week might be stretching things TOO far by letting us make The Cat Forklift. Anyway, enjoy Sentinel Comics by Greater Than Games! We put a cat in it. Follow Fiona Hopkins: https://fionawhim.tumblr.com/ Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/Bad...2024-07-241h 27Avalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 9: The History of Avalon Part 2In honor of the 20 year anniversary of Avalon, Rich & Marie discuss the last ten years of Avalon's history (part 2 of a 2 part series).2024-07-1425 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG52 - Into the Peter-Verse: A LiteralCatPod Anneversary Special Lightning RoundIf you can believe it, this show has been going on for two years now! That's a lot of cats! For this lightning round, how about we give you a few more? We're revisiting games from previous lightning rounds and making Peter the Kaiju Reader in every single one! Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/lite...2024-07-101h 17Avalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 8: The History of Avalon Part 1In honor of the 20 year anniversary of Avalon, Rich & Marie discuss the first ten years of Avalon's history (part 1 of a 2 part series).2024-07-0527 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG51 - Making a Shapeshifter with a CHAINSAW in Queerz!Queerz is an upcoming RPG by Son of Oak based on the manga series by Isa Happyfield. While we tried to stay true to the intended themes of the game, Avalon made the mistake of mentioning Chainsaws in the intro, and we are merely pawns of fate.Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod We’...2024-06-261h 32How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG50 - Making a Witch With a Creepy Living Hat in Thirsty Sword Lesbians Feat. Misha BEvil Hat Productions' Thirsty Sword Lesbians is a game designed to encapsulate the experience of seeing two characters fighting as sexual tension grows between them, and then hands you the reigns so you can actually let those characters kiss at the battle's climax. Misha B, a contributor to the Advanced Lovers and Lesbians expansion, joins us in this episode to help us make a spooky witch who wears The Hat That Swings The Sword tm. Follow Misha B online: https://www.tumblr.com/elfgirlcraftworksFollow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ F...2024-06-121h 08How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPGNew Promo - How to Make a Literal Cat In Your Favorite RPGWe finally got around to updating the show's trailer! Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod We’re on Bluesky now! https://bsky.app/profile/literalcatpod.bsky.social Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel HollandThanks for listening! We’ll Cat-ch you later! Hosted...2024-06-0401 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG49 - Making a Lucky Charm-Turned Scoundrel in Scum and VillainyScum and Villainy is a Forged In the Dark space adventure game about a ragtag crew trying to make a living under the oppressive control of the Galactic Hegemony by Evil Hat Productions. In this episode, we make a small scoundrel who's used to living a life of luxury aboard spaceships, but turned to a life of crime after that peaceful life was disrupted by a bounty hunter.Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve...2024-05-2958 minAvalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 7: Teacher spotlight with Mr. JonIn this episode, Rich interviews one of our music teachers, Mr. Jon, about his musical background, influences, teaching philosophies, and more!2024-05-2923 minAvalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 6: A guide to beginning Pointe technique in BalletIn this episode, Rich interviews Marie about the Pointe technique in ballet.2024-05-2124 minAvalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 5: What happens in your first music lessonIn this episode, Rich gives a first music lesson to our special guest star, Zoey!2024-05-1624 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG48 - Making the Grey (Tabby) Jedi in Force and DestinyForce and Destiny is the second of Fantasy Flight Games's cross-compatible Star Wars RPGs we've covered. This one focused primarily on the surviving Jedi in hiding in the aftermath of the Battle of Yavin. While it is the official stance of the Literal Cat Podcast and official Star Wars brand that Grey Jedi aren't real, they never said anything about making Grey Tabbies into Jedi, and we feel like that's basically the same thing.Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://t...2024-05-151h 19Avalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 4: Choosing an Instrument & Buying GuideIn this episode, Marie interviews Rich about choosing an instrument, what instrument to get, and where to get it!2024-05-0722 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG47 - Making a Bounty Hunter with a Sentient Gun in Light Side Feat. Ian MauldinWe all know the Star Wars trilogy of movie trilogies. This is a game that's heavily inspired by all that. Joining us this week, the creator of Light side and Game Master on the Shrimp & Crits podcast, Ian Mauldin! Enjoy!Follow Ian Mauldin online: https://twitter.com/IanMauldinFollow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/lite...2024-05-011h 01Avalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 3: Everything to know about Dance Recital DayIn this episode, Rich interviews Marie about preparing for the day of our Dance Recital!2024-04-2918 minAvalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 2: Summer Music Lessons & Preparing for RecitalsIn this episode, Marie interviews Rich about Summer Music Lessons & Rich breaks down a great system to prepare for recital & open mic performances.2024-04-2225 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG46 - Making An Alchemist Who Wants To Be a Real Boy in MagonomiaMagonomia by Shewstone Publishing is a Fate-based RPG of wizards in Renaissance-era Europe. The spells and skills included in the game are inspired by the actual notes and teachings of real scientists and charlatans of the era. We are kinda bastardizing this by saying a cat also did Alchemy in that setting, but in our defense, it was for the bit. Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.pat...2024-04-171h 12Avalon State of the Arts!Avalon State of the Arts! Episode 1: Preparing for our Dance Recital RehearsalsIn this episode, Rich & Marie take apart all the details and frequently asked questions about preparing for the rehearsals for our Dance Recitals.2024-04-1520 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG45 - Making Just a Normal Citizen, What Do You Mean They Look Weird? In Paranoia Feat. BeesIn Mongoose Publishing's Paranoia, The Computer is all-knowing and decides all. It totally never makes any mistakes, and it'd be treasonous to imply otherwise. So Trust our guest, Bees, when she tells you that the character we made this week is in no way a Computer error! And remember, it'd be treasonous to imply otherwise. Warning: Listening to this episode DOES constitute treason for anyone who's actually intending to play Paranoia in the future. You have been warned.Bees does not wish to be perceived, but she does want you to listen to...2024-04-031h 15How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG44 - Making the Master of the Water Shuriken in Avatar LegendsIn this episode, we take a look at the RPG/Lore Bible based on the beloved Nickelodeon animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Avatar: Legend of Korra. You will be happy to hear that our cat is completely lore-compliant, considering a Literal Cat did exist in the show at one point. I mean, if you ignore the fact that it can water-bend. Otherwise, perfectly lore-compliant!Silent Mayhem Under Springfield is currently Playtesting!!! https://badgertrove.itch.io/silent-mayhem-under-springfield-playtest-editionFollow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.p...2024-03-201h 07
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In this episode, we talk all about river cruising. Christy just returned from a 4 night Avalon River Cruise through Holland, tied with a River Cruise Expo. She talks all about the amazing sights she saw including the Tulip Farms in Amsterdam! we also talk about potential alternatives to river cruising for families outside of ABD options.
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...2024-03-191h 15How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG43 - Making a Leader Among Alley Cats in Scion: Origin Feat. Kevin KutlesaScion is an RPG about gods and demigods and the creation of new myths and epics in the modern day by Onyx Path Publishing. Kevin Kutlesa of Lawful Good Media joins us today to talk more about it! Hope you like our street cat with the spirit of a ruler!Follow Kevin Kutlesa Online: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8UKu1M0dnj0fdORZWMJGAFollow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistWe’ve got a P...2024-03-061h 10How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG42 - Making a Reality-Bending Stray in See Issue X Feat. Chris LonghurstChris Longhurst, aka PotatoCubed, has joined us to talk about his RPG, See Issue X! See Issue X is a superhero RPG whose unique claim to fame is that it has you develop a character using the exact same gameplay mechanics you'd use to complete every other story arc! It offered no resistance whatsoever to the cat creation process. Patrick is a stray cat who has gained the ability to rewrite reality after touching the blank pages of a history book, completing a ritual meant for a local wizard, who is now Patrick's eternal rival. Follow...2024-02-211h 04How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG41 - Making a Cat on a Mouse's Journey Into Public Domain in WanderhomeWanderhome by Possum Creek Games is the story of a journey, and the people you meet along the way. For instance, Mickey Mouse is making a journey into the public domain, and now instead of being an anthropomorphic mouse, he's an adolescent Literal Cat, in a world full of anthropomorphic animals. It'll be quite the journey for our naive young friend. Who will Micholas M. Mouse (the cat) meet along the way? Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.c...2024-02-0751 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG40-Episode Special: Tunnel Goons Lightning Round!We have made it, yet again, through another set of 10 episodes! Rejoice and enjoy as we work our way through many hacks and variants of the Tunnel Goons RPG, originally published by the Highland Paranormal Society. You can find a list of the hacks included in this episode and countless more by following this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cImeRD36N4XWFLRjuWaP9cTu64nVAzuGQPP9KOCA-qs/edit#gid=0Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist2024-01-241h 05How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG39 - Making a Lab Experiment-turned Ace Pilot in Beam SaberBeam Saber is a Forged in the Dark system that lets you live out your mecha anime fantasies, if you're into that kind of thing. If you need a fresh idea for a character, why not consider playing as Cedric, the mildly psychic cat who operates his mech via telepathic connection? NOTE: This episode does not constitute an endorsement of CAT's actions in Gaza on behalf of Israel. We here at the Literal Cat Podcast would strongly prefer a free Palestine. Honestly if I'd known about the connection when we recorded this, we probably wouldn't have...2024-01-101h 04How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG38 - Making a Mutant Hunter with a Friendly Pet in Mutants in the NowMutants in the Now is an RPG system by Julian Kay, inspired by the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tabletop RPG from 1985, with updated mechanics for the modern era. However, it's still a CRONCHY system, if you like that kind of thing! If you'd like to make a mutant in the style of your favorite pizza-loving sewer dwellers, this is probably the game you want. You wanna know how it works? We basically follow the normal process step-by-step to make a mutant cat! Follow Julian Kay: https://j-k.gamesFollow the show online...2023-12-271h 57How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG37 - Making a Cow-Cat from a Loving Home in Dogs In the Vineyard Feat. Greg CarrobisUnfortunately, Austin couldn't be here this week. Filling in for him is Greg Carrobis of Ghosts on a Train/Faustian Nonsense fame. Greg came to me with Dogs in the Vineyard for two reasons: One, it was one of his first and most formative TTRPGs. Two, it would be funny to make a literal cat in a TTRPG called "Dogs." He was right, it is pretty funny to do that. Community-made character sheets by Reddit user lukehawksbee: https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/73arjv/dogs_in_the_vineyard_character_sheets_reference/ Follow...2023-12-131h 04How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG36 - Making a Weird Little Guy Who Knows Your Secrets in Apocalypse WorldApocalypse World by D. Vincent and Meguey Baker, the origin of the Powered By The Apocalypse flavor of RPG design, has a second edition! We looked at it this episode, and after much deliberation, landed on the Brainer playbook for our cat this week. Be careful if you pet him - he can figure out your secrets and plant ideas in your head from a single touch!Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist\2023-11-2955 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG35 - Making the Squire with a Friend in Every Town and Stable in FellowshipFellowship is a Lord of the Rings inspired fantasy adventure that puts a significant amount of worldbuilding power in the players' hands at the point of character creation. Cucumber Pip is your party's squire, he's a cat, the horses listen to him, and he's probably not the best at carrying your gear. But that's what the horses are for, right? Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist\We’ve got a Patreon now...2023-11-1547 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG34 - Making a Familiar Face Around the Skate Park (in space) in Hard Wired IslandIn the far-off year of 2020, the Grand Cross Space Station exists. People live on it. So do cats. Specifically, Wilhelm the Wheels lives on it. He's a cat that hangs around the space station's skate park, which exists, and he went viral a while back for successfully using a skateboard.Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist\We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove Download the...2023-11-0159 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG33 - Making a Biker Gang Leader You Can't Look Away From in Vampire: The Masquerade Feat. Meghan MurphyVampire: The Masquerade, currently published by Renegade Games at the time of this episode's release, is one of those systems that was bound to pop up eventually, and here it is. It's one we worried about doing alone, but luckily Meghan Murphy of $2 Creature Feature was here to help! In all honesty, though, I think Brother Billy the Vampire Cat was inside all of us, all along, and this was merely the vessel he used to be written into the world. Follow Meghan Murphy: https://bsky.app/profile/murphypop.bsky.socialFollow $2 Creature...2023-10-181h 44How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG32 - Making The Last Living Practitioner of Shield-fu in F.I.S.T Ultra EditionIt's October, so we're doing some spooky games just for you! First up is the paranormal search-and-destroy game, F.I.S.T! This week's cat is... actually they're totally not a cat, why would you think that? This is just the last living practitioner of Shield-Fu, haunted by ghosts from their past (literally) and on a quest for (???). Agent 777 is here for all your shield-throwing needs! Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist\2023-10-041h 00How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG31 - Making a Mother Figure who Just Wants to Have Fun in ParselingsParselings by Smunchy Games is as in-depth of a system as the Literal Cat Crew can do alone without getting scared, apparently, but we did make it through! Listen as we work our way through a game where words are power and you are a spoiled house cat with a heart of gold! I mean, you will be if you take this character sheet. Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist\We’ve...2023-09-201h 24How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG30 - Midsize Lightning RoundAnime Summer Season is over, and we are at the 30-episode mark! This episode, we took a look at Renegade Games' Kids on Bikes and Teens in Space, Tunnel Goons by Highland Paranormal Society, Bxllet by Rathayibacter, Web of Lies and Defense Engineers by Incitement Studio (which is just Joel from This Show and they'll probably be republished by Badger Trove soon), and Ghost Lines by John Harper. This episode radically skews the cat-to-episode ratio, but that's okay. We'll do them anywayFollow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: h...2023-09-061h 22
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG29 - Making a Demon Lord With Catgirl Servants in This World Summons Too Many Heroes!!Nick Duff's This World Summons Too Many Heroes!! is the story of a fantasy realm where, for some bizarre reason, the Goddess just keeps making more and more summoning scrolls. It's like, a serious problem. Like, a group of catgirl demons just randomly called forth a cat from our world and started worshipping it, just because they could. By the way, that cat's name is Tiberius, and he is the focus of our episode today. Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/F...2023-08-231h 11
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG28 - Making a Sweet Little Guy Who Cannot Be Harmed In Over ArmsOver Arms is a TTRPG by Rookie Jet Studio made to emulate anime series like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and other series you don't care about as much. We thought it'd be funny to make a cat in this who was as close to invincible as we were allowed to get it, the trade-off being that he's a wimpy idiot. But that doesn't stop him from using his Anima to sabotage corporate land development projects! Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow A...2023-08-091h 15
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG27 - Making a Local Celebrity from a Slice-Of-Life Show in OVA Feat. NyeOVA is a generic Anime-inspired RPG system from Wise Turtle Games, and a personal favorite of Nye from $2 Creature Feature. Thanks to his help, we made it through this extensive point-buy character creation system unscathed and made it out with Tortellini, the cat that loves appearing in selfies and giving high fives around the market district. Perfect for your Slice-Of-Life character needs! Follow Nye: https://twitter.com/ErsatzExpertFollow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://t...2023-07-261h 41
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG26 - Making a Product of the Void in Voidheart SymphonyVoidheart Symphony is a game by UFO Press which draws heavy inspiration from the Persona video game series. It may not have kept the anime aesthetic, but we felt it belonged. Our cat's been in the void since it made contact with reality, and while there, he's become distorted beyond recognition. Almost. You could probably figure out he's a cat, still. BUT IT'S NOT A MORGANA SITUATION!Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist\2023-07-121h 13
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG25 - Making an Isekai'd Office Pet With a Pet Dog-Man in PokeRole Feat. Quinn SchultePokeRole is a fan-made Pokemon-themed RPG made to mimic the style of the Pokemon anime. Quinn Schulte of Dungeons and Dragon-Types has come to us to help us through the first month of Anime Summer Season by helping us make Lawnmower, a tired office pet from our world who survived an incident with a lawnmower as a kitten only to be run over by a truck one day. But Arceus had other plans for this cat, sending her to the world of Pokemon with one goal: Be the very best, like no one ever was.Follow...2023-06-281h 18
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG24 - Making a Cringefail Otaku Maid in Maid Feat. FinnOcellarisContent Warning: pedophilia (lolita) mention. The RPG book itself also contains references to homophobic and transphobic tropes that were incredibly common in 90's to early 2000's anime, although none of these tropes are brought up in the episode or used in character creation.Anime Summer Season has begun! We're starting with Maid by Ryo Kamiya, translated by Ewen Cluney. In the episode with us is actual anime boy, RPG player, and occasional maid dress wearer, FinnOcellaris! With his help, we made possibly the most pathetic character in the show's history. No talent, no people skills, nothing...2023-06-1453 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPGAnnouncement - Making a Patreon and a "brand" to publish other projects by the two of us under.Because Austin and I are hoping to create more projects together than just this podcast, and also work with more people on them (hopefully), we've begun work on building Badger Trove, built on the observation that when people team up, they tend to be able to make more of what they want to make with fewer compromises, and that idea is appealing to us! Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist\We’ve...2023-06-0113 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG23 - Making a Telepathic Sidekick in Masks: A New Generation Feat. Laura McMillMasks: A New Generation, written by Brendan Conway and published by Magpie Games, is a game about young superheroes with big feelings to work through. Our cat this episode is the overly muscular super genius with the power of Telepathy who trained under the great hero, Psychic Boom, but has always believed his talents would be better suited for science and research than crime fighting. Featuring Laura McMill from $2 Creature Feature: https://twitter.com/2DollarCreatureFollow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow J...2023-05-311h 24How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG22 - Making a Paralegal with Crippling Debt in #iHunt#iHunt is a TTRPG about killing monsters in the gig economy. Download the app and accept jobs like you would an Uber or something. Our cat this time is the one and only cat to lose a lawsuit who now owes untold amounts in damages and legal fees. Her job as a paralegal was insufficient, so she took her boss's phone and accepted a job on iHunt. The rest is history. Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://t...2023-05-171h 29How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG21 - Making a Big, Strong, Focused, Dumb Boy in Warriors Adventure GameIt took nearly a year of doing this show, but someone finally decided to tell us that there was an officially licensed Warrior Cats RPG. But as SOON as we were told, we knew what we had to do. Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistDownload the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod Intro/Outro music made by Joel HollandThanks for listening! We’ll Cat...2023-05-031h 03How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG20 - Making a Silver-Tongued Trickster in DemigodsDemigods is a fresh new RPG about playing as the half-mortal children of Gods in the modern world by Jason Mills. After coming dangerously close to a Puss in Boots type deal, we ended the episode with Penzey, the child of a Hindu Goddess who is going through her rebellious phase at the mature age of... 1 year old. Hey, it's rough out there for talking cats! Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist2023-04-191h 06How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG19 - Making a Jacked(?) Catboy in Glitter HeartsGreg Leatherman's Glitter Hearts is a game that allows you and your table to act out your Magical Girl fantasies, such as... Ben 10? We also took this episode as an opportunity to provide some Catboy representation, creating a Maine Coon who can transform into a muscular anthropomorphized Maine Coon who has a whip now. Hear him roar. Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistDownload the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod ...2023-04-051h 09How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG18 - Making a Special-Ops Saboteur in LancerLancer is a mud-and-lasers Mecha RPG by Massif Press. They expect people to pilot the mechs. We had other ideas. Meet Saturn, a special-ops saboteur and his trusted Everest-model Mech, Kitty Purry. That game jam project we mentioned: https://globalgamejam.org/2023/games/tumbletown-7 Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistDownload the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland2023-03-221h 31How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG17 - Solo But Not Alone Lightning Round Feat. Cat McDonaldSolo But Not Alone is an itch charity bundle hosted annually to support Jasper's Game Day to help in their mission to keep people alive. If you're listening to this the week it came out, you've got a couple weeks left to check it out! If March is already over, stay tuned for next year's! You can get a whole bunch of solo play TTRPGs and help a good cause for $10!Follow Cat Online: https://twitter.com/CatlingGunSolo But Not Alone 3 Bundle: https://itch.io/b/1692/solo-but-not-alone-3Follow the...2023-03-081h 06
UN-CAPED HEROES - The Podcast# 434 w Debbie HarrellIn the current world we exist in, where so many things are instant and at your imaginative fingertips, our wisdom filled guest, Debbie Harrell of Avalon, Ca, reminds us to "Keep going and trust the process." The 'process' seems to be a place where a gap exists. Those born after 1995 never really had to engage in it. Push a button and BAM, the answer magically appears. To Debbie, heroes show up in everyday life, everyday. Kick back with us and enjoy some wisdom.2023-03-0328 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG16 - Making a Mugger with a Cat-Tana in Marvel Multiverse (Feat. James Anderson)This week, we invited on the other Timeline Scavenger, James Anderson, to discuss something near and dear to his heart, Marvel Comics. Well, specifically, Marvel Multiverse, the upcoming Marvel Comics-Branded TTRPG. And because of the kind of show it is, specifically how to play as a cat in the game. And because of who we are, we gave the cat a sword and let it mug people. Fillable Excel Character sheet by Reddit User Bukanir: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarvelMultiverseRPG/comments/ub3ajq/marvel_multiverse_rpg_autocalculating_character/ Follow James Anderson online...2023-02-221h 03How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG15 - Making a Noble with a Traumatic Kittenhood in Tales of XadiaFrom the world of the Netflix Original Series, The Dragon Prince, comes a TTRPG that we used to make yet another cat. Tales of Xadia is a game by Cam Banks and Dan Telfer and published by Dire Wolf. Mousetrap is a cat who never got over that one time she humilated herself as a kitten and vowed never to mess up like that around people ever again.Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist2023-02-081h 31How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG14 - Making an Influencer with the Divine Spark in Dethrone the Divine Feat. Mr. RayAnother winter month, another episode about playing a cat with divine powers. Mr. Ray of the $2 Creature Feature Podcast brought us one of the RPGs he's made (Dethrone the Divine) and walked us through making a cat in it! He even had a stat block for a Literal Cat! Follow Mr. Ray: https://twitter.com/Mr_Ray_rpg Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistDownload the character sheets: h...2023-01-251h 01How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG13 - Making an Emotional Support Pet for the Zombie Apocalypse in Survival of the Able Feat. Jacob WoodOn this episode, Jacob Wood of Accessible Games hijacks our discord call to walk us through making a cat in his most recent game, Survival of the Able, a TTRPG about people with disabilities surviving a zombie apocalypse in Medieval Europe. Our character this episode spent his early years living in the wild, but after sustaining an injury to one of his legs, he ended up living at St. Giles' Almshouse, providing joy to the human residents. You know, until the zombies came. Featuring Jacob Wood (Accessible Games): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4478/Accessible-Games2023-01-1143 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG12 - Making The Cat who "Came Back" in Relics: A Game of AngelsRelics is a game about Angels, first and foremost, therefore we had to start the process off deciding whether a cat that died, went to heaven, and then came back to earth counted as a Literal Cat, still. Once we got that out of the way, we were able to establish that this cat went to Ancient Egypt and introduced the myth of Bast so that humans would take care of cats. Our guest this episode was Steve Dee of Tin Star Games, the creator of this RPG! https://tinstargames.itch.io/ Follow...2022-12-2852 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG11 - Making a Mystical Cowgirl Cat in Blades in the Dark Feat. Alex SchulteJess McMahon was a simple carriage driving cat for most of her life, until she learned two important lessons: 1) Not everyone actually sees the ghosts. That's a special skill of hers.2) Crime pays WAY better. And so she moved to Duskwall to join a gang. Our special guest, Alex Schulte, is a cohost on the A Couple of Characters podcast, another TTRPG character creation show: https://acoupleofcharacterspodcast.com/Community-Made Form-Fillable Character Sheets found here: http://ad1066.com/bens-character-sheets/blades-in-the-dark-playbooksFollow the show online: https...2022-12-141h 00How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG10-episode Special: 1-Page One-Shot Lightning RoundEver since we started doing this show, we've wanted to do a special every 10 episodes where we take 10 micro RPGs intended for the One-Shot play, and make cats as characters in them, whether it fits or not.Games played in this lightning round: Ah, Dang! Mothman Won't Move Out! (He said it was Just for the Weekend) By Ettin64/Weird Age Games https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/293335/Ah-Dang-Mothman-Wont-Move-Out-He-Said-It-Was-Just-For-The-WeekendAll Outta Bubblegum by Jeffrey Grant and Michael Sullivan https://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=16688Pdf made by Reddit...2022-11-301h 17How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG9 - Immortalizing an Old Friend as a Monstrous Hunter in Monster of the Week (Feat. Colin Parker)We are joined this episode by one Colin Parker of the Scavengers Network, Keeper and Producer of Myth Takes, a (currently) Monster of the Week show! He's here to tell us how to speedrun cat character creation and share some stories about some cats that he's known! We even base this episode's character off one of them!Oh this episode is about Monster of the Week written by Michael Sands and published by Evil Hat.Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/2022-11-161h 09How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG8 - Making a Corporate PR Stunt in Kaiju, IncorporatedPeter the Kaiju Reader became famous after correctly predicting weak points on 5 different Kaiju. The corporation the cat's owner worked for has capitalized HARD on this fact. Join us on How to Make a Literal Cat in your Favorite RPG for our first-ever in-episode roleplay! (it was part of character creation) in Kaiju, Incorporated by Evil Hat Productions!Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistDownload the character sheets: https://bit.ly/l...2022-11-021h 01How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG7 - Creating a Pilot who Makes his Own Luck in Edge of the EmpireThis Week on How to Make a Literal Cat in your Favorite RPG, we blast off to a galaxy far, far away as we do a Star War! Edge of the Empire by Fantasy Flight Games lets us play in the outer rim during the height of the Empire's power as a bunch of scoundrels and explorers. For this setting, we created a hairless cat who wandered onto a ship one day and the crew let it be the pilot.Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.s...2022-10-191h 43How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG6 pt.2 - Finishing a Witch's Familiar Who's Considering a Solo Adventure in The Dark EyeIn the second half of the character creation process, Joel & Austin wrap up the number-crunching and get back to what they do best: writing vague lore based on random details they decided on during character creation. Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistDownload the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod The fillable character sheet used in this episode was a community resource found here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/pr...2022-10-0558 minHow to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG6 pt.1 - Starting a Witch's Familiar Who's Considering a Solo Adventure in The Dark EyeIn the first half of our The Dark Eye cat creation session, Joel & Austin crunch lots of numbers as they try to work out just how to play as a magical cat. Little did they know the rules were gonna help them out, big time. Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistDownload the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod The fillable character sheet used in this episode was a...2022-09-211h 11How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG5 - Making a Hunter from the Mountains in Shadows of EsterenShadows of Esteren is a french horror RPG about the peninsula of Tri-Kazel and all the horrific beasts that people must live alongside. For this episode, we made a cat that lives in a mountain community and "helps" with the hunting. Character Creation Tool used: https://jdr.pierstoval.com/esteren/en/ Follow the show online: https://twitter.com/literalcatpod Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/ Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland ...2022-09-071h 11How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG4 - Making a Power-Sealing Secret Agent (and his human sidekick) in City of Mist (feat. ChaosKingTyrone)This episode we were joined by my old work friend and RPG Table member, James, aka ChaosKingTyrone on Twitch. Because it was his birthday back when we recorded this, we let him do the honors of making the cat, while Austin tried making a boring old human character.Follow the show online: https://twitter.com/literalcatpodFollow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistFollow our guest, James: https://www.twitch.tv/ChaosKingTyroneIntro/Outro music made by...2022-08-242h 18How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG3 - Making a Messenger for the Mob with a Double Life in Modern AGEModern AGE is a generic ruleset by Green Ronin Games for playing games in modern/futuristic settings. While we typically won't do generic rulesets, this one was structured enough that we felt we could make it work.Follow the show online: https://twitter.com/literalcatpodFollow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistDownload the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod Intro/Outro music made by Joel HollandThanks for listening! We’ll Cat-ch you la...2022-08-101h 08How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG2 - Making a Tactical Support Cat in Power OutagePower Outage is a kid-friendly superhero TTRPG with a character creation system that doesn't require you to break a single rule to play as a literal cat... if you accept some loose interpretations of the rules. Welcome Austin Erwin to the show. Hope you like him, because he's hopefully a permanent co-host!Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/ Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemistDownload the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod Intro/Outro m...2022-07-2748 min
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPGPilot - Making a Roguish Team Mascot in Dungeons and DragonsThis pilot was done as a test episode/proof of concept back in late 2020 and published in January 2021 with the help of my friend, Zach. We recorded a D&D episode because D&D players are plentiful and now nobody can legally ever ask me where the D&D episode is because it's done and you're looking at it. Now we can focus on RPGs that are good without a mountain of homebrew and... homebrew a cat into them. Don't think about it too hard. Starting next episode, you'll hear me working with Austin Erwin, who heard this then...2022-07-1333 min
AVALON MUSIC#14 VALLE DI PETRACURBARA - Jean Deméo Passionné de skate board et de son histoire depuis l’âge de 10 ans, il découvre le grunge, le rock, le punk rock et plus précisément ses idoles Kurt Cobain, Dexter Holland, et Jimi Hendrix.
C’est au même âge qu’il rentre à la MJC de Bastia, sous les ordres de son professeur de batterie Bruno Vidal, membre du groupe Canta U Populu Corsu.
Il y passera 3 années inoubliables où il fait la connaissance de son proche ami et batteur professionnel Anthony Doux, avec qui il formera le duo de Dj et percussionnist...2020-09-2445 min
avalon-music#14 VALLE DI PETRACURBARA - Jean DeméoPassionné de skate board et de son histoire depuis l’âge de 10 ans, il découvre le grunge, le rock, le punk rock et plus précisément ses idoles Kurt Cobain, Dexter Holland, et Jimi Hendrix.
C’est au même âge qu’il rentre à la MJC de Bastia, sous les ordres de son professeur de batterie Bruno Vidal, membre du groupe Canta U Populu Corsu.
Il y passera 3 années inoubliables où il fait la connaissance de son proche ami et batteur professionnel Anthony Doux, avec qui il formera le duo de Dj et percussionniste Anarchi’s.
La musique électroniq...2020-09-2445 min
Frank Off The Radio: The Frank Skinner PodcastThe Frank Skinner Show - Michael Flat LayFrank Skinner's on Absolute Radio every Saturday morning and you can enjoy the show's podcast right here. Radio Academy Award winning Frank, Emily and Alun bring you a show which is like joining your mates for a coffee... So, put the kettle on, sit down and enjoy UK commercial radio's most popular podcast. This week Frank has been to see World Cup cricket and has an issue with Alexa. The team also discuss Tom Holland's Spider-suit problems, pavement sales and regency fashion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2019-06-291h 19
River Cruise Radio036: Review of Avalon Artistry II | Avalon WaterwaysSherry Kennedy links up with us this week from Europe where she just stepped off Avalon Waterways' Artistry II. She was sailing on a seven-night Northern Holland and Tulips cruise. This is a seasonal sailing that Avalon offers. We hear about: Her pre-cruise adventure How embarkation was different than other sailings she's been on The thoughts of the ship How the food was What ports she visited (it was a lot!) Details on her excursions How her connectivity was on the ship Tips for sailing Northern Holland Your feedback and reviews are appreciated: doug@cruiseradio.net. 2017-05-1120 minRiver Cruise Radio035: River Cruise Godmother + Avalon Waterway ChangesThis week I had a chance to chat with Vanessa Lee, river cruise expert, and Godmother of the Avalon Vista. I've known of Vanessa for years and finally had a chance to meet her on a Holland America sailing in 2016, we quickly became friends. We chat about: Being a Godmother of a river cruise ship Where she thinks river cruising is going Are world events causing people to hedge with river cruising Terri Burke has been on both side of the cruise industry, once on the consumer side and now on the operations side as Man...2017-05-0415 min