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72 – Making a Scout of the Desert Planet Arrakis in Dune: Adventures in the Imperium

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!

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71 – Making a Scrappy Alley Cat/Hard-Boiled Detective in Eureka! Feat. Anim-TTRPGs

The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mysteries – also known as @anim-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/animttrpgs

Join the A.N.I.M RPG Book Club: https://discord.gg/ztnxPVSqCz

Check them out on Itch.io: https://anim-ttrpg.itch.io/

And follow them online: https://www.tumblr.com/anim-ttrpgs

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Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland

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70 – Making a Circus Cat with Jetpack Training in GI Joe

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. You’re welcome.

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Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland

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This Month on the Literal Cat Podcast: (04/25)

Good morning, RPG and Cat fans (you know which one you are!) What a week, am I right? What do you mean it's only Tuesday?

Ok, anyway, it's also the start of April so that means it's time to tell you all about the month's offerings! We've got a lot this time!

First and foremost, if you missed the announcement last night (technically early this morning), the 2025 Seasonal Theme is Action Fiction Autumn! Get ready for games that focus on pushing heavy ACTION! Martial arts! Thrills! From September to November this year!

First episode of the month comes tomorrow, actually! That's right, on April 2, we bring you the much-requested GI Joe cat! ok specifically one dedicated listener keeps asking but still! (GI Joe RPG by Renegade Game Studios)

On April 16, two members of the Agency for Narrative Intrigue and Mystery, @anim-ttrpgs, joined us to talk about Eureka! Investigative Urban Fantasy! End result? Cats CAN be investigators! If you're okay with not quite following the rules.

And then finally, on the literal last day of the month, we'll bring you a cat from the Imperium as we look at the Dune RPG by Modiphius!

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!!! NOT A PRANK !!!

Poll results are in for the 2025 Seasonal Theme!

The winner? Action Fiction Autumn!

From September to November, we're gonna be covering games such as Gubat Banwa, Feng Shui, Fist (wait we did that one) or uhh… Macho Women With Guns, maybe?

Send us your favorite games for emulating the action of a John Wick film, the martial arts prowess you'd expect of Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee movies, or whatever other genre gets your adrenaline going Like That! We need a total of 6, maybe 7 games to make it 'til Winter!

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oh we are never getting out of the learned helplessness cycle are we gang

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69 (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 our guest's request, please follow @theresattrpgforthat!

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Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland

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before it gets bad I'm just gonna tell y'all certain rich people have literally only recently noticed Open Source software availability compromises the bottom line of their proprietary investments so if you see little chickadees on this website talking about the dangers of Open Source software all of a sudden it's cuz they accidentally sipped some koolaid mixed up by the far right yacht people to fuck with peoples software sovereignty and right to repair, modify, and redistribute robust codebases that become a problem when 30% of your portfolio is in, oh, say, adobe or openai.

This is your unfriendly neighborhood computer fucker telling you not to fall for it and to demand your right to digital sovereignty rather than trusting companies to make correct choices about what to do with the parts of your life they would very much like to have in the cloud to continue improving their products.

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68 pt. 2 – Finishing an Inventor With Vigilante Tendencies in Haunted West

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.

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Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland

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flow winning animated feature is the kind of story that's going to be taught like the boogeyman to every big animation studio's intake class for decades

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This Month on The Literal Cat Podcast (03/2025)

Happy March, everyone! We at the Literal Cat Podcast would like to help you usher in the spring with some new cats!

Starting this spring, we have... Wild West Winter? You know, technically, Spring doesn't start until later in the month... Anyway it's the second half of the Haunted West cat on March 5!

Then, on March 19, we welcome on Sean (recommended to us by Mint @theresattrpgforthat Rabbit), who helped playtest a game called Flabbergasted! by The Wanderer's Tome (and also helped us make a cat in it!)

AND if you were considering joining our Patreon, right now is the PERFECT TIME to do so! Wild West Winter, as a theme, was decided upon by our Patrons. This year's seasonal theme will be the same!

We could have a Fall of Horror RPGs, Fantasy RPGs, or Action-heavy RPGs! It's up to you!

Become a Patron this month, and you can help decide the 2025 Seasonal theme! Or, if you're already one, make sure you go get your vote in!

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Hey am I losing it or did R. Talsorian Games, makers of the Cyberpunk RPG that CD Projekt Red turned into a videos game, just challenge us to make a cat in Cyberpunk Red?

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68 pt. 1 – Starting an Inventor With Vigilante Tendencies in Haunted West

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!

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Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland

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67 – Making a Magical Gambler in Deadlands

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!

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Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland

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This Month on the Literal Cat Podcast: (02/2025)

wait did I never do the "this month" post for February?

Ok so uhhh Meowdy! This month on LiteralCatPod: Wild West Winter:

The first episode of the month (actually coming out today) is about Deadlands from Pinnacle Entertainment!

Later this month, an episode so big that it's gonna extend Wild West Winter into the start of March! We took a look at Haunted West by Darker Hue Studios! Yes, it'll be a 2-parter!

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66. Making a – Wait, Is That a Real Zorro Movie? In Zorro

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/literalcatpod/

Follow Joel Holland: https://bsky.app/profile/omamervt.bsky.social

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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 art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland

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