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Hey guys, prepping for our first Lightning Round in a while, what are some good one-page RPGs out there? Last time I did a one-page lightning round I just grabbed some of the most popular ones I knew of, so if we could track down some lesser-known ones this time, that'd be better!

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75 - Making a Touch Screen-Trained Ace Pilot in ChangedStars Feat. Dieselee

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

Thanks for listening! We’ll Cat-ch you later!

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This Month On The Literal Cat Podcast (06.2025)

Good evening, everyone! Hope you've all had a good first day of Pride! We kept the month in mind when planning these episodes!

On June 11, we talked to Lee of DieselShot about ChangedStars! Together, we imagine how cats would work not just as an individual character, but as a playable race!

Then, at the request of Alyssa Ridley of Biscuit Fund, we did our first and only Air Bud Rules consideration in her game, Tournament Arc!

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Hey in case anyone was curious, May was our best month download-wise.

I don't think it'll continue trending upward considering it was essentially the numbers off 3 separate episodes but STILL, the second month to beat 300, and only 19 shy of 400 downloads!

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74 – Making a Wizard Hunter in Flannel in Urban Shadows

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

Thanks for listening! We’ll Cat-ch you later!

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!!!REQUESTING GUESTS!!!

We are looking for 3 guests for Action Fiction Autumn!

If you think you'll probably be free on a Tuesday night in August, September, or October, and your favorite RPG is one of the following, please contact us at Literalcatpod@gmail.com:

Spirit of 77 Outgunned Gubat Banwa Feng Shi Macho Women With Guns Thrilling Adventures Panic at the Dojo Beach Patrol Miami 86 Action 12 Cinema America The Bulletproof Straight To VHS

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Year of Rolemaster, baybeeee

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73 - Making Snowbell from Stuart Little (1999) in Interstitial Feat. Riley Hopkins

Interstitial is a game by @revryebread 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 Design: mymothercangotohell.com

Moonshot Podcast Network: moonshotpods.com

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62292763

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

Thanks for listening! We’ll Cat-ch you later!

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Making a Literal Cat in Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy

Some time in March, two members of the A.N.I.M. Team were guests on @literalcatpod, the episode released in April, and due to being really busy I’m just only making a post about it now.

We had a great time working together with the hosts to make the cat investigator Pam Hammer (yes that’s her name), a stray alley cat who runs her own private detective office out of a cardboard box on the sidewalk.

Come listen to it on any one of these various links to be amazed at such questions as:

How threatening is an angry alley cat in human standards?

How does the Seduce skill apply to and for cats?

Can cats learn martial arts?

Can they smoke?

Can they wear hats?

Who in their right mind would hire a cat to be a private detective?

And a some lot more!

This really was a blast, way more fun than we even thought it would be!

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This Month on the Literal Cat Podcast: (05/2025)

Happy May 1st, everyone! New month, new Episode Announcement Post!

I am genuinely excited for you all to hear these, at least one of them is gonna be... something. ok they both are!

On May 14, we bring you the crossover fanfic RPG, Interstitial, with the game's creator, @revryebread assisting us! And roasting Snowbell from Stuart Little. But mostly assisting us! Actually... I'm not sure which happened more.

Then, on the 28th, we take a look at the OTHER PbTA Urban Fantasy RPG, Urban Shadows by Magpie Games! Hope you like hunting Wizards in flannel!

This may also be a good time to mention that we're currently looking for guests for our upcoming Fall event, Action Fiction Autumn! If your favorite RPG is one like Feng Shui, Spirit of 77, Macho Women With Guns, or Panic at the Dojo, email us at Literalcatpod@gmail.com today!!!

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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!

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

Thanks for listening! We’ll Cat-ch you later!

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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

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

Thanks for listening! We’ll Cat-ch you later!

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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.

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

Thanks for listening! We’ll Cat-ch you later!

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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