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Cat's Paws (WBW-DC-NTP-01)

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2023 ENNIE Awards Silver Winner in the Best Organised Play category! 

The Dai Meow-Ou is dead, you’re accused of murder, and you have until sunrise to clear your names. It’s time to put on your thinking cats and play detective, adventurers! Can you sniff out the real killers before your time runs out?

Pawsome Feywild Murder Mystery for Tier 1 Characters. Optimized for APL 3.


From the 2019 ENnie Award nominated author of the Neverdusk Trilogy and experiential horror mystery The Waystop comes a brand new roleplaying & puzzle-lite adventure lovingly crafted as an homage to the films and novels of Japan's golden age detective fiction and set in the Feywild domain of Roku-Nyan, where cats rule and dogs drool! 

This 4-hour module is designed to be played using Theater of the Mind, and depending on the characters and their decisions, multiple endings are possible.

It debuted at Lion City Conclave 2022, a community convention in Singapore that supported Causes for Animals (Singapore).


The v1.2 package (9 July Update) includes:

- Enhanced copy for better clarity & Jason's Cheat Sheet for running a smoother game.

- Art inserts by Ryan Tan Chen Wayne (Ryzwayne).

- A high quality digital map pack for key encounter locations, in Black & White (as befits the genre) by digital artist Ryan Tan Chen Wayne (Ryzwayne).

- High quality puzzle packs and resources designed by Jason Koh, with illustrations by Ryan Tan Chen Wayne (Ryzwayne).

- Token pack featuring our assassins.

- Bonus DLC Street Map.

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Jason K July 09, 2023 4:09 am UTC
CREATOR
Cat's Paws has been updated to v1.2, with the inclusion of our DLC map in the main document and some minor textual edits for clarity.
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Jason K March 28, 2023 5:21 pm UTC
CREATOR
We are pleased to announce that the Cat's Paws Map Pack now includes our DLC map depicting a typical street in Roku-Nyan digitally drawn by Ryzwayne! This asset is suitable for ambushes and subterfuge, or just plain, old fashioned detective work. Do download the Map Pack again to enjoy this new map!
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Brenda L September 16, 2022 3:52 am UTC
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Played the module 3 times during playtesting with Jason, and ran it myself after it was published. It's extremely engaging to run, the NPCs are varied and interesting (and it's extremely hilarious to play a drunk cat). The mystery can be tricky to solve especially at the start when there seems little to go on, but once you get started and look/ask around, you really get into the groove of things. One of the best modules I've played and run, and if you enjoy investigation and mystery solving, this is the go-to mod for you!

Plus, cats. :3
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Vincent L September 15, 2022 9:43 am UTC
Just played the module on Monday at a friend's table, and thought that it was very well written and structured. Kudos to the creators, Jason and Ryzwayne. I created this account just to share my experience and give it a 5/5 score for spending a weekend evening with your friends.

(Bernwind)
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Jason K September 08, 2022 6:57 pm UTC
CREATOR
The latest (v1.0b) iteration is up. This includes minor text adjustments to the adventure, a DM Cheat Sheet, and a chart to help track Key Events and killer movements. Be sure to redownload the files if you have purchased this already!

Our next update will include a bonus map for use in selected parts of the adventure!
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Trevor S September 01, 2022 6:32 pm UTC
Hi! Could you please tell us the name of the domain for this adventure? And maybe post a preview?
Also, what is the estimated running time? Thanks!
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Jason K September 01, 2022 6:50 pm UTC
CREATOR
Hey there! This adventure takes place in the domain of Roku-Nyan. Looks like previews are acting iffy. I'll have a chat with the DMsGuild team about getting that sorted out!
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Trevor S September 01, 2022 8:34 pm UTC
I can see the previews now. Sometimes it takes a while to generate, and sometimes you need to go back and "Manage Previews of My Titles" from your account.
Thanks!
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Jason K August 31, 2022 6:32 pm UTC
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Coming Soon in v1.1 (scheduled for 8 Sep 2022): In our next update, expect some minor stylistic adjustments to the text, additional tools to help the players' keep track of clues, and my personal cheat sheet for running the director's cut of the game.
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