Every Magical Kitty has a human. Every human has a Problem. In Magical Kitties Save the Day, you need to use your magical powers to solve problems and save the day. But kitties live in Hometowns that are filled with witches, aliens, hyper-intelligent raccoons, and other foes. They make human problems worse, so the kitties need to go on adventures to stop them before that can happen. Second, a Magical Power should have an active use: Part of the fun of the game is for players to think up creative and crazy ways that they can use their powers. Players shouldn’t have to passively wait for the GM to cue them. So, I bought a copy of Magical Kitties Save The Day for two of my nieces and two of nephews for Christmas. We played the first game remotely, the nieces in Oregon and the nephews in Massachusetts, we split the group into two sets pretty early because of age differences and time zone differences. Below is a letter I just sent my sister, the mother of the nephews. P is eleven, M is nine. You are magical kitties. You have humans. The humans have problems. Use your magical powers to solve their problems and save the day!

The game features a simple D6 dice pool system driven by three core stats, Cute, Cunning and Fierce, along with talents and of course magical powers. It’s a traditional RPG with many modern RPG elements added, like shared narration and worldbuilding and an in-game currency that both mitigates randomness and adds story elements. I usually prep these cheat sheets for RPGs that I play or run, and I’ve shared many of them here on the Alexandrian in the past. This one is for a game that I was the Project Developer and co-designer for: The second edition of Magical Kitties Save the Day! While having the deluxe wooden tokens and dice with cat paws on them would have been nice, there’s nothing actually wrong with the components in this box.it's an excellent game for kids to start running on their own. Even if you’ve never played a roleplaying game, Magical Kitties As part of the Cat Eyes Detective Agency, the magical kitties work together to solve crimes and uncover the mysterious secrets of Sunset City. Because there’s much more to this hometown than meets the eye. Someone has frozen the city in time, inside a magical bubble, and they don’t want anyone to know about it!

games with roleplaying element s, watched actual play videos, or just think roleplaying games sound like a lot of fun and you want to give them a try, Magical Kitties can be your first step into a larger world. Now that you’ve (hopefully) figured out this detailed problem system, the game gets into creating adventures. It gives you a number of really solid Adventure Recipes that are basically lists of story beats. These include things like the Boss Rush, Five Scenes, A Simple Mystery, The Raid and Rescue Operation. Each of these basically gives you a formula that you can fill with problems, foes, challenges, roleplaying, and more.You are cute. You are cunning. You are fierce. You are magical kitties who can save the day! That’s how this RPG in a box begins, and also how it has continued – such a cute mantra has now invaded daily life and has been repeated regularly since starting to play this game. Gone away are the range of dice, the requirement to roll for an extensive number of options, and lengthy character sheets, instead, here stands Magical Kitties Save The Day, with six D6, and requirements to roll only for actions that fall under cute, cunning, or fierce. Players are free to describe their kitties however they want and are encouraged to draw a picture of their Kitty.

The elegantly simple rules system puts the emphasis on storytelling and supports a setting and characters that players are familiar with andlove from the start. The section is broken down into geographic locations, with each location featuring a number of Adventure Ingredients similar to those presented earlier with the Hometown Problems. Michelle, Matthew, and I began work on the game’s second edition, which would be designed for print and worldwide distribution. The second half of the Rulebook includes information mainly meant for the Games Master, though it doesn’t restrict this section to GM’s eyes only like some traditional RPGs do. In Magical Kitties Save the Day, one player — known as the Game Master (GM) — has a very special role. They describe the world in which the magical kitties live to the other players and, when the kitties take action, they use the rules of the game to figure out what happens next.

Deluxe Magical Kitties at a Glance

The elegantly simply rules system puts the emphasis on storytelling and supports a setting and characters that players are familiar with and love from the start.

To run this adventure well I had to take time to prepare before the game, noting down stats, probable paths the players would take, NPC personality notes and more. While I don’t mind a little prep work now and then, it’s not something I expected from such a light seeming game or from what amounts to a starter adventure. Even with all of this prep work, I still found I had to flip through the books during gameplay, looking for details I failed to note. Includes everything you need to play in the box - character sheets, dice, kittytreats, rulebooks, a hometown setting, and your first adventure! The first edition of Magical Kitties Save the Day featured eighteen Magical Powers for the kitties. For the second edition, I wanted to expand this to thirty-six powers.Overall there’s a ton to love in Magical Kitties Save the Day. This is a fantastic traditional RPG that is not only great for new players and for kids (at least on the player side if not the GM side) but that also features a number of modern RPG sensibilities that integrate very well into the system. Kitty treats allow you to bypass an occasional consequence. You can use them to reroll a die, avoid owies (damage points), activate bonus features from your magical powers, or alter the story (if the GM agrees). Every Magical Kitty has a human. Every human has a Problem. In Magical Kitties Save the Day, you need to use your magical powers to solve problems and save the day.