The Cats of New Orleans - The Nine Lives of New Orleans

Madame Laveau's Whisper. The Beginning of the War.

New Orleans has never been a safe place, but what is happening now goes far beyond the usual street brawls. While humans go about their daily lives, oblivious to the faint rustling in the shadows, the city is slowly turning into a battlefield. The Cats of New Orleans is a story of duty and honor told through those most people see as nothing more than household pets. Madame Laveau has a warning: the shadows have grown longer, and the enemy has become more cunning and more numerous.

This game takes you into the heart of a metropolis consumed by chaos, where the fate of the entire feline community hangs in the balance. As brave defenders, you will follow the trail from the very first gunshot fired in The Bon Temps bar to a decisive confrontation with the Rat King himself. Every detail matters here, from a spent shell casing found in the trash to choosing the right ally. Are you ready to prove that courage, not fear, rules this city?

The Magic of Cards. Surviving a Street Shootout.

On streets controlled by the mob, bravery must be backed by careful planning. The combat system in The Cats of New Orleans does away with dice entirely, replacing them with a deck of 54 poker cards.

Every attack is a conversation with fate. Draw a nine and you deal damage. Draw a queen and you stun your target. Pull an ace and your weapon jams. But no one survives a noir story on luck alone. The Cheating mechanic allows the party to sacrifice a card from the shared Party Cheat Hand to overturn an unfavorable verdict from the deck.

The cost of mistakes is measured in very real terms. Each hero board has exactly 9 health spaces. On higher difficulty levels, the color of the card drawn by an enemy determines whether you bleed for 1 damage or immediately lose 2 health. That is why victory is forged within the terrain of the Scenario Book itself. Take advantage of yellow-outlined cover spaces to reduce the accuracy of rat riflemen, and guard your 2 Action Points carefully.

Dark Tales of Louisiana

Once the dust of battle settles, the heroes find temporary refuge aboard the steamboat Natchez. This is more than a breather - it is the strategic hub of the entire campaign. Far from rat fangs and lurking dangers, life continues. Stories are shared, loot is divided, and wounds are treated.

The progression system in The Cats of New Orleans rewards careful planning. You will spend your hard-earned dollars with the smuggler Leonidas, choosing between new weapons - from Bowie knives to rare revolvers - and training unique skills. Every loot card is valuable, and the ability to sell unwanted junk at the right moment often determines whether you can afford a crucial upgrade before the next scenario.

The game adapts perfectly to your preferred style of play. If you enjoy going solo, the solo mode lets you command a full party of four heroes. If you prefer a more streamlined experience, you can control a duo instead, with each cat receiving a powerful bonus of 3 Action Points instead of the standard two. This flexibility makes The Cats of New Orleans equally suited to epic sessions with friends and thoughtful solo adventures, where every decision brings you one step closer to saving New Orleans.

Heroes of the Streets. Is It Worth Joining the Resistance?

The Cats of New Orleans takes an unusual concept centered around anthropomorphic animals and transforms it into a fully realized narrative adventure with a personality all its own.

The game's greatest strength is its world. Late nineteenth-century New Orleans already possesses a unique atmosphere, but shifting the conflict into a society of cats, rats, and other animals offers a fresh perspective on familiar themes of power, revenge, and survival.

Who is the whiskered hero destined to save the city from a vermin invasion:

- Fans of story-driven campaigns filled with unexpected discoveries and dangerous enemies.

- Players who enjoy cooperative games where success depends on the collective decisions of the entire team.

- Adventurers who love collecting gear, upgrading abilities, and developing their characters.

- Fans of immersive worlds where story and mechanics work together as a seamless whole.

- Strategists ready to stand against rats, snakes, and the other creatures lurking in the swamps of Louisiana.
- Dreamers who aspire to become legends of the streets of New Orleans.
- Solo player's.




The smell of gunpowder, the blood spilled in The Bon Temps bar, and the sound of blues drifting through the night are calling you to battle. The Cats of New Orleans has already become a Kickstarter hit, but the fight for the city continues on Gamefound. The Late Pledge phase is your chance to join the resistance. Choose your arsenal, from the core edition to the luxurious Deluxe Edition. Do not let the rat mafia take control of the South - support the project today and become the hero this city has been waiting for.



And if you want to experience every detail of this world for yourself, you can already play the online version on Tabletopia.