Holly Musgrave

Holly in Board Game Club

### Nicknames

**Hollybobs**, **Busted-Ass Trolley Musgrave**, **Holldog**, **Holliver Twist**, **Holliver**

### Links

Twitter, Website, Instagram, Games Instagram, Twitch

### Characters

Ivy Cordova, Hope Puckett

**Holly Musgrave** is a member of the No Rolls Barred family. Holly has appeared in an abundance of episodes of both Board Game Club and No Rolls Barred Plays Blood On The Clocktower since her debut.

"*Fuck you, Holly Musgrave.*"
―Adam (*Let's Play WONDERLANDS WAR (Part 1)*)
Despite her very best efforts to persuade us otherwise, Holly is a babyface, not a heel. During episodes of Board Game Club, she often finds various trinkets, particularly a tiny gavel from the game *Modern Art*. She has a particular interest in biscuits and pictures of cats and in putting good intentions out into the world. She enjoys video games, and all things Pokémon.

Outside of NRB, Holly is a writer, recording artist and performer. She is the host of the Pandemonium Institute instructional videos, beginning with *How to Play Blood on the Clocktower*. She's a gracious and engaged streamer on Twitch, with a lovely, albeit slightly snack-focused, audience. For 2023, Holly made a number of New Year resolutions involving completion and winning of boardgames and video games, and celebrated a year of streaming on Twitch in January with a 12 hour charity streaming marathon.

## Biography

Holly has an English degree from the University of Cambridge, and played Jane Seymour in the original Edinburgh student production of the musical *Six*.

She came to NRB via *Blood on the Clocktower*, which she played frequently online and in-person and was involved with The Pandemonium Institute. She was asked to appear in an online game, then settled very quickly into the family and has become a popular member of the cast.

## Notable moments

* During her BOTC debut in *Poppygrown*, Holly was left alone in town a couple of times, and sang beautifully while waiting. She also revealed previous professional experience with rock/paper/scissors.
* Holly and Adam have a long-term rivalry, manifesting largely as "Fuck you, Holly Musgrave", "Fuck you, Adam Blampied" in many many BGC episodes. It seems to have started in the aftermath of a battle in *Let's Play WONDERLANDS WAR (Part 1)*. We often get a claim that "the beef is squashed", almost immediately and inevitably followed by betrayal from either side.
* In *Let's Play QUEST* we learned that even if Holly has snakes in her ears, she's impossible to read.
* In *Let's Play MODERN ART*, Holly developed an obsession with the gavel that came with the game, which led to random striking and a determination to put it in her mouth. Holly's request for *NRB Wish Charity Livestream!!* was "I would like a gavel in every game and I'm allowed to hit it whenever I want". There was a tiny gavel in *Let's Play SALEM 1692* but for some reason, it was kept out of Holly's reach.
* *Let's Play MOONRAKERS* is end to end lyin', cheatin' and backstabbin' particularly between Holly and Adam. We have a "Fuck you, Adam Blampied" sighting.
* In *The Holly and the Atheist*, Holly sweetly sang "All I Want for Christmas" - albeit a macabre version.
* In *Let's Play SURVIVE: ESCAPE FROM ATLANTIS.* there was a triforce of trifles - it's all about layers, you know. The robust alliance lasts... \*checks notes\* less than 4 minutes. And then... oh boy.
* In *Let's Play ISS VANGUARD*, we learned that Holly in no way condemns mating-related murder (despite appearances) and wishes to apologise to feminism. Still, girlboss move, eh?
* Holly is one of our core TTRPG cast, appearing in both *NRB Plays Call of Cthulu* and *Red DREAD Redemption* series. She's described the latter particularly as one of her absolute favourite experiences.
* Holly was muted during one of the games of *Let's Play BANK HEIST* - but she managed to be both helpful and threatening through judicious use of eyebrows and hum-hms.
* During *Let's Play FUN FACTS*, Holly caused protest around the table, after giving herself a bad loser score of 0. The rest of the cast accepted that Holly is generally not a bad loser, but claimed that a rating of 0 just showed she has poor self-awareness. The incredulity was such that this conversation was referenced in both the May '23 and June '23 episodes of *NRB Unboxed*.

## Quotes

"*Fuck you, Adam Blampied!*"
―*Let's Play MOONRAKERS*

"*Ah, two swans!*"
―*Let's Play QUEST*

"*I need to stop fucking you over at the beginning of games, because the karma hits me so hard and then helps you.*"
―*Let's Play TAKENOKO*

"*Thank you Shep the dog, that's very articulate.*"
―*Let's Play THE SHIVERS*

"*Goddamn! Brighton you useless boy! You're so useless! That's why you think you're useless!*"
―*Let's Play THE SHIVERS*
More quotes by Holly Musgrave can be found here!

## Appraisals

"*Holly has a 6th sense for when somebody's on the brink of a psychological break and then she goes 'oh, oh, let me just [flip them]*"
―Sullivan (*Let's Play WITS & WAGERS II*)

"*The absolute brass balls on you, Holly!*"
―Laurie (*Mayor Mayor On The Wall*)

"*Holly, the Queen's just died - you can't be talking about swans!*"
―Jon (*Let's Play QUEST*)

"*I expected perhaps when we all came to this beautiful zen garden, I thought Holly might be able to stow her bullshit for* oneturn'**"**
―Adam (*Let's Play TAKENOKO*)
More appraisals of Holly Musgrave by the rest of the cast can be found here!

## References

1. ↑ *Let's Play SABOTEUR (Patreon Exclusive)*
2. ↑ *Let's Play FEED THE KRAKEN*
3. ↑ *Let's Play FEED THE KRAKEN*, *Let's Play FUN FACTS*
4. ↑ Laurie Blake