Lyme
@lymerpg.bsky.social
TTRPG Writer & Game Designer. Known for Dawn of the Orcs, Fear and Panic.
https://lymetime.itch.io/
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Lyme
@lymerpg.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Fear and Panic by Lyme
Player-Friendly Horror Roleplaying
lymetime.itch.io
I've finally released the first full edition of Fear and Panic! This is the most focused, streamlined version of a d100 horror system I could build, based on countless hours of playtesting and experience as a horror GM.
lymetime.itch.io/fear-and-panic
lymetime.itch.io/fear-and-panic
I won't be at PAX U, but the good folks at Pandemonium will have my games there via the magic of IPR. Look for player-friendly horror engine Fear & Panic and weird worldbuilding game Dawn of the Orcs at booth 3701! Other RPG friends will have their games at the Sidequest Games booth!
#PaxU #PAX
#PaxU #PAX
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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My experience of running a FLGS that gets mostly locals wandering in suggests that the received wisdom of RPGs being a hard sell as a hobby is not accurate. If you'll run it, they'll play it. Ask Games Workshop how this kinda thing works
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My experience of running a FLGS that gets mostly locals wandering in suggests that the received wisdom of RPGs being a hard sell as a hobby is not accurate. If you'll run it, they'll play it. Ask Games Workshop how this kinda thing works
I just listened to @itsquinns.bsky.social on Dice Exploder get very excited about the possibilities of Tetris-style inventory in RPGs and really hope he finds out about Celestial Bodies, which does all those things with Tetris inventory!
selkie.itch.io/celestial-bo...
selkie.itch.io/celestial-bo...
Celestial Bodies by Charlotte Laskowski, Binary Star Games
Mecha TTRPG - Titan Edition
selkie.itch.io
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I just listened to @itsquinns.bsky.social on Dice Exploder get very excited about the possibilities of Tetris-style inventory in RPGs and really hope he finds out about Celestial Bodies, which does all those things with Tetris inventory!
selkie.itch.io/celestial-bo...
selkie.itch.io/celestial-bo...
It was worth reading after the "but..."
When you're writing a tabletop roleplaying game, the mechanics should evoke the atmosphere you want in your story.
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
November 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It was worth reading after the "but..."
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OSR guys really be like "Games are at their best when they confront the human condition, when they explore the depth of human emotions and pit the rules against the players' desires. Anyway, here's another defense of rolling d6 for initiative."
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
OSR guys really be like "Games are at their best when they confront the human condition, when they explore the depth of human emotions and pit the rules against the players' desires. Anyway, here's another defense of rolling d6 for initiative."
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If you're going to #PAXU, check out @sidequestbooks.bsky.social's booth! They'll be selling a whole mess of great independent RPGs, including my own! I'm terribly grateful to them for the opportunity to get my stuff out there!
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
If you're going to #PAXU, check out @sidequestbooks.bsky.social's booth! They'll be selling a whole mess of great independent RPGs, including my own! I'm terribly grateful to them for the opportunity to get my stuff out there!
If anyone wants to try pushing the boundaries of the horror rpg genre a little, the non-investigative horror jam is still going through mid-December!
itch.io/jam/non-inve...
itch.io/jam/non-inve...
Non-Investigative Horror Adventure Jam
A game jam from 2025-09-04 to 2025-12-13 hosted by Lyme & plasmophage. The Non-Investigative Horror Adventure Jam This is a jam is for writing non-investigative horror adventures. The goal is to write...
itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If anyone wants to try pushing the boundaries of the horror rpg genre a little, the non-investigative horror jam is still going through mid-December!
itch.io/jam/non-inve...
itch.io/jam/non-inve...
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Hi Everyone ^__^
The Jamaica Disaster Relief Bundle Jam is still running for 4 more days until the 16th ^__^
itch.io/jam/disaster...
All Games and Ttrpgs are welcome ^_^
The bundle will be supporting Jamaica's Disaster Relief after hurricane Melissa.
#JamReliefBundle #charity #gamejam #ttrpg
The Jamaica Disaster Relief Bundle Jam is still running for 4 more days until the 16th ^__^
itch.io/jam/disaster...
All Games and Ttrpgs are welcome ^_^
The bundle will be supporting Jamaica's Disaster Relief after hurricane Melissa.
#JamReliefBundle #charity #gamejam #ttrpg
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hi Everyone ^__^
The Jamaica Disaster Relief Bundle Jam is still running for 4 more days until the 16th ^__^
itch.io/jam/disaster...
All Games and Ttrpgs are welcome ^_^
The bundle will be supporting Jamaica's Disaster Relief after hurricane Melissa.
#JamReliefBundle #charity #gamejam #ttrpg
The Jamaica Disaster Relief Bundle Jam is still running for 4 more days until the 16th ^__^
itch.io/jam/disaster...
All Games and Ttrpgs are welcome ^_^
The bundle will be supporting Jamaica's Disaster Relief after hurricane Melissa.
#JamReliefBundle #charity #gamejam #ttrpg
Some days it's hard to tell if I'm being derivative or channeling the zeitgeist.
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Some days it's hard to tell if I'm being derivative or channeling the zeitgeist.
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"But I want to sound some alarm bells about the influence that these platforms are having on the TTRPG space, and the push toward professionalization that could crowd out smaller artists."
October 2025 TTRPG Crowdfunding Retrospective
October: big month for Kickstarter, not so much for Backerkit, and Gamefound is around too I guess. Here's the raw data , let's dive in: 181...
ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"But I want to sound some alarm bells about the influence that these platforms are having on the TTRPG space, and the push toward professionalization that could crowd out smaller artists."
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NULL_SPACE IS COMING
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
NULL_SPACE IS COMING
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
ZINE MONTH 2026
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SOON
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A very hot take: fantasy heartbreakers are actually fine. Any time a human being sets out to make a game they learn something more about games and about themselves. Drawing badly, singing off-key, dancing like a fool - these are still some of the human experiences that make life richer.
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A very hot take: fantasy heartbreakers are actually fine. Any time a human being sets out to make a game they learn something more about games and about themselves. Drawing badly, singing off-key, dancing like a fool - these are still some of the human experiences that make life richer.
Metatopia begins tonight! Best four days of the year.
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Metatopia begins tonight! Best four days of the year.
hey check this out
lymetime.itch.io/we-have-that...
lymetime.itch.io/we-have-that...
We Have That Dungeon Game At Home by Lyme
Cheaper and probably better than the one at the store!
lymetime.itch.io
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
hey check this out
lymetime.itch.io/we-have-that...
lymetime.itch.io/we-have-that...
Spellbook are wonderful folks and this game is worth a look. We've needed a solid d100 cyberpunk game for a while!
BITE THE HAND IS FUNDING NOW!!!
Today's the day! Pledge in the first 48 hours to get your free sticker, and listen to any of the actual plays linked on the project page to learn about what's in store for you!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
More info in the thread🧵
Today's the day! Pledge in the first 48 hours to get your free sticker, and listen to any of the actual plays linked on the project page to learn about what's in store for you!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
More info in the thread🧵
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Spellbook are wonderful folks and this game is worth a look. We've needed a solid d100 cyberpunk game for a while!
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i'm sure it's fine 🐻👻
October 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
i'm sure it's fine 🐻👻
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Clearly I need to put out an alternate cover for Dawn of the Orcs.
The age of men is at an end. Now is the time of hot orcs.
based on one exceptionally wild Publisher's Marketplace announcement, I'm calling it: orcs will be the next big thing in romantasy
October 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Clearly I need to put out an alternate cover for Dawn of the Orcs.
1/ Since @erika.chappel has released something really neat about Space Marines (not the general concept, specifically the Adeptus Astartes copyrighted by our good friends at Games Workshop) I’ll take the moment to throw out my own thoughts on the Beaky Boys.
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
1/ Since @erika.chappel has released something really neat about Space Marines (not the general concept, specifically the Adeptus Astartes copyrighted by our good friends at Games Workshop) I’ll take the moment to throw out my own thoughts on the Beaky Boys.
Hey so if you just followed me from the Over/Under pack and you like Mothership, check out this game I wrote. It's basically a lot of stuff you can steal as alternate rules for Mothership (or CoC, or DG, or any other d100 horror game): lymetime.itch.io/fear-and-panic
Fear and Panic by Lyme
Player-Friendly, Open-Source Horror Roleplaying
lymetime.itch.io
October 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Hey so if you just followed me from the Over/Under pack and you like Mothership, check out this game I wrote. It's basically a lot of stuff you can steal as alternate rules for Mothership (or CoC, or DG, or any other d100 horror game): lymetime.itch.io/fear-and-panic
50% of the time I want to quit my day job to start an RPG publishing house, the other 50% I just want to throw an unformatted text at someone else and say, "you get this on a shelf somewhere".
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
50% of the time I want to quit my day job to start an RPG publishing house, the other 50% I just want to throw an unformatted text at someone else and say, "you get this on a shelf somewhere".
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The perfect game doesn't exi...
Haven't finished reading it, but I'm very pleasantly impressed by what I've read to date!
Haven't finished reading it, but I'm very pleasantly impressed by what I've read to date!
SURPRISE!
I had an idea on Tuesday for how to do the Perfect Space Marine RPG, so I wrote the Perfect Space Marine RPG.
It's both a shitpost and a dead serious game. And it's, uh... 34,000 words long?
Anyway enjoy!!!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I had an idea on Tuesday for how to do the Perfect Space Marine RPG, so I wrote the Perfect Space Marine RPG.
It's both a shitpost and a dead serious game. And it's, uh... 34,000 words long?
Anyway enjoy!!!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Oath of Moment
【OATH OF MOMENT】 An Astartes Roleplaying Game They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give of themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them, and in the furnace of war forge them. They will be...
docs.google.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The perfect game doesn't exi...
Haven't finished reading it, but I'm very pleasantly impressed by what I've read to date!
Haven't finished reading it, but I'm very pleasantly impressed by what I've read to date!
The Mothership Cataphracts game on Prospero's Dream is pretty fun so far.
October 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The Mothership Cataphracts game on Prospero's Dream is pretty fun so far.