Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM
@bringyourownmech.bsky.social
A queer Lancer RPG podcast. Batteries are not included.
Cover 🎨 by @dustehill.bsky.social, Character 🎨 by @akinomiiart.bsky.social. Reach out to us at reed.plays.rpgs@gmail.com.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bringyourownmech
Cover 🎨 by @dustehill.bsky.social, Character 🎨 by @akinomiiart.bsky.social. Reach out to us at reed.plays.rpgs@gmail.com.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bringyourownmech
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WE’RE NOMINATED! Congratulations to @amelia-g-music.bsky.social for Whispers of Witness being nominated for Best Instrumental Of The Year!
🗳️ below!
🗳️ below!
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I’m a big fan of the Bring Your Own Mech podcast - very queer, heavily trans, great soundtrack, and a fantastic story using the LANCER rpg. They’re on Bluesky too - @bringyourownmech.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I’m a big fan of the Bring Your Own Mech podcast - very queer, heavily trans, great soundtrack, and a fantastic story using the LANCER rpg. They’re on Bluesky too - @bringyourownmech.bsky.social
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Tried to explain to an artist friend that music software “isn’t that complicated” and took a screenshot
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Tried to explain to an artist friend that music software “isn’t that complicated” and took a screenshot
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>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.
The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.
🧵 below!
Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social
Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social
#LancerRPG
The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.
🧵 below!
Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social
Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social
#LancerRPG
August 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.
The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.
🧵 below!
Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social
Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social
#LancerRPG
The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.
🧵 below!
Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social
Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social
#LancerRPG
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We're preparing for our end-of-season Q&A! Ask us a question in the form below! forms.gle/wM9U2GcswVFS...
Bring Your Own Mech S2 Q&A!
Thank you for helping us celebrate the end of Bring Your Own Mech S2!
forms.gle
August 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We're preparing for our end-of-season Q&A! Ask us a question in the form below! forms.gle/wM9U2GcswVFS...
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Won’t say when but I did end up making the GM tear up with one of the songs, big W
>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.
The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.
🧵 below!
Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social
Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social
#LancerRPG
The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.
🧵 below!
Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social
Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social
#LancerRPG
August 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Won’t say when but I did end up making the GM tear up with one of the songs, big W
>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.
The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.
🧵 below!
Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social
Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social
#LancerRPG
The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.
🧵 below!
Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social
Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social
#LancerRPG
August 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.
The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.
🧵 below!
Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social
Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social
#LancerRPG
The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.
🧵 below!
Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social
Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social
#LancerRPG
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Just a reminder!
TODAY is the last day to vote in the Crit Awards, so make sure you get those votes in!
TODAY is the last day to vote in the Crit Awards, so make sure you get those votes in!
The @critawards.bsky.social nominations are out and we'd like to humbly request your votes.
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
June 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just a reminder!
TODAY is the last day to vote in the Crit Awards, so make sure you get those votes in!
TODAY is the last day to vote in the Crit Awards, so make sure you get those votes in!
You have until 5pm PST tomorrow (6/30) to vote if you haven't already!
WE’RE NOMINATED! Congratulations to @amelia-g-music.bsky.social for Whispers of Witness being nominated for Best Instrumental Of The Year!
🗳️ below!
🗳️ below!
June 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
You have until 5pm PST tomorrow (6/30) to vote if you haven't already!
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The @critawards.bsky.social nominations are out and we'd like to humbly request your votes.
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
June 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The @critawards.bsky.social nominations are out and we'd like to humbly request your votes.
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
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WE’RE NOMINATED! Congratulations to @amelia-g-music.bsky.social for Whispers of Witness being nominated for Best Instrumental Of The Year!
🗳️ below!
🗳️ below!
June 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
WE’RE NOMINATED! Congratulations to @amelia-g-music.bsky.social for Whispers of Witness being nominated for Best Instrumental Of The Year!
🗳️ below!
🗳️ below!
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We need everyone to give the biggest of birthday wishes to Goblets and Gays very own GM and Producer @themadqueen.qcg.social !!!
An incredible storyteller and absolute menace to her players (lovingly)
Support her work, buy her a coffee and wish them a great birthday!
themadqueen.carrd.co
An incredible storyteller and absolute menace to her players (lovingly)
Support her work, buy her a coffee and wish them a great birthday!
themadqueen.carrd.co
June 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We need everyone to give the biggest of birthday wishes to Goblets and Gays very own GM and Producer @themadqueen.qcg.social !!!
An incredible storyteller and absolute menace to her players (lovingly)
Support her work, buy her a coffee and wish them a great birthday!
themadqueen.carrd.co
An incredible storyteller and absolute menace to her players (lovingly)
Support her work, buy her a coffee and wish them a great birthday!
themadqueen.carrd.co
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Do you like indie TTRPGs? Need new podcasts, resources, actual plays, and campaigns to follow? Well here's a list of the 2025 CRIT Award Finalists all wrapped up together in a handy Starter Pack.
I'll add more as stray finalists confirm their social media with me!
I'll add more as stray finalists confirm their social media with me!
June 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Do you like indie TTRPGs? Need new podcasts, resources, actual plays, and campaigns to follow? Well here's a list of the 2025 CRIT Award Finalists all wrapped up together in a handy Starter Pack.
I'll add more as stray finalists confirm their social media with me!
I'll add more as stray finalists confirm their social media with me!
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newgrounds to their credit has banned all genAI stuff, and they have a good article up on how to hear (or otherwise detect) genAI music, worth reading!: www.newgrounds.com/wiki/help-in...
very fond of this extremely succinct and dry but lethal description of genAI music 🔥
very fond of this extremely succinct and dry but lethal description of genAI music 🔥
January 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
newgrounds to their credit has banned all genAI stuff, and they have a good article up on how to hear (or otherwise detect) genAI music, worth reading!: www.newgrounds.com/wiki/help-in...
very fond of this extremely succinct and dry but lethal description of genAI music 🔥
very fond of this extremely succinct and dry but lethal description of genAI music 🔥
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Do you need more Gay in your Goblets? Well we have good news for you!
GnG now has Pride Merch on our Bonfire shop!
Check it out today! #ttrpgs #pathfinder2e
GnG now has Pride Merch on our Bonfire shop!
Check it out today! #ttrpgs #pathfinder2e
June 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Do you need more Gay in your Goblets? Well we have good news for you!
GnG now has Pride Merch on our Bonfire shop!
Check it out today! #ttrpgs #pathfinder2e
GnG now has Pride Merch on our Bonfire shop!
Check it out today! #ttrpgs #pathfinder2e
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I have been told this is “criminally, terribly evocative” and idk if that’s a compliment truly
To celebrate the CRIT Awards nomination, Amelia is teasing the Bring Your Own Mixtape vol. 2 album cover and releasing the... (checks notes) dank gamer den music? Available wherever songs are streaming, link to Spotify below!
June 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I have been told this is “criminally, terribly evocative” and idk if that’s a compliment truly
To celebrate the CRIT Awards nomination, Amelia is teasing the Bring Your Own Mixtape vol. 2 album cover and releasing the... (checks notes) dank gamer den music? Available wherever songs are streaming, link to Spotify below!
June 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
To celebrate the CRIT Awards nomination, Amelia is teasing the Bring Your Own Mixtape vol. 2 album cover and releasing the... (checks notes) dank gamer den music? Available wherever songs are streaming, link to Spotify below!
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I might do something extremely wicked to celebrate the nomination…
June 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I might do something extremely wicked to celebrate the nomination…
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The @critawards.bsky.social nominations are out and we'd like to humbly request your votes.
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
June 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The @critawards.bsky.social nominations are out and we'd like to humbly request your votes.
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
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Thank you all for nominating FAGGOT GAMES: AN URGENT WARNING to the Crit Awards category, 'Best Blog or Article Written in the TTRPG Space'!
It's now the finals! I poured a lot of my queer heart into my blog, and I believe it reflects a materialized, radical movement in design. Vote for fag blog! 👇
It's now the finals! I poured a lot of my queer heart into my blog, and I believe it reflects a materialized, radical movement in design. Vote for fag blog! 👇
June 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Thank you all for nominating FAGGOT GAMES: AN URGENT WARNING to the Crit Awards category, 'Best Blog or Article Written in the TTRPG Space'!
It's now the finals! I poured a lot of my queer heart into my blog, and I believe it reflects a materialized, radical movement in design. Vote for fag blog! 👇
It's now the finals! I poured a lot of my queer heart into my blog, and I believe it reflects a materialized, radical movement in design. Vote for fag blog! 👇
Go vote for our cast members/ sister show! 🎉
The @critawards.bsky.social nominations are out and we'd like to humbly request your votes.
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
@themadqueen.qcg.social is nominated for best GM | Paizo
@akinomiiart.bsky.social is nominated for best Player | Paizo
@naladraws.com is nominated for best Makeup/Costume
Vote for us below! #ttrpgs #pf2e
June 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Go vote for our cast members/ sister show! 🎉
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Heyyy I got nominated for Best Player | Paizo for the #CritAwards this year! It would be great if you could throw me a vote.
Big thanks to the community and @critawards.bsky.social for the nomination u cuties. 💖
Big thanks to the community and @critawards.bsky.social for the nomination u cuties. 💖
June 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Heyyy I got nominated for Best Player | Paizo for the #CritAwards this year! It would be great if you could throw me a vote.
Big thanks to the community and @critawards.bsky.social for the nomination u cuties. 💖
Big thanks to the community and @critawards.bsky.social for the nomination u cuties. 💖
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Look Ma, I'm an award-nominated cover artist!! 👻✨️💖
Thank you to everyone who submitted my work, and an eternal thanks to Rich and crew at @hatchlingdm.itch.io for being so cool to work with 🥰
[ #art #ttrpg bc i dont think i have it posted here yet lol ]
Thank you to everyone who submitted my work, and an eternal thanks to Rich and crew at @hatchlingdm.itch.io for being so cool to work with 🥰
[ #art #ttrpg bc i dont think i have it posted here yet lol ]
![42. Best Cover Art
This award is to be given to a piece of cover art that is designed by an individual artist or team of artists that is judged to be the best based on creativity, detail, style, and thematic relevance to the item it is from. Large scale and union productions are not eligible for this award.
Finalists
[The below text is a series of hyperlinks to images, with my name circled in yellow]
"Deify" Cover by Maia Trewartha (Any) | Cover Art Link
"Cryptid Creeks" Cover by Willows Quest (She/Her) | Cover Art Link
"Operation Winter Scar" Cover by Peyton Gee (He/Him) | Cover Art Link
"Fables of the Folk" by The Infinite Tavern (He/Him) | Cover
Art Link
"Sink! Treasures of Deep Grotto" Cover by Sam Rusk (She/They) | Cover Art Link](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h4me7ll6n6wcurd3n5bpbut5/bafkreiezqcgdyaz2j4egehefm7ndcf4tbkkukc2kzuq4pzn6upxg5jgbbm@jpeg)
June 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Look Ma, I'm an award-nominated cover artist!! 👻✨️💖
Thank you to everyone who submitted my work, and an eternal thanks to Rich and crew at @hatchlingdm.itch.io for being so cool to work with 🥰
[ #art #ttrpg bc i dont think i have it posted here yet lol ]
Thank you to everyone who submitted my work, and an eternal thanks to Rich and crew at @hatchlingdm.itch.io for being so cool to work with 🥰
[ #art #ttrpg bc i dont think i have it posted here yet lol ]
Second verse, same as the first! Thank you for the nomination and congrats to the other Best Instrumental nominees! 🎉
June 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Second verse, same as the first! Thank you for the nomination and congrats to the other Best Instrumental nominees! 🎉
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Taking the year hiatus to come back to a music nomination is an incredible honor! 🎉
WE’RE NOMINATED! Congratulations to @amelia-g-music.bsky.social for Whispers of Witness being nominated for Best Instrumental Of The Year!
🗳️ below!
🗳️ below!
June 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Taking the year hiatus to come back to a music nomination is an incredible honor! 🎉
WE’RE NOMINATED! Congratulations to @amelia-g-music.bsky.social for Whispers of Witness being nominated for Best Instrumental Of The Year!
🗳️ below!
🗳️ below!
June 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
WE’RE NOMINATED! Congratulations to @amelia-g-music.bsky.social for Whispers of Witness being nominated for Best Instrumental Of The Year!
🗳️ below!
🗳️ below!