Lyme
@lymerpg.bsky.social
TTRPG Writer & Game Designer. Known for Dawn of the Orcs, Fear and Panic.
https://lymetime.itch.io/
https://brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/blog/
https://linktr.ee/lymerpg
https://lymetime.itch.io/
https://brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/blog/
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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
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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.
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Contemplating how the most influential award show for Evil Hat was the Indie RPG Awards held in the early 00s, before Evil Hat existed as a company. @rdonoghue.bsky.social and I won one for an earlier incarnation of Fate, “best free game”. It was a narrower population that knew about it, but enough…
October 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Contemplating how the most influential award show for Evil Hat was the Indie RPG Awards held in the early 00s, before Evil Hat existed as a company. @rdonoghue.bsky.social and I won one for an earlier incarnation of Fate, “best free game”. It was a narrower population that knew about it, but enough…
Help! Someone in one of my 100 discord servers suggested a game jam making wildly discordant game hacks, and I have a great idea, but I can't find which server it was.
October 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Help! Someone in one of my 100 discord servers suggested a game jam making wildly discordant game hacks, and I have a great idea, but I can't find which server it was.
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New Developer Showcase #actualplay episode! Today we are joined by @lymerpg.bsky.social to play his game "Dawn of the Orcs", a fantasy worldbuilding TTRPG! Join our council of weird sages as we construct perfect tools of war...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elOu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elOu...
The Manhattan Project, but with ORCS! | Dawn of the Orcs | RFD Developer Showcase Actual Play
YouTube video by Spellbook Gaming
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October 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New Developer Showcase #actualplay episode! Today we are joined by @lymerpg.bsky.social to play his game "Dawn of the Orcs", a fantasy worldbuilding TTRPG! Join our council of weird sages as we construct perfect tools of war...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elOu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elOu...
Time to build a local RPG design scene again!
Boston area TTRPG designers, we are putting together a meetup to see each other in person, exchange ideas and build community.
Thursday October 23rd at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social in Bow Market
www.eventbrite.com/e/ttrpg-game...
Thursday October 23rd at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social in Bow Market
www.eventbrite.com/e/ttrpg-game...
TTRPG Game Designer Meetup @ SQBG
Come get to know the other TTRPG designers in Camberville and beyond!
www.eventbrite.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Time to build a local RPG design scene again!
A couple times, I've been asked by people at public events if you need to know any particular math to design an RPG. Here's a blog post I hope will be helpful:
brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/basic-math-f...
brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/basic-math-f...
Basic Math for RPG Design
I’ve been asked a couple times by people looking to make RPGs about what kind of math goes into designing an RPG, and if they need to study any particular ma...
brackish-draught.bearblog.dev
October 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A couple times, I've been asked by people at public events if you need to know any particular math to design an RPG. Here's a blog post I hope will be helpful:
brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/basic-math-f...
brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/basic-math-f...
There's a certain narrative that shows up repeatedly in genre movies and the YA fiction I remember. It's not the (thoroughly debunked) Joseph Campbell Hero's Journey. I'm wondering if anyone here can help me find a name. There are basically four parts: (1/3)
October 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
There's a certain narrative that shows up repeatedly in genre movies and the YA fiction I remember. It's not the (thoroughly debunked) Joseph Campbell Hero's Journey. I'm wondering if anyone here can help me find a name. There are basically four parts: (1/3)
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Belatedly, the September update for TERMINUS!
We apologise for the delay caused to this service.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...
We apologise for the delay caused to this service.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...
Update 11: Belated September Update: Adventures in Printing, Surveys Inbound, Surprise Add-Ons! · This Blighted Isle: TERMINUS
Hello Friends,Happy October! Apologies for the delayed update. This project is manifesting the same punctuality as the train network it's themed on – who knew it was contagious? Anyway, I suspect the ...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Belatedly, the September update for TERMINUS!
We apologise for the delay caused to this service.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...
We apologise for the delay caused to this service.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...
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The hardest part about sharing your work isn't the technical stuff it's trusting that your community wants to see you succeed. They do. The TTRPG space is built on people supporting each other's creative journeys. Join that tradition.
September 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The hardest part about sharing your work isn't the technical stuff it's trusting that your community wants to see you succeed. They do. The TTRPG space is built on people supporting each other's creative journeys. Join that tradition.
I confused Troika with Risus for the longest time. Glad I got that sorted out!
September 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I confused Troika with Risus for the longest time. Glad I got that sorted out!
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Me writing a wizard text book every time I add a new wizard name only for the text book author to insert an academic slight against them then I add a bolded glossary term that is also a mechanic for the rpg and the named wizard discovered it but the author is still being petty: teehee *feet kicking*
September 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Me writing a wizard text book every time I add a new wizard name only for the text book author to insert an academic slight against them then I add a bolded glossary term that is also a mechanic for the rpg and the named wizard discovered it but the author is still being petty: teehee *feet kicking*
My schedule for this upcoming week~ Lots of cool stuff! New shiny things: I'm really excited to cross Dawn of the Orcs by @lymerpg.bsky.social off my bucket list~ Also deep diving into Midnight Muscadines by @pandiongames.com again now that the book is basically done! #vtubers #vsky #solottrpg
September 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM