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Bring Your Own Mech || BYOM
@bringyourownmech.bsky.social
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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
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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
August 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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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
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Second verse, same as the first! Thank you for the nomination and congrats to the other Best Instrumental nominees! 🎉
A list of songs nominated for best instrumental of the year, including: Castleton Title Sequence by Brittany Fenwick, Whispers of Witness by Amelia Giarusso, Seconds Rising Star by Harper’s Things, Wayward Autumnal by Si Rutherford, and The Crackling Heart by BE/HOLD
June 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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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!
June 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Some of y’all are here

Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
A map with a pin on the street “Gay Way”
June 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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>// E_ISO_ DR_P INC_M_NG.
>// W_RN_NG.
>// _AR_ING.

The final arc of Season 2 looms as the crew touches down on the fabled Iron Garden. One final mystery lingers: what the hell is happening?

🧵 below!

Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social

Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social

#LancerRPG
May 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Meme macro of a group pointing at the HORUS Hecatonchieres, with the following exchange: “Hey guys” “CENTIMANE” “NOT WHAT I’M CALLED”
May 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Meme macro of a child (labeled “Dusty and Amelia getting into Gundam”) facing two paths; the lighter path heads towards “TCG” and the darker path leads to a photo of Zeon captain Char Aznable labeled “I’m going to sous vide Char Aznable”
April 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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It’s #HotMechSummer, post a hot mech
A photograph of the 30 Minutes Missions model of the NACHTREIHER/40E “Steel Haze” AC from Armored Core VI: Fires Of Rubicon.
April 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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>// HOT MECH SUMMER.

The long-fabled beach episode is here in time for #HotMechSummer! With copyright distinct cerveza, far-future bossa nova, and... fan art?

🧵 below!

Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social

Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social

#ttrpg #LancerRPG
April 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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The #CritAwards are here, consider nominating us (🧵):
Best Game Master | Indie: @reedplays.bsky.social
Best legacy Podcast: BYOM
Best Character Artist: @akinomiiart.bsky.social
Best Instrumental of the Year by a Musician in the TTRPG space: "Whispers of Witness" by @amelia-g-music.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Dusty is our talented cover designer as well as the voice of devil-may-care rogue Roadkill. They are also an accomplished game designer as well as a co-producer of Goblets and Gays. You can find their games at fromdusttodice.itch.io
Character art of Zoro Lo, callsign Roadkill. Their listed attributes are Edge, Crime, and Knife. Cover art of the second half of Bring Your Own Mech season 2. The art depicts a spaceship flying through a sign labeled "BYOM: Some Assembly Required" with the word "more" hastily added with duct tape.
March 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Aubrey is our skilled technical consultant and the voice of disaster lesbian space princess Scarlet (or Silver). She is also coproducer and editor on Goblets and Gays and the technical director of Queen’s Court Games. You can find her work on Goblets & Gays at open.spotify.com/show/15sHN3F...
Character art of Sawyer Davenport, (current) callsign Scarlett. Her listed attributes are Ballet, Swordsmanship, and Lesbian.
March 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Amelia is our diligent editor, composer, and sound designer as well as the voice of head-empty heart-of-gold clone Matcha. You can find examples of her work, including the original songs for the show, at open.spotify.com/track/3578Qt... bsky.app/profile/amel...
A selfie of co-producer and editor Amelia Character art of N.I.T.A., callsign Matcha. Her listed attributes are Sniper, Herbo, and Clone.
March 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Aki is our masterful character artist and is the voice of Omninet streaming personality Moxie. She is also a community organizer, social media manager, and co-producer of Goblets and Gays. You can find commission info and links to her works at linktr.ee/akinomii
Character art of Vim Zaheer Bomb Vanderpump Greenagle Dao III, callsign Moxie, alongside space axolotl Copernicus. Her listed attributes are Mechs, Streaming, and Chaos.
March 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Our intrepid Game Master is Reed, a computational geneticist and PhD candidate as well as labor and strike organizer. You can find their storytelling work on another Lancer actual play, The Deimos Paradox, at creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ree...
A selfie of BYOM Game Master Reed
March 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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>// OLD STORIES.
>// NEW BEGINNINGS.



To reintroduce ourselves for new followers:

Welcome to Bring Your Own Mech (or BYOM for short), a queer #ActualPlay romp through the mud ’n’ lasers mecha #LancerRPG system!

🧵 below!
The cast lineup of Bring Your Own Mech, featuring (from left to right): Scarlet, Moxie and Copernicus, Roadkill, and Matcha
March 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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>// FROG DROP.

In celebration of World Frog Day that I totally didn't miss until now, we honor the brave souls who dedicated themselves to defending... [checks notes] ...New Tijuana the First.
March 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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You can’t keep doing this to me
Meme macro of a woman with the caption “what the hell, sure.”
March 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Immediately reposting this screencap that effortlessly summarizes the show I think
An alternative cover of Bring Your Own Mech season 2: Some Assembly Required, which shows a spaceship crashing through a sign with the above text as well as a duct-taped “more” revealing Some More Assembly Required. The above caption from Zoro, callsign Roadkill reads “maybe I’ll trans again.”
March 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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>// EPISODE DROP INCOMING.

Our crew takes a pause after their mechroscopic adventure, only to be immediately thrust into the perils of... a beach vacation?

🧵 below!

Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social

Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social

#ttrpg #LancerRPG
March 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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I’m assembling a gallery
Text saying “searched lancer on Spotify and looked for the most transgender podcast” Text saying “Also if you want an actual play podcast that's unapologetically queer and not just mostly white cishet people playing pretend gay, they're out there they just don't have Amazon cartoons and dedicated streaming services. I'm listening to a Lancer podcast called Bring Your Own Mech that's so queer one of the players real life pronouns changed a few episodes in. #reblog #this is how people were talking about rocky horror” Text saying AT THE DRAFT OFFICE IN 2063 Draft Officer: So, is there anything that would preclude you from service in the US Army? Me: I'm too gay to serve. I can't stop sucking dick. I'm transgender. Draft Officer: [Stamps MECH PILOT on my form] with a response: Oh, is there a new episode of @bringyourownmech.bsky.social?
March 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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>// EPISODE DROP INCOMING

There's a fight to the death happening in the folds of Moxie's mind where everyone involved could die, BUT we have to take some time for some mechsploitation. I think. If you're into it!

🧵 below!

Character 🎨 by @akinomiiart.bsky.social
Cover 🎨 by @dustehill.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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>// MUSIC DROP.

Catch our first single of our season 2 album on Spotify below!

open.spotify.com/track/3578Qt...
March 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Check your streaming platform of choice in 1-7 days!
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February 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM