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/
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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
Hypothetically, if I wanted to write an RPG for the Canterbury Tales but in a dsytopic technofeudal future, what existing systems and engines should I look at?
February 9, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Hypothetically, if I wanted to write an RPG for the Canterbury Tales but in a dsytopic technofeudal future, what existing systems and engines should I look at?
Here's a cool 1960s arctic horror adventure from fuzztech. I'm always down for people going crazy on the ice: fuzztech.itch.io/cold-front
Operation Cold Front by fuzztech
Cold War horror RPG
fuzztech.itch.io
February 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Here's a cool 1960s arctic horror adventure from fuzztech. I'm always down for people going crazy on the ice: fuzztech.itch.io/cold-front
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Some of the best tabletop design minds of our generation are collectively giving feedback on the officially licensed Neopets RPG playtest document and thats so beautiful to me.
February 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Some of the best tabletop design minds of our generation are collectively giving feedback on the officially licensed Neopets RPG playtest document and thats so beautiful to me.
For those who speak Italian, FumbleGDR's QueerRoll series just did an Italian AP of my game Dawn of the Orcs (L'Alba degli Orchi)!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWy7...
It was very fun to watch (even if I had to use autotranslated subtitles).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWy7...
It was very fun to watch (even if I had to use autotranslated subtitles).
L'Alba degli Orchi - QueerRoll 17
YouTube video by Fumble GDR
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:05 PM
For those who speak Italian, FumbleGDR's QueerRoll series just did an Italian AP of my game Dawn of the Orcs (L'Alba degli Orchi)!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWy7...
It was very fun to watch (even if I had to use autotranslated subtitles).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWy7...
It was very fun to watch (even if I had to use autotranslated subtitles).
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This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger. This work was not paid for by John Taylor of Geekify.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger. This work was not paid for by John Taylor of Geekify.
February 6, 2026 at 11:10 PM
This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger. This work was not paid for by John Taylor of Geekify.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger. This work was not paid for by John Taylor of Geekify.
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Hither came Bilbo, the Hobbit, black-haired, sullen-eyed, ring in hand, a burglar, a barrel-rider, a dragon-slayer, with gigantic appetites and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Middle-Earth under his hairy feet.
February 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Hither came Bilbo, the Hobbit, black-haired, sullen-eyed, ring in hand, a burglar, a barrel-rider, a dragon-slayer, with gigantic appetites and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Middle-Earth under his hairy feet.
L'Abla degli Orchi, an Italian translation of my GMless orc-building game Dawn of the Orcs, is now available from the tasteful and talented people at MS Edizioni! Tell your friends in Italy!
www.msedizioni.it/prodotto/l-a...
www.msedizioni.it/prodotto/l-a...
L'Alba degli Orchi ⋆ MS Edizioni
Un gioco di ruolo corale e spietato in cui il destino di un popolo forgiato per la guerra prende forma attraverso le scelte del Consiglio dei Saggi.
www.msedizioni.it
February 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
L'Abla degli Orchi, an Italian translation of my GMless orc-building game Dawn of the Orcs, is now available from the tasteful and talented people at MS Edizioni! Tell your friends in Italy!
www.msedizioni.it/prodotto/l-a...
www.msedizioni.it/prodotto/l-a...
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From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes Part One in my new series: Prepping Plots!
Linearity tends to get a bad rep in the RPG circles I frequent, so I thought I'd talk about why a more on-rails experience can be desirable to some players and GMs.
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/02/prep...
Linearity tends to get a bad rep in the RPG circles I frequent, so I thought I'd talk about why a more on-rails experience can be desirable to some players and GMs.
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/02/prep...
Prepping Plots, Part One: Why Prep Plots?
"Don't prep plots" is a fairly common saying in RPG circles. I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure the precise phrase was originated by Jus...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes Part One in my new series: Prepping Plots!
Linearity tends to get a bad rep in the RPG circles I frequent, so I thought I'd talk about why a more on-rails experience can be desirable to some players and GMs.
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/02/prep...
Linearity tends to get a bad rep in the RPG circles I frequent, so I thought I'd talk about why a more on-rails experience can be desirable to some players and GMs.
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2026/02/prep...
I read this game and it's good. Blue-collar spaceship adventures that aren't stuck in the 1980s.
NULL_SPACE IS ITCHFUNDING NOW!
Let me tell you a little more about it, if you don't know about it yet. 🧵
binarystar.games/null-space-i...
Let me tell you a little more about it, if you don't know about it yet. 🧵
binarystar.games/null-space-i...
NULL_SPACE by Binary Star Games
Freelancing in the solar system of the 24th century
binarystar.games
February 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I read this game and it's good. Blue-collar spaceship adventures that aren't stuck in the 1980s.
This idea has so much juice.
The misconception that vampires than shapeshift arises from the fact that vampirism is caused by a parasite with a complex life cycle involving several intermediate hosts. Rat, bat, and wolf hosts are all necessary for the successful reproduction of the vampiric parasite at various stages. [1/2]
February 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM
This idea has so much juice.
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Witchflip is out now!
You are an undying witch that needs to skate!
This is for the #48wordRPGJam! It was a ton of fun to make.
Check it out!
junkfoodgames.itch.io/witchflip
You are an undying witch that needs to skate!
This is for the #48wordRPGJam! It was a ton of fun to make.
Check it out!
junkfoodgames.itch.io/witchflip
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Witchflip is out now!
You are an undying witch that needs to skate!
This is for the #48wordRPGJam! It was a ton of fun to make.
Check it out!
junkfoodgames.itch.io/witchflip
You are an undying witch that needs to skate!
This is for the #48wordRPGJam! It was a ton of fun to make.
Check it out!
junkfoodgames.itch.io/witchflip
It is well known that coins and swords are magical. These days, everything is a coin and most things are swords, so the world is dangerously suffused with occult energy.
January 20, 2026 at 1:15 AM
It is well known that coins and swords are magical. These days, everything is a coin and most things are swords, so the world is dangerously suffused with occult energy.
I think this is where I'll never see eye to eye. I once had an exchange with a folk musician who told me, "don't send me the files over Google drive because I won't use Google products for ethical reasons", and I told him I respected that and mailed him a flash drive with the files on it.
If I give instructions on opening a CSV file, and I say it doesn't matter if you use Excel or Google Sheets, and some guy pops up in the comments to say of course it matters because Google is EVIL, we know that guy is a troll.
That guy is also us.
That guy is also us.
January 17, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I think this is where I'll never see eye to eye. I once had an exchange with a folk musician who told me, "don't send me the files over Google drive because I won't use Google products for ethical reasons", and I told him I respected that and mailed him a flash drive with the files on it.
Noticed a minor factual error in the latest edition of Between Two Cairns, wondering which discord I should join to personally yell at Yochai.
January 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Noticed a minor factual error in the latest edition of Between Two Cairns, wondering which discord I should join to personally yell at Yochai.
BITE THE HAND by Spellbook Gaming
A cyberpunk panic engine TTRPG core rulebook
spellbookgaming.itch.io
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Neat little lyric game by @nycavri.bsky.social that's the good bit of VtM as a poem in random-roll table form: nycavri.itch.io/5-min-masque...
5-min-masquerade by Avri
You are a vampire. You must feed to live.
nycavri.itch.io
January 10, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Neat little lyric game by @nycavri.bsky.social that's the good bit of VtM as a poem in random-roll table form: nycavri.itch.io/5-min-masque...
I told them quite a bit about how I really feel about AI. I hope everyone does as well.
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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January 10, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I told them quite a bit about how I really feel about AI. I hope everyone does as well.
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I hope that person gets the help they need.
statistically you are someone's favorite poster
January 9, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I hope that person gets the help they need.
For anyone with fond memories of Yog-sothoth.com, I'm putting together a Starter Pack. If you were ever on the site, message me to be added. go.bsky.app/BFwCrLE
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
For anyone with fond memories of Yog-sothoth.com, I'm putting together a Starter Pack. If you were ever on the site, message me to be added. go.bsky.app/BFwCrLE
Anyone ever realize that pretty much every common synonym for "protagonist" or "story" has already been taken as the name of an RPG?
January 7, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Anyone ever realize that pretty much every common synonym for "protagonist" or "story" has already been taken as the name of an RPG?
Best and, in many ways, worst is still The Prisoner.
(Life on Mars was good too.)
(Life on Mars was good too.)
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Best and, in many ways, worst is still The Prisoner.
(Life on Mars was good too.)
(Life on Mars was good too.)
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Yog-Sothoth.com , the Call of Cthulhu site & forum that ran for 28 years (!!?), sadly just shut its doors. 😥 I subscribed to them from 2011-2012 till now. They basically invented RPG actual plays, but they did them audio-only (I always turn off the video anyway) so missed the YT revolution. #ttrpg
January 5, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Yog-Sothoth.com , the Call of Cthulhu site & forum that ran for 28 years (!!?), sadly just shut its doors. 😥 I subscribed to them from 2011-2012 till now. They basically invented RPG actual plays, but they did them audio-only (I always turn off the video anyway) so missed the YT revolution. #ttrpg
Yog-sothoth.com is closing. Already locked except the farewell thread. Those forums got me into RPGs in the first place and were an incredible resource - the internet as it should have been, filled with courtesy and education.
January 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Yog-sothoth.com is closing. Already locked except the farewell thread. Those forums got me into RPGs in the first place and were an incredible resource - the internet as it should have been, filled with courtesy and education.