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Isabelle (Thistle), Anxiousmimicrpgs

@anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social

TTRPG design and writing. anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io. If you want to hire me for ttrpg editing or writing work shoot me a message! work email: ruebsaatisabelle@gmail.com

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We Eat Roses To Grow Thorns by anxiousmimicrpgs An autobiographical and cruel game

Plugging one of my own projects, We Eat Roses to Grow Thorns explicitly disallows the use of safety tools anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/we-eat-roses

04.12.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the strain endgames are really cool and I deeply love all the ways your Handler can be a spineless little thing running away from consequences.

Also. I really like the safety section, actually...

02.12.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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1.4: Major Update Was on vacation for a bit, came back with a really big update. So, what's most important? An entire new mechanic for the Handler called Strain (Void, Rebellion, and Budget), creating a campaign struct...

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MAJOR update to Girl Frame: New Frame, new basic play, new Handler Strain mechanic, +13 pages longer #GirlFrame #ttrpg

02.12.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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GIRL FRAME by anxiousmimicrpgs Lesbians in mechs, struggling against oppression and eldritch horrors

(not the creator, just a fan of her game)

A PbtA-based game that captures the horror of the mechsploitation genre and its connections to sexuality and gender. It leans on the antagonistic/struggle aspect of the player/GM dynamic in a way that's super effective!

anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/girl-frame

28.11.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Colored work of two Girl Frame-inspired characters. The left is a Mockingbird that is usually kept inside of the JANUS mech but is out on walkies with permission. The right is the Casualty playbook girl, Γ‰tΓ©, who is holding the leash.

Colored work of two Girl Frame-inspired characters. The left is a Mockingbird that is usually kept inside of the JANUS mech but is out on walkies with permission. The right is the Casualty playbook girl, Γ‰tΓ©, who is holding the leash.

Concept sketches of a Girl Frame-inspired Casualty character, Γ‰tΓ©. The text pointing to the bottom middle piece reads, "Built in air cylers replace lungs, automatically breathing but necessitating exposure."c

Concept sketches of a Girl Frame-inspired Casualty character, Γ‰tΓ©. The text pointing to the bottom middle piece reads, "Built in air cylers replace lungs, automatically breathing but necessitating exposure."c

#art #GirlFrame #Casualty #Mockingbird #mechsploitation | More Girl Frame-inspired stuff. This isn't the characters we're using in our game; it just set my mind whirring on concepts and they're something I might want to write a story about at some point.

30.11.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Waw! Look at that bundle, such a great deal! All this for a whole ten dollars?! Woaaah

β€”-am- am i doing the marketing thing right? Yeah. Yeah im good at this. Definitely.

25.11.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've already talked a bit about Girl Frame and will absolutely be doing so more, so I can't recommend this strongly enough on that game's inclusion alone!

25.11.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would love recommendations for TTRPGs, modules, hacks etc. that explore femininity, misogyny, and gender roles through the lens of horror.

Think β€˜Bluebeard’s Bride’ as a great example of the kind of thing I’m after.

Also open to recs from other media (books, films, etc.)

I’m researching πŸ€“

24.11.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 1
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Birthday Bundle by anxiousmimicrpgs A bundle by anxiousmimicrpgs, $10.00 for 5 games

itch.io/s/169794/bir...
I'm holding a birthday bundle! Girl Frame, This Night on the Rooftops, Nights at the Demon Club, Apprentices of the Magere, and Haven: a Game of Witches

25.11.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
I must say, I haven't read girl frame, but I have talked with a friend who I trust who was not impressed

I'm already unimpressed because I don't like PBTA

I must say, I haven't read girl frame, but I have talked with a friend who I trust who was not impressed I'm already unimpressed because I don't like PBTA

Same chuds lmao. Apparently Girl Frame is a terrible porn game (which they haven't read) and the "bad at being a person" play is both fetishizing disabilities and also making fun of autistic people

22.11.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

OSR 🀝 PBTA
pretentious cumrags mistake formal structural rigor with unoriginal slop

22.11.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Commission of my handler I shall be playing in my Girl Frame ttrpg campaign by the lovely cutecannibalpuppy from the evil site. I absolutely love how she turned out <3

22.11.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A woman's face with multicolored, monstrous eyes who is staring at you, smiling. Fanged and terrifying.

A woman's face with multicolored, monstrous eyes who is staring at you, smiling. Fanged and terrifying.

The same Harpy from the first image is leaning over the pilot of the JANUS frame, making eye contact. It is secured to the walls and melting into them.

The same Harpy from the first image is leaning over the pilot of the JANUS frame, making eye contact. It is secured to the walls and melting into them.

Various concept sketches for for Harpy permutations.

Various concept sketches for for Harpy permutations.

A final form for the previous Harpy.

A final form for the previous Harpy.

#art #girlframe | A couple of sketches based on the ttrpg https://anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/girl-frame. See my blurb about it up on https://www.furaffinity.net/user/fluxom.

09.11.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming soon: Realis A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker

Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!

ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

19.11.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1246    πŸ” 382    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 23
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LOVE$ OR MONEYβ™‘? by Maria Mison Play out a third world romantegy where bonds give you: love or money

ALRIGHT! Here's stuff i made the past that's only been released in the gates of itch IN THIS BRIGHT DAY OF 2025!

⭐ supernatural stories about dyads
⭐ adorable box mini-game bartering SEX & POWER
⭐ a cinematic story-game about LOVE&MONEY, triangular & migratory

mariabumby.itch.io/love-or-money

19.11.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

[3/3] Isabelle Ruebsaat's "Girl Frame" (anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/girl-frame) is one of the most interesting developments in the adversarial-GMPC space right now, and it's far from the only one to include mechsplo elements!

18.11.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this TTRPG is speaking to me on so many levels

14.11.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

picked up the game and im so excited to come up with some missions. gonna be sUCH a frantic handler

14.11.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just read the article on 3-cueing and this explains so, so much. I wish this post was exaggerating what's going on but yeah, people actually just don't know how to read properly

12.11.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm participating in a game of @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social's (excellent) Girl Frame at the moment, and my wonderful partner drew my ojou-inspired Princess Girl.

12.11.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i wish people would be substantially more careful with their choice to dismiss art/games they don't like as "not art / not a game"

04.11.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 434    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 13

After spending the entire evening doing PbP roleplay, I'm here to tell you that Girl Frame is just as amazing as I'd hoped and @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social is a genius.

07.11.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1.3 I'm going on a trip! One fairly major rules addition, and a few fixes: Major addition: better rules for when your Handler gets Tags on page 14. Overall others: Clarification of Tags on page 6 Removed....

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1.3 of Girl Frame is out, added Handler Tags and some minor rules clarifications #mechsploitation #ttrpg

07.11.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Apocalypse World: Burned Over The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.

Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

06.11.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 413    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 91
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Apocalypse World: Burned Over The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.

And away we go.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

06.11.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 326    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 27

Was a tad held up with personal stuff over the week, but wanted to share this interview I did with @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social for her horror TTRPG, for @rascal.news - one of the most fascinating projects I've read these days

06.11.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love reading well designed rules I won't ever find time or the right group for and this one, oi, bites hard and is a horny, cruel mess in the best way that's probably utterly incomprehensible for straight folks.

Also one of the few games that deserves to call their GM something more creative, rare.

04.11.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have fallen in love with GIRL FRAME by @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social but my heart wasn't satisfied with the sheet... so I made my own!!! Can't wait to play this with my friends.

Feel free to use this sheet if it catches your eye !! I have a pdf version of it too if it's wanted <3

03.11.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Goat Song Workshop 5 This newsletter has been great about getting me into the proper mindset to actually do the work on a weekly basis, so that I have something to show for myself. In particular, it’s been great for getti...

Issue 5 of the Goat Song Workshop is live!

goatsongworkshop.beehiiv.com/p/goat-song-...

03.11.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.

Did ether of us say T minus 1? Today was T minus 1.
Launch in under 24 hours. Probably under 12.
See you there, dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

03.11.2025 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8

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