Core Rulebook by Anxious Mimic RPGs
GIRL FRAME is a TTRPG using the Powered by the Apocalypse Engine (specifically the version designed for Apocalypse Keys) to tell a story about lesbian pilots, forced into half-living mech suits and sent by their Handler to kill Gorgons – eldritch beings from outside reality.
This is an Ashcan, but is a fully playable game, including:
- 10 Girl Playbooks, including the Mockingbird, the Newgirl, the Stim-Blissed, and the Casualty.
- 9 Frame Playbooks, including The Prince, CONSUME, and Wyvern 0.4
- 6 Handler Playbooks: the Mistress, the Dogrunner, the Scientist, and the Frantic
- 6 different classes of the eldritch Gorgons and 6 different types, including Mother, Incubus, and Doppelganger.
- 1 Harpy (corrupted Girl) Playbook, and 5 different Rebel Playbooks
Use Tags, Permissions, and Punishments to get your way. Mess with each other’s Status to become the Ace or the Dog. Give orders, and have messy relationships. Die horribly in battle, or be corrupted into something beyond human. Get in the Frame. Obey your Handler.
Inspirations: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Mobile Suit Gundam, Armoured Core, 86, Heaven Will Be Mine, the Mechsploitation Genre.
Awards
- 2026 Ennie Judge’s Spotlight Winner
- 2025 Independent Transfeminine Award
Girl Frame is available through DriveThruRPG in PDF.
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