I'm so excited to let you all know that Lie To Him just met the final stretch goal of £1500. This means I'm going to be revamping my GMless TTRPG zine March Winds, April Showers! Everyone who backed at the digital zine tier and above will also receive a PDF of this zine completely free as a thank you for your overwhelming support.
I'm also going to work with Fistful of Ink, who are printing Lie To Him, to make a physical zine of March Winds, April Showers which will be available as an add-on to anyone who pledged at the physical zine tier or above! If you pledged at the highest tier for a unique handmade mini-zine, I will throw in a physical copy of March Winds, April Showers for free.
Don't worry though, as excited as I am to get to work on revamping March Winds, April Showers I'm still very much focused on creating Lie To Him right now.
So! Thanks to all of you and your incredible support, Lie To Him smashed through not only its original funding goal, but the first two stretch goals within 24 hours of launch. The zine is getting extra illustrations by Jen. The app is going to be free for everyone who buys the game. It's going to be exactly as I hoped.
I can't quite wrap my head around that.
As I'm writing we've also hit the extra stretch goal I named Michelle Pays Herself, so I am actually going to pay myself a small fee for the work I've done and will continue to do on this project!
I've now added the final stretch goal to the page. This is a big swing and I'm fully prepared to not make it this far, but if the total makes it to £1500, I plan to make a second zine. This will be a new version of my GMless TTRPG March Winds, April Showers revamped with original art. I'm very proud of this game but the current version on itch was made with canva, stock images and a dream and the result is a little janky looking. I'd love to give it the makeover it deserves. A digital copy will be sent to all backers at 'Lie of Omission' or above for free and a physical copy will be sent to the 'Bespoke Fallacy' backers for free, and to anyone else who chooses to buy it as an add-on at a discounted price.
If that sounds interesting to you please keep sharing this crowdfunder around. And if it doesn't, hey, that's fine, you've already contributed massively to the success of Lie To Him so thank you, thank you, thank you!
Wow everyone, I can't quite believe I'm writing this. Lie To Him hit the initial £500 goal in the first hour after going live. I cannot thank you all enough for believing in this game and putting your money towards making it a reality.
I was so genuinely shocked this happened that by the time I calmed down enough to write this update, we'd also met the threshold for the first stretch goal. So not only is the zine definitely happening, it's going to have additional artwork in the interior!
The next stretch goal is a big one - not long before this project launched I was sitting puzzling out how I could possibly make Lie To Him more accessible for players who don't own a tumbling block tower or tarot cards when a message popped up from Aleena asking if I'd be interested in her creating an app. It was such a creative and amazing idea that I just had to say yes! I really, really want to make the app available for free as part of the purchase of the game, and the £850 mark is where I need to reach to make that feasible while still ensuring that Aleena's labour is fairly compensated. So please keep spreading the word if you can!
Thank you again for supporting this project, it means the world to me.
Thank you so much for signing up to follow Lie To Him - A solo roleplaying game about dishonesty.
My goal was to reach 50 followers by the time the project goes live and I'm really excited to say we've already reached that figure with a few weeks still to go!
To show my appreciation for your early support, I have discounted all reward tiers by 10% for the first 24 hours of the campaign. As a follower, you will receive a notification email when the project goes live so that you don't miss out.
Thanks again for your interest in Lie To Him, and please do share the teaser page with anyone else you know who is interested in solo TTRPGs and supporting independent artists; it really helps me out.
Today the pre-launch page for Lie To Him goes live!
This crowdfunder will run through February 2026, aka Zine Month, so that I can create my first physical zine of a game I've designed.
Playtesting is under way with my band of wonderful volunteer playtesters, and my cover artist and layout artist are cooking up ideas already. I can't wait to see how this turns out!
