LUMEN RYDER CORE

Lumen Ryder Core is a tactical-lite, flavour-heavy tokusatsu tabletop role-playing game for 3-6 players where you play as masked superheroes and their eclectic group of allies battling an evil organization.

Created by Samuel Mui, its rulings centre around a d6 dice pool system built on the LUMEN engine and prioritize a monster-fighting experience chocked with narrative flair and frantic cinematic descriptions that would make your inner 8-year old happy.

It is inspired by tokusatsu works like Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Samurai Flamenco, Metal Hero, and Spiderman. 

• An incredibly simple and easy to learn 3-stat resolution system that uses d6s built on the LUMEN engine by Spencer Campbell.
• Action-packed, tokusatsu combat akin to smashing action figures together as they dish out wacky special attacks with absurdly stylish weapons - a true power fantasy fit for 8-year olds all around the world!
• Level up your Ryders with badass new forms, each one more powerful and decked out than the last! 
• Team up with Allies who wield the power to turn the tide of battle through strategy and emotional support, whether as hot scientists, grizzled mentors, or “friendly” kaijin!
• A point-based Investigation System inspired by the Gumshoe Engine where you use skills like Fashion Knowledge, Archaeology, Gaming, and Speaking Your Heart to discover your enemy’s true weaknesses.
• Lots and lots and lots of character options! LUMEN RYDER CORE boasts over 30 generation tables for creating your own unique Ryders and Allies - including tables for everything from your blood type, to your fears and motivations, and to your weapons (gun-chucks anyone?)
• A kaijin generator with over 1000 possible combinations of archetypes, resistances, and special attacks.
• A customizable setting creation and episode play guide which will help gamemasters, both new and experienced, to run and create their own kaijin-hunting tokusatsu adventures. From surgeons summoning the power of ancient gods to high school kids travelling through time, Lumen Ryder Core can do it all!

As part of ZIMO 2022, LUMEN RYDER CORE is Itchfunding in order to raise money needed to make sure that it becomes the best game it can be. As of current, the beta ashcan only contains the most basic version of the ruleset.

Thanks to the help of "Mutual RPGs", funding for LUMEN RYDER CORE’s art and layout are already set in place. HOWEVER, we will need YOUR HELP to create supplements for Lumen Ryder settings inspired by Jane Austen, urban asian slice-of-life, and Old-School Fantasy Dungeon crawling. If fully funded, these stretch goals will provide 144 pages of gut-punchingly awesome content!

Support Lumen Ryder Core to expand the Ryderverse and make it the game it should be!

• $400 - LUMEN RYDER AUSTEN: PRIDE & PREHISTORY
  • In Regency Era Britain, young eligible bachelors and debutantes seek to further their families’ standings through marriage and duels in steam-powered Ryder suits. 
  • Lumen Ryder Austen: Pride and Prehistory is a 32-page Regency Drama supplement containing all-new powers, forms, kaijin, and rules for courtship. It’s the tokusatsu Jane-Austen battle royale/dating sim of your dreams.

• $800 - LUMEN RYDER CAPITALITES
  • In present-day Capital City, a ragtag team of urban asian young adults fuse their bodies with half-angelic Seraphites to fight against an onslaught of monsters born from human sin while struggling with their own self-destructive impulses.
  • Lumen Ryder Capitalites is a 32-page Urban Horror supplement containing all-new powers, forms, kaijin, and rules for interpersonal drama! Compatible with capitalites: the urban asian roleplaying game

• $1100 - ARTIST PAY RAISE
  • Our beloved artist gets a pay raise for all their incredible work!

• $1500 - LUMEN RYDER SQUADRON
  • Team up and get big to defeat evil! Lumen Ryder Squadron is a 32-page supplement that provides new rulings for ALL-RYDER team combat with giant-sized battles inspired by Super Sentai and Ultraman. 

• $1600 - ARTIST PAY RAISE AGAIN!
  • Our beloved artist gets another pay raise!

• $2600 -  LUMEN RYDER D+D
  • When portals to a “Dungeon Universe” appear in the human world, eager opportunists start venturing into them in search of treasure only to return as twisted monsters. It is now up to a group of dancers to harness the power of rhythm and movement  and close the portals by defeating the bosses lurking within their crypts.
  • Lumen Ryder Dungeons + Dance is a 48-page  Fantasy Dungeon Crawling supplement containing all-new powers, forms, kaijin, and rulings for old-school style dungeon delving.

Print Pre-Orders will be available on the PlusOneExp store soon.

• $5 Basic Form: Beta Ashcan
  • Receive access to the Beta Ashcan at this tier in both PDF and EPUB formats + 1 Community Copy 
  • The final version of the Beta Ashcan will only contain the most basic rules for the game and will have no illustrations.

• $15 Super Form: Full Digital Copy
  • Receive access to the full  Digital Zine Release in both PDF and EPUB formats + all funded supplements + access to the Beta Ashcan + 3 Community Copies

• $80 Final Form: Journey Across the Ryderverse SOLD OUT!
  • Become part of an infinitely expanding multiverse of Ryders and create your very own Ryder or Kaijin! Your design will be illustrated by our artist Ju5t07.
    
  • Also includes access to the full  Digital Zine Release in both PDF and EPUB formats + all funded supplements + access to the Beta Ashcan + 10 Community Copies 

“LUMEN RYDER is a perfect encapsulation in experiencing your favorite “Karate Bugman” shows firsthand, from the bewildering surprise at disparate themes each new season brings in expertly crafted rollable tables, deceptively complex and clever character generation, fast and flashy combat that fits right at home in the Lumen system, all rolled into one handy little book that you wanna put in your belt and shout HENSHIN!”

Ditey (she/it), Artist and Tokusatsu Giga-Fan

“I really love LUMEN RYDER! The game kicks off with a bang at character creation. The random tables provide laughs and plenty of exciting ideas for further play. The game facilitates a strong team identity from the beginning that pulls you right in. 10/10 would recommend!”

Raphael Falk (he/him),Game Designer

"LUMEN RYDER is both a love letter to Kamen Rider and an invitation to dive deep into the deep pool of creativity and human connection at its heart. It really revs the motors, it powers my turbines, charges my kicks and hens my shins"

Aaron Lim (he/him), Game Designer

"LUMEN RYDER is unhinged in the best way, taking the wildest concepts and putting them together in a mixture of chaos that works so well. The character creation is where I found myself having the most fun, the character creation has a wide variety of tables that makes every session different. It makes character creation go smoothly and ensures a unique concept for your character by the end."

Tina Marcos a.k.a. Sweet Cyanide (she/they), Game Designer and Artist

Lead Designer: Samuel Mui (he/any)

Layout Artist: Alyssa Yeo (she/her)

Character/Cover Artist (Lumen Ryder Core):  "Ju5t07"

Kaijin Artist (BioSpyder and BioBat, Lumen Ryder Core): Sarah Carapace (she/her)

Editor: "The Third Joe"

General Production / Store Page Art: “Mutual RPGs”

"Mutual RPGs a mutual aid support project organized by Plus One Exp."

Join our Mailing List for updates on the project and sneak peeks of future expansions.

• For a system agnostic, easy to use directory of NPCs, check out: The NPC Phonebook, by Nick Tourville
• For an analog dungeon generator with lyric game elements, check out: Roguelike Dungeon, by David Hyman Kentaro Jackson
• For an introspective game about sacrifice and pilgrimage, check out: Moriah by Urania Games
• For a Dune-inspired game about exploration and self-discovery, check out: Glide by Cody Barr and Emiel Boven