diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 10c13a6b7..2b40cb16b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ name: Build
 on: workflow_dispatch
 
 jobs:
+  # build-release-windows: # LF volunteer; RCs will still be built and signed by hand
+  # build-release-macos: # LF volunteer
+
   build-ubuntu1804:
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83d7f78ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# This workflow will create a release and store builds to it when an x.y.z tag is pushed
+
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*.*.*'
+
+jobs:
+  create-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set env
+        run: echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV  # tag x.y.z will become "Archipelago x.y.z"
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@b7e450da2a4b4cb4bfbae528f788167786cfcedf
+        with:
+          draft: true  # don't publish right away, especially since windows build is added by hand
+          prerelease: false
+          name: Archipelago ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  # build-release-windows: # this is done by hand because of signing
+  # build-release-macos: # LF volunteer
+
+  build-release-ubuntu1804:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set env
+        run: echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      # - code below copied from build.yml -
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Install base dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt -y install build-essential p7zip xz-utils wget libglib2.0-0
+          sudo apt -y install python3-gi libgirepository1.0-dev  # should pull dependencies for gi installation below
+      - name: Get a recent python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+      - name: Install build-time dependencies
+        run: |
+          echo "PYTHON=python3.9" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          wget -nv https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/13/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+          chmod a+rx appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+          ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract
+          echo -e '#/bin/sh\n./squashfs-root/AppRun "$@"' > appimagetool
+          chmod a+rx appimagetool
+      - name: Download run-time dependencies
+        run: |
+          wget -nv https://github.com/black-sliver/sni/releases/download/v0.0.78-2/sni-v0.0.78-2-manylinux2014-amd64.tar.xz
+          tar xf sni-*.tar.xz
+          rm sni-*.tar.xz
+          mv sni-* SNI
+          wget -nv https://github.com/Ijwu/Enemizer/releases/download/6.4/ubuntu.16.04-x64.7z
+          7za x -oEnemizerCLI/ ubuntu.16.04-x64.7z
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          "${{ env.PYTHON }}" -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools virtualenv PyGObject  # pygobject should probably move to requirements
+          "${{ env.PYTHON }}" -m venv venv
+          source venv/bin/activate
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          python setup.py build --yes bdist_appimage --yes
+          echo -e "setup.py build output:\n `ls build`"
+          echo -e "setup.py dist output:\n `ls dist`"
+          cd dist && export APPIMAGE_NAME="`ls *.AppImage`" && cd ..
+          export TAR_NAME="${APPIMAGE_NAME%.AppImage}.tar.gz"
+          (cd build && DIR_NAME="`ls | grep exe`" && mv "$DIR_NAME" Archipelago && tar -czvf ../dist/$TAR_NAME Archipelago && mv Archipelago "$DIR_NAME")
+          echo "APPIMAGE_NAME=$APPIMAGE_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "TAR_NAME=$TAR_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      # - code above copied from build.yml -
+      - name: Add to Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@b7e450da2a4b4cb4bfbae528f788167786cfcedf
+        with:
+          draft: true  # see above
+          prerelease: false
+          name: Archipelago ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+          files: |
+            dist/*
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}