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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU

@carlosmakesgames.bsky.social

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By night, your friendly barrio TTRPG designer. By day, a far left bilingual ed teacher. Detroit based. Latin and Jewish. Pronouns TBD. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 You can find my socials and projects here: https://linktr.ee/carlos.makes.games

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hi! I'm Carlos

I am:

1. An agender dad

2. A TTRPG player and creator

3. Working on: Puppet Run, a creepy puppet hack of Psi*Run, and Magic Muck Mutant Mayhem, a crafting underdark game

4. starting up Rol Latine, a Discord for Latin TTRPG creators and players. Join here: discord.gg/MmDmbqXVQ3

Join the Rol Latine Discord Server!

A place for Latine TTRPG players to meet and play games.Un lugar para jugadores del rol para encontrarse y jugar juegos. | 25 members

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 1d

Immediately book marked this

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Okami 🔜 PAX Unplugged @keichiokami.itch.io · 1d

Join me as I portray Diego "Papi" Gonzales, a scandalous bartender and former Broadway chorus boy laying low during the summer of 1979 at Roosevelt Beach, getting into spooky shenanigans with his housemates. #ttrpg #ActualPlay #CharityStream #Spooky #LGBTQ

Dax @gmdax.bsky.social · 2d

The October #charity #ttrpg is Moonlight on Roseville Beach!

Incentives:
$5 - Add a dice to the magic pool OR supply check
$10 - Table reduces Scare or Injury Track by 1
$20 - Table reduces Scare or Injury Track by 2
$30 - Roll on the Bonus Clue Table
$50 - Roll on the Escalation Table (limit: 2)

Background appears as if you’re peering through a gate looking out at a garden and vintage car, overlaid with translucent purple haze. 6 large bubbles floating with the center cut out to reveal the cast faces. Above the images are the words:

Moonlight on Roseville Beach: The House in the Woods
a one shot adventure to benefit Extra Life a program of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Near each face, from left to right, are the following bluesky tags:

@keichiokami.itch.io
@roseblossom2468
@kitrole
@kobanya
@gmdax
@tricksywizard

In the bottom center are the words "Saturday October 25th at 4:30pm Eastern / 3:30pm Central / 1:30pm Pacific. Twitch.tv/daxara19."

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 1d

you will need to escape from giant felt monsters, while fighting the thing on your arm for control of your body. Yet you have terrible secrets. Is the puppet the horror, or are you? Join me on the @happyjacksrpg.bsky.social Discord on 10/25 to find out. happyjacks.org//discord

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 1d

🧵1/2 I want you 🫵 to playtest #PuppetRun. Puppetrun is a surreal horror game where your player wakes with a living puppet attached to their hand. Based on M. Baker's ( @megueyb.bsky.social ) game PSI*RUN,...

Part of the Risk Sheet for Puppet Run. There are 4 boxes, goal, reveal, puppet, and harm. Goal, Do I achieve my goal? 6: Move control 1 towards runner. Runner acheives goal. GM has first say. 4-5 Runner achieves goal, GM has first say. 1-3 Runner fails goal. Player has first say. Reveal, Do I receive a memory from the puppet? 6: Move control 1 towards the runer. Runner receives a memory from the puppet that answers one of their questions. Player has first say. 4-5 Runner receives a memory that answers one of their questions. Other players have first say. 1-3: Move control track 1 towards puppet. Puppet receives a memory from the character. GM has first say. Puppet
* Do my puppet's powers cause harm?
5–6: Power causes no
trouble. Player has first say
3-4: Power does what the player wants
but the puppet turns it towards their
ends. GM has first say.
1–2: Move control 1 towards
puppet. The puppet takes over for a
moment and uses its
powers toward.
HARM
* Is anyone hurt? 5–6: Runner is unharmed
& unimpaired. Player has first say
4: Runner is hurt & impaired for the
rest of this scene. GM has first say.
3: Runner is hurt & impaired for the
rest of this session. GM has first say.
2: Runner is hurt & impaired for the
rest of the game. GM has first say.
1: Runner is dying. GM has first
say.

A tracker with six boxes that represents who has more control, your character or the puppet.

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 2d

Not a girl…same

Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 2d

I might be wrong, but I think this is the first TTRPG published in Nahautl. If you know of another, let me know!

Hay chanza que me equivoque pero creo que este es el primer juego del rol publicado en Nahuatl. Avísame si conoces otro!

KOKOTÖNA is LIVE on Kickstarter 📌 | E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 2d

Update 3: KOKOTÖNA, now available in Nahuatl

Update 3: 12 Hours In: Nahuatl Edition Secured! The Oracle Awaits... · KOKOTÖNA: A Grimdark RPG inspired by precolonial Mesoamerica

Hello Flesh-Bearers, long time no see lmaoThe sun has not yet set on our first day, and already you have reshaped the continent. I write this with hands trembling not from fear, but from awe. In just ...

www.kickstarter.com

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 3d

Love to see it!

Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s gooooooo!

Wepa!

Tiahui!

KOKOTÖNA is LIVE on Kickstarter 📌 | E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 3d

Update #1: FUNDED IN 3 HOURS!

Update 1: We're Funded! My honest and heartfelt thank you & "What's next?" · KOKOTÖNA: A Grimdark RPG inspired by precolonial Mesoamerica

Hello Flesh-Bearers,I am absolutely blown away. You've done it, you have funded KOKOTÖNA! Seeing my game, which just four years ago was but a dream big enough to become a passion project, reach its in...

www.kickstarter.com

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 3d

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 3d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 5d

Come for the dope MesoAmerican Borg…stay for the dope heart pouch

KOKOTÖNA is LIVE on Kickstarter 📌 | E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 5d

A #FollowFriday surprise!

The #KOKOTÖNA Yolhotl Dice Pouch. Holds dice, stones, coins... anything that decides whose heart is to be offered as payment for your life

Our #Kickstarter is YOUR ONLY CHANCE to get this exclusive pouch, make sure to follow & sign-up!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/elc...

A red and black dice pouch in the shape of a stylized anatomical heart, styled after the mesoamerican heart glyph. Two hands hover above it, covetously. It's drawstrings feature skull charms.

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 5d

Mutual Aid Alert!

Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 7d

If like me, you were fascinated / horrified by the Alvin Schwartz story The Green Ribbon, and as a kid and then spent too much time trying to figure out the twisted mechanics, you need to listen to this episode of @spiritspodcast.com immediately

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

The Girl with the Green Ribbon

Podcast Episode · Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore · 10/08/2025 · 44m

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 7d

HHM Music Videos Day 5: I love this as a time capsule and a reminder that for a second ska was worldwide

Me encanta este como una cápsula de Tiempo, y un recordatorio que por un momentito ska era mundial.

youtu.be/2V-R3XK-4TY?...

Bermudas - No voy a trabajar

YouTube video by Maximus82867

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 7d

Love weird mysterious stuff like this that I can throw into my games!

Eli@BLK Mkt PX 🔜 PAXU @blackmarketpress.bsky.social · 7d

#Mörktober Day 7: Shard

Cyathea, Healer of Potshards

Obsessive collector of fragments from broken civilizations. She believe these are clues left behind by the clay giants of the north and by piecing them back together she will be able to stave off the same cracks which led to their destruction.

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Justin Alexander @alexandrian.bsky.social · 8d

Strangely, this is also my book writing strategy at the moment.

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · Jan 31

Them: ‘So what’s your book marketing strategy?’

Me:

Started making it. Had a breakdown. Bon appetite.

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 8d

Héctor is amazing and these should all be grear

Okami 🔜 PAX Unplugged @keichiokami.itch.io · 8d

Okami's spooky actual play adventurers this month!

10/16 Role D5
Call of Cthulhu Old West
Halloween One-Shot

10/19 Apochromatic Unlimited
Director for Kids on Bikes 2E: Devil’s Night
One Shot Charity Stream for PCRF

10/25 Daxara19
Moonlight on Roosevelt Beach
Extra Life Charity One-Shot

10/16
Role D5
Call of Cthulhu Old West
Halloween One-Shot

10/19
Apochromatic Unlimited
Director for Kids on Bikes 2E: Devil’s Night
One Shot Charity Stream for PCRF

10/25
Dax
Moonlight on Roosevelt Beach
Extra Life Charity One-Shot

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KOKOTÖNA is LIVE on Kickstarter 📌 | E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 8d

Mis estimados latinos unidos emergentes hip-hop hermanos brothers de #RPGLatAm ¿En serio van a dejar que los gringos les ganen en vistas del trailer de #KOKOTÖNA? 😔 Tristísimo...

¡Pero hay tiempo de redimirse!

Solo tienen que ver el tráiler de mi #TTRPG en YouTube en Español o Portugues.

👇🏼👇👇🏼

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Okami 🔜 PAX Unplugged @keichiokami.itch.io · 9d

Lend these incredibly talented folks your attention!

Bad House RPG @badhouserpg.bsky.social · 9d

It's Filipino Heritage Month!

Bad House Celebrates it by sharing our own series created by @rocketsandpens.bsky.social on our channel. Fabian grew up in the Philippines and their storytelling has been heavily influenced by their experiences growing up in Manila.

Check out the following on YT!

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 9d

HHM Music Videos Day 4: Tokischa picks up the legacy of surrealism in hip hop. This is a better way to understand her sexuality than (fake) shock.

Toki continúa la tradición del surrealismo en hip hop, y esta es la mejor manera entender su sexualidad que escándalo (falso)

youtu.be/y8jyhfaoly8?...

Tokischa x Haraca Kiko x El Cherry Scom - Tukuntazo (Video Oficial)

YouTube video by Tokischa

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 9d

Ah yeah! I just adapted a Liminal Horror scenario for Maize Borg and it went swimmingly! Are you running a module or did you create your own?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 10d

If you watch closely, you'll see they're doing this opposite an actual funeral procession.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 10d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 10d

After having to sit through a lifetime of anglos making questionable-to-aggressively-racist inclusions in their tabletop games it's so refreshing to see a game like KOKOTÖNA!

You should have this on your radar. It looks sick as hell.

KOKOTÖNA is LIVE on Kickstarter 📌 | E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 11d

Seven Lands. Seven Tribes. Seven Thousand Years of Borrowed Time.

#KOKOTÖNA, my #MÖRKBORG based #TTRPG inspired by precolonial mesoamerica now has a coming soon page over #Kickstarter!

Sign up to get notified on our impending launch and share!

#SelfPromoSaturday #RPGLatAm #LodelRol #Rolentuidioma

Coming soon: KOKOTÖNA: A Grimdark RPG inspired by precolonial Mesoamerica

A standalone, MÖRK BORG-compatible descent into a Mesoamerican-inspired apocalypse. Dark fantasy roleplaying of xokol & blood-obsidian.

www.kickstarter.com

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 10d

HHM Music Videos Day 3: Queer representation in Latin America is still at a premium, and now, in occupied PR, under Trump, this video feels even more vital.

Representación queer en Latina America todavía es rara, y ahora, en PR ocupado bajo de Trump, es más necesario.

youtu.be/OJ6WgRiqoO4?...

Buscabulla - Métele

YouTube video by Buscabulla

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 10d

Just posted my second game for @happyjacksrpg.bsky.social Game Daze. I will be running the #MaizeBorg adventure that I am also GMing at #PAXU . MaizeBorg is a game based on Mork Borg set in a pre-hispanic Mesoamerican apocalyptic fantasy world!

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 10d

Saturday 10/25 at 10:30AM EST I will be GMing an adaptation of @megueyb.bsky.social ‘s game Psi*Run called Puppet Run, where you wake up in a nightmare city with a living puppet stuck to your hand. It’s for Happy Jack’s Game Daze. I still have plenty of spots! Sign up here: happyjacks.org//discord

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