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carlosmakesgames.bsky.social
Carlos Salazar
@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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Well it’s been a morning…forgot my badge and had to back track (boo!) but now enjoying this coffee dope coffee (yay!)
Iced coffee with green pandan foam on a pink coaster
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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About to head to the last day of #PAXU with my last Evlyn Moreau mask! Commission artists to do cool stuff with you!

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Front view of mask of space men next to a flying saucer Side view of the mask of space men next to a flying saucer. The moon is clearer on this one. Another side view of the mask of space men next to a flying saucer. One of the space men is waving and theres an amorphous cat alien.
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Every city I go to there’s a god damn beholder I gotta deal with
The god damn beholder at PAX. It is purple and inflatable with sparkly shoes. A wizard hangs out next to us offering no hope The beholder hangs out on the wall behind me in Toronto
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Just arrived at #Paxu with my second mask by Evlyn Moreau! @evlynmoreau.bsky.social If you see me say hi
#PaxUnplugged
Carlos wearing a mask with a dungeon crawler kneeling in front of an open treasure chest filled with shiny gold! A different view of Carlos wearing a mask with a dungeon crawler kneeling in front of an open treasure chest filled with shiny gold! There are two angry monsters visible in this one
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Had a great time GMing Puppet Run at #PAXU and the question at the end was “When is this kickstarting!?” Thank you to a fabulous group of players! Check out my game of #MaizeBorg by @blackmarketpress.bsky.social at 1:30 at the #PTIGL and get your MesoAmerican grim dark fantasy on!
Four people sit around a table set up for a TTRPG Puppet Run materials including the dice, risk sheet, and counters for the various rooms
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Hire me to model all your TTRPG books 😆 Thank you to @vixiebelle.bsky.social for being the impetus and a fabulous co-organizer and to everyone who helped out!
Carlos modeling The Wildsea Carlos modeling Time Force! Carlos modeling CBR+PNK
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Hey #PAXU! If you see me say hi! And come check out my games at the PTIGL today and tomorrow. Rocking my first of three masks illustrated by Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social
Carlos with his PAXU badge and a mask illustrated by Evlyn Moreau with goblins throwing dice at a table
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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That’s prepping for #PAXU baby!
An apple note that reads To pack - [ ] Stickers - [ ] Pens - [ ] Wrist bands - [ ] Masks - [ ] Evlyn Moreau masks - [ ] Print outs for each game - [ ] Zoot suit - [ ] Sticky notes - [ ] Toiletries - [ ] Pens - [ ] Mask valve - [ ] Token box - [ ] Water bottle - [ ] More socks than strictly necessary - [ ] Badge
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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If you’re going to #PAXU I’m going to be running Puppet Run Friday afternoon at the #PTIGL, a horror game based on #Psi*Run. It’s fun. It’s scary. It has a unique see-saw mechanic as you fight a puppet for control of your body. And you can make this face while reading the character creation rules.
A femme person making a face of horrified fascination as she reads the puppet power examples from Puppet Run
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Everyone on this app drop a selfie now…
Carlos with a frozen bow in their hair
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Rascal News, bringing moments of nerd connection like this.

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A text conversation between two people Person 1: Rascal Radio Hour, episode 20, timestamp 1:25:30. Is that you?? Person 2: LOL the one about Gamma World? Person 1: And White Wolf, yes Person 2: Yep…That’s me Person 1: Lmaooooo Person 2: You know I’m a sicko for Gamma World Person 1: He said Carlos and I thought “I wonder…” and then he said Gamma World and I thought “ladies and gentlemen… we got ‘em”
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Retrato nuevo …no se porque estoy gritando y sonriendo a la misma vez

New portrait…I don’t know why I’m smiling and screaming at the same time
A Pencil portrait of me drawn by a student…I appearing to be wearing a robe, I have happy eyes and a fully open mouth
November 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Ah yeah! This looks great @satelitesnaturales.bsky.social and @evlynmoreau.bsky.social …can’t wait to dig into this nastiness
Gold leaf A Feast for Sphinx cover with the Sphinx in a braided circle
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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How we do, even when space in a house with two kids is hard to come by! Los ancestros presentes!
A small día de los muertos altar
November 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Like I said, advantages

Como les dije, tiene valores
Vaso de arroz con leche Cup of arroz con leche
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Ser Maestro tiene sus valores

Being a teacher has its advantages
Pan dulce en forma de calabaza relleno de calabaza Pan dulce in the shape of a pumpkin with pumpkin feeling
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Nearing the end of spooky season and so the last of my Wednesday on Wednesday pins

Also, unafraid to show papada on main 🤘🏼
A pin showing Wednesday in front of the black and white half of a window and Enid in front of the colorful half
October 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
The Time Bandits in a forest holding up the map as well as various things they stole
October 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Join me, Vixie Bell, Danny Mendoza, Julia Labusch, Castle Writes, and Andrew Teller of Tales as we explore the whimsical and the spooky! Come get your Halloween on early, tomorrow, 8PM EST twitch.tv/thepocketdra...

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@queenjulia11.bsky.social
A promo image showing the cast for this AP on an autumn background
October 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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🧵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.
October 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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The Mexica (Aztecs) had the most beautiful shields in history. These are all feathers

Les Mexiques tenían los escudos mas bellos en la historia. Que se puede ver aquí son todas plumas.
A Mexica shield with a blue clawed animal on a red field, all made of feathers
September 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Thank you, @evlynmoreau.bsky.social ! I can’t wait to rock these at #PAXU …I don’t know why dripped out masks aren’t more of a thing!
A collection of n95 masks on a green background. Each one has an illustration by Evlyn Moreau. They are (clockwise from top) various little guys, goblins throwing dice, an adventurer opening a treasure chest, space explorers around a flying saucer, and a cat climbing a hill.
September 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The episode of Little Bear in which they wanted to make sure that the parents watching knew that Mother Bear and Father Bear still got. It. ON!

El capítulo de Little Bear en que querían asegurar que los padres que miraban sabían que Mother Bear y Father Bear todavía se cogian
August 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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My oldest wanted me to wear one of her dresses
Me a light Latin-Jewish person with curly hair, I have an Elsa dress held up around my neck with one hand
August 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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🧵15/18 But the folk knowledge, the common story, is that if you’re trans or genderqueer, and you played #D&D or any other #TTRPG , one of the first places that you realized you weren't cis was at your gaming table.
A tumblr post Dr Scrimble says: Are all male DND groups still that common? DnD gender demographics routinely say female-identifying players make up between 40-60% of the player base. Mighty bob the Mighty Says : My current group was all male the first time we played. Now it's 50-50. There have been no changes in roster. DrScrimble Says: "Teams have been auto-balanced"
August 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM