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Alastor Guzman

@alastorgv.bsky.social

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🇲🇽 Game designer and writer. Nebula finalist. Ennie winner. Short stories, videogames, and tabletop games. Sometimes Science communication. DnD Radiant Citadel • Ixalan • Pathfinder • MtG • Kult Divinity Lost Enby Bi They/Them https://alastorgv.carrd.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 17d

@diwatamnl.bsky.social makes dang good rpgs and you get can a ton of them in this sale.

Genuinely, there'd be no Radish Knights without diwata manila's work.

itch.io/s/160647/diw...

Diwata Tip Jar by Diwata ng Manila

A bundle by Diwata ng Manila, $50.00 for 19 games

itch.io

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · 20d

Super slam prerelease for #fabtcg and i won on the first booster

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · 22d

Please add me if anyone is looking for a narrative designer from outside the us

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Aug 2

Send me a dm

Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Aug 2

Yes please

Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Aug 2

Take a picture with tonali at #gencon at booth #2961 and tag us at @axostories.bsky.social and win a free indie trrpg zine

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Aug 2

Second to last day, come to the @axostories.bsky.social and #latineLounge present booth at #gencon we have games and a giant axolotl

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Aug 1

Hey if you want to try a 5e aztec setting we have open table for ollitla in the latin lounge just go to room 124 at #gencon
We are including the pdf preview for those that go

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Jul 31

Ready at booth #2961 in #gencon come check our games and more

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · May 31

First day of Megaxp with a taste of the indie games we will bring to gencon

Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · May 21

With a colder head, my main issue is that I need an editor who is bilingual. The diction notes are on sentences that, upon re-reading them, are in spanish but translated to English. While the "good" sentences are the ones I put down directly in English and don't come from my first draft in spanish

Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · May 21

The editing and technical notes are good but the setting ones feel like being whitesplained my own culture

Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · May 21

The editing and technical notes are good but the setting ones feel like being whitesplained my own culture

Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · May 21

I just got one of the weirdest feedback on the setting of my novel " The aztecs wouldn't have advanced technology or be able to do X " it kinda feels weirdly colonialistic. They are aztec inspired not historical since I have magical gravity rocks to power the technology

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Caligaes: The XENO Invasion has begun! @caligaes.itch.io · Apr 7

Thread & Needle now on DriveThruRPG and PWYW!

Thread & Needle is a mini bestiary featuring eight new creatures for your Mörk Borg games, all stitched together through the story of a saint who became a monster to avenge his family.

www.drivethrurpg.com/es/product/5...

The cover for Thread & Needle: A Grimoire of Paracelsian Creatures

by Raúl el Ghoul and Caligaes

Compatible with Mork Borg

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Mar 15

also i revamped the full webpage and store and I am proud of how it ended up looking all things considered

Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Mar 15

If you like Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask. Our expansion for 5e where you create magical Masks from the creatures ( and may or may not have the entity you converted inside) is on sale right now. $35 USD for the hardcover and PDF book.

www.axostories.com/products/mas...

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Mar 6

to my TTRPG and writer friends, which one works better for publishing gaming content, Patreon or Substack?

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Mar 1

To my ttrpg friends. I need a mailing list service that does the next: Users can subscribe for updates on the general mailing list but can also choose to be part of Mailing list for X or Y project only. So that they can be segmented and if they don't like 5e they only get indie and viceversa

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Feb 28

I find it interesting that in other places people associate brutalism with boredom, dryness, and oppression. Meanwhile, I like it because my high school and university were built in a brutalist style. Picture fo the Faculty of Science Tlahuizcalpan building where i used to play RPGs and Magic.

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Roque Romero - Comms open @roqueromero.bsky.social · Feb 25

Here we GOOOO
www.kickstarter.com/projects/axo...

Caligaes' Xeno - Invasion, A reverse horror TTRPG

A reverse horror TTRPG where you play as the monster, blending minimalist rules with maximum fun.

www.kickstarter.com

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Feb 25

Our new campaign has just launched Xeno is a minimalist ttrpg where you are the monster. Inspired by Carrion, Alien, x-com. If you want a game to play as the monster, tear through human facilities and serve an enigmatic AI check out this game by @caligaes.itch.io bit.ly/xenoaxo #ttrpg #kickstarter

Book cover and text saying "Reverse horror TTRPG where you are the Monster" Just launched on Kickstarter

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Caligaes: The XENO Invasion has begun! @caligaes.itch.io · Jan 28

The demons in XENO are inspired by Mayan myths and legends.

On the left we have an Alux, on the right a Dzundzuncan.

Both from the hand of @raulelghoul.bsky.social

A small humanoid with a head as large as its body. It has big black eyes, two orifices for a nose, and no lips.

A giant bird demon. Its mouth and eyes are completely dark, its belly holds corrosive liquids, and both of its legs combine into a single claw. Its beautiful, curvy tail contrasts with its horrific body.

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Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Jan 15

Science communicator here, Biology with a masters on philosophy of Science and also an award-winning game writer and developer

Alastor Guzman @alastorgv.bsky.social · Jan 14

Yes, this feel too real.

Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social · Jan 14

5 tongue-in-cheek game writing exercises that are a more realistic representation of what most game writers do (in my experience) than a branching dialog tree:

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Diwata! ÒㅅÓ) @diwatamnl.bsky.social · Jan 13

Navathem's End out in the world!!! <3 It looks so good. Thank you again @axostories.bsky.social !!

Spencer Campbell @gilarpgs.bsky.social · Jan 12

My copy of Navathem's End by @diwatamnl.bsky.social and @thedovetailor.bsky.social arrived!

It looks wonderful. I remember really liking the game when I did a flip through stream of the PDF.

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