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Alphastream
@alphastream.bsky.social
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Husband, father, Colombian-American game designer, environmentalist.
✍️ https://Alphastream.org
📺 https://youtube.com/@AlphastreamRPG
🥰 https://www.patreon.com/Alphastream
🎤 https://masteringdungeons.podbean.com/
📝 https://bit.ly/AboutTeos
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My dice were so bad last night that I had to borrow my friend’s die chair of shame and die dunce hat!
My d20 on a tiny wooden chair that reads Shame. My die on the same tiny chair, but now also wearing a red conical “Dunce” hat.
January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Playing 4E D&D again, it really saddens me that the marketing was such a wedge. I know it was because I hated 4E as a concept before I played it and had to be won over to it. It does so much so well. It really tried to fix all the issues 3E had.
Cover of the original 4E PHB
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Game night!!
(4E D&D Player’s Handbook)
January 24, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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How to Make a Daggerheart Fear Tracker!

@darringtonpress.bsky.social 's Daggerheart RPG has a really cool GM currency called Fear. See how to create a Fear tracker for the game. Affordable to build, with a low skill threshold!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmX1...
#Daggerheart #TTRPG #CriticalRole
Teos holds up his new fear tracker for Daggerheart, made up of lacquered wood and a set of twelve imitation raven head skulls.
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
alphastream.bsky.social
Thunder Road Vendetta was the absolute mayhem I had hoped for! @davethegame.bsky.social
Pictures of the game board, depicting lanes of wasteland terrain, cards to govern vehicle movement, and car and motorcycle minis we move around.
January 23, 2026 at 6:13 AM
alphastream.bsky.social
Finished Stranger Things and Want to try D&D?

How to get started, learn the rules, pick a starting adventure, find players, and become a DM. (Spoiler footage from the D&D games across the series.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-rO...

#DnD #StrangerThings
The words "Stranger Things, Now Play D&D" appear In the red glowing font used in the Stranger Things TV series.
January 19, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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I finished the fear tracker! My GM really liked it! I’ll share a video on the process in a week or so.
A fear tracker for Daggerheart, using imitation raven skulls on a thin metal rod, hanging from a lacquered wooden base. Behind can be seen a map from the classic Ravenloft adventure, The Created.
January 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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Let’s take a look at ways we can measure a year and what might help us achieve a healthy and productive 2026.

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Cthrion the time dragon, from Crack the Sun
January 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Starting to work on a #Daggerheart fear tracker! Early project stage, which I’ll share once I finish. (Image is of small faux raven skulls over a Daggerheart folio.)
December 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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My Draw Steel Adventure Tools!

This spreadsheet helps you create combat encounters, montages, negotiations, and more, all following official recommendations! Available on my Patreon at patreon.com/Alphastream

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtbB...

#DrawSteel #TTRPG
A screenshot of the tool's encounter builder section, with dropdowns for monsters, automatic calculation of challenge levels, and more.
December 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Stranger Things Book and Other Amazing RPG Gift Ideas!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBJT...

I review the new Stranger Things Tales from the Table book that looks like a scrapbook for the kids' Dungeons & Dragons game, as well as a ton of cool RPGs, game aids, and more that I really enjoy.

#ttrpg #DnD
Teos holds up a copy of the D&D Stranger Things Tales from the Table book
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Learn While Dying – Trap Design in the Dungeon of Doom!

Need better traps for your games? Has it been too long since you bled? This video helps you and your players with both problems!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=klqA...

#DnD #ttrpg
Dwarven Forge terrain shows a corridor of traps, including a flame trap shooting over a female rogue, a moving spear wall, and a pit with spikes in it.
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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My New Initiative Tracking System for Draw Steel!

I get crafty and find an easy way to track initiative in Draw Steel. I share how I made it, so you can too!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFkd...

#DrawSteel #ttrpg
A closeup of the top of my DM screen, with a metal bar and upon it plastic hinges with PC names and numbers for monsters. The title of the video, Flip Initiative, is superimposed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Draw Steel game was awesome! Ogres are serious fun and tough in this game, and my new initiative tracking system worked really well!

Details soon!
Two ogres in a tower, fighting heroes. A view of the tower terrain, built with Dungeon Tiles, plus my DM screen with flippable initiative trackers.
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Some work from amazing people came in the mail today, @louanders.bsky.social ! Thrones & Bones books!
Image of two Thrones & Bones books, Fury of the Forsaken and The Bense Trilogy.
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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My Go-To Technique for RPG Character Intros!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYZm...

The character montage is my favorite character introduction technique for #DnD or any other #ttrpg . See examples, how to explain it to players, and even how to use it for travel, to resolve a scene, and much more!
A still from the D&D movie shows the hero Xenk Yendar jumping onto the red dragon Themberchaud. The image is framed by an old TV set, with the Alphastream logo over one of the dials.
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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#PirateBorg is going great today! Halloween decor turns out to be perfect for my relic!
A plastic skeletal bird Halloween decoration next to a ritual card of a skeletal birds Two large ships with our minis as we board
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Really enjoyed our #DrawSteel Delian Tomb game last night! Nice combo of free-form town exploration, player creativity, and a mage’s tower!
Dungeon tiles create a round tower, with heroes fighting arachnids inside. Spider webs cover some of the ground.
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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DM Tips and Review for Dungeons & Dragons Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club!

From Ballad of the Rat King to Devil, Metal, Die, let’s see whether this boxed set captures the magic of #StrangerThings and rocks like Eddie Munson!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEkj...

#DnD #TTRPG
The adventures and some handouts from the Stranger Things D&D boxed set are scattered about, with an image of Eddie Munson at the center.
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Really fun to read the new #DnD Adventures in Faerun book! I’m amazed the team seems to have advanced the calendar by 7-9 years to 1501 DR. Previous 5E adventures are now in the rearview mirror. We skipped some years and some fun years yet to come!

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List of years around 1591 DR. Full text at Alphastream.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Panels at #Gamehole Con!

At Marriot “Military Ridge” room!

Project Communication 101
Fri 3 PM

Progressing your Freelance Career
Fri 4 PM

Physical/Printing
Sat 10 AM

Game Design for YOU
Sat 11 AM

Design and Worldbuilding for Kids
Sat 2 PM

Writing for Con Play
Sat 3 PM
October 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Draw Steel Combat Encounters!

Teos and Shawn examine how the Draw Steel RPG handles player turns, including forced movement, damage, and dying!

Listen or watch:
MasteringDungeons.podbean.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mkg...
#DnD #TTRPG #DrawSteel
A Draw Steel Warrior struggles against goblins swarming him. Shawn and Teos are smiling.
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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News: D&D Hellfire at Target, Free Daggerheart Roll20 Quickstart, Drakkenheim for Daggeheart, Our Approach to Learn New RPGs, and more!

Listen or watch:
MasteringDungeons.podbean.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLDG...
#DnD #TTRPG #Daggerheart #StrangerThings
An image from the Stranger Things boxed set, depicting Eddie DMing and a die being cast, is superimposed between Shawn and Teos.
October 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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When @themightyjerd.bsky.social runs Pirate Borg, he doesn't mess around! And I did get to ride a shark and talk to a kraken!
Miniatures and terrain, including a small boat and a larger ship shipwrecked vessel, all on a blue ocean battlemat.
October 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Highest Character Complexity: D&D, Draw Steel, or Daggerheart?

How do these games rank in character complexity? Why is latency important? And how do these three RPGs compare to Pirate Borg and Shadowdark? Let’s find out!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVA...

#DnD #Daggerheart #DrawSteel #ttrpg
The covers of all three books for the D&D Player's Handbook, Draw Steel Heroes, and Daggerheart are displayed next to each other. The words "Most Complex?" are superimposed.
October 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM