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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

discord.gg

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 18h

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

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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 · 23h

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 · 1d

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

Eli BLK Mkt PX 🔜 PAXU @blackmarketpress.bsky.social · 1d

#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 · 1d

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 · 2d

Héctor is amazing and these should all be grear

Okami 🔜 PAX Unplugged @keichiokami.itch.io · 2d

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 Pre-launch LIVE 📌|E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 2d

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 · 2d

Lend these incredibly talented folks your attention!

Bad House RPG @badhouserpg.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

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 · 3d

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 Pre-launch LIVE 📌|E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 4d

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 · 3d

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 · 4d

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!

Sign up here: happyjacks.org//discord

Join the Happy Jacks RPG Network Discord Server!

Check out the Happy Jacks RPG Network community on Discord - hang out with 838 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

happyjacks.org

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Carlos Salazar➡️PAXU @carlosmakesgames.bsky.social · 4d

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

Join the Happy Jacks RPG Network Discord Server!

Check out the Happy Jacks RPG Network community on Discord - hang out with 838 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

happyjacks.org

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KOKOTÖNA Pre-launch LIVE 📌|E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 4d

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 · 5d

Music videos for Hispanic Heritage Month Day 2:

This Chicano Batman video is a tough watch, and more relevant today, but oddly beautiful? Well done at least.

Este clip de Chicano Batman es dificil mirar, y mas relevante hoy, pero tambien bella? Bien hecho por minimo.

youtu.be/mkEmnrUzFFE?...

Chicano Batman - Freedom Is Free (Official Video)

YouTube video by ChicanoBatmanVEVO

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

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Batuk - Puta (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by SPOEK MATHAMBO / TEKA MUSIC

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

Hispanic Heritage Month…for the back half I will be sharing some of my favorite music videos from Latin artists. The first is one that always makes me cry:

Para el segundo medio del mes de herencia hispana, compartiré clips de artistas latines. La primera me hace llorar

youtu.be/DkFJE8ZdeG8?...

Calle 13 - Latinoamérica

YouTube video by elvecindariocalle13

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

With #KOKOTÖNA and #MaizeBorg in development this is the best Morktober ever

KOKOTÖNA Pre-launch LIVE 📌|E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 7d

#MÖRKTOBER - Day 1

D66 Scars, Blemishes, Tattoos & Other Markings

11. The Frog

You were born on a mire, at a time when the rains
refused to cease. Seen by some as a blessing of the swamp spirits, and by others as a curse that will bring deluge upon your kin

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#KOKOTÖNA #MORKBORG #TTRPG #RPGLatAm

A stylized frog with the text on this post

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

a close up of a stuffed monkey with the words uh oh on it

Alt: Meme of the monkey in overalls and green turtleneck looking back and forth in worry. The caption uh oh is below

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

Eli is doing this all month and it should be a lot of fun

Eli BLK Mkt PX 🔜 PAXU @blackmarketpress.bsky.social · 8d

1. Frogs

Deafening Coqui

HP: 1
Morale: 8
Armor: 0

Croak: d1

Special: If any damage is done by Deafening Coqui, lose hearing for d4 hours.

#MÖRKTOBER #MORKTOBER

Miniatures of two mesoamerican warriors fighting frogs

Miniatures of two mesoamerican warriors fighting frogs with a larger frog behind them

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

Oh my god so happy for you guys!

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

@spacevalkyries.bsky.social rocks so anything they do will be worth your time! Read great speculative fiction and support queer and BIPOC artists!

OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 9d

WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE Kickstarter art. Text says OTHERSIDE Kickstarter LIVE NOW! over our purple and banner art with the Wanderer, a small figure on floating rocks, on the right.

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val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 10d

LOUDLY YELLING IT'S FINE OTHERSIDE'S KICKSTARTER IS ALMOST UPON US BUT LIKE IT'S FINE HAHA

AAAAAAAAA!!!

*ahem* I'm cool I'm totally calm it's all fine!!!!

OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 10d

Tomorrow is Kickstarter launch daaaay! Tomorrow!! TOMORROW!!! We appreciate everyone who has signed up for the pre-launch campaign—there are 248 of you! Could we get to 250 in the next 24 hours? 👀

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

The dawn of the final day - 24 hours remain - Legend of Zelda meme text over the OTHERSIDE banner art, with purple shattered sword and hand in the background on a floating pink and purple backdrop.

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 17d

This is a great piece, shows not only how games are an intrinsic part of our cultures but also how you can use them to tell wider stories. Excellent stuff

They Tried to Snuff Out Hawaii's Native Board Game. Meet the Man Keeping It Alive

Kōnane was once a national pastime, played by peasants and rulers alike. Now John Kaʻohelauliʻi has made it his mission to bring it back.

www.rollingstone.com

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