Carlos Salazar ➡️ Gen Con

@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

A comic. Panel one: a kid plays with magical girl action figures while their grandma looks on grandma: I was a magical girl once you know Kid: sure grandma Panel 2: Dad walks by in the background holding a box Dad: it’s true. Your gran saved the world with the power of love. Grandma: Ahh yes,Love! Panel 3: Close up on Grandma grimacing Grandma: And extreme violence. Panel 4: Cut to grandma and kid with kid closer. Grandma is holding up clasped hands with cuteness stars around her head kid: Did you have a cute costume Grandma: “Oh, the cutest.”
Knudsen’s old sign painted directly on a brick wall. It says Knudsen’s Danish Bakery and in the center is a drawing of a chef with a rolling pin, and cakes behind him
Cover of Mystery Men by Marvel featuring a few shadowy figures on the cover
The famous Jimothy image with the text “No Not Jimothy” imposed over it
A picture of Gangs of Titan City, the Scarred, and the Walls Will Swallow You
A table set up to demo PuppetRun. There is a a dice tray, a pair of laminated sheets, and a puppet with a red sign in its mouth that says “Demo Puppet Run!”
Various different googly eyes scattered on a white tablecloth
A table set up with a dice tray and several sheets for running PuppetRun. A puppet with googly eyes stares out from behind the chair
A game set up at a circular table. Socks and a puppet are prominently displayed
Schedule for Carlos Makes Games at Gen Con 2026, Thursday 12-2, Panel Representing Culture in TTRPGs, 6-10, Come play Puppet Run at Games on Demand, Friday, 10-2, Come Play Puppet Run at Games on Demand, 4-6 BIPOC industry Networking event, Saturday 12-2, Power Word Unity BIPOC Mixer @ the Slippery Noodle Inn, Sunday 10-2, Come play Puppet Run at Games on Demand
Schecule for Carlos Makes Games at Gen Con 2026, Thursday 12-2, Panel Representing Culture in TTRPGs, 6-10, Come play Puppet Run at Games on Demand, Friday, 10-2, Come Play Puppet Run at Games on Demand, 4-6 BIPOC industry Networking event, Saturday 12-2, Power Word Unity BIPOC Mixer @ the Slippery Noodle Inn, Sunday 10-2, Come play Puppet Run at Games on Demand
Sock puppet making supplies including athletic socks, fabric markers, and googly eyes
An outside door
Schecule for Carlos Makes Games at Gen Con 2026, Thursday 12-2, Panel Representing Culture in TTRPGs, 6-10, Come play Puppet Run at Games on Demand, Friday, 10-2, Come Play Puppet Run at Games on Demand, 4-6 BIPOC industry Networking event, Saturday 12-2, Power Word Unity BIPOC Mixer @ the Slippery Noodle Inn, Sunday 10-2, Come play Puppet Run at Games on Demand
Unhinged picture of a puppet by George File
The Carlos Makes Games logo in white above the words Carlos Makes Games
An Evlyn Moreau illustration of a femme person holding a flashlight in her right hand and with a hand puppet attached to her left. Spectral arms are flowing out of the puppet’s mouth.
A terrifying ape puppet with no hand looks around
A map of the USA from the CDC from a report on the Cyclospora parasite. A bit from the CDC report on top reads “…number reported. This is because some people recover without medical care and are not tested for Cyclospora.” The darker blue sky the state is, the more cases it has. Michigan is the darkest blue.
A rod puppet in a sequined halter top with long blond hair and pink eye shadow holds a cigarette. Louis’s arm is visible on the bottom part of the screen inside
Carlos wearing a white Guyabera
The promo image for a Puppet Run actual play, a faded out background image shows a variety of puppets and Says PuppetRun, live now on Kickstarter. The text below reads Pocket DragonPub A tabletop role-playing game of puppets, horror, and identity based based on Meguey and Vincent Bakers' Otherkind Dice system. featuring: @TabletopTrucker89.@ItsLouisW. @SneakernetMusic, and @Carlos.Salazar Friday, July 10 8pm EST
7 paper minatures. The top row has 3 the bottom row has 4. The top three are composed of flat geometric figures. The first on the bottom row is made out of 3d figures, the second is made out of boxes and holds a sling, the third is made out of rings, and the last appears to be wind with some weather vanes.
The Affinity Publisher Zine Templage cover with many zines in the background of many colors.
The cover for Get Them Out, a police helmet on an orange background
MK zariel's profile image, a pink and black triangle that make a square (the queer anarchism flag) that includes a cat in the black section
The cover for The Lost Dragon Egg, a dragon egg sits on a pedestal while a bird person and elf look on
The graphic for the itch.io bundle for Power Word Unity. It reads funds raised will go toward the venue, catering, swag bags, and other event cost. We want to keep our events free so income is not a factor in participating. Your support makes Power Word Unity’s Events Possible
The cover of Mermaid which features a mermaid swimming in the ocean
The Cover of Big Bad Evil Rant. The title has a skull holding robed figure on one side and a giant robot on the other. Below the subtitle says "Be a villain, rant about it"
The cover for Build & Break, it's brown with the lettering in a stenciled font
The Basmu cover features a stylized snake the bleeds off the page on top and shells on the bottom
The graphic for the itch.io bundle for Power Word Unity. It reads funds raised will go toward the venue, catering, swag bags, and other event cost. We want to keep our events free so income is not a factor in participating. Your support makes Power Word Unity’s Events Possible
Those who Roam the Libraries in Blue Text
The cover to the lyrics game manifesto. It shows several branches with ink blots instead of berries and waves.
The Cover of How to Get Started Playing in TTRPGs with the word Guide in the foreground and several colors and illustrations of games in the background
The cover for Faire Season 2nd edition, which features a man in Renaissance garb
The graphic for the itch.io bundle for Power Word Unity. It reads funds raised will go toward the venue, catering, swag bags, and other event cost. We want to keep our events free so income is not a factor in participating. Your support makes Power Word Unity’s Events Possible
The cover of Spindlewheel forever features a series of circle motifs with a semicirle on the bottom in gold
The cover for stories around a fire features a bonfire at night
The cover for crux showing a mountain on a clear day
The graphic for the itch.io bundle for Power Word Unity. It reads funds raised will go toward the venue, catering, swag bags, and other event cost. We want to keep our events free so income is not a factor in participating. Your support makes Power Word Unity’s Events Possible
The cover of trad wolves, featuring a split screen of a wolf and a femme
The cover for the golden path, featuring a path of candles
The Cover of the Moon Wants me to Leave You by Brandon O'Brien. A moonlit cloudy night sky. The subtitle reads "A game about coming clean, working through it, and interference from the moon by Brandon O'Brien"
The graphic for the itch.io bundle for Power Word Unity. It reads funds raised will go toward the venue, catering, swag bags, and other event cost. We want to keep our events free so income is not a factor in participating. Your support makes Power Word Unity’s Events Possible
The cover of solar mech squad, a robot hand reaches out to touch a sprout
Cover of Hope Lab, it has a figure with a mechanical arm crossed out.
The cover of Housekeeping by Basil Wright. A woman in 19th century dress lays in a bed with curtains around it.
The cover of Stuck and Wretched, with a hiker stuck in a crevasse.
The cover for xeno invasion quickstart. It features a bunch of monsters.
The cover of Meminis: a 1 page tactics game by ysy. A chibi horned figure with a cape runs with a white flag on a tan background.
The cover of decuma. Two black hands grasp at a star above. The title is in the middle and the subtitle reads The R&D for your RPG.
The Cover of Maize Borg. The title is green and covered in corn. Below it, a monster Axoltl stalks through the jungle with a pair of pyramids in the background. A macahuitl lays on the ground.
The cover for the Winter Door. The title is in a blotch of blood. The rest of the words are on a white background, as well as a tiny cabin. They say Trapped in a remote cabin, a deadly blizzard outisde, a malicious entity inside, whatever you do...Don't Open the Door!
The purple cover of ARKYVR with a helmet with a camera lens in its visor.
The Dr. Manhattan on Mars meme. The captions read It is 2001. I am buying a sourcebook for a Ravenloft Campaign that will quickly fizzle. It is 2021. I am buying a sourcebook for a Ravenloft Campaign that will quickly fizzle. It is 2026. I am buying a sourcebook for a Ravenloft Campaign…
A cover image for Rosewood Abbey. It calls itself the play to find out tabletop RPG of Monastic mysteries. A winged creature atop a brick wall is about to crush a monk buried under the rubble.
The cover of Griot Anthology. A Black person with a green cape and swooping hair walks through a forest while glowing particles flow behind and in front of them.