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6/20/2004 ethan_greer: Mike Mearls: Can you please clarify?
So, Ken Hite interviews Mike Mearls in his latest Out of the Box column, in which Mike waxes thoughtful about the state of the industry. Here's the meat of what…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Jonathan Walton, mearls, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

6/17/2004 Christopher Weeks: Non-Print Formats
Why is PDF king? Why don't people sell HTML games instead? (I know, I know...people do, but why not more?) Printability is the only thing that's coming to mind, but…
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Participants: Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Bob Goat, quozl, ethan_greer, Michael S. Miller.

6/17/2004 philreed: Joining the ranks of the unemployed . . . (PDF Full-Time)
As of last week, I am no longer an employee of Steve Jackson Games and have devoted myself to running Ronin Arts full-time (with some odd freelance jobs tossed in).…
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Participants: philreed, ethan_greer, Tobias, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Tav_Behemoth, Moah, Jürgen Mayer, Matt Snyder, Juicetyger, Clay.

6/14/2004 oversoul01: For Free or to Sell?
I am not really at a crisis point but I would like to keep my options open. Concerning my game Dice Chucker, I have toyed with selling it, but I…
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Participants: oversoul01, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Tav_Behemoth, Christopher Weeks.

6/14/2004 Michael S. Miller: Treading lightly around a Trademarked term
In the When is it plagarism thread, I quote the following: 2. Trademark protects particular words or phrases, usually those that are descriptive of products or services. As a…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder, Jack Aidley, jrs, Bob Goat, daMoose_Neo, Alex Johnson.

6/13/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Appeal to scarcity: Hand numbered Burning Wheel print run
[quote]The first printing of the limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies of The Burning Wheel is sold out![/quote] Just saw one hell of a press release (full text [url=http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=13266&mode=&order=0]from Gaming…
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Participants: Tav_Behemoth, abzu, AnyaTheBlue, Andrew Morris, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege, Christopher Weeks, Jack Aidley.

6/12/2004 ethan_greer: The Origins Awards are crap
So, just so everyone knows up front, I'm talking out of my ass here, but I've got some opinions I'd like to share. Anybody who wants to tell me why…
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Participants: ethan_greer, MarktheAnimator, Ron Edwards, sirogit, Andy Kitkowski, ADGBoss, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

6/12/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Game Publishers Association
Xiombarg asked about the Adventure Trade Organization, which I still haven't heard anything about. I do want to put in a plug for the Game Publishers Association, http://www.thegpa.org/. I've found…
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Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Firefly Games.

6/12/2004 IanEHewitt: Co-Creating A World For Release
I am currently working on the creation of a game world/campaign setting. I began my project online with a website that comprised the growing content of the Campaign Setting. The…
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Participants: IanEHewitt, Tav_Behemoth.

6/9/2004 xiombarg: Adventure Trade Organization
[url]http://www.rpgnews.com/article.php?sid=3291[/url] [url]http://www.rpgnews.com/article.php?sid=3294[/url] [url]http://www.adventuretrade.org/[/url] So, does anyone know anything about this? In particular, the man behind it, and how useful it's likely to be in actuality? I'm thinking if any of…
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Participants: xiombarg, Shardmaster.

6/8/2004 Michael Hopcroft: What does DTRPG Mean for the indies?
What does the launch of DriveThruRPG.com, the new ePublishing venture backed by at least ten of the major companies, mean for the indpeendent publishers in this field who are locked…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, ethan_greer, Clinton R. Nixon, Adam, Roy, Jack Aidley, btrc, pete_darby, Paul Watson, jrs, Clay, greyorm, C. Edwards, Peter Hollinghurst, Rich Stokes, Moah, urbwar.

6/5/2004 Michael Hopcroft: Multi-system eBooks: how to market them effectively
I'm going to be making at least one of my upcoming campaign books, Cute Fighters, multi-system. I'm limtiing myself to systems that are either free or that I am on…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Mark Johnson, Valamir, Dev, ethan_greer, jdagna, Halzebier, Ron Edwards, MarktheAnimator.

6/4/2004 abzu: NPA Cover first draft
http://www.burningwheel.org/pdf/npacover_scrnps.pdf Hi folks, I've posted a low low res pdf of the npa cover. let me know what you think. -L
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Participants: abzu, Matt Snyder, Christopher Weeks, Jack Spencer Jr, madelf, quozl, Matt, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Jeph, xiombarg, Michael S. Miller, Andy Kitkowski, timfire, Andrew Morris, Jack Aidley, Dumirik, John Harper, Bob McNamee, LordSmerf, Mike Holmes, Jürgen Mayer, C. Edwards, Ben Lehman, Lxndr.

6/4/2004 Valamir: Games Quarterly Magazine Ads
Hey folks. Issue #2 of GQM is due out in time for GenCon. It is scheduled to include a column by Peter Adkison featuring (at least in part) the Forge…
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Participants: Valamir, Paul Czege, abzu, Matt Snyder, Christopher Weeks, Tobias.

6/3/2004 John Kirk: Royalties
I was recently contacted by a startup company that is interested in developing a video game based on my game Legendary Quest. They are wanting to use the spells, classes,…
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Participants: John Kirk, jdagna, ryand, Valamir.

6/1/2004 xiombarg: layout tips
Two things... 1) Can anyone point me to a good resource, either here or elsewhere, on doing layout? I'm not talking about a free course telling you everything you need…
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Participants: xiombarg, Clay, C. Edwards, Bob Goat, Weisshaupt.

6/1/2004 Andy Kitkowski: The 2003 Indie RPG Awards: Now Live!
Hey all- Andy here with the Indie RPG Awards. Before I slap my 9 inches of PR on the table, I just had a few additional comments for the Forge…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, ethan_greer, Jürgen Mayer.

5/31/2004 Bunsen: When is it plagarism
Okay, working on releasing my own RPG system and Campaign World and I was wondering what WOTC had copyright on. My friend is saying they have the rights on using…
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Participants: Bunsen, Eero Tuovinen, Sean, timfire, madelf, Jack Spencer Jr, daMoose_Neo, greyorm, Paganini, Space Cowboy, Loki, John Kirk, Erick Wujcik, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, efindel, Tav_Behemoth, Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards.

5/30/2004 abzu: NPA Pricing and Distribution
The No Press RPG Anthology is moving into its final stages. The last bits needed are: Cover design (which I am working on), Introduction by cool/famous person (which I'm not…
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Participants: abzu, iambenlehman, Michael S. Miller, xiombarg, Lxndr, Jeph, Matt.

5/28/2004 Dumirik: Lots o' games
Ok. I have a game that when I finish I want to publish commercially. It is fairly short and rules lite, but I plan to have a fair amount of…
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Participants: Dumirik, Ron Edwards, abzu, Valamir, smokewolf.

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6/23/2004 Bob Goat: Copyright Question
When I send in my work for copyright protection, which form do I send it in with? I noticed that Form TX is for published and unpublished nondramatic literary works…
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Participants: Bob Goat, greyorm, ethan_greer, Lxndr, Peter Hollinghurst, Valamir, Ravien, Erick Wujcik, MarktheAnimator.

6/24/2004 StrongBadMun: how do I find out if a company name is original
Epoch Games is already used by a company according to Lycos, and the domain name is already taken according to register.com. I've checked Lycos and Register.com and in both cases…
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Participants: StrongBadMun, MarktheAnimator, jdagna, Matt, Bob Goat, GregS, xiombarg, Lxndr, Erick Wujcik.

6/24/2004 Michael Hopcroft: How to create a screen-format PDF book
I have a technical question: I was psoting on the future of the PDF format on another board (I was not optimistic) and I got this comment. I'm quite happy…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, quozl, Eero Tuovinen, Andrew Martin, jdagna, Peter Hollinghurst, philreed, Bob Goat, Alex Johnson, viktor_haag.

6/25/2004 Jonathan Walton: 1001 Designs: New Site, Screen Test
Hey Folks, So, I've got a new site design for 1001 Designs (and a new effort of mine called "Hundred Flowers") and I'd like some assistance. It used to be…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, ethan_greer, Matt, jrs, Jürgen Mayer, Jasper, John Harper, MarktheAnimator.

6/27/2004 MarktheAnimator: Pay Pal info - Selling PDF's online
Hello, Ok, so I've made an electronic copy of my game and I want to sell a pdf online. I went to Pay Pal, got an account, and dropped the…
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Participants: MarktheAnimator, Ron Edwards, Clay, smokewolf, Malak.

6/28/2004 philreed: Personal Victory -- vs. Monsters Deluxe Finished
While it took a long time to do (most of that time was spent distracted on other projects and stress from work) I've finally finished vs. Monsters Deluxe Edition. http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2899…
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Participants: philreed, John Harper, Ron Edwards.

6/28/2004 StrongBadMun: quick and easy trademark question
If I use my last name for my company like "Smith Roofing" although in this case it'd be "Smith Game Studio" People's names can't be Trademarked right? So I don't…
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Participants: StrongBadMun, Ravien, Mark Johnson, jdagna, Space Cowboy.

6/29/2004 cognizantchance: RPGNow Gold Vendor Program
Hi, I'm very cheap and I'm wondering if anybody looking at this is giving up 5% of their RPGNow sales to be in the Gold Vendor Program. If so, is…
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Participants: cognizantchance, philreed, smokewolf.

6/30/2004 MarktheAnimator: PHP BB - Connecting one to an existing website
Hello, I'd think that creating a PHPBB can be useful for helping your players connect. Does anyone know if its possible to take PHPBB and connect it to an existing…
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Participants: MarktheAnimator, Ravien, Matt.

7/2/2004 MarktheAnimator: D&D Snobs and Marketing your Game
Hello, I've been perplexed for years about this. Everywhere I go, I encounter people that won't play anything but D&D. There is incredible resistance to trying anything else. I call…
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Participants: MarktheAnimator, Matt Snyder, Nathan, ADGBoss, abzu, Tav_Behemoth, Emiricol, Dev, LoreTG, Bankuei.

7/2/2004 Bob Goat: Lulu.com Proof
Hi, I just received my proof copy from Lulu.com and I am very pleased with how it turned out. The book is 120 pages perfect bound and I was a…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Andy Kitkowski, Dumirik, Ravien, Clay, philreed.

7/5/2004 Andrew Morris: Question on finding covers
For some bizzare reason, I happen to have a thermal book binder. Now, does anyone know a good source for thermal covers? I'm particulary interested in hardcover or self-printable thermal…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, sacrosanct.

7/6/2004 philreed: vs. Monsters Anthology Project
With vs. Monsters finished and going to release in a month (print version) I've got an idea for a project that I think will be a lot of fun. The…
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Participants: philreed, Jonathan Walton, ethan_greer, timfire, MarktheAnimator, xiombarg, smokewolf.

7/6/2004 MarktheAnimator: How to Design Your Product Image
Hello, So how would you recommend going about creating a product image for your new cool game? Should you spend loads of $$$ on the cover? Does the game's design…
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Participants: MarktheAnimator, Bankuei, LoreTG.

7/7/2004 philreed: Extreme Vengeance Director's Cut
While there's nothing official to say right now, I will say that we're (Ronin Arts) working with Tony Lee to produce this new edition. More word as this comes closer…
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Participants: philreed.

7/9/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Printing custom T-shirts, mugs, and hats
I'm wondering what companies folks have used to do small runs of custom items like T-shirts, mugs, and hats. What are the average prices, and how do they scale? Any…
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Participants: Tav_Behemoth, jdagna, Erick Wujcik.

7/9/2004 GRIM: So, why should I write for YOU?
I'm a freelancer and independent PDF game producer. I prefer setting specific systems that fit the mood and style of play. I have lots of ideas for off-the-wall and out…
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Participants: GRIM, greyorm, Emiricol, Bankuei, ErrathofKosh, jdrakeh, ethan_greer, smokewolf, madelf, MarktheAnimator, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, philreed, Rorimack.

7/9/2004 GRIM: Unsqueamish Printers
I really, desperately want to get my hentai card game in print. However, no printer seems willing to touch such a controversial subject (which doesn't bode well for my school-shooting…
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Participants: GRIM, buggy, daMoose_Neo, Chris Passeno, GregS.

7/9/2004 jdrakeh: OGL, subscriptions, and other things in one weird package
I've come up with a rather unique (in the sense that, AFAIK, it's never actually been implemented before) publishing model for Formless. It'll likely either produce fantastic results to horribly…
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Participants: jdrakeh, Bob Goat, madelf, philreed.

7/9/2004 GregS: What do you pay for X?
Alright, it's too late for me...since my first 2 books are about to come out, but I thought it might be "nice" if we started a thread to identify what…
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Participants: GregS, Ron Edwards, jdagna, madelf, Bob Goat, Christopher Weeks, Chris Passeno.

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