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7/24/2004 Green: Between Design and Actual Play?
For a good little while now, I've been working on Kathanaksaya, but it seems that after the initial stages of design and revision are over, it seems the only way…
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Participants: Green, Jasper, JSDiamond, Wilper, bcook1971, Jack Aidley.

7/24/2004 philreed: RPGNow and the competition . . .
Competition is a good thing. If things went as I wanted, there would be two or three sites out there similar to RPGNow operating at the same fees and providing…
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Participants: philreed, Jonathan Walton, Jasper, ethan_greer, Dev, Steve Wieck, Jack Aidley, WRPIgeek, xiombarg, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/23/2004 mindwanders: Market Research
Hi all, After the results of the survey of larpers published by Nina on various places accross the net (I've posted it again in this thread http://www.pagga.net/cgi-bin/vBulletin_v3/showthread.php?p=153910#post153910). I've been thinking…
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Participants: mindwanders, jdagna.

7/17/2004 Jasper: Help with a pitch
I need a written pitch for my game, Graal, which has just gone up on RPG Now -- and I'd love to add to Clays' thread too. Unfortunately, while I…
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Participants: Jasper, ethan_greer, abzu, Paul Czege, Valamir, daMoose_Neo, PlotDevice.

7/15/2004 Stephen: Is there anyplace I can find good-quality clip art?
I'm at the point where I'm thinking some art would be good to put in the Ongoing Homebrew, and I'm broke. So I'm looking for free or cheap images I…
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Participants: Stephen, Bob Goat, rpghost, Michael S. Miller, madelf, Clinton R. Nixon.

7/14/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Quick Pitches for Selling One Another's Games
This thread is spun off of the Gen Con planning thread, but it might be handy for anyone who's helping a potential indie customer choose what game is right for…
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Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Bob Goat, smokewolf, Matt Snyder, philreed, Michael S. Miller.

7/12/2004 Andy Kitkowski: 24 Hour RPG site live
Man, I hate to turn the Publishing Forum into PR central, but here goes: The cut of it is that the www.24hourrpg.com site is now live. Since Phil Reed started…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, ethan_greer, timfire, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, philreed, Emily Care, Mike Holmes, Brett M. Bernstein, Simon W.

7/12/2004 Clay: Paypal Warning - non-notification of sales
I know that a lot of you out there are selling products via paypal. I was made aware of a Paypal problem today by a client, and discovered that I…
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Participants: Clay, Valamir, Brett M. Bernstein, Erick Wujcik, JSDiamond.

7/11/2004 jdagna: Affiliate Programs?
I've been thinking recently about starting up an affiliate program for Pax Draconis. My current thoughts are running along these lines right now: when people sign up, I provide them…
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Participants: jdagna, Ron Edwards.

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.

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 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 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 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.

7/7/2004 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.

7/6/2004 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.

7/6/2004 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.

7/5/2004 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.

7/2/2004 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.

7/2/2004 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.

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7/26/2004 Astrivian: PDF publishing tips
Does anyone have any tips for PDF publishing. Let me clarify a little though: i am thinking of publishing for the computer alone (i.e. print at your own risk). Adobe…
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Participants: Astrivian, abzu.

7/28/2004 oversoul01: DRMs??
Forgive me I am a little behind the times. I am now trying to figure DRMs out. I understand what it is suppose to be, but what I want to…
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Participants: oversoul01, Jack Aidley.

7/29/2004 LordSmerf: Shared Publishing Center
So as i read over Phillip Reed's Fun Size project i started to wonder: Is there enough interest to support a website that is dedicated to publishing compilations (probably as…
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Participants: LordSmerf, Vaxalon, Jack Aidley.

7/29/2004 Valamir: RPGMall
I recently had a series of email exchanges with James regarding the future of RPGMall and my perception that it needed to reinvent itself as something more than just an…
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Participants: Valamir.

7/30/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Personal victory - Behemoth3 Incorporates
Just wanted to say that there has been no happier moment in my brief and unexpected career as a PR flack than writing this press release! The "What Is B3"…
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Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Ron Edwards.

7/30/2004 Tony Irwin: PDF size
Last night I emailed Shojuo Story to my dad who was good enough to create a pdf on his home pc. The pdf is about 15 meg in size, as…
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Participants: Tony Irwin, Jasper.

7/30/2004 daMoose_Neo: Reviews II (split)
And really only at the begininng~ As was said in another post I just read 'people have a fear of trying something new'. Why review D&D, WW, MtG etc products?…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards.

7/30/2004 dramaartwriting: Mixing genres in self-publishing projects
I am working on a big book to be self-published of many creative writing and art genres. I know that there is a benefit to illustrating a book of writing,…
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Participants: dramaartwriting, PlotDevice, Andrew Morris, jdagna.

7/31/2004 HinterWelt: Reviews III (split)
Reviews can be bad. I have heard the "No such thing as a bad review, its all exposure" schools but I am in favor of informative reviews. By this I…
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Participants: HinterWelt, Ron Edwards, daMoose_Neo, Bob McNamee.

8/8/2004 Matt Wilson: PTA: Proof copy
On Friday, as the movers were bringing our stuff in (I just moved to Milwaukee), the proof copy of Primetime Adventures arrived via FedEx. I chose Offset Paperback Mfrs., Inc.…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Andy Kitkowski, madelf, JSDiamond, Alex Johnson, Chris Passeno.

8/9/2004 GregS: Opinion on Layout: Self or Contracted?
Well, we're finally getting ready to go to print and the last step, obviously, will be to lay the book out. And after doing an exhaustive search on the Forge,…
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Participants: GregS, jdagna, gruk, John Uckele, andy, philreed, Matt Snyder.

8/9/2004 salkaner: A license question (FOIL)
Hei to all. I would as your opinion about an open license I'm using on my game (Fresco) I tried tu se one similar to the QPL. Fresco Open…
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Participants: salkaner, Jürgen Mayer, Jack Aidley.

8/12/2004 philreed: vs. Monsters printer did good.
I got the copies of vs. Monsters from the printer and the books look good. Nice printing job. The only odd thing is that each book includes 8 extra blank…
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Participants: philreed, jdagna, Matt, Perrina, Alex Johnson.

8/15/2004 Kilor Di: Publishing Costs
I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this particular topic, but here goes. I'm going to try to save up enough money from my job so that…
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Participants: Kilor Di, Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards, Erick Wujcik, smokewolf.

8/17/2004 Michael Hopcroft: The waiting game
I have a mansucript with everything needed to go sitting on my hard drive. Since I;'ve contracted out my printing and layout, I have to wait until they say they…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Mark Johnson, jdagna.

8/18/2004 smokewolf: Need help with PDF
I need help troubleshooting a problem. One of my customers emailed complaining about text overlapping in one of the files they downloaded from the email - Unfortunately, the main file…
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Participants: smokewolf, abzu, 16CBH, Alex Johnson, Chris Passeno, btrc.

8/24/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Open Licenses and Indie Games
Ron asked me to expand on some stuff I was saying at Gen Con about open licenses. In doing so I'm going to try to navigate between the Scylla of…
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Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Clinton R. Nixon, Bob Goat, Michael Hopcroft, Dev, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, salkaner.

8/24/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Is Indieness a Property of People, Games, Books, or Lines?
I'm splitting this off from the Open Licenses and Indie Games thread: From my perspective., the question I got when i saw the topic is whether someone who uses…
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Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Ron Edwards, abzu, Bob Goat, eyebeams.

8/25/2004 ChrisJ: How to publish when it's not an RPG?
I'm coming out with one of those compendium books like a 'monsters manual' or 'things that cut compendium' or 'shotgun damage encyclopedia'. The problem is that I will have stats…
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Participants: ChrisJ, Ron Edwards, btrc, daemonchild.

8/25/2004 Ron Edwards: [Adept Press] Explaining and updating mini-supplements
Hello, This topic is split off from Open licenses and indie games. Historical point first: when I started the mini-supplement program for Sorcerer in 1998 or maybe early 1999, the…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, ADGBoss, Bob Goat, Tav_Behemoth, jrs.

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