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In Publishing 9/30/2004 Thunder_God: Printing "Double page" PDFs.
How do I properly print PDFs like Burning Wheel, where in each page we have two smaller than A4 pages are contained? Right now I have to squint and the…
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Participants: Thunder_God, Vaxalon, abzu, Paul Czege, 16CBH.
9/30/2004 daMoose_Neo: [Twilight] New pack concept - "Modular"!
My biggest concern with Twilight has been "With this being a customizable/collectable card game, will I be able to recoup enough costs fast enough to produce the boosters to fuel…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Valamir, Chris Passeno.
9/30/2004 Michael Hopcroft: Wanted: an indepeent appraisal
I tend to make my publishing decisions for creative reasons rather than due to cold hard marketing. I don;t have access to any research data at all.
And now this…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards.
9/30/2004 Dauntless: Reverse OGL: Marketing gimmick
I'm not sure if this belongs in Publishing or not....
Okay, how stupid is this?
Instead of getting people to buy into your system by charging for the rules but…
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Participants: Dauntless, Nazzi, Ron Edwards, jerry, Valamir, greyorm, madelf.
9/30/2004 GregS: PDF Publishing: Borders or no borders?
As I'm laying out my first PDF I'm hit with what might be a significant question: do you include borders (artistic, flashy types) on sellable PDFs?
The pro is that…
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Participants: GregS, M Jason Parent, Paul Czege, jgbrowning, Andrew Martin, Matt Wilson, TheLe, Edward Kann.
9/29/2004 GregS: PDF Marketing
So, I'm adapting to the whole PDF infiltration marketing model but I'm stuck on a quandery that, to my knowledge, has really never been addressed on the Forge.
What have…
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Participants: GregS, Nathan, LordSmerf, rpghost, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, Blankshield, efindel, Rorimack.
9/29/2004 Nathan: CreationCrash.Com News?
Well, PhilReed posted this over at RPG.Net in a post. I don't know what it means, but I suppose it does mean one less pdf online store.
Over the…
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Participants: Nathan, rpghost, madelf, Ron Edwards, philreed.
9/29/2004 abzu: Silven.com Reviews many of our games
Game Reviews
http://www.silven.com/otherrpgs.asp?case=show&id=417
A discussion of our booth this year:
http://www.silven.com/otherrpgs.asp?case=show&id=419
And an interview with Alexander Cherry!
http://www.silven.com/otherrpgs.asp?case=show&id=414
A review of The Swing:
http://www.silven.com/otherrpgs.asp?case=show&id=408
And an interview with Keith Taylor:…
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Participants: abzu.
9/29/2004 Adorame: Going All Out
Ok,
You've saved enough money, met the right industry people, have a product that has offerings unique and desirable to a global market and want to take your game to…
In Publishing
Participants: Adorame, GregS, Ron Edwards, Nathan, madelf, Valamir, Matt Wilson.
9/28/2004 abzu: First Review of the NPA
http://www.silven.com/otherrpgs.asp?case=show&id=416
In fact, I’ll go as far to say that this is a book that should belong on any RPG fan’s shelves. It will open your eyes up to what…
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Participants: abzu, Ben Lehman, Matt, Ron Edwards.
9/27/2004 Michael Hopcroft: Bad news from RPGNow
It appears the entry level to the RPG market has closed for good.
http://www.RPGNow.com/NewRates.pdf
http://www.RPGNow.com/ProductsSTD.pdf
If these rules hadc been in effect when i got started I would never have…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jonathan Walton, Jack Aidley, Vaxalon, Valamir, daMoose_Neo, John Uckele, Nathan, Andy Kitkowski, TheLe, greyorm, andy, timfire, Lxndr, ChefKyle, GMSkarka, Clinton R. Nixon, Asrogoth, rpghost, Ron Edwards, M Jason Parent.
9/26/2004 Paganini: A thread about writing
This thread is about applying existing writing skills to RPGs. This is not a thread about writing skills in general. Those are... not exactly easy to come by - you…
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Participants: Paganini, clehrich, timfire, Nathan P., ChefKyle, LordSmerf, Green.
9/25/2004 Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro: Copyright issues
Hi everyone,
I have amassed a large volume of literature that is essential for my RPG that I am currently writing. The problem is that it is all copyright. As…
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Participants: Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro, Ben Lehman, clehrich, daMoose_Neo, quozl.
9/24/2004 jdagna: The flip side of bad reviews
With all the discussion on bad reviews recently, I thought I'd offer an insight into the flip side of it. Even a bad review isn't all bad.
Back in June,…
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Participants: jdagna, daMoose_Neo, clehrich, Simon W, andy, Valamir, M Jason Parent, Ron Edwards.
9/24/2004 Simon W: BAD REVIEW 2 (Lashings of Ginger Beer)
There was recently a thread here
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=12607
about Bones and the worry the author had about a bad review it got at RPGNOW
My concern is not my review as…
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Participants: Simon W, Jasper, GregS, Andy Kitkowski, jrs, Matt.
9/23/2004 Ron Edwards: [Bones] Publishing feedback
Hello,
This is an example of the kind of feedback I tend to give people when they send me a pre-print mockup of their game, for any comments before they…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, andy, Paul Czege, GregS, Bob Goat, jdagna, madelf, jerry.
9/22/2004 Ravien: Worldwide Shipping
Hey,
This is something that has been on my mind for a while now. As of this moment, I'm planning on printing with lulu, but I have no idea about…
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Participants: Ravien, Bob Goat.
9/22/2004 Grand_Commander13: POD Illustrations
Okie dokie. People should know my story by now, but I'm going to repeat myself anyway!
I'm going to be (obviously) publishing an RPG soon. I will probably be going…
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Participants: Grand_Commander13, madelf, Ravien, Ron Edwards, Blankshield.
9/21/2004 GregS: On-demand and small quantity printers
My best search says this has been a dead topic for a bit, so I hope no one minds me refreshing it.
I'm looking for input and suggestions for an…
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Participants: GregS, Ron Edwards.
9/21/2004 Grand_Commander13: Lulu vs all challengers
Okie dokie fellas, I'll give you the scoop:
I am (obviously) intending on putting out an RPG in a couple months. Current estimates put it at a page count of…
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Participants: Grand_Commander13, Ron Edwards, Tav_Behemoth, Michael S. Miller, Matt Wilson, abzu, Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, jerry, Chris Passeno, GregS, madelf.
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In Publishing 10/5/2004 Yokiboy: Shopping for Indie RPGs
Hello,
This might be the wrong forum for this topic, but I'm having a hard time purchasing the many indie RPGs that I want to add to my collection. Is…
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Participants: Yokiboy, LordSmerf, Valamir, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Wilson, Thunder_God, Ron Edwards, inthisstyle, Ed Cha, woodelf.
10/6/2004 Matt Wilson: shipping and packaging recommendations?
So it looks like I'll have the books in a day or two, and I need to figure out the best way to ship 'em.
Mostly I'm concerned with packaging…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Valamir, Malak, GregS, jdagna, abzu, Paul Czege.
10/6/2004 Jasper: Alternate (web-based) Presentations of Game Texts
I was just musing about alternate ways to present a game text. I'm working towards POD with my own project, Graal, so I've been thinking about book size and that…
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Participants: Jasper, jerry, Bob Goat, Walt Freitag, Tav_Behemoth, ivan23.
10/7/2004 ejh: Stealing Your Rules! What do you think?
I understand that you cannot copyright game rules as such, only the particular written expressions thereof.
But I'm thinking about courtesy and respect, not the law.
I have a bee…
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Participants: ejh, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, Vaxalon, madelf, greyorm, Doyce, Clinton R. Nixon, Tav_Behemoth, woodelf.
10/7/2004 Jasper: Watching your readers
Spawned from the thread on web-based presentation of game texts.
In web-page design (and elsewhere) there's always the desire to watch someone while they're using a page to see how…
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Participants: Jasper, Matt, jdagna, abzu, Ed Cha.
10/12/2004 Matt Wilson: merchant alternatives to Paypal
Ever since I started selling Primetime Adventures I've had problems with Paypal. Over the last few days I've been unable to even access my account. As far as I can…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, M Jason Parent, Valamir, jdagna, Matt Snyder, Blankshield, Clay, indiedog.
10/12/2004 Simon W: Get yourself a good editor
It's a Dog's Life has been reviewed. I'm delighted with the review. I was sure I didn't edit it that badly, but perhaps being so close to it means you…
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Participants: Simon W, daMoose_Neo, Matt, clehrich.
10/12/2004 Eero Tuovinen: IGC book?
I'm asking this in public, mainly so that those who haven't yet asked get the answer all at once.
So, what's the status of the Iron Game Chef book Dav…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, greyorm.
10/12/2004 oversoul01: Selling from you own website??
I am looking to start a website for directly sales to the public and I am trying to gather as much information as I can. Since several people here do…
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Participants: oversoul01, greyorm, bcook1971, efindel, Marco.
10/12/2004 Green: Creating quick-start scenarios
It was once suggested to me in another thread that I make sample scenarios that really highlight my game Kathanaksaya. I tried thinking of one, but I never got very…
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Participants: Green, timfire, GregS, LordSmerf.
10/13/2004 worldeater: Feasibility of modules with "some assembly required&quo
Greetings,
I've been tossing around the idea of writing modules/adventures which required the GM to do some work before the game begins (as opposed to the typical one which is…
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Participants: worldeater, Ron Edwards, jdagna, epweissengruber, Ed Cha.
10/13/2004 woodelf: POD size formats
Well, did some poking around, and if this has been answered, i'm not finding it (i'm still working my way through the Lulu vs. Everyone Else thread).
What are my…
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Participants: woodelf, Jasper.
10/13/2004 woodelf: Re: How protective are you of your game ideas?
[quote="Matt Wilson"]
But that doesn't mean you won't get really irked. How much "borrowing" goes on among designers? [/quote]
Well, since the vast majority of commercially-visible RPGs are all the…
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Participants: woodelf, Ron Edwards.
10/14/2004 woodelf: d20/not d20 (split)
[quote="JSDiamond"]A better question would be "Wherein has it worked better?" But that sounds too much like flamebait so...
The first example that comes to my mind is Deadlands. IMO it…
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Participants: woodelf, Ron Edwards, efindel, Vaxalon.
10/15/2004 Andy Kitkowski: [A Thought] On Paying Playtesters to Playtest your game
This is a topic/idea that I often see floating around here and RPGNet.
You're almost finished (or in the middle of) designing your game. You troll around for feedback, but…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, jdagna, Dev, Solly Brown, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, Wilper, grimnr.
10/15/2004 Paul Czege: someone with an ISBN needs to do this
Google is apparently testing a new search product that works like Amazon.com's "Search Inside the Book." From what I can tell, publishers send books to Google for scanning and…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Bob Goat.
10/17/2004 Solly Brown: Dog Town Demo
Hi Guys
I've just put up the Dog Town Lite Demo a 33 page pdf on the company's new site to promote the November launch on rpgnow of the Dog…
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Participants: Solly Brown.
10/18/2004 daMoose_Neo: [Magnum Opus] GoO offer...hmm
I brought up the one topic about BESM d20 and here is another: GoO Magnum Opus.
I just found about this and am trying to do some digging around on…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Andy Kitkowski.
10/22/2004 jdrakeh: [Update] Formless
First, Formless has been signed over to Politically Incorrect Games who have plans to support it with a free release in the near future (exact dates as yet unknown). Where…
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Participants: jdrakeh.
10/22/2004 zaltar: Possible translation of EndLand
EndLand is a post-atomical german rpg formerly commercial become free.
Unluckly the manual, a masterpiece of graphical design, is actually only in german.
Will be translated in English by some…
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Participants: zaltar, greyorm.
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