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1/18/2005 rpghost: GenCon 2005
I hope I'll be forgiven for this message being self-serving, but I think it's important that maybe we all work together (not just RPGNow vendors)... I posted this message at…
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Participants: rpghost, Ron Edwards, daMoose_Neo.

1/17/2005 hr_bill: Hi, heed help to choose a new web hosting.
Hi, heed help to choose a new web hosting. Currently I need to move my hosting to more stable and high-speed provider. After some research I selected top three most…
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Participants: hr_bill, Brendan, MisterPoppet, Grand_Commander13, Del, NeuroZombie, Mernya, Ron Edwards.

1/13/2005 greyorm: [ORX] Font Needed
Heya all, Orx is finally being finished: I'm dropping about a chapter worth of "extras" from it that I do not have the time to finish writing up and editing…
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Participants: greyorm, Selene Tan, zephyr_cirrus, Paul Czege, Shreyas Sampat, ethan_greer, Nathan P., Jack Aidley.

1/11/2005 daMoose_Neo: PDF converters- what works?
I'm having issues up the wazoo with the PDF converter PDF995 and trying to properly align my card images on business card sheets. The original Word document is perfect, dead…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, LordSmerf, Eero Tuovinen, Nathan P., xenopulse, Clay, Trevis Martin.

1/8/2005 Dev: The right kind of "try-before-you-buy" for product
"Quickstart PDFs" are one way of letting people have a look at the system (and possibly giving it a play through) before buying it. Another option could be releasing some…
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Participants: Dev, chadu.

1/8/2005 Yokiboy: Sell Your Games
[url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=166464][b]An RPG.net'er wants us to sell him on indies.[/b][/url] TTFN, Yokiboy
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Participants: Yokiboy.

1/8/2005 matthijs: Note on pdf piracy
In other threads, it's been mentioned that one reason for companies not to sell pdf's is that they're afraid of piracy. Now, I've seen some of what you can find…
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Participants: matthijs, daMoose_Neo, Yokiboy, Tav_Behemoth, Brendan, Bob Goat, jerry, greedo1379, Rorimack, Ben Lehman, philreed, Vaxalon.

1/7/2005 Sydney Freedberg: [GroupDesign: Schrodinger's War] So we need a website...
The latest page of the mechanics thread has starting going into the fact that this project is starting to need its own website -- an issue of such importance I…
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Participants: Sydney Freedberg, Trevis Martin, jerry, daMoose_Neo, Doug Ruff, Tobias, Andrew Morris.

1/7/2005 philreed: Sites to sell PDFs . . .
I'd like to expand to selling at other sites. Can anyone suggest PDF sales sites that are fair, easy to work with, and worth the time/effort?
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Participants: philreed, Solly Brown, ethan_greer, M Jason Parent, JimLotFP.

1/6/2005 Dev: PDF Publishing Wishlist
I started this thread to share (and gather) some "wishes" that I had for PDF products, and I'd like both some additional request, and also responses to how these are/aren't…
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Participants: Dev, madelf, JimLotFP, Yokiboy, Ed Cha, klapton, rpghost, axonrg, Tav_Behemoth.

1/6/2005 Space Cowboy: Do PDF sales undercut Print sales? If so, to what extent?
Hey all, A friend recently stated his belief that PDF sales of an RPG undercut Print sales of the selfsame product. I'm not certain if this can be proved, but…
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Participants: Space Cowboy, Dev, Ron Edwards, xenopulse, GregS, daMoose_Neo, Paul Czege, Trevis Martin, madelf, Bankuei, Tav_Behemoth, sbroadbentcom, Yokiboy, efindel, rpghost.

1/6/2005 Tav_Behemoth: Rights: New Writers, Old Product Line, Not Work-for-Hire
This is a continuation of issues raised in The world (of rights) is a complicated place, but in the time I've been questing for a response, that thread has slipped…
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Participants: Tav_Behemoth, jdagna, daMoose_Neo, madelf.

1/5/2005 Polgarus_Jason: Choosing the system for a new setting
Hi everyone, I'm posting this in several forums so I can get the most feedback. I apologize in advance if you've seen this message elsewhere. I'm looking at releasing a…
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Participants: Polgarus_Jason, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, GregS.

1/3/2005 timfire: [Mountain Witch] Back cover text
What does everyone think of this text for the back cover of The Mountain Witch? I've had a hard time distilling the general premise of the game down to a…
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Participants: timfire, jdagna, Bob Goat, Paul Czege, inthisstyle, Eero Tuovinen, Rorimack, daMoose_Neo, GregS, Andrew Morris.

1/3/2005 Jared A. Sorensen: [Advice] Media packs -- create them!
Folks, If you're going to sell your game online, please do the following: INCLUDE AN IMAGE OF THE BOOK'S DAMN COVER ON YOUR WEBSITE! Ideally, you should have a directory…
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, inthisstyle, jdagna.

1/2/2005 Mystique: Wanted: Indie Game Designer looking for partnership!
First: The Introductions... My name is Mike Clifford, and I am president of a small, independent RPG publishing company, Mystique Enterprises. We have released one D20 supplement (which continues to…
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Participants: Mystique, TonyLB, greyorm, daMoose_Neo, Clinton R. Nixon, Eero Tuovinen.

1/1/2005 Michael S. Miller: New Year's Resolution: Promoting the NPA
Last year at this time, many of us anxiously awaited being published in the NoPress Anthology. It was going to be this great, new, groundbreaking thing to shake things up.…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jeph, abzu, Matt, xiombarg.

1/1/2005 JimLotFP: Is this a good or foolish idea in presenting a new game?
LotFP: RPG playtesting is going slowly. None of the people who have contacted me about playtesting seem to have actually tried playing the game as of yet, and I feel…
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Participants: JimLotFP, Michael S. Miller, daMoose_Neo, Bankuei, GregS, Vaxalon, jdagna, KeithBVaughn, abzu, GaryTP.

12/27/2004 rpghost: One Retailer Loactor to rule them all...
Greetings, We are happy to inform you of a great new FREE service (really!) from RPGHost Networks. We have developed a free centralized STORE LOCATOR that you may place on…
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Participants: rpghost.

12/26/2004 philreed: Update on life as a PDF publisher . . .
A little over six months ago I shared some of the reasons for taking the plunge into PDF publishing as my full-time job. I thought some of you might like…
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Participants: philreed, Paul Czege, Vaxalon, xenopulse, Andy Kitkowski, Lxndr, Brendan, Solly Brown, Tav_Behemoth.

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1/19/2005 kenjib: Use of public domain art revisited - Bridgeman vs. Corel
There was a thread on using public domain artwork almost a year ago: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=10121&highlight=paitings+durer I have found some more information on this (a google search will turn up many other…
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Participants: kenjib, jdagna, Veritas Games.

1/19/2005 Bob Goat: Google Print
Hey, Paul brought this up a while ago in this thread concerning Google Print. I finally have some progress to report. So after months and months of waiting it seems…
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Participants: Bob Goat.

1/19/2005 matthijs: [Rant] Attitude towards reviewers
I love to review games. So I often get in touch with companies that produce good stuff, or games that I'm just curious about. I've written a huge amount of…
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Participants: matthijs, Bankuei, Dev, TonyLB, daMoose_Neo, jdagna, clehrich.

1/20/2005 clehrich: SITF Wiki site
Hi, A while back I asked for assistance for setting up a wiki for Shadows in the Fog, and with Trevis Martin's immense help I've done this. The Site is…
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Participants: clehrich.

1/21/2005 abzu: Done it again with Dogs!
Congrats to our very own Vincent on his well deserved OUTIE win. But when you start giving awards for moral seriousness in gaming, you have to sit up and take…
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Participants: abzu, Andy Kitkowski, Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair.

1/21/2005 J. Campbell: Large scale print runs... What are the advantages?
Specifically, what are the advantages to someone seeking to break into the small-scale world of Indie-produced RPG books? To me, the advantages of POD are immediate: No stock to have…
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Participants: J. Campbell, daMoose_Neo, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, jdagna, timfire, Roger, Brendan, Bob Goat, Blankshield, Matt Wilson, Tav_Behemoth.

1/21/2005 TonyLB: RPI Printing Good Experience
By contrast with Luke's experience with Express Media, I just had a spectacular start-to-finish printing experience with RPI Printing. I was referred to them in this post and went with…
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Participants: TonyLB, LordSmerf, Matt Wilson, Tav_Behemoth, Michael S. Miller, Thor, inthisstyle, GregS.

1/25/2005 Del: Encouragement for designers who do their own art
Ya, know, I must have saved a thousand dollars on my tactical core rulebook, by doing my own piece and board art. (this is for a PDF project that will…
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Participants: Del, Astrivian, TonyLB, Matt Wilson, Bob Goat, abzu, jerry, Nathan P., KeithBVaughn, Jasper.

1/25/2005 Astrivian: WindSpeaker: pdf v. print
I am wondering if anyone has experimented with pdf publishing using the newer versions of Adobe Acrobat (version 7)? Some ideas i had for my ongoing, creeping, self-publication of WindSpeaker…
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Participants: Astrivian, madelf.

1/25/2005 daMoose_Neo: PDF Production and the Card Game
Ahkay, as some know I'm working to convert my trading card game Final Twilight to PDF. As some others may know as well, I'm also working out an RPG that…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Andrew Morris, Veritas Games.

1/27/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: New version of "How to Publish Your RPG" essay
Long ago, I wrote an essay on how to publish your own RPG. You can find the old version of it in the Forge Articles section or in the back…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Trevis Martin, abzu, bcook1971, Tzu-Theory, hix, MisterPoppet, Space Cowboy, Bob Goat, Andy Kitkowski, Domhnall.

1/30/2005 J. Campbell: d20 Appendix in a non-d20 Game
Let's say you're picking up a game book which uses an original system. It's well written, it has a lot of perks, but in the back of the book is…
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Participants: J. Campbell, ffilz, M. J. Young, Noon, jdagna, daMoose_Neo, clehrich, Tav_Behemoth, Valamir, Veritas Games, Scrubilicous, groundhog, Bardsandsages.

1/31/2005 signoftheserpent: Whatever happened to Danger Patrol rpg
the pulp SF game. I notice that the eponymous website got heartily hacked. :(
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Participants: signoftheserpent, Matt Wilson.

1/31/2005 Vaxalon: D20 not selling as well as original systems? [split]
This topic is split from "D20 appendix in a non D20 book". From what I hear, D20 books are selling less well than original systems (assuming publishers of the same…
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Participants: Vaxalon, mearls, jdagna, Tav_Behemoth, Tzu-Theory.

1/31/2005 Christopher Davies: Stock Wanted By Independent RPG Distributor
Twisted Chronicles is a new independent distributor of Role-Play Games, as well as distributing award winning games it also produces its own gaming line Gothic Society, we are currently looking…
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Participants: Christopher Davies, Vaxalon, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, smokewolf, jdagna, Del.

2/1/2005 etherworld: Looking for some feedback (Unearth preview)
Hello, I recently posted a PDF preview for my upcoming gameworld Unearth: The Dark Future and would love some feedback. Please head over to http://www.etherworld.com/ and download the free preview.…
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Participants: etherworld, GregS, Space Cowboy, Tav_Behemoth.

2/3/2005 Bob Goat: Google Print, Now Working
So some time ago I submitted my book to Google Print and now it is finally up and out there. It will be interesting to see what the results are…
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Participants: Bob Goat, rabideldar, Tav_Behemoth.

2/4/2005 Andrew Morris: PDF Piracy Revisited
After reading this thread on .pdf piracy issues and why indie games don't seem to be as prevalent on filesharing networks, the issue's been on my mind. While I agree…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, daMoose_Neo, TonyLB, Paganini, jdagna, inthisstyle, greedo1379, clehrich, Tav_Behemoth.

2/5/2005 Tav_Behemoth: Books Sold with a Free PDF
This is the beginning of a list of games for which a free PDF is provided to buyers of the print edition: A Swarm of Stirges (Masters and Minions Horde…
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Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, Veritas Games, smokewolf, posterboy, Bob Goat, Paul Czege.

2/7/2005 tzunder: Open source methods (split)
A man after my own heart! I uninstalled Microosoft Office a fortnight (14 days) ago and have been flying OO alone ever since! For our Gwenthia project we have been…
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Participants: tzunder, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

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