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4/9/2005 GregStolze: The Ransom Model Worked.
Five months earlier than deadline, Meatbot Massacre (http://www.danielsolis.com/meatbot/) has been paid for in full and is now free to all. Tell the people! -G. Who can't make his PayPal account…
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Participants: GregStolze, gobi, Matt, Valamir, Vaxalon, daMoose_Neo, Troy_Costisick.

4/8/2005 Solly Brown: Amazon worth getting an ISBN for
I'm toying with the idea of getting an Isbn from Lulu so that I can sell Dog Town: Core Rules on Amazon. They offer the basic at $34.95 and a…
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Participants: Solly Brown, Paul Czege, jdagna, MisterPoppet, Bob Goat, Roger, Bardsandsages, Eero Tuovinen, viktor_haag, daMoose_Neo, Brendan.

4/8/2005 Sean: OGL question
I'm wondering about something. If someone wanted to publish a fantasy game that had spell lists with a vague resemblance to D&D's, but without any of the names ('Leomund's', etc.,…
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Participants: Sean, jdagna, daemonchild, MisterPoppet, lev_lafayette, viktor_haag, daMoose_Neo, Veritas Games, Ron Edwards, efindel, jerry, LloydBrown.

4/6/2005 GregS: UPC and ISBN...one, the other, or both?
Okay, so the subject is slightly misleading. I, in my ever infinite wisdom, screwed up some time ago and paid for UPC registration before I knew better. Now the question…
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Participants: GregS, jdagna.

4/5/2005 daMoose_Neo: [Imp Game] Nearing the finishline, layout q's
Alright! Feeling geeked, getting my first RPG wrapped up! The Imp Game Homepage - this here is the homepage, 0.5 draft of the rules, and links to some AP Threads.…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Jasper, Tobias, Jasper Polane, jrs.

4/2/2005 darrick: Satanis via Lulu
hey guys, thought you might be interested in a report from a first time rpg designer/self publisher. i just received a copy in the mail. it's my Empire of…
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Participants: darrick, greyorm, Jasper, Grand_Commander13, MatrixGamer, madelf, Andrew Morris, paulkdad.

3/31/2005 Andrew Morris: Business licenses, trade names, and similar legal hassles
I'm just now looking at buying a domain name, building a web site, and eventually selling my games online. While doing this, I started thinking about the legal issues of…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, xenopulse, timfire, Valamir, jdagna.

3/29/2005 xiombarg: Free Desktop Publishing...
Okay, kids, can anyone reccommend a decent, FREE (or very, very cheap, like less than $40) desktop publishing program that works on Windows 98 andor Windows XP? Feel free to…
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Participants: xiombarg, spawky, madelf, Trevis Martin, Dev, MisterPoppet, Victor Gijsbers, Clay, nikola, Doug Ruff, jerry, MatrixGamer.

3/26/2005 greyorm: Help with ORX Press Release Text
Heya all, I plan on submitting a press release about Orx to a couple gaming sites over the next few weeks to (hopefully) generate interest, and I am wondering if…
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Participants: greyorm, Andrew Morris, Sean, Valamir, hix, jdagna, Alan, xiombarg.

3/24/2005 dysjunct: To read or not to read?
So, for the past several weeks I've been bitten by the "get-off-your-@$$-and-design-an-RPG" bug, and have been diligently putting things through my mental centrifuge and seeing what sticks. However, as I've…
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Participants: dysjunct, matthijs, Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, jdagna, Solly Brown, abzu, paulkdad, MatrixGamer, killacozzy, philreed.

3/24/2005 Sean: D&D Publishing Information
This relates to some discussions I've had with Ron and may have some mild interest and utility for today's indie publisher, at least as food for thought. From "It's only…
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Participants: Sean.

3/23/2005 Lynn: Usage of 3D Art
Almost all of the art I see in game books look like they are just ink illustrations or sometimes a painted color plate. I work extensively in 3D (http://www.meshbox.com) and…
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Participants: Lynn, Trevis Martin, Michael S. Miller, daMoose_Neo, jdagna, greyorm, contracycle, ukgpublishing, Illuminarch.

3/22/2005 Andy Kitkowski: "Mech A RPG Design Contest" (Free Art)
Hey all, this was a thread going over on RPGNet that I got behind. Basically, Fellow A was going to write a Mecha-Themed RPG. He had $300 worth of art…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, daMoose_Neo, contracycle, timfire, Tobias, Eero Tuovinen, xenopulse, philreed, Jasper Polane, Bogie_71.

3/21/2005 MarktheAnimator: Getting your game into stores
So what is the best way to get your game into the local game stores? I've heard that the big distributors don't want to deal with you unless you have…
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Participants: MarktheAnimator, Ron Edwards.

3/21/2005 Dantai: [Piledrivers & Powerbombs] 24hr rpg published!
Evening all. I'm pleased to announce that Piledrivers & Powerbombs, my 24 hr rpg offering has been tarted up and is now available at rpgnow. plug plug ;-) http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=4459& Its…
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Participants: Dantai, Andy Kitkowski, timfire, Jeph.

3/18/2005 Nathan: RPGNow + LuLu
Yup, I don't think the announcement is completely official yet, but I hear it is going up soon. RPGNow is switching their POD services to go through LuLu.com. This means…
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Participants: Nathan, daMoose_Neo, madelf, Valamir, rpghost, Solly Brown, Lxndr, Bardsandsages, Ron Edwards, jdagna.

3/16/2005 Dev: Marketing, Word-of-Mouth, and other buzzwords
I've seen some mention of "viral ads", "word-of-mouth" and other such things in relation to our industry, so I thought I'd way in. I have the pleasure of working at…
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Participants: Dev, Ben Lehman, matthijs, abzu, Valamir, jdagna, Solly Brown, Domhnall, philreed, Ron Edwards, MatrixGamer, Allan.

3/16/2005 Dev: Security Advice (& other advice) for your Websites/Forum
I'm continuing from this (closed) thread in Site Discussion about advice for securing your own websites and forums. Rob Carriere had some excellent advice, which I'm reposting. A key part…
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Participants: Dev, jdagna.

3/11/2005 bacon_x: A free game industry newsletter - Would you support it?
Hello There, After viewing the thread about getting the word out about one's creations, I realized that there may be a way to gain free publicity for new and existing…
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Participants: bacon_x, Ron Edwards, jdagna, axonrg, Polyman.

3/3/2005 Veritas Games: Registering for copyright (split)
[quote="Space Cowboy"][quote="Valamir"]If you are not registered you can't sue...so while technically you are copyrighted just from writing it down, you can't actually enforce your copyright without being registered. [/quote] I…
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Participants: Veritas Games, Ron Edwards.

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4/9/2005 nikola: Card games: how do you get the damn things printed?
I've spoken to a couple of printers about my current project, Under the Bed. It uses unique cards, but they turn out to be very expensive to print. Currently, I'm…
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Participants: nikola, timfire, daMoose_Neo, Shawn De Arment, Valamir, guildofblades, Polaris, Walt Freitag.

4/11/2005 nikola: Graphic Designers
Who are the graphic designers of the Forge? Are your services for sale to other Forgies? I'm one such designer and have worked with Lumpley and Timfire on their books.…
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Participants: nikola, TonyLB, Matt Snyder, jdagna, Jasper, abzu, greyorm, MisterPoppet, Jonathan Walton, Valamir, Bob Goat, Paul Czege.

4/12/2005 timfire: Color Art and Paper Quality
Alright folks, so I've decided to upgrade the interior art for The Mountain Witch to full color. (Yah!) Should I upgrade the paper thickness as well? I've been assuming 60#…
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Participants: timfire, abzu, Andy Kitkowski, nikola.

4/12/2005 Andrew Morris: Interior art -- how important is it?
In putting together my first game(s), I've realized two things: 1) I have no artistic ability whatsoever. 2) My budget is slightly more than zero. This got me thinking about…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Trevis Martin, Shreyas Sampat, jdagna, abzu, Bob Goat, Valamir, Ron Edwards, James Holloway, Michael S. Miller, Bardsandsages, daMoose_Neo, xiombarg, Domhnall, paulkdad, MatrixGamer, killacozzy, komradebob.

4/16/2005 Duke: Creative control.
this is my first posting so please bear with me. I'm curious what the opions of this forum are on maintaining creative control. Mostly I'm curious about creative control of…
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Participants: Duke, Eero Tuovinen.

4/17/2005 xiombarg: Unsung Ready
Wahoo! I have my second commercial role-playing game entirely laid out at this point, in the form of a text-only beta. You can download a copy here: http://xiombrag.tripod.com/unsung.pdf If you…
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Participants: xiombarg, Jasper, matthijs, paulkdad.

4/19/2005 komradebob: Selling "Simple" Games?
Over on this thread in the Universalis forum, Chris Engle, Ralph, and Mike have been discussing the challenges of selling "simple games". Now, this is of personal interest to me,…
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Participants: komradebob, Andrew Morris, Jasper, xenopulse, Valamir, daMoose_Neo, MatrixGamer, Heraldic Game Design, abzu, Ron Edwards.

4/20/2005 StrongBadMun: curious about protection
I know that the best way to protect the stuff I come up with is to copyright it. Duh. My question though is what other ways can I protect myself,…
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Participants: StrongBadMun, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, timfire, jrs, jdagna.

4/20/2005 Andrew Morris: Sources for harcover POD?
I've searched and found only two POD printers that offer a hardcover option, but they either require a minimum purchase or don't offer specialty covers. What I'm looking for is…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, philreed, Ben Lehman, MisterPoppet, Jason L Blair.

4/21/2005 MatrixGamer: Home Printing
Andrew Morris asked me to write about what I've done to set up a home printing operation. I told him I'd put it on the forum in case anyone else…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Andrew Morris, xenopulse, Valamir, abzu, Thor Olavsrud, jdagna, philreed, Christopher Weeks.

4/23/2005 philreed: First Wave Printing -- Comic-sized books
Okay, I thought some of you would want to see this site: http://www.firstwaveprinting.com/printing.htm I'm using them for a product (haven't yet seen the final version but I have seen their…
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Participants: philreed.

4/25/2005 kenw: Rapid POD, a new way to print your RPG.
Dear Publisher, Rapid POD is a new Print on Demand that guarantees the quality of a traditional printing in short runs from 1 to 1,000. Unlike other POD companies, we…
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Participants: kenw, Domhnall, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards.

4/25/2005 daMoose_Neo: Small Press & The Ccard Game - The How To!
After some recent PM discussions with Phil Reed and at the behest of Ralph Mazza almost a year ago, I'm pulling together my notes, research and experiance on producing a…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, philreed, Veritas Games, Lxndr, Valamir.

4/27/2005 killacozzy: Conceptualizing[Cian]
For a great many months, I've been spying on the various helpful posts in this forum, and this late evening, I've finally decided to get "out there" with some of…
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Participants: killacozzy, Shreyas Sampat, Ron Edwards, Selene Tan, Valamir, Technocrat13.

4/29/2005 Mike Holmes: D&D for Dummies
Actually has nothing to do with Moose's game, and is just what it sounds like: http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTitle/productCd-0764584596.html So, will this product have any impact? Does it attempt to mainstream D&D (and…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Eero Tuovinen, Andrew Morris, pete_darby, jdagna, komradebob.

5/1/2005 Heraldic Game Design: Non-Standard RPG Components
Hi there, folks. I'd like to get some opinions about the direction I should take with an RPG I am working on. When I first began this project, the system…
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Participants: Heraldic Game Design, Eero Tuovinen, daMoose_Neo, paulkdad, jdagna, komradebob, Valamir, Selene Tan, GreatWolf, ravenx99, groundhog, Chris Passeno, LloydBrown, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

5/2/2005 Andrew Morris: Logo design -- cost and other questions
I'm working on finishing my first game, Group Therapy. While still a month or so from being ready for playtesting, I'm trying to get all the logistical details taken care…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, LloydBrown, tj333, Resonantg, Trish2.

5/6/2005 paulkdad: When do you change your prices?
Over in this thread Valamir said: If I had it to do over again, honestly, I'd probably sell Uni at $18.00 instead of $15. And while I understand the "if…
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Participants: paulkdad, TonyLB, philreed, Andrew Morris, daMoose_Neo, jdagna, Ron Edwards, MatrixGamer, LloydBrown, guildofblades.

5/6/2005 Andy Kitkowski: Game (Iron) Chef Contest: It's back! (May 21-29)
Hey all, just wanted to drop this bomb: Been working with Mike H and Ralph to bring back the Game Chef: This time, a little bigger, a little prettier, and…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Eero Tuovinen, Andrew Morris, Asrogoth, Valamir, BrennaLaRosa, Mike Holmes, ADGBoss, Paul Czege, PlotDevice.

5/8/2005 neoknocker: Living from the game
Hi everyone, I'm seriously considering of starting my RPG company and publish my first game. I used to work for a small RPG company, for a brief moment, and the…
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Participants: neoknocker, Eero Tuovinen, jdagna, philreed, MatrixGamer, guildofblades.

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