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7/4/2005 Grand_Commander13: Spiral-bound and the "Indie-Punk" look
A while ago, I said in this thread of mine that I intended on spiral-binding my RPG. Well, GenCon didn't quite happen for me because of the incredible costs versus…
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Participants: Grand_Commander13, timfire, matthijs, Jasper, Andrew Morris, Michael S. Miller, davidJ, AdeptPhenix, MatrixGamer.

7/3/2005 btrc: Advanced pdfs
If you ever wondered at how much functionality you can cram into a pdf, I have the demo version of Infinite Armies up at: http://www.btrc.net/html/iarmies.html This is somewhat of a…
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Participants: btrc, Veritas Games, Bob Goat, abzu, fug01664, TheLe.

7/1/2005 daMoose_Neo: The Supers CCG - Duelist 1st!
Thrilled to be wrapping things up! Just need to finalize the work on the logo and layout the rules insert and the first game featuring the Duelist System will be…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Veritas Games, btrc, Doug Ruff, Eero Tuovinen, mangaocid.

7/1/2005 epweissengruber: Great source of free visuals
This website is a digitization of a noted German reference work, Zur Geschichte der Kostueme. THE HISTORY OF COSTUME - INDEX By Braun & Schneider - c.1861-1880 http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME1_INDEX.HTML
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Participants: epweissengruber, BigElvis.

6/30/2005 Allan: Sweet Dreams cover
I just finished the Sweet Dreams Players' Book cover. I'd welcome some feedback on it. Specifically, how are the fonts, size and placement of text? Is the upper left corner…
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Participants: Allan, PlotDevice, c, Andrew Morris, timfire, matthijs, Jasper Polane.

6/30/2005 preludetotheend: A list of good printing presses
OK folks I would rather not have to learn the hard way that one publishers better than another. So I created this little thread in hopes that nice people like…
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Participants: preludetotheend, Polaris.

6/30/2005 davidJ: SRD question.
I cannot find the Illithid (Mind flayer), or certain dragon variants in the SRD. Now, I know that Yuan-ti are off limits.. but I didn't think the Mind Flayer was.…
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Participants: davidJ, Sean, Vaxalon.

6/29/2005 Avalloc: Overwhelmed by Publishing
I have been lurking around these forums for a while, and I seen tons of useful info and been lead to all sorts of resources and other interesting websites. But…
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Participants: Avalloc, Michael S. Miller, MatrixGamer, abzu, davidJ, Andrew Morris, TheLe.

6/27/2005 MatrixGamer: Home Printing
I've just spent the last weekend printing a binding book for Origins and GenCon. I'll be at Origins later this week. Anybody who is there who would like to see…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Chris Passeno, Gaerik, Matt Snyder, guildofblades, Andrew Morris.

6/26/2005 gatekeeper: Pen and Paper/Tabletop RPGs: Marketing
My name is Ryan Todd, long time lurker, first posting. I am a PnP/Tabletop game designer. Gods and Nemesis (the company I work for) has created an online pole -…
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Participants: gatekeeper, gsoylent, Joshua BishopRoby.

6/25/2005 Grex: Why Some Publishers Are Digitizing Themselves
Not completely on-topic, but nonetheless some interesting thoughts on electronic publishing: http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/publisher/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000968186
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Participants: Grex, Andy Kitkowski, Polaris.

6/24/2005 daMoose_Neo: Constructing a CCG Co-op?
As I've discussed several times in the past with many people, card games, collectable or customizable, are expensive to produce, especially with the glut of games entering the market every…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Doug Ruff, Veritas Games, Mike Holmes, Polaris.

6/24/2005 Frank T: Playtesting Misery
Here is my dilemma: I have designed a game, BARBAREN!. I have had four playtesting sessions, all of them one-on-one with the same player. Those went very much to my…
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Participants: Frank T, Ben Lehman, daMoose_Neo.

6/23/2005 Technocrat13: [Instant Publisher] Has anyone tried this site?
Hiya all. Feeling pretty good that I might actually get somewhere with FH8 led me to the fantasy that my next few games might actually be worthy of printing. Which…
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Participants: Technocrat13, philreed, Andrew Morris, daMoose_Neo, Matt Gwinn.

6/23/2005 MatrixGamer: Accounting - What do you do?
I'd like to see two things come out of this thread. 1. give people a chance to share what they do so people can read and learn about an important…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Resonantg, Valamir, Vaxalon, greyorm, ADGBoss, guildofblades.

6/22/2005 davidJ: Editing
I am curious, what are the rates for editing?
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Participants: davidJ, Ben Lehman, Andrew Morris, Thor Olavsrud, Jake Richmond, Malcolm, jdagna, Frank T.

6/19/2005 unheilig studios: Quark or Adobe?
For those of you who do layout, what is your chosen program; Quark, Adobe, or Something Else?
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Participants: unheilig studios, Jasper, Trevis Martin, Matt Gwinn, Rich Ranallo, Shreyas Sampat, Adam, Malcolm, abzu, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Snyder, Troy_Costisick, Chris Passeno, MatrixGamer, timfire.

6/17/2005 Valamir: Indie Boardgame Publisher
Since there've been a recent spate of threads interested in boardgame publishing I thought I'd throw up a link to Viktory. Its an independently published wargame which could be summarized…
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Participants: Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon.

6/16/2005 Malcolm: 2nd Editions: How far to go?
Just throwing the door open to opinion on this one. Recently, I've had something of a change of heart when it comes to games design (I was going to say…
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Participants: Malcolm, c, Justin Marx, Matt, Eero Tuovinen, abzu, Bob Goat.

6/16/2005 GregStolze: Indie Games hit National Public Radio
At least one indie game, anyhow: NPR's On The Media (http://www.onthemedia.org/) interviewed Daniel Solis and myself about Meatbot Massacre (www.danielsolis.com/meatbot) and the ransom model of publishing. I know. I'm as…
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Participants: GregStolze, Yokiboy, Jasper, Paul Czege, Space Cowboy, jrs.

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7/4/2005 Palaskar: Indexes and Bookmarks in PDF
How do I make indexes and bookmarks in a PDF file? I'm working with Microsoft Word and using it to print out PDF files, but so far, the closest I…
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Participants: Palaskar, Grand_Commander13, Avalloc, MikeSands, TheLe, Polaris.

7/7/2005 Doc Blue: Cafe Press for Printing
Has anyone tried CafePress for book publishing? Any comments or experiences to share?
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Participants: Doc Blue, Grand_Commander13, MisterPoppet, Jake Richmond, Ron Edwards.

7/9/2005 GregStolze: The Ransom Model is on NPR and ...in Spaaace!
If you've downloaded Meatbot Massacre, you're probably familiar with how the Ransom Model for distribution works. If you haven't, head on over to http://www.danielsolis.com/meatbot/, get the game, read the theory.…
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Participants: GregStolze, Veritas Games, Eero Tuovinen, komradebob.

7/9/2005 Andy Kitkowski: 24 Hour RPG Project: Grand Act is Nigh!
Hey all, sorry for the belated promo, but there's a weekend and a half left in the Grand Act for the 24 Hour RPG project. Feel free to join in…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

7/10/2005 mangaocid: Element - CCG
Ok, so I mentioned making a game called "Element". This game uses pieces of the "duelist system", creating an extended play version.(See the "Supers" thread for more information). Instead of…
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Participants: mangaocid, Veritas Games.

7/10/2005 leonidas300: Cursed Empire - Q & A's on game design
Dear members and guests, I'm posting to answer questions people may have on the Cursed Empire game as well as provide any assistance to other people out there who wish…
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Participants: leonidas300, abzu, Polaris, Paka.

7/11/2005 Mike Holmes: Publication Control Concepts
So, at Origins, I discovered a few interesting ideas that people have about publishing. For one, let's start with White Wolf's announcement about licencing: http://forums.white-wolf.com/viewtopic.php?t=19615 In brief, if you charge…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Bob Goat, Jack Aidley, MatrixGamer, Gaerik, xenopulse, ADGBoss, jdagna, Andrew Morris, abzu, Adam.

7/11/2005 TonyLB: [Capes] New Cover, complete rework
Okay, so I needed some time to absorb the overall impression people had which was that my previous attempt at a new cover simply didn't pass muster. Ouch, but better…
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Participants: TonyLB, Technocrat13, Andrew Morris, Valamir, Ron Edwards, unheilig studios, Resonantg, Jack Aidley, Gaerik, timfire, Ria.

7/14/2005 preludetotheend: How a "virus" might work.
Hi all I was just remembering this weird virus that I got which when I opened it sent itself to a bunch of my friends. Now the one that I…
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Participants: preludetotheend, Bankuei, Walt Freitag, Gaerik, daMoose_Neo, jdagna, Malcolm.

7/16/2005 Allan: [Sweet Dreams] "lite" version
I've just finished a lite demo version of Sweet Dreams, Love and Dodgeball. It's basically the combat system with the Powers removed. I hope it will make a good 15…
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Participants: Allan, MisterPoppet, Technocrat13, Ben Lehman.

7/17/2005 Denise: Please voice your opinion!
I don't know how much you guys read the other topics, so I'll X-post here:  I've started a nomination thread for the Fan's Choice of Best Publisher for this years…
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Participants: Denise, LandonSuffered.

7/18/2005 Resonantg: Plagiarism (split)
To quote a Tom Lehrer song "Nikolai Evonovitch Lubichevski" (I believe): "Plagerize! Let no one elses work evade your eyes! But please to call... research" The point I'd make is…
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Participants: Resonantg, Ron Edwards.

7/18/2005 Technocrat13: How I produced playtest hardcopies of FH8 with materials from around the house.
Ok, mostly with materials from around the house. Here's my list of materials and tools; My compy (my lappy to be exact) My crappy cheap-o HP printer where color replacement…
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Participants: Technocrat13, MatrixGamer, Andrew Morris, John Harper, jasonm.

7/19/2005 SlurpeeMoney: The Art of Filling White Space
I have done the research. I've come up with daring new concepts. I could play the whole game, right now, with what is in my head. But now, when it…
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Participants: SlurpeeMoney, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, MatrixGamer, Miskatonic, Andrew Morris, Technocrat13, ADGBoss, Bob Goat, Wolfen, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege, jdagna, timfire, Resonantg, Thededine.

7/20/2005 woodelf: how to package a character-sheet packet?
OK, we're trying to ready some stuff for GenCon, and one of our products is a package of characters, all filled out on fancy character sheets. To keep this message…
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Participants: woodelf, Jack Aidley, MatrixGamer, Resonantg, GregS, Veritas Games, jdagna, Travis Brown.

7/22/2005 MatrixGamer: Being different
At Origins my wife sold more marionettes than I sold books. Grumble, grumble...hey wait. Look around. There are no other marionettes here, but there are a lot of game books.…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Miskatonic, Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, Travis Brown, Jake Richmond.

7/23/2005 Polaris: CCG Open Rules?
Greetings, Is there a rule set for CCGs that is open (for other publisher to use, similar to the OGL)? Thanks! William
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Participants: Polaris, Veritas Games, daMoose_Neo, Walked, Vaxalon.

7/24/2005 Walked: Terality: My CCG - an "OpenCCG"
Hello all, I recently commented in response to a mention of my game in another thread on here. It was mentioned that there would be some interest in a thread…
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Participants: Walked, Veritas Games, btrc, MisterPoppet.

7/24/2005 woodelf: critique my back-cover blurb
OK, this is my first time trying to write one of these, so i'd appreciate any and all feedback. Is it too self-aggrandizing? Not informative enough? Etc. I'm posting it…
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Participants: woodelf, matthijs, jerry, Gaerik, Polaris, SlurpeeMoney, Thededine.

7/26/2005 Zahtevnik: Games for G.I.s Compilation
This looked like the best place to toss this; if I'm wrong give me a kick and let me know where it should go instead. Insomnium Games is donating demo…
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Participants: Zahtevnik.

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