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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.

7/22/2005 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.

7/20/2005 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.

7/19/2005 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.

7/18/2005 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.

7/18/2005 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.

7/17/2005 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.

7/16/2005 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.

7/14/2005 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.

7/11/2005 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.

7/11/2005 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.

7/10/2005 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.

7/10/2005 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.

7/9/2005 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.

7/9/2005 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.

7/7/2005 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.

7/4/2005 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.

7/4/2005 PrzeSzkoda: Copyright - movie frames
Although I've been lurking around The Forge for some time now, I never made my presence apparent to other users - so I guess it's time to say 'Hi'. Hi.…
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Participants: PrzeSzkoda, Eero Tuovinen, c.

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.

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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.

7/27/2005 Sammael99: Upcoming products
Hello all ! I'm currently working on a column for a new french e-zine called indie-rpg (wonder where that came from) focusing on (you guessed it) independant role-playing games. This…
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Participants: Sammael99, Clinton R. Nixon, Technocrat13, Michael S. Miller, Blankshield, Jake Richmond, btrc.

7/27/2005 lumpley: Question for Chris Engle: Coptic Sewn?
Hey Chris! Place the booklets end up between the boards. Clamp them in. saw acros the spine to make the holes to sew through. Unclamp and sewn.…
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Participants: lumpley, Andrew Morris, MatrixGamer, Paul Czege, Valamir.

7/27/2005 calutateo: Scribus or OpenOffice - what to use???
Dear all, I would like to write a book. About 60 short chapters of 4-12 pages each. No graphics, just at the start of each chapter there will be a…
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Participants: calutateo, jdagna, Vaxalon, rrr.

7/28/2005 Jasper: Demo versions
I'm planning to do a new demo version for Trials of the Grail. I get a fair number of hits on the current demo, so I want to improve it.…
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Participants: Jasper, matthijs, daMoose_Neo, TonyLB, Jake Richmond.

7/30/2005 gsoylent: The Something-Something Press
Just looking through this forum, I can see a lot game designers have set themselves up as publishers and in doing so have adopted a company style name one the…
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Participants: gsoylent, timfire, Ron Edwards, Blankshield, LloydBrown, ethan_greer, Joshua BishopRoby, Gaerik.

7/30/2005 Nev the Deranged: Quick Reference Guides and Character Sheets now available in PDF.
Okay, I got fed up with the back and forth with other people trying to figure this stuff out, (not their fault, I'm just impatient and have other things on…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

7/30/2005 leegarv: Tales From The Floating Vagabond is looking for publishing partners
Greetings and salutations! Reality Cheque, the rights-holder of Tales From The Floating Vagabond, is planning on publishing a second edition of the game in time for the 15th anniversary! The…
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Participants: leegarv, Eero Tuovinen, Vaxalon, Ron Edwards, Miskatonic, Andrew Morris, lumpley, Paul Czege, guildofblades, Albert of Feh, greyorm, Sydney Freedberg, Wolfen, jdagna, MatrixGamer, ADGBoss, Jake Norwood.

7/31/2005 Jonathan Walton: How to Sell Out
So I was talking with Rich Forest today (since I'm currently in Hong Kong) and halfway through the conversation I realized some very important things about myself and my goals…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Michael S. Miller, TonyLB, guildofblades, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Andrew Morris, Miskatonic.

8/2/2005 timfire: The samurai have plotted, and now are ready to strike!
Hi  everyone, I've alluded to this couple of times, but I thought I would make an official announcement. At long last I have finished The Mountain Witch! The book is…
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Participants: timfire, Paka, pfischer, Yokiboy.

8/2/2005 daMoose_Neo: Physical Product requireing online access?
Final Twilight's getting a little kick in the butt with the release of Divergence, a set of rules for creating your own cards for use with the core Final Twilight…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Veritas Games, btrc, madelf.

8/2/2005 GB Steve: Diana Jones Award - Dogs has a nomination
I found this on John Kovalic's livejournal: FIFTH DIANA JONES AWARD SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED Annual award ‘for Excellence in Gaming’ to be presented 17th August London, 2nd August -- After much…
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Participants: GB Steve, Miskatonic, lumpley, Uzzah.

8/3/2005 Paul Czege: why I sell to retailers
On the Forge Booth: Price List thread, Matt Snyder wrote: No retailer discounts....I don't see how getting, say, a half dozen (or even a dozen) copies of our games into…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Valamir, gsoylent, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, Clinton R. Nixon, TonyLB, MatrixGamer, abzu.

8/4/2005 guildofblades: Margin (from the why we sell to retail thread)
>>Ryan, if you're willing, please start a thread that goes into those numbers in some more depth.  450% over discount is a pretty healthy markup.  That's 1125% over cost.  I'd…
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Participants: guildofblades, MatrixGamer, abzu, Vaxalon, Frank T, Valamir, komradebob.

8/5/2005 sandmanx: The last lap? Final Chapter?
Information about game (So you know what I'm talking about.) Title: Grinder Genre:   Sci Fi Miniature Wargame Rules approx: 60 pages color cover, b/w artwork inside market:   pdf…
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Participants: sandmanx, Sifolis, komradebob, timfire, LloydBrown, Addix.

8/6/2005 komradebob: Dust jackets on gamebooks?
Sorry, I just had a weird random thought: I've never seen a hardcover game book sold with a dustjacket. Does anyone have any examples of this being done? What are…
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Participants: komradebob, Andrew Morris, matthijs, KeithBVaughn, Gordon C. Landis, Rorimack, Ron Edwards, MatrixGamer, timfire.

8/6/2005 cognis: To get a Name...
So the first playtests of the new game went well; people were happy, potentials were discussed, things were good. It seems I have a good multigenre game in the works.…
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Participants: cognis, guildofblades, TonyLB.

8/8/2005 sandmanx: [Grinder] So what makes a good indie website?
Greetings Gamers, I was noticing everybody had a website to go with their products.  What do you feel is important in a website?  I just started to build mine for…
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Participants: sandmanx, Andrew Morris, Sifolis, Jack Aidley.

8/8/2005 AlexGrim: What is the best company to get a RPG book printed from?
I have read a couple names already, but I was looking for a nice list with some pricing if  possible. I am sure there might be a thread with a…
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Participants: AlexGrim, Polaris.

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