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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.

8/6/2005 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.

8/5/2005 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.

8/4/2005 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.

8/3/2005 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.

8/2/2005 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.

8/2/2005 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 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.

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.

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.

7/30/2005 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 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.

7/28/2005 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.

7/27/2005 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.

7/27/2005 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 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.

7/26/2005 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.

7/24/2005 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.

7/24/2005 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.

7/23/2005 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.

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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.

8/8/2005 Resonantg: Publishing sans budget?
I have looked around and haven't found much in the way of referance on the Forge about this that answers directly to this topic.  Sometimes, we game designers are completely…
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Participants: Resonantg, timfire.

8/9/2005 Matt Snyder: Podcasts
I'm trying to figure out more about podcasts and how we might make use of them as indie publishers. FYI, podcasts are prety simple MP3 downloads. So, basically, just audio…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, rafial, Andrew Morris, jrs, Paka, Veritas Games, Denise.

8/10/2005 GregStolze: The Ransom Model Strikes Again
...in Spaaace! is free.  Let the good times roll. www.gregstolze.com -G.
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Participants: GregStolze, Matt.

8/11/2005 Andrew Morris: POD printer round up
Well, I've been trying to put together a comprehensive list of POD printers out there, who has used them, and what their experiences have been. So far, here's all I've…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Clinton R. Nixon, timfire, TonyLB, daMoose_Neo, Matt Wilson, Addix, Veritas Games, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, abzu, xenopulse, philreed, jdagna, M Jason Parent, Erskin, Jared A. Sorensen, Bob Goat, Technocrat13, Polaris, smokewolf, JakeVanDam, Bardsandsages.

8/12/2005 Miskatonic: Freelancing? People still do that?
So there's a column over at RPG.net about freelance authoring: http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/columns/free10aug05.html Up front, I want to say: This is not a bash on rpg.net thread. Ain't nobody go putting down…
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Participants: Miskatonic, Technocrat13, TonyLB, Adam Dray, Paul Czege, Addix, jdagna, greyorm, Adam, mearls, Paka, Joshua BishopRoby, LloydBrown.

8/15/2005 guildofblades: Virtual Distributorship. Idea...
Hi Everyone, This is a topic I have tossed out for discussion on a indie board game group I am a member of. I thought I would toss it up…
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Participants: guildofblades, MatrixGamer, Gaerik, jdagna, Joshua BishopRoby.

8/15/2005 lumpley: We're Onto Something
This weekend I happened to have Under the Bed, The Mountain Witch, Polaris, and Breaking the Ice all at my house. They look good. They don't look like anything I've…
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Participants: lumpley, Andrew Morris, Matt Snyder, Bob Goat, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2005 hix: Perception of non .com domain names?
I want to set up a website to sell RPG pdfs. Now, the .com domain name I want seems to have been registered*. So I'm wondering if international customers are…
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Participants: hix, MikeSands, Joshua BishopRoby, Adam Dray, jdagna, demiurgeastaroth, Addix, Andrew Morris.

8/16/2005 Andrew Morris: Why WOULDN'T you publish a print version?
I know there are at least a few publishers out there who are either sell PDFs exclusively, or only offer certain products in PDF. My question is why? When there…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Joshua BishopRoby, Ron Edwards, John Harper, GreatWolf, Jake Richmond, M Jason Parent, PlotDevice, Nathan P..

8/17/2005 LloydBrown: How much do you make?
Well, not so tactlessly, but Ron made this claim Most of the people who publish using the advice/aid from this site end up making substantial money. and I have…
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Participants: LloydBrown, guildofblades, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, chadu, TonyLB, inthisstyle, MatrixGamer, Blankshield, abzu, John Harper, Paul Czege, Justin D. Jacobson, smokewolf.

8/18/2005 GB Steve: Diana Jones Awards - Ticket to Ride wins!
Once again, John Kovalic is quicker with the news than the official website: http://www.livejournal.com/users/muskrat_john/78680.html Congratulations to Ticket to Ride, commiserations to Code of Unaris and Dogs in the Vineyard. Just…
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Participants: GB Steve, Miskatonic, Old_Scratch.

8/22/2005 danifer: I want to purchase and publish an RPG
Does anyone have any suggestions?  I'd like to get in touch with someone who wants to sell a complete, polished roleplaying game that can be part of the initial launch…
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Participants: danifer, philreed, GregStolze, Paul Czege, LloydBrown, Nathan P., greyorm.

8/23/2005 Clay: Publishing Tool Available
Thought I'd drop a note that I've got a tool available that might be useful for people needing to get a web site up quickly at http://www.ceamus.com.  CeaMuS is a…
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Participants: Clay.

8/24/2005 darkgar: My Experiences with Infinity Publishing and SBRPG
Well, my RPG, SBRPG, is finally out, after 5 long years of writing, testing, and proofing.  I orginally wanted to go with a more upsacale PoD printer, such as Xlibris. …
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Participants: darkgar, Joshua BishopRoby, TonyLB.

8/25/2005 Joshua BishopRoby: We Need a Term
We need a term (or do we already have a term?) for all of these compact little roleplaying games that come out to nothing more than a few pages.  They're…
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Graham Walmsley, Jasper, Jeph, Addix, Heraldic Game Design, rickr, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Bankuei, Eero Tuovinen, timfire, TonyLB, KeithBVaughn, Miskatonic.

8/29/2005 preludetotheend: Just getting a second opinion.
Ok Ink Blot Publishing aside from wanting to publish our own material is looking to publish other peoples material for them. Now what we are thinking is IBP will set…
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Participants: preludetotheend, timfire, Ron Edwards.

8/30/2005 btrc: Custom game components?
I just saw a mention of: http://www.lego.com/eng/factory/default.asp?bhcp=1 Which is a service that makes custom LEGO pieces to your specifications. I have no use for such at the moment, but the…
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Participants: btrc, M Jason Parent.

8/31/2005 Ron Edwards: Introducing a new contest
Hello, I always wanted the Indie Awards to be called the Andies. Ben just started up the Bennies on his blog. Coincidentally, right when he was talking about that beforehand,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, M Jason Parent, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, PlotDevice, Andy Kitkowski, Wolfen, Gregor Hutton, Gordon C. Landis, Eric J..

9/3/2005 GreatWolf: Custom Card Deck
I'm mulling over some ideas in my head that would require a custom deck of cards.  I saw that Under the Bed went this route, so I know that it…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Gordon C. Landis, Vaxalon, Erskin, Veritas Games, timfire, Bogie_71, daMoose_Neo, nikola.

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