Previous Topics In Publishing 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… In Publishing Participants: guildofblades, MatrixGamer, Gaerik, jdagna, Joshua BishopRoby.
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… In Publishing Participants: Miskatonic, Technocrat13, TonyLB, Adam Dray, Paul Czege, Addix, jdagna, greyorm, Adam, mearls, Paka, Joshua BishopRoby, LloydBrown.
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… In Publishing 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.
8/10/2005 GregStolze: The Ransom Model Strikes Again ...in Spaaace! is free. Let the good times roll.
www.gregstolze.com
-G. In Publishing Participants: GregStolze, Matt.
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… In Publishing Participants: Matt Snyder, rafial, Andrew Morris, jrs, Paka, Veritas Games, Denise.
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… In Publishing Participants: Resonantg, timfire.
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… In Publishing Participants: AlexGrim, Polaris.
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… In Publishing Participants: sandmanx, Andrew Morris, Sifolis, Jack Aidley.
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.… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing Participants: gsoylent, timfire, Ron Edwards, Blankshield, LloydBrown, ethan_greer, Joshua BishopRoby, Gaerik.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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. … In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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… In Publishing 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,… In Publishing 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… In Publishing Participants: GreatWolf, Gordon C. Landis, Vaxalon, Erskin, Veritas Games, timfire, Bogie_71, daMoose_Neo, nikola.
9/4/2005 Dan R. Stevenson: What are the common mistakes of printing? Can anyone clue me into common mistakes made by game companies that are ready to send material to a printer? Could anyone also tell me what to look out for… In Publishing Participants: Dan R. Stevenson, Ron Edwards, smokewolf, Jack Aidley, TonyLB, jdagna, xenopulse, Gregor Hutton, Joshua BishopRoby, btrc, nikola, GutboyBarrelhouse.
9/5/2005 GregStolze: Ransom Analysis... in Spaaace! It's pretty much what it says in the title. I finally got around to analyzing and posting the data and my conclusions on the latest Ransom model publication, the game… In Publishing Participants: GregStolze.
9/5/2005 TonyLB: Cold-contacting game stores I have two nice gaming stores in my extended travel range. They're certainly not close enough for me to drop by on a whim (about an hour travel to either),… In Publishing Participants: TonyLB, smokewolf, Bob Goat, Paul Czege, daMoose_Neo, MatrixGamer, LloydBrown, guildofblades, HinterWelt.
9/7/2005 MisterPoppet: Pamphlet RPG's The other day at work my friend (who is both my co-worker and fellow role-player) approached me about an idea he had. He knew I had been working on RPG… In Publishing Participants: MisterPoppet, Paul Czege, Jasper, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer, jdagna, HinterWelt.
9/7/2005 Certified: [Dead Inside] Advertising (split) I would like to return to this post. Now that it’s been several months have you noticed an any increase in overall website traffic since the S*P ad ran? Also,… In Publishing Participants: Certified, chadu, Ron Edwards.
9/8/2005 Andrew Morris: Problems making a PDF using OpenOffice This is a pretty simple question, but I couldn't seem to find the answer anywhere, either on the Forge or online. I have a game that is nearing the playtest… In Publishing Participants: Andrew Morris, Chris Goodwin, Joshua BishopRoby, rrr.
9/9/2005 Ron Edwards: Frustrating artist website Hello,
This is a very specific question. I found an awesome picture on an artist's website gallery. Not only would I like to use this picture for an Adept Press… In Publishing Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, Jack Aidley, Joshua BishopRoby, greyorm, Paul Czege, Certified, madelf, Adam.
9/9/2005 Frank T: [Ronnies] Help me out a little on colloquial English Allright, I'm doing my own entry for the Ronnies. I can't help it. It will be my first design in English, and I try to do it in English from… In Publishing Participants: Frank T, Ron Edwards.
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