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9/22/2005 Nathan P.: CDs as placeholders...
So it looks like I'm not going to be getting my hard copies of Timestream in time for Southern Exposure - live and learn. So here's my plan. Anyone who…
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Participants: Nathan P., Joshua BishopRoby, Paul Czege, Shreyas Sampat, ukgpublishing, Graham Walmsley.

9/22/2005 GregStolze: Gamers Kidnap President -- for Charity
Those of you who've followed the successes of the Ransom model (the funding mode for Meatbot Massacre and ...in Spaaace! may be interested to know that a new game's in…
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Participants: GregStolze, Bardsandsages, xenopulse, chadu, Andrew Morris, Paka.

9/21/2005 Shreyas Sampat: Usability of Wiki-published Games?
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15495]This[/url] may be a good thread to refer to first. Anyway, with the help of the excellent Thomas Robertson, I've published a [i]Torchbearer[/i] [url=http://njyar.thesmerf.com/torchwiki.html/]ruleset-as-wiki[/url], and I am curious about whether…
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Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Bob Goat, Joshua BishopRoby, Paul Czege, Vaxalon.

9/21/2005 coffeestain: LGS would like to start carrying indie games
Hello, After a few months of fighting the good fight at my local game store, Pegasus Games in Madison, WI, they've decided they'd really like to start an indie game…
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Participants: coffeestain, abzu, Paul Czege, guildofblades.

9/19/2005 natman: ammature game\ first draft Deadworld
Okay, I've finnished my first draft of an ammature game for my friends, but I'm wondering if I should try to take it to the next level.  Here is a…
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Participants: natman, matthijs, Ron Edwards, jerry, abzu.

9/16/2005 Palaskar: [Signature] Need quick a "tagline"
Ok, this may not be the correct place to ask for it, but I couldn't think of a better place. I'm basically done with my generic RPG, Signature -- but…
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Participants: Palaskar, Joshua BishopRoby, Ron Edwards.

9/10/2005 preludetotheend: Novel/supplement.
I was wondering if any one has heard of some one writing a novel to support a game setting and then in the back of the novel adding source material…
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Participants: preludetotheend, jdagna, Bob Goat, Polaris, daMoose_Neo, Andrew Morris, LloydBrown, Joshua BishopRoby, Paka, Clay, Bardsandsages, pells.

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…
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Participants: Frank T, Ron Edwards.

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…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, jasonm, Jack Aidley, Joshua BishopRoby, greyorm, Paul Czege, Certified, madelf, Adam.

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…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, Chris Goodwin, Joshua BishopRoby, rrr.

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,…
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Participants: Certified, chadu, Ron Edwards.

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…
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Participants: MisterPoppet, Paul Czege, Jasper, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer, jdagna, HinterWelt.

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),…
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Participants: TonyLB, smokewolf, Bob Goat, Paul Czege, daMoose_Neo, MatrixGamer, LloydBrown, guildofblades, HinterWelt.

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…
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Participants: GregStolze.

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…
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Participants: Dan R. Stevenson, Ron Edwards, smokewolf, Jack Aidley, TonyLB, jdagna, xenopulse, Gregor Hutton, Joshua BishopRoby, btrc, nikola, GutboyBarrelhouse.

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.

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..

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.

8/29/2005 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.

8/25/2005 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.

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9/26/2005 Ron Edwards: [Ronnies] The winners for September
Hello, This thread announces the winners and presents general categories and thoughts about all the entries. Specific threads on all the games (except one, see below) will be coming…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, Peter Nordstrand, Ben Lehman, Frank T, J. Tuomas Harviainen, Troy_Costisick, GreatWolf, PrzeSzkoda, Graham Walmsley, talysman, sirogit, tygertyger, Paul Czege, rrr, Arturo G..

9/28/2005 kenw: A note from Ken Whitman about RAPID POD
Dear Publishers, Rapid POD is a printing company that was created by a disgruntled game publisher who wanted to become an industry leader in developing new ways to print RPGs,…
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Participants: kenw, Polaris.

9/29/2005 kenw: Looking to start a publishing division....
I have toyed with the idea for many long months about starting a division of Rapid POD that helps small "up-coming" companies get the ball rolling. If I do this…
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Participants: kenw, Joshua BishopRoby, Ben Lehman, LordSmerf, timfire, Ron Edwards, Polaris.

9/29/2005 MarktheAnimator: Warehousing info
Ok, so you have your new game ready to go... Where do you ship it to?? Any advice on finding a warehouse or order fullfillment house?? Do you use import…
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Participants: MarktheAnimator, Malcolm, guildofblades.

9/29/2005 Clinton R. Nixon: Workaround for Apple's Pages software to generate non-crap PDFs
Apple's Pages software is getting used more and more to generate print-ready PDFs. It's a decent piece of software, but its PDF generation is for crap and can result in…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, pfischer, Nathan P..

9/30/2005 xiombarg: Unsung Unleased! My Publishing Experiences So Far
It might interest some of you to know that Unsung, a game I more or less have been developing here on the Forge since, like, forever (do a search on…
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Participants: xiombarg, Dumirik, Mike Holmes, Jasper.

9/30/2005 LordCarter: Questions about OGL and the Official D20 License
I am confused about the Open Gaming License from Wizards. I like the d20 System, and would like to use it the game I am developing. This is a commercial…
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Participants: LordCarter, Veritas Games, Joshua BishopRoby, talysman, Adam, Justin D. Jacobson.

9/30/2005 jasonm: Playing Card mock-up technique
I just read this as an aside on, of all places, an information architecture Website: http://www.boxesandarrows.com/archives/understanding_powerpoint_special_deliverable_5.php Making a Deck of Cards PowerPoint may have its faults, but there’s no better…
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Participants: jasonm, Veritas Games, daMoose_Neo, Joshua BishopRoby, Technocrat13, talysman, Mike Holmes, Graham Walmsley, DavidBeoulve.

9/30/2005 Kynn: [publishing] Getting Art
I have no pictures in my Wandering Monsters High School. Ideally there should be pictures. How do you go about finding artists, and how much money will you likely be…
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Participants: Kynn, Andrew Morris, ejh, Adam Dray, Nathan P., Michael S. Miller, Bob Goat, Erskin, daMoose_Neo, nikola, talysman, timfire, Ron Edwards, Jake Richmond.

9/30/2005 Polaris: Building Brand
Greetings, I would like to open this thread to ask people to share their thoughts, experiences and ideas for advertising campaigns aimed at building a 'brand'. I would like to…
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Participants: Polaris, Joshua BishopRoby, Justin D. Jacobson, MatrixGamer.

10/1/2005 John Kirk: RPG Design Patterns License
I recently started a thread here soliciting feedback on a book I am writing: “Design Patterns of Successful Role-Playing Games”, which you can download in a rough draft form from…
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Participants: John Kirk, resistor.

10/3/2005 Troy_Costisick: Ronnies October
Heya, The next Ronnies contest will begin October 2 and the submission time will end October 12. Have I missed the post on this? Peace, -Troy
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards.

10/3/2005 Joshua BishopRoby: [CtH] Microgame Marketing Thingy!
So, experimenting with microgame publishing, I've put Conquer the Horizon into a tiny (5.5" x 4" profile) format that can probably fit into your back jeans pocket.  The registration of…
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer, nikola, guildofblades, Mike Holmes.

10/4/2005 Ron Edwards: [Ronnies] October contest begins!
Hello, All right! The October Ronnies are among us. Here are the new-ish rules, or rather, the current version. I've discovered that running this things is a lot like a…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, Dantai, Paka, Ben Lehman, jasonm, Jared A. Sorensen, Eero Tuovinen, Graham Walmsley, Troy_Costisick, Mark Johnson, Andrew Morris, Matt Wilson, BlU_sKrEEm, majcher, greyorm, Blankshield, Rossum.

10/6/2005 tj333: Web Hosting
I'm currently looking a web hosting for RPG that should be going live around March. I'm thinking host the document on it, a forum, and some other small stuff. What…
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Participants: tj333, Joshua BishopRoby, jerry, resistor, Nathan, Heraldic Game Design, guildofblades.

10/9/2005 Eero Tuovinen: [Polaris tour] Book tour experiences
Ben Lehman visited Finland for a month just now. Ben's just published a game, Polaris, so what we did was to try something new: a special book tour around Finland…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, J. Tuomas Harviainen, talysman, Ben Lehman, Sydney Freedberg, Revontuli, matthijs, humis, Montola, LordSmerf, Eirik Fatland.

10/13/2005 darrick: good reviews not enough?!?
hey guys, i finally got a really great and thoughtful review for Empire of Satanis.  and my Lulu numbers have budged a grand total of 3 over the whole week…
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Participants: darrick, Ron Edwards, Jack Aidley, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, chadu, ukgpublishing, nikola, daMoose_Neo, abzu.

10/18/2005 Lycaon_wolf: Names Under Copyright
Ok so heres the thing, I am more or less done with the general system i will be using and i am getting ready to start testing.  What I want…
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Participants: Lycaon_wolf, daMoose_Neo, greyorm, MatrixGamer, mrteapot, shehee, Ron Edwards, Sean, Jack Aidley, jerry, Mike Holmes.

10/18/2005 Denise: Indie RPG Awards?
Hey all! I'm creating a new web site for the ENnies (rough version is at http://www.vankleek.net/SEKRIT/ennies06/index.html if you'd care to take a gander- comments welcome), and want to include links…
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Participants: Denise, Michael S. Miller, jdagna, Emily Care.

10/18/2005 Ron Edwards: [Ronnies] October winners
Hello everybody, Yup, the second round's judging of Ronnies is now concluded. The third round will come in November, because I'm really jazzed about the terms combination that's scheduled next,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, Eero Tuovinen, Jared A. Sorensen, hix, Arturo G., CSBone, Dantai, greyorm, Ben Lehman, talysman, mrteapot, majcher, Dumirik.

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