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1/23/2006 MatrixGamer: Presentation - As important as system?
The Lumpley Principle says that system matters. The rules of the game inform and shape all that follows. In my constant tinkering with Engle Matrix Games I've mused on how…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, guildofblades, komradebob, Ron Edwards, ChrisC, pells, nikola, mythusmage.

1/19/2006 guildofblades: 2005 Guild of Blades Unit Volumes
Hi All, I see some other companies have been posting their 2005 sales figures and thought I would offer up the Guild's 2005 numbers as well. Since our accountant laid…
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Participants: guildofblades, abzu, MatrixGamer, Paul Czege.

1/18/2006 dancross: A deal with a publisher
I've worked out a deal with a publisher where I get 40% of profits on all things sold in relation to my RPG system. I thought I had worked out…
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Participants: dancross, dindenver, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby.

1/12/2006 lumpley: Dogs in the Vineyard's sales
In case anybody's interested, I've just posted a chart showing Dogs in the Vineyard's lifetime direct sales at my blog: Year-end sales chart. I welcome questions and comments, here or…
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Participants: lumpley, MatrixGamer, JakeVanDam, Thunder_God, timopod.

1/10/2006 timfire: [The Mountain Witch] "Of Wolves & Tengu" Demo
Hi y'all, I've written a script for my 15-30 minute tMW demo. You can download it . This is demo I used at GenCon, so I know it more or…
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Participants: timfire, dindenver, jasonm, cdr, Yokiboy, Gordon C. Landis.

1/6/2006 sayter: The Artwork Dilemma
On the topic of core book art:     When publishing, artwork is likely a huge aspect to the printing process. If entirely digital, this becomes a non-issue in contrast…
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Participants: sayter, kregmosier, Nathan P., timfire, Veritas Games, dindenver.

1/3/2006 joepub: Understanding some printing terminology
[quote]Pick a cover... —Color Cover, perfect bound, 12pt cover stock, laminated.............. $1.00 aaaaoptional: Interior cover, color or B&W....................................... .50¢ —Color Cover, Laminated, Hardbound/Casebound.......................... $6.00 optional: Interior end sheet printing, color…
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Participants: joepub, Joshua BishopRoby, Eero Tuovinen, devilbunny, Veritas Games, Chris Passeno, MatrixGamer.

1/2/2006 GregStolze: Greg Stolze's Refreshing '06 Hubris
If you swing on over to http://www.gregstolze.com you can see my latest ransom project on the front page.  It's atypical: It's a pair of articles that would, in a typical…
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Participants: GregStolze, Veritas Games, Eero Tuovinen, madelf, Levi Kornelsen, Mike Sugarbaker.

1/2/2006 Brijam: POD experiences?
Hi all- What experiences have people had with POD services?  RapidPOD looks quite reasonable. -B
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Participants: Brijam, abzu.

12/30/2005 komradebob: Getting plastic toys for games made: Moulds
I’ve been interested in games that use miniatures for ages. Cool toys were the in-road to rpgs for me many years ago. I want to know about the actual process…
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Participants: komradebob, Darcy Burgess, David Johansen, guildofblades, Ben Lehman, Troy_Costisick.

12/28/2005 Ron Edwards: [Ronnies] November results at last
Hello, I am over a month behind schedule for the November round of the Ronnies feedback. Everyone has been very patient with me, which I appreciate. The real problems with…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Frank T, Ben Lehman, hix, Troy_Costisick, Iskander, Tobias, TonyPace, Malcolm, Paka, Arturo G., Noon, GreatWolf, Sydney Freedberg, Rob MacDougall.

12/26/2005 DavidBeoulve: Printing your own CCG Cards Howto, Where, & Prices
These are the links I have found once I learned the right words to Google: "Playing Card Sheets perforated" sans quotes. Printing Your Own Cards: Design-A-Card "UPrintEm" 120 cards =~…
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Participants: DavidBeoulve, Veritas Games, joepub, Julian, daMoose_Neo, Troy_Costisick, Wolfen, Nathan P., nikola, guildofblades.

12/23/2005 abzu: Retailer Article on rpg.net
An article by Marcus King, owner of Titan Games and VP at GAMA. http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/columns/counter15dec05.html What's fascinating about this article is how little Mr King claims to know about how games…
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Participants: abzu, Joshua BishopRoby, Adam, LloydBrown, guildofblades, Ron Edwards, TitanGames.

12/22/2005 darrick: deviantART really paid off
hey, what's up?  it's darrick.  a couple months ago i posted something about the second edition for Empire of Satanis.  i was looking for art, writing help, general feedback, etc. …
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Participants: darrick, Jasper, joepub.

12/20/2005 heironymous: [Seven Leagues] PDF vs POD pricing
I have Seven Leagues at RPG Now for $13: http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=6048 and at Lulu for $20 plus S+H: http://www.lulu.com/content/153328 It turns out that if I let people download the Lulu version…
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Participants: heironymous, Joshua BishopRoby, TheLe, jeremycoatney.

12/19/2005 The_Confessor: Copyright Law regarding government art
Greetings,    I'm presently designing a pulp RPG set in a post apocalyptic 1949 called Atomic Storm. I'm organizing and formatting my first draft and have begun looking into where…
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Participants: The_Confessor, Joshua BishopRoby, jasonm, jrs, jeremycoatney, Ben Lehman, Veritas Games, Darkshadow, Troy_Costisick, thanatopsis27, btrc.

12/18/2005 Darcy Burgess: Everybody loves cards! But do you have a tuckbox?
I can think of one or two games 'round here that have come out recently that involve cards -- custom or otherwise. I thought that this might be a useful…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Joshua BishopRoby, nikola, guildofblades, Mike Sugarbaker, daMoose_Neo, Veritas Games.

12/17/2005 preludetotheend: Creating a fan base.
Good day, I have been trying to decide on different approaches to my getting a setting heavy game into the public and have pretty much decided that creating a fan…
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Participants: preludetotheend, abzu, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Certified, Ron Edwards, nikola, MatrixGamer, Sydney Freedberg.

12/15/2005 daMoose_Neo: Required Purchases - do they work or put off?
I'm wrapping up work on my new book for the Imp Game, Traps & Mishaps, sans some additional contnet, and have an important decision to make. This isn't a survey…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Thor Olavsrud, guildofblades, matthijs, nikola, Eero Tuovinen, Jared A. Sorensen, Brendan, Joshua BishopRoby, komradebob.

12/14/2005 Jason Newquist: Using Recordings to Lower Barriers
Split off from A Skill to Cultivate: Setting Stakes, which was talking about how we can design games with feedback mechanisms to encourage setting good stakes.  I don't have an…
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Participants: Jason Newquist, gains, Vaxalon, Joshua BishopRoby, JarrodHenry, Nathan P., TonyLB, cpeterso, matthijs, jasonm, Valamir, ffilz.

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1/25/2006 Bret Gillan: Format for Small Game
Hey guys. I'm considering putting my Pundits and Pollsters game on the market. It's real small, approximately 2500 words, and is a simple but fun game with simple mechanics. An…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Andrew Morris, MatrixGamer, Jared A. Sorensen, Paul Czege, Nathan P., Joshua BishopRoby, Blankshield, nikola, abzu, CSBone.

1/27/2006 timopod: open source desktop publishing software
Hey all I'm mostly a lurker here, but I actually have something worth a post. I saw a post about free software such as open office and such. I dunno…
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Participants: timopod, MatrixGamer, jerry, Docbrown, Andrew Morris, talysman, Adam Biltcliffe, Bryan Hansel.

1/30/2006 Kevin A. Ranson: How important is an interior page background?
Having recently completed the sourcebook for Kindling Moon, it was suggested to me that having minimal graphics (header or footer) on pages that were primarily text didn't look as professional…
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Participants: Kevin A. Ranson, Matt Snyder, devilbunny, Sydney Freedberg, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, Justin D. Jacobson, KeithBVaughn, MatrixGamer, nikola, andrew_kenrick.

1/30/2006 ChristopherAshe: Printer Recomendations?
We're about to go to final print with 7/13: Cycle of Existence and I was personally wondering if anyone had experience with major casebound/hardback book manufacturers in the US and…
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Participants: ChristopherAshe, Matt, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer.

1/30/2006 timopod: graphic format
i was looking over some desktop software and it suggested using a file format different then jpeg or gif for images. Tiff or even png. What is the prefer ed…
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Participants: timopod, MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, jerry, nikola, Clay, Jeff_DUG, Troy_Costisick, Kevin A. Ranson.

2/2/2006 mratomek: Is ther a generic OGL license Out there
I want to publish the current game I am working on under an OGL license that would allow other people to run with it. Is there a good license out…
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Participants: mratomek, timopod, Trevis Martin, jerry, madelf, talysman, c.

2/5/2006 preludetotheend: Fulfilling orders.
I was wondering how various people fulfill customer orders from there websites. Things like lulu, and cafe press are pretty obvious  they handle it for you. Regards, Seth
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Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, Joshua BishopRoby, Ron Edwards, guildofblades, Michael S. Miller, Troy_Costisick, Bryan Hansel.

2/10/2006 jasonm: Review Copies
[i]I posted this query over at [url=http://www.story-games.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=135&page=1#Item_23]story-games[/url], and Ben suggested bringing the conversation here as well.  [/i] The Shab-al-Hiri Roach, knock on wood, 2-3 weeks away from sitting in a…
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Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Andy Kitkowski, guildofblades, nikola, daMoose_Neo, Clay, Artanis, Veritas Games, abzu, Joshua BishopRoby, andrew_kenrick.

2/11/2006 jasonm: Crossing Over: Reaching Non-Gamers
One of the questions I raised in this thread asked about using review copies to reach groups that may be interested in your game, but are not "mainstream" gamers.  I'd…
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Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, mythusmage.

2/18/2006 Denise: Attn Publisers: 2006 ENnie Award Submission Period now Open
Heya Forgers, Just wanted you to be amongst the first to know, we've opened up the submission period for the 2006 ENnies.  Hopefully having it open earlier than past years…
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Participants: Denise.

2/19/2006 tj333: Convention Gaming as Advertising
Here's the situation. A local anime convention is looking for people to be running games at it this year. They just want more games and have additional space set aside…
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Participants: tj333, TonyLB, abzu, MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, VirtualBasement, Czar Fnord.

2/20/2006 pells: [Avalanche] - selling content... looking for sytems
This thread is a split from How design influences many aspects... and some questions I think my product, as being setting/plot oriented, is not GNS related, so I think…
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Participants: pells, Eero Tuovinen, Czar Fnord, Ron Edwards, jeremycoatney, mythusmage, btrc.

2/21/2006 Emily Care: game bling
Hello all, I've been noticing more online stores with game related products cropping up. I mean t-shirts, hats etc. Joshua just put a site up for glyphpress. (go J!) Fan…
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Participants: Emily Care, Czar Fnord, Blankshield, Andrew Morris, jasonm, Sydney Freedberg, talesien, abzu, inthisstyle, Clay, nikola.

2/24/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: [Web of Shadows] Packaging an Odd Game
For context, Power 19. This is a game that requires for play a pile of tokens, a holepunch, a whole lot of index cards, and lengths of…
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, LordSmerf, TonyLB, abzu.

3/2/2006 talesien: Artwork question
Hey everyone. I am starting to do some research on artwork for Conquest! and I have a few ideas, but am not sure the best way to go. This game…
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Participants: talesien, Julian, c, pells, Jack Aidley, daMoose_Neo, MatrixGamer, devilbunny, Czar Fnord, Bryan Hansel, Justin D. Jacobson, Joshua BishopRoby, Emmett, Lynn, btrc.

3/5/2006 KeithBVaughn: PDFs-Advice Needed
To the Group, It looks like I'm going to be selling some PDF's of my game at a local con next month. The problem is that I'm in new territory…
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Participants: KeithBVaughn, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Docbrown, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., btrc.

3/9/2006 daMoose_Neo: Properly citing media...
I'm assembling an assorted list of movies, TV shows, and musicians that I've found inspiring and/or thematic for my latest book. Now its been a bit since I've been through…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Andrew Morris, Troy_Costisick, KeithBVaughn.

3/10/2006 Ken: Trademarks and copyrights
Hi, New to forum. Nearing completion of my game and am curious about how others have gone about protecting their products. Am I just spinning my wheels without a lawyer?…
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Participants: Ken, Troy_Costisick, Brendan, Joshua BishopRoby, pells, Julian, c.

3/10/2006 mratomek: Perfect Bind vs. Lay-Flat Binding?
Has anyone had any good experience with a lay-flat binding vs. standard perfect binding? Advantages or disadvantages?
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Participants: mratomek, Nathan P., Joshua BishopRoby, Ben Lehman, MatrixGamer, komradebob, Czar Fnord, Eero Tuovinen, Miskatonic.

3/12/2006 preludetotheend: Average Con?
Hello all I am preparing a busines plan and was wondering what are peoples average sales at conventions. Regards, Seth
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Participants: preludetotheend.

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