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9/23/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: Question for the Lulu Veterans
Hey there hi there ho there, peeps. I have a question for the folks who have put a book through Lulu.  I'm not sure if I'll be going that route,…
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Nathan P., iago, David Artman, MatrixGamer.

9/18/2006 Keith Senkowski: Game Design Seminars from GenCon 06
I have just posted the first session from the Game Design seminars at GenCon 2006 (in seven parts).  If you missed the sessions at GenCon here is your chance to…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski, c, Michael S. Miller, Adam Dray, KeithBVaughn.

9/18/2006 komradebob: Making a boxed set? What goes into it?
[url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21500.0]This thread[/url] got my mind turning back again to the idea of a boxed set rpg. I know a coupple of people around here have put out board games and…
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Participants: komradebob, Ron Edwards, Technocrat13.

9/18/2006 joepub: Pushing a game outside the RPG scene.
So, I randomly decided earlier today to start at the VERY beginning of the Publishing forum. Just start scanning through the pages, and reading any threads that jumped out at…
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Participants: joepub, Eero Tuovinen, TonyLB, b_bankhead, daMoose_Neo, komradebob, guildofblades.

9/15/2006 Steven Stewart: Need Suggestions for Simple, Easy Webpage to Put Games on...
I have been fiddling with game design for a little bit. I would describe myself as a casual designer, meaning that I want to get my ideas out to people…
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Participants: Steven Stewart, c, Technocrat13, JakeVanDam, joepub.

9/14/2006 MatrixGamer: Learning curves on new computer programs.
Recently I purchased Adobe Creativity Suite 2 (with a college discount so I'm not in hock for the next year!) I got it so I could start converting product files…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, guildofblades, David Artman, nikola.

9/11/2006 gds: Art pricing
So, this is a really vague subject I know, but I'm just wondering... I have a 200-or so page book, which will be digest size. I want some art -…
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Participants: gds, Technocrat13, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

9/8/2006 JustinB: Marketing
Has anyone found any really good places to advertise games? Alternatively, can anyone recommend a marketing strategy or a place on this site where this has already been discussed?
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Participants: JustinB, daMoose_Neo.

9/8/2006 sean2099: looking for advice on RPG promotion
Hi all, I have tried to promote Divinity but I feel like I am not taking advantage of everything that is out there.  I have seen some good resources in…
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Participants: sean2099, Trevis Martin, TonyLB.

9/6/2006 gds: Art for arts sake?
Hi all, I'm new here, so play nice! Like it seems everyone else in the world, I have been designing my own rpg, and am reasonably happy with it. It's…
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Participants: gds, devilbunny, c, Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, Storn, Sovem, JakeVanDam, daMoose_Neo.

9/5/2006 qhudspeth: Come Together: A rant on editing
I'm annoyed. I just spent several bucks on an e-edition of a relatively new indie RPG, and while, conceptually, I give it an A+, technically, I'd have to give it…
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Participants: qhudspeth, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Justin D. Jacobson, PatSully98, Eliarhiman6, Rich Forest.

9/5/2006 Troy_Costisick: [My Idea] New Business Model- Inspired by Ken Hite
Heya, What a trip my path towards game publishing has been lately.  Recently I read This Post by Ron.  There’s a road of no return that people walk when they…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Eero Tuovinen, cpeterso, pells, komradebob, MatrixGamer, sean2099.

9/5/2006 sean2099: what to do if you suspect someone used your material?
Hi all, I wasn't sure where to post this question.  I know there have been several questions about copyrights but I have a question of a different bend.  I admit…
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Participants: sean2099, TonyLB, Ron Edwards.

9/3/2006 eyebeams: Mongoose (split)
[quote author=lumpley link=topic=20139.msg210551#msg210551 date=1150477918] Matthew Sprange wrote me a little while back, offering to publish Dogs in the Vineyard under a new imprint that Mongoose is launching (or considering launching).…
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Participants: eyebeams, Ron Edwards.

9/2/2006 IronMessiah: Writing for a game to which I have no license...?
Okay, first let me say this is my first post to The Forge.  I've long watched things going on here while I write my game materials and rules, but I…
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Participants: IronMessiah, daMoose_Neo, Gordon C. Landis, guildofblades, greyorm, Blankshield, Thunder_God, Ron Edwards.

8/30/2006 Grant: Trying to get a handle on crossover appeal
First of all, I'd like to apologize in advance if this isn't the right place for this kind of thing, but I've been thinking a fair bit about how to…
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Participants: Grant, Jake Richmond, epweissengruber, JustinB, joepub.

8/30/2006 Sovem: Query: Indie Presses accepting submissions?
I was wondering, do indie presses every look for game ideas beyond their usual repertoire? My first thought is that, no, indie presses are too small and focused to branch…
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Participants: Sovem, Clinton R. Nixon, Wolfen, Lxndr, Valamir, Paka, daMoose_Neo.

8/29/2006 gains: Horizontal format books (split)
I have similar layout concerns to Jason's so I'd like to continue this discussion. I like the advice already given but there is a content reason that the landscape format…
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Participants: gains, joepub, nikola, Ron Edwards, jasonm, MatrixGamer, David Artman, KeithBVaughn.

8/28/2006 Jonathan Walton: Push Sales: Our First Month
In case anyone's interested in what sales figures might look like for a new product with a reasonable amount of hype, I've posted a summery of our first month's sales…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton.

8/25/2006 baron samedi: (RPG Layout) Questions on layout for 6"x9" format
Hello Forgers! I am looking for the advice of people who have some experience with layout for RPGs or books in 6"x9" format. I'm an amateur at doing layouts, I'm…
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Participants: baron samedi, MatrixGamer, KeithBVaughn, Adam, Matt Wilson, Zach, Wolfen, madelf.

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9/27/2006 segedy: Problems with RPI / Alphagraphics?
I know that there are at least <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20790.0">a few folks here</a> doing printing with <a href="http://www.rpiprint.com/">RPI</a> / <a href="http://www.us297.alphagraphics.com/">Alphagraphics</a>, and I'm wondering-  is anyone else is seeing delays or…
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Participants: segedy, jasonm, nikola, inthisstyle, timfire, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Valamir, Joshua BishopRoby, Justin D. Jacobson, Paul Czege.

9/29/2006 Thomas Lawrence: Selling PDFs as a printer's spread, and printing advice
I'm asking this question primarily as a consumer, although the answers may infrom hpw I deal with my own projects should I ever pluck up the courage to finish one…
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Participants: Thomas Lawrence, Eero Tuovinen, Joshua BishopRoby, Thunder_God, Ron Edwards, andrew_kenrick, Jared A. Sorensen, Dantai, Clay, Narf the Mouse, David Artman, KeithBVaughn, oliof.

9/29/2006 joepub: [Perfect] Extending the Setting information
So, I wrote this game called Perfect. And now, I've kinda got this cool idea: Elaborate on the setting, the history of Cadence, create some game fiction, collect some AP…
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Participants: joepub, Malcolm, Valamir, daMoose_Neo, dindenver, Danny_K.

10/1/2006 mratomek: Dumping some good publishing software...
I have a copy of Photoshop 3.0, Freehand 7 and PageMaker 6.5. With these three packages, anyone can produce whatever publication--printed or PDF--desired. If your are interested let me know.…
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Participants: mratomek, Julian (IEG), Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards.

10/3/2006 mratomek: Best Name for Game?
I am working on a universal set of minis battle and adventure rules. Something along the lines of GURPS for miniatures. I have two working titles and need some help…
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Participants: mratomek, joepub, Valamir, Call Me Curly, jackson_tegu, TroyLovesRPG, Joshua BishopRoby, Eero Tuovinen, GregStolze, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, dindenver.

10/4/2006 Andy Kitkowski: "Top 10 Lies told to Designers" (for the freelancers out there)
I saw this from a post at www.lifehacker.com , and while it's simple and we've seen or heard of most of them, there may be a couple that you can…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, Justin D. Jacobson, Paul Czege, Joshua BishopRoby, Jake Richmond, greyorm, Steven Stewart, Clay, Editor Drew, Brand_Robins, Narf the Mouse, MikeRM.

10/12/2006 c: Help me to sell your games.
This past Weekend, myself and my two other regular group members, went to a local convention in Oshkosh Wisconsin, called oddly enough Osh Con. *grins* Tim and myself came to…
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Participants: c, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Justin D. Jacobson, Joshua BishopRoby, Jake Richmond, timfire, Blankshield, Adam SBG.

10/19/2006 Pelgrane: Call of Cthulhu survey
Pelgrane are doing a new version of Call of Cthulhu under license, and we've done a survey to get some idea of what people want. This data should be taken…
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Participants: Pelgrane.

10/20/2006 pells: [Avalanche] - Thoughts on promotion
A very late follow-up from this thread, I am now ready to begin the promotion of Avalanche. At my disposal, I have those tools : an english and a french…
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Participants: pells, Eero Tuovinen.

10/21/2006 daMoose_Neo: Halloween Upcoming- Anyone doing anything to promote your titles?
Last year I did a little something fun: I handed out cards from my dark fantasy game Final Twilights to older trick-or-treaters in my community. Posted about it on the…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Jake Richmond, andrew_kenrick.

10/21/2006 Jake Richmond: Theft
Is PDF sharing a problem you are concerned about? I wasn't until recently. In the last few weeks sales of the Panty Explosion PDF have dropped from about 3 copies…
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Participants: Jake Richmond, JakeVanDam, Joshua BishopRoby, daMoose_Neo, Wolfen, c, timfire, David Artman, pigames, Yokiboy, Peter_Hollinghurst, Steven Stewart, Ken, Ron Edwards, andrew_kenrick, David C, demiurgeastaroth, GregStolze, greyorm.

10/25/2006 daMoose_Neo: Anyone with InDesign able to do an export for me?
I'm wrapping up work on a little book, but its enough I want bookmarks for the PDF. My InDesign 2.0 is acting up though and I'm not getting any text…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, iago, David Artman, Ron Edwards.

10/26/2006 Pelgrane: Distribution Data
I'm looking for data from publishers who have swtiched from a pure direct sales model to a mixed direct/retail/distributor model. Ignore any cut that IPR, Key20 or other similar organisation…
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Participants: Pelgrane, daMoose_Neo.

10/26/2006 Matt Snyder: Express Media aftermath, anyone?
My understanding is that Express Media dissolved over the summer, after I last dealt with them for Nine Worlds printing. I need to print up some more books. My contact…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Valamir, Jake Richmond, Ron Edwards.

10/26/2006 Troy_Costisick: Having Trouble with Pagemaker 7
Heya guys, I'm having some real trouble with my Pagemaker software.  I've got my games layed out in the regular pmd format and they look great.  I print them on…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, MatrixGamer, David Artman.

10/28/2006 Mark: Regarding the planned publisher rate increase
Regarding the planned publisher rate increase by OBS (formed by the merger of RPGNow.com and DTRPG) - "With the possibility of price hikes, I believe that both vendors and consumers…
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Participants: Mark, Narf the Mouse, daMoose_Neo, dindenver.

10/30/2006 bilros02: Help with ideas on Advertising
Hey guys, I need a little advice on how to advertise my game systems on the net. Ive already gotten the manuals for my games written (Two of them anyway),…
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Participants: bilros02, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, abzu, sean2099, rafael.

11/2/2006 David C: Gameplay terms - safe or dangerous on ground of copyright
As I write my rules, I find myself using terms like 'saving throw' 'DC' and 'skill check.' Then I find myself wondering, with increasing frequency, am I stepping on thin…
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Participants: David C, demiurgeastaroth, Ben Lehman, Justin D. Jacobson, jerry, Ron Edwards.

11/9/2006 GregStolze: Ransom Method: Follow the Money
Per Ron's request, I'm starting a new Ransom Method thread.  Here goes. MBM: Full ransom was met, so I split the cash between myself and Dan Solis.  (I'd paid Thomas…
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Participants: GregStolze, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman, gobi, sean2099, daMoose_Neo, joepub.

11/14/2006 MarktheAnimator: Marketing to the Military
Hey, is there a marketing section on the site?  I haven't seen one.... so I'll post this here. I'm interested in selling products thru the military px system.  Does anyone…
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Participants: MarktheAnimator, JasonPalenske, guildofblades, David Artman.

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