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4/28/2008 D.Olshanski: Tell me about fonts
I am considering publishing my game via PDF. Nominal fee or perhaps free. I thought I had all of my T's dotted and I's crossed, but I've just seen some…
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Participants: D.Olshanski, iago, Eero Tuovinen, Peter Nordstrand, greyorm, OnnoTasler.

4/25/2008 guildofblades: Anyone in Fort Lauderdale / Miami?
Hi All, I know this should possibly be in the "connections" forum area, but since I pretty much stick to conversing with folks here in the publishing forum, I figure…
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Participants: guildofblades.

4/23/2008 baron samedi: [New Robot-Technothriller RPG] UCHRONIA is now available
Silence Indigo's new technothriller role-playing game and sourcebook, UCHRONIA: MECHA EXODUS™, is now available at www.silenceindigo.org UCHRONIA: MECHA EXODUS™ is about the dramatic dilemmas faced by emancipated transforming robots ('mechas')…
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Participants: baron samedi.

4/18/2008 Valamir: Universalis Sales Data
Having completed my inventory review for 1Q 2008 and compiled all of my sales data going back to the beginning I thought I’d offer the following data.  I have some…
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Participants: Valamir, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman, Tony Irwin.

4/16/2008 Morrius: Layout and other publishing details
I've finally managed to hammer together a manuscript that I am pleased with.  I've got about 21k words typed, which comes to 60 pages of a 6" by 9" book. …
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Participants: Morrius, Eero Tuovinen, rafael.

4/12/2008 castus nigh: Publishing an RPG
This is the second attempt to post, sorry if the first shows up, internet connection problems! I am in the final stages of play-testing/adjusting my RPG, Medieval, The Experts Roleplaying…
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Participants: castus nigh, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, guildofblades, rafael, abzu, Jake Richmond.

4/6/2008 Lucca: Iapetus Fantasy
Hi guys again, Some months back, i published the game details on the Iapetus Fantasy here. I finally finished it and upload to Lulu.com. As Lulu is pretty expensive to…
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Participants: Lucca, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Jake Richmond.

4/3/2008 preludetotheend: Inhouse all the way.
  Hello myself and a friend are looking into some short run self printing and I know a couple people here have much more experience. I have looked into some…
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Participants: preludetotheend, guildofblades.

3/24/2008 guildofblades: GOB Retail POD & other Programs Update
Hi Everyone, Just got done updating the web pages for our Dropship, Retail and Wholesale programs for the Guild of Blades Retail Group. The details on each program can be…
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Participants: guildofblades, Illetizgerg.

3/24/2008 David Artman: 4:3 Aspect Ratio (or "Have You Already Done My Research For Me?")
I want to release ASCII @HACK in a print format which most-closely resembles the 4:3 aspect ratio of (pre-widescreen) monitors, for reason which are obvious if one even glances at…
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Participants: David Artman, Ron Edwards, iago, JustinB, guildofblades.

3/15/2008 Edward Kann: Rocketship Empires: Q&A
Hi Guys, I've lurked in The Forge for a while.  Going back to when I started to work on a few free PDF supplements for my fantasy setting. I am…
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Participants: Edward Kann.

3/14/2008 Paul Czege: 72 Hours of Boinging
On Tuesday, Patrick Dugan posted a review of My Life with Master to Greg Costikyan's Play This Thing blog. The review was picked up by Cory Doctorow's Boing Boing blog…
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Participants: Paul Czege, iago, Roger.

3/12/2008 JustinB: Fulfillment Houses
Has anyone else whose regular fulfillment house sells to Alliance Distributors gotten an e-mail from Alliance offering to act as a fulfillment house for you? Is Alliance trying to break…
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Participants: JustinB, iago, Ron Edwards, Wingnut, guildofblades, Danny O, Eero Tuovinen.

3/12/2008 Editions Icare: Editions Icare : French translating and resealing of Indies games
Hi everybody, I am the creator of a French publishing company of rpg: Editions Icare We have just published our first game: PRAETORIA PRIMA (www.praetoria-prima.com) an English version of which…
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Participants: Editions Icare, Eero Tuovinen, GB Steve, Lucca, greyorm.

3/9/2008 GeeX Underground: Freeware PDF
Currently I am using PDF995 in order to create my PDF documents and it works wonderfully... if you don't mind visiting a sponsor's website every time you make a PDF.…
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Participants: GeeX Underground, oliof.

3/4/2008 JustinB: Printer Roundup, or Help Me The Forge, You're My Only Hope
So apparently Avalon may be imploding and no one bothered to tell me that this has been going on for 2 months or so now. Which means that the print…
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Participants: JustinB, Ron Edwards, jasonm, Capulet, guildofblades, visioNationstudios.

3/3/2008 Andy Kitkowski: Difficult Question for Layout/Publisher folk re language and macrons
Hey all. So I'm working on this Japanese RPG, and I'm doing the last round of translation and editing. I know Jack and Junk about layout and publishing, so I…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen.

3/2/2008 Willow: Cute PDF Resizing Pages
Hey all- For Awesome Adventures, I set up my layout in Open Office, and exported to Cute PDF so I can upload it to Lulu.  What I've found, is that…
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Participants: Willow.

2/27/2008 btrc: Downloadable board game!
I've just made Black Death active at RPGnow.com. This is a full, pro-quality board game in terms of its components, but you have to print and assemble it yourself. In…
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Participants: btrc, Eero Tuovinen, williamhessian.

2/26/2008 masqueradeball: Websites
I just signed up to a web host and am working on a website that I hope to be a central hub for my games and other activities (art and…
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Participants: masqueradeball, Eero Tuovinen, Peter Nordstrand, jag, anders_larsen, guildofblades.

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5/3/2008 Armoury99: Advice on the RPG Pitch
Hi all, I've been a lurker for a while and seriously impressed by the depth of knowledge and wisdom on offer here at the Forge (even if some of it…
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Participants: Armoury99, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

5/6/2008 Eero Tuovinen: My plans for new TSOY products
A while back Clinton R. Nixon, the creator of The Shadow of Yesterday and other fine games, decided to curtail his involvement in the online rpg scene. Here's the thread…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, OnnoTasler, segedy, rafial, oliof, pfischer, Willow, HighmoonMedia, The Tweaker, dindenver, Manveru.

5/7/2008 RobNJ: How to do preorders?
I am (almost certainly) going to do preorders for the ashcan of Misspent Youth, which I am planning to release at Gen Con. How does one go about doing preorders?…
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Participants: RobNJ, iago, guildofblades.

5/9/2008 greyorm: Dead Title?
I have a problem. My problem is this: Dead Space is a game I've been working on since early 2004. But recently I discovered that EA games is producing a…
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Participants: greyorm, guildofblades, Blankshield, inthisstyle, Eero Tuovinen, rafael, Miskatonic, Vulpinoid.

5/12/2008 Jesse Hill: Feasibility of Color Art...
Hello friends and countrymen. I've been lurking around here for a while, and I first want to say "Thank you" for all the advise you've given over the years. It…
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Participants: Jesse Hill, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, Ron Edwards.

5/12/2008 Calithena: How to promote a contest?
So, I've been working on this magazine called Fight On!, which is an old-school fantasy fanzine. All you indie designers who started out in the old days, if you have…
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Participants: Calithena, Paul Czege.

5/12/2008 Eero Tuovinen: A little question about artist's supplies
I'm making that zombie game, and one component I'm thinking of is a suitably sized (4"x6" or so) canvas panel like this. (I'm using them in making cheap game boards…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Will, preludetotheend.

5/12/2008 Eero Tuovinen: Producing game cards
Continuing with my zombie game production theme of tonight: I'm quite sure that at least two separate parties have been writing here about their new card manufacturing methods. One is…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades.

5/13/2008 Illetizgerg: What do Game Designers want to play?
I'm curious, in a community of RPG game designers and developers, what kinds of games do people really enjoy? What kinds of things get you excited? I'm mostly interested because…
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Participants: Illetizgerg, Vulpinoid, lumpley, TonyLB, Marshall Burns, Plognark, madunkieg, guildofblades.

5/17/2008 Kynn: DBAs, Business Licenses, LLCs, Corporations, etc...
Those of you who self-publish your games, have you set yourselves up as businesses? Do you have a business license, have you printed a "DBA" in the local paper, do…
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Participants: Kynn, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, guildofblades, Valamir.

5/21/2008 Andy Kitkowski: Color Postcard Printers : Cheap?
Hey all, a very simple and quick request. Was wondering if anyone worked with a traditional (not POD) printer which also prints postcards?  I'm looking for someone inexpensive (priority) and…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Eero Tuovinen, iago, Double King, Capulet, guildofblades, Kerin.

5/31/2008 rafael: [Neoplastic Press] The First Hundred Copies
This is a data point thread. Not necessarily an example of how you should do it, just an example of how one person has done it. After resurrecting Malignant Games…
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Participants: rafael, Artanis.

6/1/2008 Darcy Burgess: Ashcanning with Saddle Stitch
Hi, I'm looking at the feasibility of Saddle Stitching the ashcan of Black Cadillacs. I'm aware of this neat device, the Booklet Stapler, specifically the Stanley Bostitch B440SB. Here's my…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, Ron Edwards.

6/10/2008 paydirt: Interview with successful Patron-model publisher
I think you folks would be interested in Wolfgang Baur's endeavor with Open Design, which is essentially adventure design that is based on the patron model.  Patron's stake anywhere from…
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Participants: paydirt.

6/13/2008 First Oni: Taboo to follow White Wolf?
Here's my question and i'd like the honest opinions of those also in game publishing: Is it taboo to do design, develop, and publish a game that is similar to…
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Participants: First Oni, chronoplasm, Ron Edwards, Big J Money, Marshall Burns, northerain, Wolfen, TempvsMortis, Valamir.

6/13/2008 Roadkill: Publicising, whats a good way to advertise/get known for Free RPGs?
I am currently developing a game called Warriors of Fantasy. It is a RPG/Wargame hybrid and could appeal to both types of players. My game is nearing completion and I'm…
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Participants: Roadkill, Ron Edwards, First Oni.

6/15/2008 taalyn: Suing WoTC?
Hey all, Ages since I've been here - life's been busy! But I need to get some feedback from you folks. I just discovered today that one of my fonts…
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Participants: taalyn, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, iago, Veritas Games.

6/19/2008 matthijs: YouTube teasers?
Some friends of mine - Ole Peder Giæver and Martin Bull Gudmundsen - have written an RPG called "Itras By". It's in Norwegian, so it's probably not very accessible to…
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Participants: matthijs, segedy, Matt-M-McElroy, northerain, Artanis.

6/27/2008 malladin_ben: Help/ideas wanted to help prmote a new indie rpg
Hi folks, I've got a new indie game ready for release (pdf format) and was wondering if anyone could provide any advice on how to promote it. Previously I've published…
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Participants: malladin_ben, Graham Walmsley, C.W.Richeson.

7/1/2008 First Oni: Swapping Ads
I was on rpg.net and someone had suggested something like this: two companies swapping ads in the back of the books for the other. No money exchanged, but one audience…
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Participants: First Oni, Ron Edwards.

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