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11/6/2008 guildofblades: Game Design & Publishing Workshop - Sun, Nov 23rd
The Guild of Blades Retail Group is hosting a FREE game design and independent publishing workshop on Sunday, November 23rd at our new Game Retail Store in Madison Heights (…
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Participants: guildofblades, Eero Tuovinen, preludetotheend.

11/4/2008 Peter Nordstrand: Lovecraft, copyrights, trademarks, and other horrors
If I wanted to make a game based on Lovecraft's fiction, could I do that? Or are his stories still covered by copyrights? What about trademarks and such, such as…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, Dementia Games, Graham Walmsley, Pelgrane.

11/3/2008 lumpley: Have we already reached everyone?
Here's Jesse from another thread: ...what I've observed is a general attitude that "everyone who can be reached, has been reached."  ...just last con I ran…
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Participants: lumpley, preludetotheend, Cynthia Celeste Miller, iago, Pelgrane, Jake Richmond, greyorm, guildofblades, Valamir, jburneko, eyebeams, Ron Edwards.

11/3/2008 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Printer-Friendly PDF?
How does one go about making a printer-friendly version of an existing PDF product? This may sound like a rather silly question, considering that I've been involved with PDF publishing…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Vulpinoid, iago, btrc.

11/3/2008 preludetotheend: Gaming store models
 Hello folks so I have my thread on http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?action=post;board=12.0 in regards to intellectual property purchasing, but I also have a business model for development that I am looking to get…
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Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, jag, David Artman, Paul Czege, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, guildofblades.

10/31/2008 visioNationstudios: A Largescale Cross-Posting Idea
I said I was going to split this into a new thread, and so I have.  One of the marketing ideas that came up multiple times during my search here…
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Participants: visioNationstudios, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman.

10/31/2008 visioNationstudios: On Marketing
Last night I came here intending to ask a few questions about marketing.  But I decided to do some searching through the archives here to see what had already been…
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Participants: visioNationstudios, iago, Ron Edwards, Pelgrane, jburneko, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Paraplegic Racehorse.

10/28/2008 Willow: Layout for Dummies?
If you've read Awesome Adventures, you may have noticed that it's not the most beautifully laid out book.  That's because I laid it out myself, using Open Office. So, I'm…
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Participants: Willow, iago, lev_lafayette, jerry, Ben Lehman, Gregor Hutton.

10/27/2008 hoefer: Adobe InDesign Swatch Question
Hey all, I'm using Adobe InDesign CS2 and would like to use "textures" when shading in some tables -that is, fill a row/column with gray hatchmarks or stripes, checkers -whatever. …
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Participants: hoefer, iago.

10/23/2008 preludetotheend: Anyone ever purchased IP
I am currently in the process of negotiating the rights to some intellectual property and am curious if any one has any pointers. I know the basics of purchasing a…
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Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen.

10/19/2008 visioNationstudios: Sales Numbers and Retail (split)
[quote]This may just be a skewed perception, but there seems to be a certain, subtle attitude of "needing to sell retail".[/quote] I recall reading this thread as it developed a…
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Participants: visioNationstudios, Ron Edwards.

10/21/2008 Pelgrane: Pelgrane Press Fulfillment and Distribution
All this talk of fulfillment solutions got me thinking about how ProFantasy and Pelgrane do fulfillment, and how we did it historically. Ancient History When we started ProFantasy, we produced…
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Participants: Pelgrane, lumpley.

10/21/2008 Cynthia Celeste Miller: POD and Pricing for Cartoon Action Hour: Season 2
Hi, guys. Long time, no see. :) I'm preparing to produce CAH:S2 as a full-color hardback book and I looked at the lulu pricing estimate for it and, while I…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Valamir, iago, guildofblades.

10/18/2008 guildofblades: GOB Retail opens first Copy and Print Game Store
Hi Everyone, We are pleased to announce that the first Guild of Blades Retail Group copy and print game store is now open in Madison Heights. This new store is…
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Participants: guildofblades, Jake Richmond.

10/17/2008 Ron Edwards: The New Thing
This is a companion thread to Independence, Adept Press, and Indie Press Revolution and The Forge Booth 2009. At GenCon this year, Vincent Baker, Julie Stauffer, Matt Snyder, Paul Czege,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, lumpley, iago, HighmoonMedia, Meguey, nikola, Pelgrane.

10/17/2008 Ron Edwards: Independence, Adept Press, and Indie Press Revolution
This is a companion thread to The New Thing and The Forge Booth 2009. Over the years, I've posted about issues of fulfillment and distribution, including The Nuked Apple-Cart, Channel…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, iago, Jonathan Walton, greyorm, nikola, Valamir, Pelgrane, Meguey, lumpley, inthisstyle.

9/25/2008 Xibalba: Publishing for Blind Playtest (Ashcan/Beta?)
Hi Chad, Excellent topic, and this is definitely the right forum for it. As far as I can tell from all these years, the issue of facilitating play isn't determined…
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Participants: Xibalba, Ron Edwards, visioNationstudios.

9/17/2008 GregStolze: [WILD TALENTS] Sound off, opinionated gamers!
OK, the second edition of Wild Talents is coming out soon, but what's getting a good deal of attention is the Wild Talents Essential Edition -- a smaller, cheaper, stripped-down…
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Participants: GregStolze, Kerin, Darcy Burgess.

9/9/2008 chronoplasm: Scrolls?
I don't plan on using this for my own game, but I wanted to just ask... What sorts of hurdles would one run into if they published their game not…
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Participants: chronoplasm, Eero Tuovinen, c, preludetotheend, Andy Kitkowski, Valamir, Ron Edwards, David Artman.

9/3/2008 slade: 1 color with b/w
How much more does it cost, on say a 400 page book, to add 1 color to a b/w print job? I know this is on a company by company…
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Participants: slade, jasonm, wunderllama, guildofblades, David Artman, Kerin.

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11/11/2008 big dummy: Open Game License independent?
Hi, I am an independent game designer, I wrote a combat system for the 3.5 OGL I have been on this forum before, a long time ago though I lost…
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Participants: big dummy, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards.

11/18/2008 btrc: Poster printing
For those with a nearby OfficeMax: http://img.ed4.net/officemax/2008/081118_friendsandfamily/0904-112308_FriendFamilyMaxPerks_Art.pdf (an overly large 1 page flyer) Coupons for 11/23 and 11/24, including 50% off large format printing. So, if you have some posters…
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Participants: btrc.

11/27/2008 Rich Stokes: How to herd cats: getting 8 indie designers to work together on one book
This is a quick rundown of how the CE Journal came into existence.  Hopefully it'll be interesting to a couple of people and might even serve someone as a how-to…
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Participants: Rich Stokes, Gregor Hutton.

12/3/2008 David C: Has anybody used the pro fantasy map making software?
Ron, I'm not sure where this is supposed to go, so feel free to move it to . I was thinking about using the Pro Fantasy software to make…
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Participants: David C, Dementia Games, MatrixGamer, Pelgrane.

12/3/2008 First Oni: Recent Events for Third Eye Games
Hello all! I just thought I'd come onto the forums and let everyone know what's going on in my world. We launched Apocalypse Prevention, Inc. live on 11/25/08 and the…
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Participants: First Oni, David C.

12/5/2008 sirogit: Phases of Customer Involvement
I've been molling this over in my head for awhile, a model of various phases of customer involvement involved in the purchase of tabletop roleplaying games. If someone wanted to…
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Participants: sirogit.

12/14/2008 wunderllama: Designers with printed books: who do you print with and how's their service?
Hi, folks. So for my initial print run of Thou Art But A Warrior, I wound up going with Publisher's Graphics. I had very vague anecdotal reports about their service…
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Participants: wunderllama, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, Ron Edwards, Pelgrane, Graham Walmsley, Gregor Hutton, jasonm, lorry.

12/15/2008 casimps1: 2008 Intelligent Gamer Awards Nominations
First of all, my apologies if this is posted in the wrong place or is somehow against site policy. I found a few other awards threads in this forum, so…
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Participants: casimps1.

12/16/2008 davidberg: adding a PayPal button to my website
I need to sell a PDF.  I am fluent in HTML and know a teeny bit of javascript. How do I make it so that when you click on a…
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Participants: davidberg, Eero Tuovinen, Nathan P., Wolfen, Zonetrooper1, Clay.

12/17/2008 HiQKid: Poison Pages redux (split)
*I noted the warning above - this thread's been quiet for quite a while. But I'm not sure my point is worth making a whole new topic, and I feel…
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Participants: HiQKid, Ron Edwards, guildofblades.

12/19/2008 guildofblades: GOB Ecom & Your Brand on Custom Poker Decks
Hi All, Well, we are just about finished tweaking the code on our new e-commerce store for GOB Retail and we'll begin promoting it shortly. You can find the store…
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Participants: guildofblades, otspiii.

12/30/2008 davidberg: quoting TV dialogue in your game text: legal?
So, I'm making a game that's inspired by X-Files, and I want to put some Mulder and Scully quotes in it.  Does anyone know what rules I have to follow…
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Participants: davidberg, Eero Tuovinen.

12/31/2008 guildofblades: One Page RPG Publication
Ok, so I was reading over the 1 page RPGs and I was thinking as a retailer how cool it could be to offer to sell them. Say $.99 for…
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Participants: guildofblades, Eero Tuovinen, Jake Richmond.

1/5/2009 btrc: DVD/CD cases
I know a few people use these as an alternate packaging for game products. Meritline.com is having a sale on a few types, if anyone needs to update their stock.…
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Participants: btrc.

1/14/2009 David C: About Publishing: Can I get an idea what it's like?
After pouring many hours into my game and seeing it become something closer to "complete", I've wanted to consider some of my options about things.  So, if you can give…
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Participants: David C, Eero Tuovinen, guildofblades, Graham Walmsley, Willow, greyorm.

1/31/2009 preludetotheend: Preping files for making saddle stitched book
  Hello I am typing up a rough draft of an ash can that I plan to saddle stitch staple. I am trying to figure out how to actual lay…
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Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, ccreitz, Blankshield.

2/1/2009 Christopher Kubasik: An Article About Print-on-Demand, Publishing, and the Future
Everyone's trying to guess how all this is going to shake out.  I think it says many of the things that have been argued here about RPG publishing.... and extends…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Wolfen, greyorm, guildofblades, MatrixGamer.

2/13/2009 Nathan: Contact Info for Key20
Hey folks, I noticed that Key20's website is down with a "We are closed." message. Has anyone heard word on this? All my emails have been bounced back recently that…
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Participants: Nathan, iago, Ron Edwards, visioNationstudios.

2/21/2009 Paraplegic Racehorse: Packaging and Presentation
I'm definitely fishing, here, so please chime in with your opinions. Lots of us, here, provide or have provided adventure modules for someone else's game (D20 glut?). Lots of us…
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Participants: Paraplegic Racehorse, Eero Tuovinen, Vulpinoid, preludetotheend, pells, MatrixGamer.

2/22/2009 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Book Sizes and PDFs
I'm currently considering going with a digest-sized book for my upcoming RPG, Slasher Flick. However, I'm also planning to release it in PDF format. And therein lies the problem. Most…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eero Tuovinen, KeithBVaughn, David Artman, Gregor Hutton.

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