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8/13/2002 Michael Hopcroft: 38 Copies Sold, 25 given out, 85 Consigned -- 940 to go?
Well, the grand debut of HeartQuest wass what most indie puiblishers would describe as moderately successful. I sold 38 copies of the game at my first convention and gave out…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Eugene Zee, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards.

8/12/2002 Jake Norwood: WWGS...what does it mean...
For those of you that aren't familiar, you HAVE to check out this site: http://www.father-ramos.com it has slow loading times, but is worth a visit. Particularly check out the sermons…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, hardcoremoose, mahoux, Ron Edwards, WhistlinFiend, Matt Gwinn, Mytholder, Seth L. Blumberg, Clay, Blake Hutchins, John Wick, Heraldic Game Design, contracycle, Paganini, Christopher Kubasik, Walt Freitag, Mike Holmes, Michael Hopcroft.

8/12/2002 Eugene Zee: Congratulations
All, I just want to say that the Forge: Indie-Rpg Publishers booth was amazings. Even though I had my own booth I saw the teamwork displayed. The work that you…
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Participants: Eugene Zee, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Gordon C. Landis, hardcoremoose, Misguided Games.

8/10/2002 Grex: Best of the Forge?
I can't help but notice that many of the games presented here are of a very high quality. I can also see that their brevity makes them hard to market…
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Participants: Grex, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Gwinn, Gonster, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, Zak Arntson, Jeffrey Miller.

8/5/2002 Matt Gwinn: GENCON Flyers
I'm trying to work up a Kayfabe flyer for GENCON. Which do you think is more effective: - big pictures with minimal text about the game - minimal pictures with…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Jason L Blair, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

8/5/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Last-MInute GenCon Advice
This year's genCon will the the first time I run a booth at a convention. It will be 26 hours before I leave to go to SeaTac airport and fly…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Matt Gwinn, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

8/5/2002 Matt Snyder: GenCon promotion
This is directed mainly at Ron and Jason, but read on, oh brainstormers and fellow GenCon Forge booth sellers ... What, if any, kind of promotion can we do at…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Jason L Blair, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Michael Hopcroft.

8/2/2002 Zak Arntson: Development/Release Cycles
It's frustrating to have a great game that I want to share (at the moment, it's fully playable and fun), but it seems to have so much opportunity for improvement!…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Jared A. Sorensen.

8/2/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Controlling the Effects of Bad Press
As some of you may know, GamingReport.com gave me a less than glowing review. In fact, they were savage. This is not the end in itself -- there will be…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Demonspahn, Chris Passeno, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Valamir, hardcoremoose, Matt Gwinn, Roy, Reimer Behrends, Clay, Marco, Jack Spencer Jr, pigames, tdenmark, John Wick.

7/31/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Is this usual?
I got my printing invoice today from my printer and it included a 100-copy overrun (10% of the run) for which I was held responsible. It turned out to be…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, xiombarg, Matt Gwinn, GreatWolf, Chris Passeno.

7/30/2002 Clay: Non-mainstream alternative
Clinton, I've done some very nice work using the free tools that come with most UNIX systems. LaTeX handles type like a dream, and if it's coupled with the Hyperref…
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Participants: Clay.

7/30/2002 Ron Edwards: GenCon 2002 - THE MASTER LIST
Hello, It's time to coordinate just a thing or two about GenCon. People who will be staffing the booth and selling their games: Jason Blair and me (obviously), as well…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Michael Hopcroft, Mike Holmes, Zak Arntson, Matt Gwinn, Ferry Bazelmans, joshua neff, Jared A. Sorensen, Jake Norwood.

7/26/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Swag
As long as I'm going to GenCon, a lot of people are going to ask me for free copies of my game for review or in return for their games.…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Dav, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Jürgen Mayer, Adam, Clay.

7/26/2002 Sjohn: Any experiences with FinePrint PDF software?
Has anyone had much play with FinePrint? http://www.fineprint.com/ It's an alternative to Distiller for making PDFs (in Windows), very inexpensive. There's a lot more control than using something like Ghostscript,…
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Participants: Sjohn, hive.

7/19/2002 Michael Hopcroft: I'm beginning to wonder which is worse.....
Origins nerves or GenCon nevres. Even though I'll be at a rival booth, I have hopes that we can help each other out however we can. I hope that there…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Eugene Zee.

7/25/2002 Demonspahn: Banner creation
Hi everyone. It seems that banners are a big marketing tool for RPG's, I have clicked on many banners at RPGnet, but I don't recall seeing too many banner-related threads.…
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Participants: Demonspahn, Michael Hopcroft, Matt, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, hive.

7/25/2002 Zak Arntson: Promo Idea - Prizes for Reviewing
I'm not sure Publishing is the best place for it, but I'm experimenting with a way to pay for "advertising." Basically, I'm offering a 100x100 pixel icon based on a…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Ron Edwards, hive.

7/24/2002 Clinton R. Nixon: Layout and DTP
For the people here actually publishing games, what are you using for your layout and design? Are you using a DTP program, like Quark or Photoshop, or are you using…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Gwinn, Jason L Blair, Jake Norwood, Matt Snyder, Nathan, Adam, Eugene Zee, Matt, hive, mahoux, Ben Morgan, Jack Spencer Jr, Michael Hopcroft, Tim Denee, woodelf, Tim Gray, Matt Wilson, Clay.

7/23/2002 Jürgen Mayer: FYI: electronic publishing booth at GenCon
Just read this: http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=4673&mode=thread&order=0 and thought it might interest some of you. It's about a Wizard's Attic/rpg.net mall - sponsored GenCon booth where they apparently will sell pdf games on…
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer.

7/20/2002 Demonspahn: Free Dreamwalker: Roleplaying in the Land of Dreams demo
Hi everyone. I wasn't exactly sure where to put this and I apologize in advance if I guessed wrong. Dreamwalker: Musings, a free playable demo for Dreamwalker: Roleplaying in…
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Participants: Demonspahn.

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8/14/2002 mahoux: Its so... big
Well, I have finally finished the full KOTR version that I alluded to in the hoboes thread in Game design. However, when I PDF the file, it comes in at…
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Participants: mahoux, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, Clay, Chris Passeno.

8/14/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Is this the right kind of popularity?
I've been running into a very bizarre situation ever since GenCon -- about once every two days I'm approached by someone who wants to write for me. And that doesn't…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, Adam, Clay, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2002 wyrdlyng: Quark vs. Pagemaker
Is there anyone who has used the two and can tell me if there's anything in Quark to justify the many hundreds of dollars in price difference? I've used older…
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Participants: wyrdlyng, mahoux, GreatWolf, Adam.

8/15/2002 Ron Edwards: What the industry needs (by me!)
Hello, I came to the following conclusions following some very intensive conversations after the Diana Jones ceremony, with two people who Shall Not Be Named but who Know Their Shit.…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Eugene Zee, contracycle, Clay, mattcolville, J B Bell, Tundra, wizardattic, Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir.

8/15/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Getting licences to old games
Someone on the GPA list was recently told that Tri-Tac's founder is shopping around the rights to one of his old games, Fringeworthy. I have a lot of good ideas…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, xiombarg, Eugene Zee.

8/15/2002 Michael Hopcroft: GenCon 2003
Has anyone thought about reservations for GenCon 2003 yet? Just asking.
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Zak Arntson, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/17/2002 Michael Hopcroft: New forum
I have been informed that there is now a Seraphim Guard forum in the Independent Games Forum section of the Forge. Aside from the question of whether this means I've…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

8/18/2002 quozl: Your public image
I have a few questions that will hopefully spark some interesting discussion. How much do your posts on public forums influence whether or nor people will pick up your game?…
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Participants: quozl, Clinton R. Nixon, Ferry Bazelmans, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, John Wick, Michael Hopcroft, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

8/20/2002 ADGBoss: Getting the License
GReetings all, Along with doing your own thing I have always felt there are alot of dead games which could be revived with the Arcane ritual of a new system…
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Participants: ADGBoss, Eugene Zee, Ron Edwards.

8/21/2002 jgbrowning: questions
I've been lurking here for a long time and im finally thinking of getting into the publishing business. i got 6,000 that i can spend and still have 2000 in…
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Participants: jgbrowning, Paul Czege, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Misguided Games, Demonspahn.

8/22/2002 Michael Hopcroft: When "circumstances beyond control" control YOU
How do you guys handle it when you go to an event you planned to sell product at -- and find you'll have no product to sell? That's what happened…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, greyorm, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards, Eugene Zee.

8/24/2002 lumpley: a kill puppies for satan development
...I presume. I just got my first piece of hate mail ever! Apparently I'm going to pay for my crimes in hell one day. -Vincent (What she doesn't know is…
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Participants: lumpley, Jack Spencer Jr, S.Lonergan, Ron Edwards.

8/27/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Allowing Others to Publish Supplements for Your Game
I was considering allowing other people/companies release supplements for CAH, since I feel the game has a strong enough fan following to make it a credible approach. So far, I've…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Michael Hopcroft, pigames.

8/27/2002 Jürgen Mayer: the stock number thingy
The abbreviations of the company name at the beginning of stock numbers or product numbers, e.g. Key20's Little Fears: KYP1000, Issaries Inc.'s Hero Wars: ISS1101, or Driftwood Publishing's Riddle of…
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, mahoux.

8/27/2002 Jürgen Mayer: the index thingy
What's the recommended approach to generating an index for an RPG book? What to do (i.e. what should be in the index) and also how to do it? (We're using…
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Participants: Jürgen Mayer, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Demonspahn, Clay, Eugene Zee.

8/27/2002 mahoux: KOTR is on line
Just to let the other Forgites know, Knights of the Road, Knights of the Rail is available on-line at http://home.earthlink.net/~knahoux/KOTR_2.html I have the lite version as well as the PDF…
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Participants: mahoux.

8/28/2002 wyrdlyng: Digital Publishers Group
FYI, off of d20 Weekly: PDF Publishers Unite Recently, a group of like-minded adventure gaming e-publishers have formed a consortium dedicated to the continued development of PDF role-playing games and…
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Participants: wyrdlyng, Michael Hopcroft, pigames, Ron Edwards, Ferry Bazelmans, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

8/29/2002 Tim C Koppang: to you guys selling rpgs online
This is a suggestion meant for everyone here trying to sell their game over the net... When I download a pdf file, I know more or less what to expect.…
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Participants: Tim C Koppang, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, James V. West.

8/30/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Promoting Your Web Sales
I've gotten only three web orders this month. This is the first month, and that bothers me. I feel I need to do something to get people to the website,…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, rafael, Clinton R. Nixon, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Matt Gwinn, Christian Walker.

9/2/2002 Michael Hopcroft: RPGNow Plan for POD
RPGNow recently announced that it was taking a survey on whether there would be enough interest to justify them doing a Print-On=Demand business for the game products they retail. Essentially…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, pigames, rpghost, Fnork de Sporg.

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