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5/12/2011 Vulpinoid: [FUBAR] Director's Cut Now Available
[size=15pt][b][url=http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=91382&filters=0_0_0_0&free=1]FUBAR Director's Cut[/url] [/b][/size] To the many of you who have downloaded my game FUBAR (and the few of you who have offered constructive criticism and useful feedback), I have…
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Participants: Vulpinoid.

5/3/2011 Ben: Online PDF Retailers (who did what and why?)
As the time of publication draws near, I find myself in a quandary about which online store (I have a short list of them) to go with. I was curious…
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Participants: Ben, Pelgrane, Davik of Kent.

4/28/2011 Brazen Saint: Kickstarter: Invulnerable RPG
My super hero roleplaying game, Invulnerable RPG, is written and in playtesting now.  You can have a look for yourself at my site http://www.imperfekt-industrees.com/ or see the game on Scribd…
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Participants: Brazen Saint, Zala.

4/28/2011 MatrixGamer: Cool news about Engle Matrix Games and the Australian Army
Just got word on Facebook that there is a professional article on how the Australian Army is using Engle Matrix Games. Very cool. <A HREF="http://www.dodccrp.org/html4/journal_v4n3.html">Link</A>
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Ron Edwards.

4/27/2011 daranp: Getting reviews
Hi all, I've been a lurker around here for quite some time now and, firstly, just want to say thanks to everybody that takes the time to write up all…
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Participants: daranp, CSBone, Tokala, Zala, Ben, Mike Sugarbaker, Hailen, Seamus, Ron Edwards.

4/13/2011 buffaloraven: Announcing Fall of Granada by Dionysius Games
Hey folks, first foray into non-Game Chef posting! Fall of Granada, my submission for Game Chef 2010, has been vastly improved and is at the printers as we speak!  I…
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Participants: buffaloraven, Ron Edwards, Nathan P..

4/12/2011 CSBone: [Nanolite6] From Ronnie to reality… in 5 years… or so…
This weekend I got a table at UBCon 22: Eternal Struggle 2011 and sold 40 (HOLY SHIT!!?!?!?!) copies of my game engine Nonolite6. With the 10 copies I comp-ed to…
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Participants: CSBone, JackTheOwner, Gregor Hutton, Ghostlight Games.

4/2/2011 Danny2050: Fraxion Payments II (split)
Hi Folks, things have been proceeding a pace at Fraxion Payments. We have recently released the ability to assign royalty slices to others for articles on your web sites. The…
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Participants: Danny2050, Ron Edwards.

3/30/2011 Davik of Kent: Fantasy Map Collection
I am publishing my Fantasy Map Collection on CD and also making it available for download via my website. The actual CD is listed in my eBay store here: http://cgi.ebay.com/Fantasy-Maps-and-Tiles-CD-D-D-RPG-Pathfinder-/360355100424?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e6d67708.…
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Participants: Davik of Kent, Ghostlight Games.

3/30/2011 theweirdn8: 2D Game Marketing Survey, Results will be released soon!
I had no idea where to put this, I was expecting a general discussions for Game Design and Distribution Board, but the Independent Publishing seems best. I'm conducting a survey…
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Participants: theweirdn8, Ron Edwards.

3/8/2011 Enker: Re: I don't know where to start...
I personally like some flavour text before entering the main book. Perhaps a single page story or moment within the head of a character in the games world setting that…
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Participants: Enker, Airafice, Ron Edwards.

3/27/2011 KeithBVaughn: Creating a Website???
To the Group, I'm asking for a few resources and some of your hard earned experience. I'm getting ready to release a game and want to set up some form…
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Participants: KeithBVaughn, Eero Tuovinen, Vulpinoid.

3/19/2011 Chris Chambers: Quick question
I was looking at incorporating a previously published system as my system mechanic,however I cannot find who owns the property now or how to contact them.  The system in question…
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Participants: Chris Chambers, KeithBVaughn.

3/16/2011 Jonathan Walton: Fantastic New Printing Option: Scoutbooks.com
So I've been watching the awesome folks at <a href="http://www.pinballpublishing.com/">Pinball Publishing</a> for a long time.  They're an eco-friendly print shop based in Portland and do really amazing work with 100%…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Eero Tuovinen, Jason Pitre, Airafice, Vulpinoid, CSBone.

3/14/2011 joepub: Good Stores to Contact?
Hey all, I recently published Perfect, Unrevised, a game about crime in a steampunk dystopia. I'm planning to send an email out to retailers, to ask them if they'd like…
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Participants: joepub, Jason Pitre, lumpley, Mike Sugarbaker.

3/3/2011 kensanata: One Page Dungeon Contest 2011
I'm not sure whether there are any independent games published that allow for dungeon crawling adventures. None of the ones I tried seemed to afford (suggest, encourage) it. Nevertheless, I'd…
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Participants: kensanata, Ghostlight Games, Enker.

2/26/2011 MrNay: Making a game
I am a bit curious. This is a bit longwinded, sorry about that, I am not sure where to start. I having been playing rpgs for a while now, starting…
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Participants: MrNay, Ron Edwards, Jason Pitre, ssem, Chris_Chinn, Nathan P., Airafice, Arauka_Gurtha.

2/21/2011 Ben Lehman: Printers: who to use?
Hey, folks. I'm nearing the end of a project and I'm realizing I have no clue which printers are any good anymore. The last "who's a good printer" thread was…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Ron Edwards, Nathan P., Elizabeth, Pelgrane.

2/18/2011 lumpley: lumpley games' 2010
Hi. Here's how 2010 went for lumpley games, business-wise. I'd be happy to talk about it here, if anybody has any questions or observations. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Miskatonic, Ghostlight Games, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Chris_Chinn.

2/14/2011 Prunella Frump: Need New Web Site Feedback
I have recently launched a new web site for Battlelords of the Twenty-Third Century. I am looking for some feedback on the new site. Send anything you have to me:…
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Participants: Prunella Frump, Ghostlight Games, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, davidberg.

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5/18/2011 Seamus: Ink Density Problem for Lightning Source
Hello, I have a problem with one of our covers which will be printed using lightning source. They changed their total ink coverage (also heard this called ink density) to…
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Participants: Seamus, Vulpinoid, Artanis, Eero Tuovinen.

5/21/2011 Stregheria Games: Stregoneria RPG Released May 30th 2011.
A while back Ron said i could announce the arrival of my game here. I realise that this is not a site purely for advertising one's product, so anyone that…
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Participants: Stregheria Games, Mike Sugarbaker.

6/4/2011 Stregheria Games: Stregoneria is Go!
Beta release version 1.0 is available for purchase and download from the Stregoneria website:- www.stregoneriarpg.com Please note the following points before considering purchasing:- 1) The website does not allow for…
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Participants: Stregheria Games.

6/7/2011 ODDin: [Project Dreamland] Looking for playtesters
Project Dreamland is a role-playing game I've been working on with a good friend of mine for about two years now, and now we're looking for playtesters. What Is Project…
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Participants: ODDin.

6/9/2011 Jbmannon: Boarsdraft Playtest Available
Boarsdraft is a game where you play teen witches and wizards trying to make friends, learn spells and pass classes while evil tries to destroy your school, friends, and life. …
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Participants: Jbmannon, Hailen, Ron Edwards.

6/14/2011 sackodragons: Untitled
Hey everyone, Have been playing since 94' and this I have to admit is my first forum post on any rpg site! Kicked grade school's ass, destroyed college and now…
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Participants: sackodragons, hix, Ron Edwards, ODDin.

6/27/2011 drkrash: Translations of Game into New Language
One of my game's fans has become an informal associate of mine; he did editing and development work for a supplement, but was paid only in his listing in the…
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Participants: drkrash, ODDin, Ron Edwards.

6/28/2011 DDG_Brian: PDF file security
Hello, this is my first post here. I've been a lurker for a short while. What has been your experience with PDF security? If I were to sell a PDF…
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Participants: DDG_Brian, Mike Sugarbaker, lumpley, pawsplay, reaction, Thunder_God, Richard, Ron Edwards, Aisha Bennett, tymotzues, Finarvyn.

7/1/2011 John Michael Crovis: Crowd-Sourced RPG Development - Has it been done successfully?
I'm rather new to open-content gaming, and I've been seriously considering the impact Wikis could have on game design. I've tried to find games that were designed in this manner,…
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Participants: John Michael Crovis, Mike Sugarbaker, Nathan P., pells.

7/6/2011 Ben Lehman: Artist Recommendation: Kevin Moore
Since Mud Dragon is finally in print and shipped, I wanted to recommend to you all the artist that I used: <a href="http://incontemptcomics.com/">Kevin Moore.</a> For anything that needs a cartoony…
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Participants: Ben Lehman.

7/8/2011 clausbo: [Crimson Exodus] Tips for promoting a roleplaying game
Ok, so I've published my second roleplaying related book, and my first fully fledged roleplaying game, but how in the name of the Empress do I get the word out?…
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Participants: clausbo, Vulpinoid, Mike Sugarbaker, ADGBoss, Hailen.

7/9/2011 Tazio Bettin: Orphan artwork in search for home
Hi everyone. I was doodling some Mignola-inspired artwork last day and came up with this picture: http://sunamori.deviantart.com/#/d3lh5oq I thought "hey, this might work for some RPG artwork, maybe a cover..."…
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Participants: Tazio Bettin, buffaloraven.

7/11/2011 Vulpinoid: [FUBAR] Expanding on a free game with low cost supplements
For over 12 months now, I've had my game FUBAR available to the public. In this time I've had almost 2000 downloads of the game (split between the basic version…
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Participants: Vulpinoid.

7/11/2011 Aberzanzorax: Books or sites describing/reviewing indie rpgs?
I asked this on ENworld here: http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/308536-books-sites-describing-reviewing-indie-rpgs.html But the folks there said that the real experts on indie rpgs might be here or at rpg.net...so I'm asking here. I'm a…
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Participants: Aberzanzorax, buffaloraven, Jason Pitre.

7/12/2011 Sp4m: Printable Card Templates?
I'm looking to print some custom cards for a game, probably on business card stock perforated paper. I could make my own, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel.…
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Participants: Sp4m, Nathan P..

7/13/2011 Sp4m: Repost: Evil High: Would-be Supervillains, in High School
This post was originally placed in Game Dev. This is the more appropriate place. I do not know how to delete the original, otherwise I would. ... Hello World! www.evil-high.com…
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Participants: Sp4m, Mike Sugarbaker.

7/15/2011 Nalanthi: [Broken Sky] How to acquire art.
Hello Everyone, this is my first post here.  Sometime in the last few years I seem to have accidentally founded an indie gaming company.  We are starting into the layout…
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Participants: Nalanthi, Vulpinoid, Ron Edwards.

7/16/2011 bovinata: Online and mobile publishing tool - looking for thoughts and testers
Hi all, I've been programming a tool to write single-player RPGs and was wondering if anyone's had any experience in the arena. Basically the way it works, you can type…
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Participants: bovinata, Hailen, knighterd77, happysmellyfish, lumpley.

8/8/2011 Paolo D.: Math resources for dice probabilities
Hi guys, actually I'm designing a game with lots of d6. To do some "fine tuning" at the design table, I might need a resource that enable me to easily…
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Participants: Paolo D., baxil, Thunder_God, Eero Tuovinen.

8/11/2011 Chaos Trip Studios: Altered Earth 4E
Chaos Trip Studios is thrilled to announce the first release of our 4E science fiction project, Altered Earth. Altered Earth is a role-playing game of high energy battles and thrilling…
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Participants: Chaos Trip Studios, Ron Edwards.

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