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10/5/2011 BadgerTemplar: Some RPG pre-release questions
Hey all, I am working on preparing a new RPG for release and I have some questions to sound out. The RPG is called Lefrin the Role Playing Game, and…
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Participants: BadgerTemplar, Cedric.

10/3/2011 Cedric: Work in progress publication question
Dear Forgies, I've been making progress on a RPG since a couple of years. Now that it truly begins to take form, I've started exchanging ideas on this very forum.…
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Participants: Cedric, Eero Tuovinen, Thriff.

9/25/2011 Sebastian: Importing to the UK (Customs and Freight)
I'm going to import several hundred decks of cards from India to the UK. I have no idea what I'm supposed to look out for. Can someone help me? If…
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Participants: Sebastian, Eero Tuovinen, Miskatonic.

9/10/2011 Vulpinoid: The Goblin Tarot
As a start to a new roleplaying world that I've been developing for the past two years, I've decided to release a tarot deck to reveal some insight into the…
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Participants: Vulpinoid.

9/8/2011 Seamus: Getting New Fonts
I use Indesign CS4 and need to get some new fonts (the standard fonts just aren't cutting it). But have never purchased fonts before. I checked out something called Font…
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Participants: Seamus, Kyles Games, Richard, Ron Edwards.

8/28/2011 Ron Edwards: Do you have a new publication? Then read here first
This is not an advertising site. This is a discussion site. Do not arrive here and post to announce a new publication. Your post will be removed instantly to the…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

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.

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.

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.

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.

7/13/2011 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.

7/12/2011 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..

7/11/2011 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.

7/11/2011 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.

7/9/2011 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.

7/8/2011 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.

7/6/2011 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.

7/1/2011 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.

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.

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.

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10/26/2011 MLT: Dark Sci-Fi Illustrations: Capturing the Mood
For the last two years I and my business partner have been developing an RPG called Cold & Dark. It's a gritty sci-fi game with a lot of horror elements.…
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Participants: MLT, MercenaryX, epweissengruber.

10/27/2011 epweissengruber: Crowdfunding, from the Computer Gaming Industry
I have seen the kickstarter method work well. But this article suggest ways to integrate fundraising with promotion. http://tinyurl.com/3fgp2q8 Hope it is of use.
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Participants: epweissengruber.

11/3/2011 Flop The Clown: Need Help With My Indie Game
Hello, im new here and ill just get to the point... Im in the process of developing a RPG, i have a website, most rules worked out, a couple of…
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Participants: Flop The Clown, Eero Tuovinen.

11/10/2011 cwaldo39: Bringing 3D characters to life
Have you guys ever heard of 3D printing? Basically, artists can create 3D models, and they can be printed into real figurines made out of lots of materials, from ABS…
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Participants: cwaldo39, Ron Edwards.

11/10/2011 cwaldo39: Software for simple 3D characters?
I'm not too much of a 3D artist, I'm more of a coder, but I was thinking about adding another skill to my arsenal. I'm looking to create 3D characters…
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Participants: cwaldo39, Ross Cowman, Marshall Burns, kensanata, Lynn.

11/13/2011 Bradshaw: Health Quest - My Adventure in Self-Publishing
Folks: So one day I got totally fed up with being out of shape. I thought, "I know what to do, but I can't stay motivated to do it. There…
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Participants: Bradshaw, Ron Edwards, guildofblades.

11/23/2011 Some Gamer666: How similar is too similar?
Hey all, I'm new to the site and have just been lurking for the past few days.  Now, however, I do have a question regarding game mechanics or "system".  But…
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Participants: Some Gamer666, Ron Edwards, guildofblades.

12/3/2011 Illetizgerg: Any use of LaTeX for self-publishing?
This is my first post in a while (I believe years), so I apologize if this topic is misplaced. I was curious if anyone uses LaTeX for document preparation, and…
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Participants: Illetizgerg, Artanis, kensanata, zwrench.

12/12/2011 higgins: Publishing Company?
Hi all! I have bunch of self-publishing questions. First, I see a lot of indie-games published under company names. Heck, even The Forge is full of company-titled subforums. 1. What's…
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Participants: higgins, Ron Edwards, Chris_Chinn.

12/13/2011 ajso: Bandello - We love indies
I've haven't been able to find a good spot to post this, so mod feel free to give me the boot :) To all game developers out there, here’s a…
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Participants: ajso, Ron Edwards, Bret Gillan.

1/10/2012 dindenver: [Steampunk Crescendo] Out on a limb
So,   I just purchased an ISBN for Steampunk Crescendo.   Within a week it will be available for purchase.   The questions I have is, how do I market…
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Participants: dindenver, davidberg, Dan Maruschak, Eero Tuovinen.

2/1/2012 Justin Halliday: RPG Monster Art Kickstarter drive
Just a quick heads-up to all you guys out there who are working on your own fantasy role-playing systems. There's a kickstarter funding drive up right now to create a…
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Participants: Justin Halliday.

2/2/2012 Certified: Beyond Drive Thru
So, it's been a while since I posted but I'm finally gearing up for the launch of Fractured Kingdom (http://www.fk.housedok.com/) and 'm wondering what the pros and cons of going…
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Participants: Certified, Eero Tuovinen.

2/5/2012 JMendes: [Solar System] Agora - A home-brew Space Opera setting
Hey, fellas, :) (Cross-posted from Story Games.) It's been a long (looooong) time since I've posted here, and even when I was active, I was never all that well-known, but…
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Participants: JMendes.

2/14/2012 Ben Lehman: [ANIMAL CRIME] Shipping out boxed sets + webcomic
Hi folks! I just released a new game, ANIMAL CRIME, which I'm doing a lot of new publishing things with, from its origin on Kickstarter to producing a boxed set…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Eero Tuovinen, reaction, hansel.

2/25/2012 Otsego: OGL?
Hello there, I'm just a guy looking to develop a P&P RPG, and right now I'm curious about the Open Gaming Licence that WOTC has. I've read the thing, and…
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Participants: Otsego, Justin Halliday, dindenver, robobot, BunniRabbi, jerry.

2/29/2012 New Fire: Need crowd funding advice and examples to follow
Hello, everyone! My name is Jason and I am an indie game developer working on a game called New Fire. It's a fantasy RPG set in a world inspired by…
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Participants: New Fire, Mike Sugarbaker.

2/29/2012 Escova12: Getting a Job at a RPG Company (Looking for recommendations)
Hi all,   I am an avid, long time gamer. For a while now, I have been realizing that I would like to make rpg creation, promotion, and such an…
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Participants: Escova12, hansel, Eero Tuovinen, Pelgrane, Finarvyn, Elizabeth, Ghostlight Games.

3/16/2012 kensanata: One Page Dungeon Contest 2012
[b][url=http://campaignwiki.org/wiki/DungeonMaps/One_Page_Dungeon_Contest_2012]One Page Dungeon Contest 2012[/url][/b]! [b]Dates[/b]: Submission [b]deadline is April 30[/b], 0:00 GMT (Monday evening). If you live West of Greenwich, you will have to send in your submission a…
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Participants: kensanata.

3/19/2012 arscott: Announcing PolyPrize -- an independent game design competition
Hi everyone.  I thought you'd like to know about the game design competition our convention is holding this year. The rules are below, and I'd be happy to answer any…
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Participants: arscott.

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