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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.

8/27/2002 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 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 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.

8/24/2002 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.

8/22/2002 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.

8/21/2002 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.

8/20/2002 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.

8/18/2002 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.

8/17/2002 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.

8/15/2002 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.

8/15/2002 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 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 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.

8/14/2002 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.

8/14/2002 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 Matt Gwinn: Game design and your resume
I am on the verge of quiting my current job and have started to rework my resume. I would like to include my game design experience, but I am not…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Clay, Ron Edwards, Blake Hutchins, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt, Eugene Zee, Zak Arntson, talespinnerstudios, Dav, Ben Morgan.

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.

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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.

9/5/2002 mahoux: Automated emails for URLs
I have a question. KOTR is online and I have had some great response in a little over one week. My question arises from my PDF clients. Is there a…
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Participants: mahoux, Clinton R. Nixon, quozl.

9/7/2002 TracerFox: From Idea to Sales. Where to go?
Greetings all. Now while I know that this or similar topics have been posted over and over and over before, I am still posting this because my specific questions will…
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Participants: TracerFox, Marco, Ron Edwards, wyrdlyng.

9/8/2002 Michael Hopcroft: A Publicity Effort gone Completely Kerblooie
I had planned to give a signing at my colcal hobby store, url]www.bthobbies.com, next weekend. That's Bridgetown Bobbies & Games in Portland for those who don;t want to click on…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, wyrdlyng, Matt Gwinn, Le Joueur, Valamir, Adam, Ron Edwards, Misguided Games, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Clay, Roy, JSDiamond, contracycle.

9/8/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Magazine Ads
We are currently looking into placing ads in magazines once the Cartoon Action Hour hardcover draws near(er). That said, what magazines would you recommend? Is there any way I can…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Misguided Games, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay, Roy, Ron Edwards, Christian Walker.

9/10/2002 J B Bell: Ethics of rules summaries?
I've put this in Publishing since it has to do with intellectual property rights. So, on a mailing list to do with gaming, the topic has come up recently of…
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Participants: J B Bell, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

9/11/2002 Scott_Lynch: Stick an ad fer yer game in the back of one of my PDFs!
Howdy all-- I sell games (currently, my main focus is my d20 supers game *Deeds Not Words*) in PDF format from my little home on the web: http://www.allforart.com/cryptosnarkgames It occurs…
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Participants: Scott_Lynch.

9/11/2002 Paul Czege: where are the Game Designer's Journals now?
Hey, This morning I found myself browsing some old threads on Gaming Outpost and had a strange thought: the heyday of the Game Designer's Journal has come and gone.…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Jack Spencer Jr, GreatWolf.

9/13/2002 Ron Edwards: Sweden's National Gaming Week
Hi there, I have learned some very interesting things about role-playing in Sweden. 1) Apparently, a given gaming group may register with the national government to get *money* to finance…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, contracycle, Valamir, Mytholder.

9/16/2002 rafael: Computer problems
In a recent email exchange with Ron, he suggested that I post about a recent computer fiasco I had. Got it ironed out, and figured I'd toss out the scenario.…
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Participants: rafael, S.Lonergan, Ron Edwards, Valamir, contracycle, GreatWolf, C. Edwards, greyorm, Clay, Tim Denee.

9/16/2002 Vault Keeper: Getting my Revolution RPG published
Hi I'm trying to get my RPG publish, it's called Revolution and the game takes place in a AH 18th century America. The year is 1789 and the American Revolution…
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Participants: Vault Keeper, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, Jack Spencer Jr, Jeffrey Miller, Valamir, Demonspahn, Adam.

9/17/2002 rafael: Low-budget artwork: Make your own damn art
Can it be done? It can! Is it good? Let's not quibble! If you're publishing a game, and your art budget was blown on Fritos and beer, then you're going…
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Participants: rafael, mahoux, C. Edwards, Clay, Arashi, talysman, Gold Rush Games.

9/17/2002 Matt Wilson: electronic publishing potential
I used to really dig getting the games in the cardboard box that had all the different booklets and a map and all that neat stuff. I'm thinking that if…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Clay, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, kevin671, Le Joueur.

9/19/2002 Matt Wilson: printing costs breakdown
I was looking for certain bits of publishing info in the resources section and didn't see it, and I'm a bit surprised. I do a lot of printing-related stuff at…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Alex Knapik.

9/19/2002 Matt Wilson: How protective are you of your game ideas?
In another thread in actual play, Alan asked about using a mechanic idea similar to that in Donjon. To which Mike said: one cannot prevent another designer from using a…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, Le Joueur, Mike Holmes, kevin671, contracycle, Christoffer Lernö, Andrew Martin.

9/20/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Short-notice promotion
I am of two minds about my upcoming magic girl supplement Musical Mistresses for HeartQuest. ON one hand, I hate to see a finished product sitting on the shelf. On…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, kevin671, Clay, Ron Edwards.

9/21/2002 Christoffer Lernö: Size of Rules & Stuff
I was looking through some old RPGs from when I started playing. I remember these game as good introductions and not too overwhelming. Checking through them though, they turn out…
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Participants: Christoffer Lernö, Jack Spencer Jr, M. J. Young, Demonspahn, ADGBoss, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson, contracycle.

9/23/2002 Jeffrey Miller: Author or Retailer?
Not exactly publishing, but it'll do. Given a choice and all other factors (cost, delivery, etc) equal, who would you as a consumer purchase from, the author or the retailer?…
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Participants: Jeffrey Miller, Jake Norwood, peteramthor, Ron Edwards, wyrdlyng.

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