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3/3/2003 Matt Gwinn: Kazaa, Piracy & Your PDF game
I was recently introduced to Kazaa Lite, which is a file sharing program similar to napster. I've found that you can find nearly everything on there that is in a…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Stuart DJ Purdie, Ryan Wynne, talysman, yellow_skeleton, quozl, Le Joueur, Ron Edwards, Paganini, GMSkarka, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, iago, contracycle, Quixotica.

3/3/2003 Paul Czege: # of review copies
Hey everyone, This is a question for folks who gave out review copies of their printed games at conventions last year. As I go forward with plans for a small…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Gwinn, geekspeakweekly.

3/2/2003 Matt Gwinn: Ebay
I was wondering how many of you sell your games on ebay. If so, how have your sales been through that option? I've been thinking about selling Kayfabe through ebay…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Arashi, Paul Czege, quozl, szilard, Chris Passeno, Treves.

3/2/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Hardcover or Softcover?
If you're putting together a major release, is it worth the extra expense to print the book in hardcover? In other words, are you likely to make back the extra…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Michael S. Miller.

2/27/2003 GreatWolf: Formatting PDFs for handheld computers
I just recently received the use of a Palm Pilot through work, and I have discovered the wonder of Adobe Reader for the Palm. I read Ron's "Mongrel" on the…
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Participants: GreatWolf, philreed.

2/26/2003 arkcure: Gametesting and publishing
Hello. I am designing a RPG that is in the intial design phase. While my friend is writing up the charcter descriptions, i have begun working on a combat system…
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Participants: arkcure.

2/26/2003 James V. West: POD
Hey I'm going to use a POD service to print up The Questing Beast and I was wondering if anyone here has had experience with POD services. Especially Berryville Graphics,…
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Participants: James V. West, Matt Gwinn, Michael S. Miller.

2/21/2003 Michael Hopcroft: School & Publishing
My admissions officer confirmed with me today that I will begin taking online classes at Devry Univeristy's business school on April 28th. Anything that helps me become a better entrepenuer…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Scorpio, Valamir, Treves, wyrdlyng, Rob Donoghue, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Day jobs for a publisher
What is the best kind of day job for a publisher/business student to be looking for at this time (given that there is essentially no economy in Oregon, where I…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, greyorm, Paul Czege, geekspeakweekly, Darklance, Clay, abzu, clehrich, Dav, Chris Passeno.

2/20/2003 Ashlin_Evenstar: Does Cover Matter?
Greetings! I am coming close to finishing up work on my RPG. Layout and art are taken care of, so I'm in the process of choosing printing options. The main…
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Participants: Ashlin_Evenstar, quozl, Mike Holmes, Sidhain, Scorpio, Valamir, Paul Czege, clehrich, Ron Edwards.

2/20/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Travel to multple conventions
One of the major anime conventions, FanimeCon in Santa Clara, has asked me to help with their game programming (this happened at DunDraCon). All fine and dandy, but it poses…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, talysman, Matt Gwinn.

2/18/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Annoying style/formatting rant.
I was going to post this to the word rant thread, but screw it. It's off topic and should be it's own thread. I'm going to rant a it about…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Snyder, KeithBVaughn.

2/17/2003 Walt Freitag: Walt's Annoying Word Usage Rants
After months of soul-searching(1), I've decided to post this at the risk of being seen as the Aunt Jo (an actual aunt of mine, who really does write letters to…
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Participants: Walt Freitag, clehrich, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, cruciel, Le Joueur, Bob McNamee, quozl, Scorpio, Paganini, xiombarg, ethan_greer.

2/13/2003 Paul Czege: building community via blog
Hey everyone, I've been thinking a lot about Nathan's recent call to arms for indie folks to start promoting themselves better. And he's right, Jared really is outpacing most…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Le Joueur.

2/12/2003 Scott_Lynch: A GenCon Noob Asks About Booths
Howdy all-- So, I was looking at booth photos from the '02 con and trying to construct a mental image of what mine will look like this year. I'm after…
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Participants: Scott_Lynch, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

2/12/2003 Treves: Sales #'s
Hey there folks, This is about publishing a CD rather than music - I'm investigating the possibility of selling a CD of background music for horror gaming. I plan to…
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Participants: Treves, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, GMSkarka, Matt Gwinn.

2/11/2003 ace pilot: Some Printing Questions
Hello All! Things are going extremely well for my RPG project- the core rules are written and being tweaked as playtesting continues, I have a cabal of excellent artists working…
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Participants: ace pilot, Matt Gwinn, Chris Passeno, Mike Holmes, samdowning, Valamir, abzu.

2/11/2003 Michael Hopcroft: DunDraCon Plans
Is anyone here going to DunDraCon in San Ramon this weekend? Tempted as I was to cancel, I've decided to follow through and have some fun at the convention. I…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

2/10/2003 Michael Hopcroft: GAMA Trade Show
I won;t have a badge at the GAMA Trade Show, but I will have a badge. I hope to learn a lot at the Manufacturer's track, but my mood is…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, philreed, Jake Norwood.

2/10/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Too Many Conventions!
Now I have yet another con to worry about. Every time I turn around someone tells me there is a convention I simply must attend. Not only do I have…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Michael S. Miller.

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3/4/2003 Opsimath: Any freelance RPG editors out there?
A piece of advice I've heard more than once is that when writing, you should never attempt to be your own editor. Sounds like good advice. How do you go…
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Participants: Opsimath, quozl.

3/5/2003 Sidhain: Game Writer's take heed--a bit of a rant.
I purchased Paladin a week or so ago, but finally got down to printing it out and reading it this week. Now, this goes to design specifically. Write /more/. Paladin…
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Participants: Sidhain, Matt Snyder, Mark Johnson, Mike Holmes, Bob McNamee, Paganini, iago, M. J. Young, Clinton R. Nixon, Ryan Wynne, Bankuei, clehrich, Jake Norwood, Jared A. Sorensen, quozl, GMSkarka, Rob Donoghue, Valamir, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

3/5/2003 Mark Johnson: Fate of Free PDFs
[quote="iago"][quote="LordX"]Disregarding Paladin, would you be adverse to spending $6 for a fully playable 32 page PDF containing merely system and chargen if there were support PDF products (setting, adventures, etc)…
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Participants: Mark Johnson, Sidhain, Paganini, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Gold Rush Games, Paul Czege, Adam.

3/5/2003 richks: Question of how to present information. One book or many?
This has probably come up a number of times, but I'm trying to decide the best way to make Urban Mythos available. The first release will be a free PDF,…
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Participants: richks, clehrich, Mike Holmes, Matt Wilson.

3/5/2003 Rob Donoghue: Price Point for PDFs
So, looking at the whole "Write More/Write Less" thread leaves me with a question: are pdf prices based on anything more than a guess? That may sound flip, but I…
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Participants: Rob Donoghue, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Sidhain, Bankuei, Trevis Martin, Gold Rush Games, Jason E. Roberts, Piratecat.

3/6/2003 Clinton R. Nixon: Royalty-free stock art
I recently was hired at a new job as a web designer. The company, among other things, does stock photography - interesting pictures useful for advertising or magazine design. Looking…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, iago, Matt Snyder, Matt Gwinn, contracycle, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, clehrich, Gold Rush Games, talysman, Jon H, xiombarg.

3/6/2003 iago: Recommendations for Software - Price point, Features, Mac
I've looked back a few months and found http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=4633, which talks some about InDesign being the way to go, and while Clinton recommends PagePlusPDF, which looks mighty, it is subject…
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Participants: iago, Clay, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, JSDiamond, Rob Donoghue, cruciel.

3/6/2003 iago: Art Prices
For those of you who buy art for use in your games - What's a reasonable price? For internal B&W art? For a color cover? What's the range of asking…
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Participants: iago, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

3/6/2003 quozl: Layout Prices
The Art Prices thread got me wondering what people charge for rpg layout. I assume it would cost per page. Also, what does layout include when paying someone to do…
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Participants: quozl, Matt Snyder, Matt Wilson, Chris Passeno, Adam, Michael Hopcroft, Gold Rush Games.

3/7/2003 Michael Hopcroft: How long between editions is enough?
I got another e-mail from a potneital reviewer who was so ticked off by the various "errors" in HeartQuest that he refused to write a review at all. In fact,…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, DaR, Matt Gwinn.

3/10/2003 philreed: Scanning/OCR Services
Does anyone know of any services to have old books scanned? I need to get The Whispering Vault, Dangerous Prey, and The Book of Hunts in an electronic format. Bastion…
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Participants: philreed.

3/10/2003 ace pilot: Size of the RPG Market?
Hey All, Does anyone have any idea about the size of the RPG market? Guessing conservatively, I would say based on my own experience that RPG players constitute about 0.1%…
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Participants: ace pilot, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Pramas, b_bankhead.

3/11/2003 Michael Hopcroft: When your manuscript is too short
I came up with a manuscript for the Ghost Tamer Miyaki sourcebook for HeartQuest, and have run into two problems. The first is that it's short -- about 25,000 words.…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, xiombarg, Jonathan Walton, Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, Adam, Le Joueur, Bankuei, Jeph.

3/13/2003 wyrdlyng: Artwork: Digital vs Traditional
Consider this two questions, one for artists and one for publishers. Firstly, do you a an artist (aside from Greyorm who already responded) work exclusively in digital media? Meaning no…
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Participants: wyrdlyng, b_bankhead, Jon H, Drew Baker, philreed, Jonathan Walton, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Scorpio.

3/13/2003 Paul Czege: where do sales come from?
Hey everyone, On the Most popular RPG genre... thread there was some discussion of whether a designer should concern himself with the popular interests of the gamer public. Kirt…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Gordon C. Landis, Ron Edwards.

3/14/2003 iago: So you have something you want to sell...
Where do you go from there? I see that Clinton has recommended PayPal, and RPGNow has certainly gotten some press in past posts. Which method have you (or would you)…
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Participants: iago, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Jeph, Valamir, Clay, rpghost.

3/14/2003 signoftheserpent: old characters
does anyone know characters such as sherlock holmes are still under copyright. if i wanted to include them in an opriginal rpg what would i have to do. interestingly, while…
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Participants: signoftheserpent, Lugaru, Psycho42, Le Joueur, Eric Kimball, talysman.

3/15/2003 philreed: The Whispering Vault
As many of you probably already know, Christopher Shy and I recently purchased this property. I've always been a fan of the game and I'm excited about the chance to…
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Participants: philreed, Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

3/16/2003 Jonathan Walton: Binding in Non-Standard Locations
This may be a question I should send to specific printers, but I was wondering if any of you folks who are experienced in printing could help me out here.…
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Participants: Jonathan Walton, Mark Johnson, Chris Passeno, Piratecat, Adam, JonAcheson.

3/17/2003 iago: Sample Chapters
Does anyone have particular guidelines for which chapter of a product to put up as a "sample chapter"? Do you find that such a practice is necessary? Does it seem…
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Participants: iago, wyrdlyng, DaR.

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