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5/22/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Press releases
How detailed does a press release have to get before it ceases to be a press release and becomes an advertisement? That;s something that;s been puzzling me with some of…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, JSDiamond, Matt Wilson, Gold Rush Games.

5/20/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Why the Sponsorship Program is failing
As I get ready to tske down the sponsorhip link for HeartQuest Diceless (due to the book's imprending release, after about Wednesday I would not be able to put sponsor's…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, ethan_greer, Clay, Valamir, wyrdlyng, ace pilot.

5/19/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Paying the layout guy -- by the project or on retainer?
Right now most of the money I make at Seraphim guard is going sttraight into the pkcet of the layout guy. There's been a dry spell between products, and now…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Matt Snyder, Dav, Adam.

5/16/2003 Kester Pelagius: Setting up a small-press 'zine. . .?
Howdy, Does anyone here know how hard it would be to do? What sort of capital/licenses does one need going into such a venture? Is it even worth considering in…
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Participants: Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Matt, jrs, Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, Adam, Clay, Christian Walker.

5/6/2003 Bob McNamee: Marvel RPG publication date
What's the release date on the game? Bob McNamee
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Participants: Bob McNamee, Evan Jones, Michael Hopcroft, rpghost, efindel, Adam, Ron Edwards.

5/15/2003 Simon W: Lashings of Ginger Beer layout/design help
I admit it, I'm stuck. I've decided to go the whole route with Lashings of Ginger Beer, probably through RPG.Mall or similar. I have got an artist on board (Allan…
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Participants: Simon W, rpghost, Jonathan Walton, Michael Hopcroft, max.lambertini.

5/15/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Discussion of marketing strategies.
From the d20 Push thread, I've been thinking a bit about how RPGs are produced and marketed and what works or not. Currently what seems to be the main strategy…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, samdowning, busling.

5/14/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Advising Writers
One of the roles of a publisher who works with writers, I'm finding, is advising them. I wonder how those of you who manage writers handle this delicate task. In…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, Dav, samdowning, wyrdlyng, Matt, clehrich.

5/13/2003 Gold Rush Games: GRG releases Instant Action! (OGL)
[size=18px][color=red][b]GRG Releases INSTANT ACTION! Quick Play Rules[/b][/color][/size] [i]May 13, 2003[/i] (Elk Grove, CA) Are you looking for a super streamlined set of role-playing game rules to play or to use…
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Participants: Gold Rush Games, Michael Hopcroft.

5/13/2003 Gold Rush Games: Action! System in the Queen's English!
[a href="http://www.action-system.com"][img src="http://www.action-system.com/images/banners/action-banner06.jpg"][/a] I'm pleased to announce that we now have a U.K. English edition of the [url=http://www.action-system.com/downloads.html#opencontent]Action! System Core Rules, ver. 1.1[/url]. Thanks to the work of Phil Brennán,…
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Participants: Gold Rush Games, J. Backman.

5/12/2003 Ron Edwards: To GenCon game-release publishers
Hello, Ken Hite asked me to post this here. He's looking for blurbs about the new games that will be available at GenCon. Peter Adkison has asked me to put…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

5/8/2003 Gold Rush Games: Eureka! Publishing & Distribution Program
[url=http://eureka.goldrushgames.com][img]http://eureka.goldrushgames.com/images/Eureka120.jpg[/img][/url] The [url=http://eureka.goldrushgames.com][b]Eureka! Publishing and Distribution Program[/b][/url] web site is up and running now, with some updates. The [url=http://eureka.goldrushgames.com][b]Eureka! Publishing and Distribution Program[/b][/url] is our new third party publishing program…
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Participants: Gold Rush Games.

5/8/2003 Matt Gwinn: Gamer Mailing List
The recent topic "The Dancey Ratio and the Strange Case of the Missing Gamers" has got me thinking. The company I work for derives a great deal of business from…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Matt Snyder, Matt, Mike Holmes, quozl, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Clay, C. Edwards, ace pilot, Valamir, clehrich, talysman.

5/8/2003 b_bankhead: The Dancey Ratio and the Strange Case of the Missing Gamers
Ryan Dancey has repeatedly quoted the number based on WOTC marketing research that there are 1.6 million active players of D&D in America. This is people actually sitting around tables…
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Participants: b_bankhead, szilard, cruciel, Matt Gwinn, Clinton R. Nixon, Mike Holmes, Jack Spencer Jr, GMSkarka, Valamir, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Balbinus, Cyberhawk, clehrich.

5/7/2003 Ron Edwards: Thor the Barbarian & RPG promotion
Hello, There is a fellow in the New York area who runs a local TV show called "Thor the Barbarian." Its topic is nothing other than the DIY independent vision,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, lumpley.

5/6/2003 Ron Edwards: How does one find and make use of a good editor?
Hello, Opsimath has some questions. They were originally presented in Any freelance RPG editors out there?, but things got confusing - it turns out that his goal is: a request…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Opsimath, Matt Wilson, Dav, Valamir.

5/5/2003 Ron Edwards: The word on Demon Con II, 2003
Hello, As mentioned in the Demoncon II thread, the little con here in Chicago is on! The date: Saturday, May 24 The place: DePaul University campus, Chicago, IL The time:…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Dav, Mike Holmes, szilard, Tim C Koppang.

5/5/2003 OblioDanger: World-building -- getting strated
Hello, all. I've got a question... can anyone recommend a good piece of software for starting world-building? I'm looking for software where I can lay out coastlines, map out terrain…
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Participants: OblioDanger, J. Backman, Brian Leybourne, Jason Kottler, talysman, The Gentleman, simon_hibbs, Sturn.

5/3/2003 greyorm: Effects of "the D20 Push" on Indie Industry
[url=http://www.enworld.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=ENNews&file=index&newsdate=2003-05-01]Yesterday on EN World[/url], Ryan Dancey was championing the glory of the OGL and the benefits the market will reap from its existance. It got me wondering what it actually…
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Participants: greyorm, Dav, Jack Spencer Jr, GMSkarka, Bruce Baugh, Ron Edwards, clehrich, Gold Rush Games, Valamir, Sylus Thane, Clinton R. Nixon, C. Edwards, Matt Snyder, philreed, samdowning, Ryan Wynne, efindel, JSDiamond.

5/2/2003 rpghost: RPGMall opening soon!
We are pleased to announce the soon to open to the public RPGMall.com site. This new site specializes in Indie/Small Press printed works and merchandising. Our goal is to increase…
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Participants: rpghost, Matt Snyder, Valamir, Michael Hopcroft, Andrea Gualano, abzu, Matt, Walt Freitag, Adam.

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5/24/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Dealing with the nerves
I have a book cominbg out this weekend (see my board for details) and I've got a bad case of the pre-release stage fright blues. With so much at stake…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Mike Holmes, clehrich, C. Edwards, Valamir, Dav, Adam, Paganini.

5/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Holdiay Weekends and RPGNow
How do holiday weekends usually affect the posting of new products to RPGNow? I've been told the prouct I uploaded yesterday morning would be posted this afternoon, but this was…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/27/2003 brainwipe: Rule Expansion Books
My free science fiction roleplaying game, Icar has a very simple mechanic system. It has been noted by some of my regular players that although this works well for us,…
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Participants: brainwipe, Jack Spencer Jr, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Valamir, samdowning.

5/28/2003 busling: General Business and Marketing books for beginners
I intend to purchase the ePublisher guide as a starting point to my PDF business. I also intend to read several books for beginners regarding running businesses and marketing. My…
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Participants: busling.

5/28/2003 Matt Gwinn: How many words is your game?
The other day Paul asked me how many words my last printing of Kayfabe was. I wasn't sure, so I checked. It came out to be 22, 237 words with…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Paul Czege, Jeffrey Miller, jdagna, Jack Aidley, Matt Wilson, samdowning, ADGBoss, chadu, abzu, Michael Hopcroft, Adam.

5/29/2003 talysman: trading for editing
I was discussing game publishing with a friend who is about to publish two of his rpgs and hit on an idea I haven't seen mentioned, so I thought I'd…
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Participants: talysman, Matt Wilson, samdowning, Jerry D. Grayson.

5/29/2003 ace pilot: Domain Name Registration
Hey Guys, I'm looking for the cheapest and best domain name registration (not web hosting) service out there- did a quick Google search and there are a bunch that are…
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Participants: ace pilot, Jeffrey Miller, Clay, Dave Panchyk, efindel, Chris Passeno, J B Bell.

5/30/2003 ADGBoss: Name Game
I have a question, being more a student of international political law and not copyright law and all that. As you may or may not know (or have guessed) my…
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Participants: ADGBoss, Jack Aidley, Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Ben Morgan, Pramas, talysman.

5/31/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Handling Outside Submissions
Today, like a bolt out of the blue, someone came to me with a game idea. not a HeartQuest supplement, not a Fuzz, supplement, but a complete game idea. I…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jack Spencer Jr, Dave Panchyk, Bailey, ADGBoss, pigames, Clay.

6/1/2003 Gwen: I Have No Idea How to Make PDFs
I have several RPGs (some one-shot... some longer) on Word. Is there a way to put these in Adobe? What is the best way to make RPGs available online? Any…
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Participants: Gwen, C. Edwards, ethan_greer, Dave Panchyk, Michael Hopcroft, Wormwood, ADGBoss, max.lambertini, Mike Holmes, Reimer Behrends, MistHunter.

6/2/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Public Domain
Can anyone provide a link or reference that can help me find out whether a given work is in the public domain?
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, talysman, Michael S. Miller, Jason E. Roberts.

6/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: How to advise someone from a Different Industry
I got an e-mail over the weekend from a very famous computer game maker. I will not give his name here out of respect for his privacy. Anyway, he was…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clay, Ron Edwards.

6/4/2003 Jared A. Sorensen: Warning re: Cafepress
http://www.giveneyestosee.com/say-no-to-cafepress/ I'll be removing my online store tonight.
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Participants: Jared A. Sorensen, Matt Wilson, Alan, Gordon C. Landis, Nathan, samdowning, rpghost.

6/5/2003 Andy Kitkowski: JUNE: Forge/Indies Release Roadmap for the Summer?
Hey all, just some standard disclaimers and notices: 1) I'm not indicating that Forge games are better than others. It's easy to find a list of up-and-coming mainstream games, but…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jared A. Sorensen, Nathan, Paul Czege, Jonathan Walton, Peter Nordstrand, Matt Snyder, Michael Hopcroft, brainwipe, samdowning, Cynthia Celeste Miller, rafael, Marco, S.Lonergan, Simon W, JSDiamond, chadu, Jake Norwood, iago.

6/6/2003 Nathan: New Webhosting: RPGShelf.com
Greets folks, For those that don't know, I've been hosting folks for free for a while. I like doing that, but I decided to take it a step further and…
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Participants: Nathan, Sylus Thane, xechnao, Valamir, Adam, Walt Freitag.

6/7/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Switching Operating Systems and How it Affects a Business
After a disastrous system crash, I no longer trust Microsoft products. As a result, I am now running Red Hat Linux 9. I can;t access any of my old Windows…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Nathan, Trevis Martin, talysman, Catalyst, Clay, ejh.

6/7/2003 Christian Walker: Zine circulation figures
I publish a print zine by the name of Scrollworks. It's a 20-24 page digest affair, black and white, saddle stitched. The zine serves the d20 system and has been…
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Participants: Christian Walker, Nathan, James V. West, samdowning, Mike Holmes, Kester Pelagius, abzu, C. Edwards.

6/8/2003 Heather Manley: Exclusively online RPG publishing
I posted another version of this on the RPGnet forums, but in more concise form here about publishing: If I want to publish my RPG as a website rather than…
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Participants: Heather Manley, xechnao, Nathan, brainwipe, ethan_greer, gobi, samdowning, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Matt, Clinton R. Nixon, busling, Clay, wraeththu.

6/10/2003 Simon W: Purchasing a license for an rpg
I have approached a company to purchase the rights to produce an rpg based upon one of their authors works and they have come back with a positive response so…
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Participants: Simon W, rpghost.

6/12/2003 Michael Hopcroft: RPGmall print run Size
Many of you must have gotten a letter from RPGNow saying they need print books from their vendors for their Origins and GenCon booths. It just so happens that although…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, jdagna, rpghost, jgbrowning.

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