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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.

6/2/2003 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.

6/1/2003 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.

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.

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.

5/29/2003 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.

5/29/2003 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.

5/28/2003 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.

5/28/2003 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.

5/27/2003 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.

5/26/2003 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.

5/24/2003 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.

5/23/2003 Paul's Girl: Forge Booth 2003
Hi Everyone, Ron asked me to get things together for the booth this year at Gen Con and I wanted to post about how the plans are going so far.…
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Participants: Paul's Girl, Michael S. Miller, Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood, rpghost, Matt Wilson, Jeffrey Miller, Nathan, abzu.

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.

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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.

6/12/2003 abzu: GenCon Sales and Stock
Hi all. I will be at the Forge booth running demos until I drop. How much stock should I have on hand? This is my first GenCon, and I only…
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Participants: abzu, Matt Snyder, Valamir, rpghost.

6/12/2003 quozl: Fvlminata publishing
[quote="Michael S. Miller"]Hey, all. I'll be there with the [i]very last copies, ever[/i] of FVLMINATA 2nd Edition, as well as bunches of Tali. [/quote] This should get split out of…
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Participants: quozl, abzu, Jason E. Roberts, Jake Norwood.

6/16/2003 Space Cowboy: Indie Successes and Failures?
Hey guys, First, I’d like to say that there is an absolute wealth of really useful knowledge here for aspiring game designers. I think that an excellent place to learn…
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Participants: Space Cowboy, Michael S. Miller, Nathan, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Christian Walker, samdowning, Michael Hopcroft, Pramas, Malak, jdagna, rafael.

6/16/2003 Matt Gwinn: Indexing
At what point does it become necessary to include an index in your game? The expanded edition of Kayfabe is about ready to go to print. I have a page…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, busling, Paul Czege, GreatWolf, Fabrice G., Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

6/19/2003 gobi: Tentative cover concept for PUNK
I was reading through some old threads about RPG cover art and I noticed someone mentioned that the "collage" theme of old-school movie posters, like Indiana Jones and Star Wars,…
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Participants: gobi, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, quozl, samdowning, Lxndr.

6/24/2003 Matt Snyder: Free PDF on making PDFs!
Not two hours after ribbing Mike Mearls for his Seminar "activism" at Origins, I went and volunteered to help lead a seminar at Origins. I'll be with Chris Davis of…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, C. Edwards, samdowning, rpghost.

6/25/2003 Michael Hopcroft: The competition has entered my turf!
I'm sure Adam Jury, who is on the Forge, can supply us with the full press release, but it appears Guardians of order is going to be selling their out-of-print…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Bankuei, C. Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, jdagna, Michael S. Miller, ADGBoss, xiombarg, rpghost, Hardpoint.

6/25/2003 ethan_greer: Game Company: Why?
So, seems like most indie games are published by a game company. Why is this? When I publish Thugs and Thieves to PDF, why would I need a game company?…
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Participants: ethan_greer, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Valamir, gobi.

6/26/2003 Matt Gwinn: PDF Download Accounts
Well, I started selling the PDFs of my Kayfabe supplements and the new expanded edition. The files ended up being pretty big, so I'm using an account system so buyers…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, ethan_greer, Clay, rpghost, Emmett, Mike Holmes, WDFlores.

6/28/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Looking for an Origins report
I'm looking for people on the Forge who went to origins this weekend to report in when they get back and tell us: 1. How was the convention? 2. Did…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Paul Czege, rpghost, jdagna, Pramas.

6/30/2003 Ron Edwards: GENCON 2003 - FINAL ORGANIZATION
Hello, It's Forge GenCon Booth update time. From the top ... The three primary companies funding the booth are Adept Press, Arc Dream Publishing, and Driftwood Publishing. The people from…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Matt Snyder, Matt Wilson, jdagna, Matt Gwinn, Michael Hopcroft, lumpley, Nathan, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, ross_winn, abzu, btrc, Paul's Girl, Mike Holmes, Mario.

6/30/2003 rpghost: RPGMall at Origins
I was asked how Origins went and I thought I'd copy what I wrote in email here as you people might be interested... First of all, Origins had record attendence…
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Participants: rpghost.

7/2/2003 ADGBoss: Advertising and Reviews
If you have a project that you are going good and steady on and should be done on time, how do you solicit reviews of the material and where can…
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Participants: ADGBoss, Matt Gwinn, Matt, rpghost, Christian Walker, Brand_Robins.

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