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10/5/2003 Palaskar: Should I bother registering my RPG for copyright?
Both my parents strongly suggest I register my RPG in the US under form TX for $30. Since they're ponying up the money, I don't mind. Now I know that…
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Participants: Palaskar, Brian Leybourne, Chris Passeno, Ron Edwards, Valamir, jrs, jdagna, Space Cowboy, aghori.

10/4/2003 VisionaryEntertainment: Just popping in to introduce myself...
Greetings all, My name is Chip Dobbs and I am the President and owner of Visionary Entertainment Studio Inc, makers of the Everlasting Role Playing Game. I purchased the company…
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Participants: VisionaryEntertainment, Andrew Martin, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

10/3/2003 gobi: What are the usual specs for a RPG game site?
I've got several games being developed simultaneously and by the time they're ready to publish on html/pdf, I fear my dinky little university-provided webspace will fill up long before then.…
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Participants: gobi, Matt Snyder, Marco, Mike Holmes, Matt, jdagna.

10/1/2003 SumDood: Publishing a CHM File for Distribution
I'm not sure if it was a mistake, but my first publishing attempt for Entalis was to put out a CHM file for download. There were various complaints. Some people…
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Participants: SumDood, Chris Passeno, AnyaTheBlue, Dave Panchyk, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes.

9/29/2003 taalyn: PDF publishing
[quote="Back in April of 2002, Ron"]As the pioneer and arguably the expert on selling PDF versions of a role-playing game, I can tell you that this tactic is not valid.…
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Participants: taalyn, Matt Snyder, gameskald, Brand_Robins, quozl, Valamir, samdowning, HinterWelt, Michael Hopcroft, Scott_Lynch, Gold Rush Games.

9/29/2003 Space Cowboy: ISBN Numbers?
Hey guys, How's it going? Just a quick question- when is it worth it to purchase an ISBN number for a product? (i.e., going in general distribution, going into booktrade,…
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Participants: Space Cowboy, Ron Edwards, jrs.

9/27/2003 rpghost: New Store Grand Opening Support
We are in the process of opening up a brick and mortar store in the Milwaukee, WI area ( http://www.game-universe.com ). This huge 3000 sq ft mega store will feature…
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Participants: rpghost, xiombarg.

9/24/2003 ejh: Plagiarism. Good plagiarism.
I remember reading in a Different Worlds article the phrase "the first rule of game design is plagiarism." That article went on to talk about ripping off the Resistance Table…
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Participants: ejh, AnyaTheBlue, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Dev, Ben Lehman, Lxndr.

9/17/2003 Matt Snyder: The Forge as co-operative
I have spent the last year and more publishing my own games. I've had good success, all things considered. I've made a very small profit that has so far allowed…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, madelf, Michael S. Miller, Hardpoint.

9/15/2003 Michael Hopcroft: GenCon SoCal Transportation & Room Sharing
I'mm be going to genCOn soCal after all, to pitch myself and help a few other Forge members if I can. I think I have my membership taken care of,…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, jdagna.

9/13/2003 realms_creator: Web hosting
Can someone but me in contact with a good hosting company?
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Participants: realms_creator, Lxndr, Dave Panchyk, Matt.

9/12/2003 Michael Hopcroft: D20 vs. OGL -- markteing Advantage?
As someone who seels mainly over the net, and given recent controversies over the changes in the D20 STL, I am pondering the realtive marketing power of the D20 logo.…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, xechnao, HinterWelt, madelf, pnweerar, Anthony I, Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Adam, MongoosePaul, ejh, Mike Holmes, Pramas.

9/11/2003 xechnao: Internet Piracy on Documents
Could this be a problem for a rpg maker? If so I wanted to present here an idea that stroke my head about the matter and ask about it. I…
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Participants: xechnao, Ron Edwards, ejh, Dave Panchyk.

9/8/2003 bigsimon: Where would I find custom printed dice bags in quantity?
I'm looking for... maybe 250 or so (initial order) 6"x4" double drawstring dice bags with a single color logo printed on the front. Anyone know of an inexpensive source? I'm…
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Participants: bigsimon, MachMoth, rpghost.

9/7/2003 realms_creator: Publishers
Can anyone on this site put me in contact with a nice publisher? Thanks
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Participants: realms_creator, AgentFresh, Ron Edwards.

9/4/2003 Tim Alexander: Ethics of Indie proselytizing and the PDF
Hey Folks, When I'm pitching a new game to players, I generally hand out the book to let them borrow for a few days and let them get comfortable with…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, ethan_greer, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon.

9/2/2003 bcook1971: Dammit! I Reinvented the Wheel!
I went into Lonestar Comics today to kill some empty holiday hours. Inspired by the variety of indie plugs I've been exposed to at the Forge, I thought I'd check…
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Participants: bcook1971, Mike Holmes, Samael, Ron Edwards.

8/29/2003 Philippe Tromeur: [Wuthering Heights] Thinking about selling a pdf version.
I'm planning to release (commercially and electronically) an updated version of Wuthering Heights before the end of 2003. I think the final file will be 48 pages (approximately) : -…
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Participants: Philippe Tromeur, heironymous, samdowning, Perrina, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

8/28/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Foreign languages
What is the best way to get your game into a foreign-langauage market if you;'re an electronic publisher -- sell the rights to a publisher in the host country, or…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Erick Wujcik, Perrina, Philippe Tromeur, heironymous.

8/28/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Guerilla marketing for RPG Publishers
I remember once picking up a book about "Gureilla Marketing", which does not involve bursting into a game shop with machine guns and telling everyone to buy your product or…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clay, Perrina, Mike Holmes, realms_creator, Dave Panchyk, Bankuei, cognizantchance.

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10/9/2003 jeffd: Why are smaller publishers so incommunicative?
Subject's not big enough for my questions: why are small publishers so incommunicative regarding online orders? When I order from amazon.com I get an email as soon as I make…
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Participants: jeffd, Brian Leybourne, RaconteurX, Adam, abzu, Ron Edwards, jdagna, Clay, Gold Rush Games, Michael Hopcroft.

10/10/2003 abzu: Small Press RPG Anthology
I guess this thread should really be called: No Press RPG Anthology. I was reading over Jon Walton's Facedancer RPG and frankly I was inspired. There are so many of…
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Participants: abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Jonathan Walton, quozl, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, gobi, taalyn.

10/15/2003 HinterWelt: Co-Op Advertising Opportunity
Hello All, I am not sure this is appropriate for the Forge but I think it could be useful and hopefully Ron and Clay will allow it. We are in…
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Participants: HinterWelt, abzu, Clay, Ron Edwards, nerdnyc.

10/15/2003 abzu: No Press RPG Anthology
Hi All, This thread is spun off from the Small Press RPG Anthology thread. No Press is now the official "publishing imprint" for this venture. The actual title of the…
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Participants: abzu, taalyn, AnyaTheBlue, Rich Forest, Valamir, AgentFresh, Matt, ethan_greer, Jonathan Walton, ADGBoss, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, Emily_Dresner, Mike Holmes, gobi, xiombarg, Paul Czege, LordSmerf.

10/16/2003 Matt Snyder: Daedalus now available
As you may have seen, the first issue of Daedalus, a new e-zine dedicated to role-playing, is now available: http://www.chimera.info/daedalus/ HeroQuest fans will be very interested to read the Q&A…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, joshua neff, jrs.

10/16/2003 Brian Leybourne: Contacting License Owners
Consider a semi-hypothetical situation where I am interested in developing an RPG based on a film. Assume there are already other RPG's based on that film, but I'm naive enough…
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Participants: Brian Leybourne, AnyaTheBlue, Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair.

10/20/2003 Cynthia Celeste Miller: {Article} Basic Marketing Strategies
[size=24px][color=red][b]Basic Marketing Strategies[/b][/color][/size] [b]By Cynthia Celeste Miller[/b] Marketing is really little more than the application of common sense. Hopefully, this article will give you some insight on how to turn…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, abzu, ethan_greer, Jonathan Walton.

10/20/2003 Comte: The importance of Layout
Alright I am more of a concept guy. I'll come up with ideas, and even meat to go with them. I am not really good at important bits and up…
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Participants: Comte, Ron Edwards.

10/22/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Telling people you have a new book coming
One of the biggest problems I have is that I have a difficult time getting the word out that I have a new book out. I should have a new…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, xiombarg, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Mark Johnson, Jack Aidley.

10/23/2003 JSDiamond: Trust me, artwork helps
This isn't a question thread as much as an idea-for-promotion thread. I recently decided to put up a gallery page separate from my main site so that people can see…
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Participants: JSDiamond, busling.

10/24/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Ads for sale or exchange
My next book, Steel Roses, has a scheudled street date (that is, the date the PDF will be uploaded to RPGNow) of November 15th, and it looks like it will…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

10/26/2003 Tzeentch: Print Runs
Is there any advice for determining the size of a print run? Specifically, I would like to avoid having my room filled to the rafters with unsold books if at…
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Participants: Tzeentch, jdagna, taalyn, Ron Edwards, Brian Leybourne, Gold Rush Games.

10/28/2003 abzu: Pandemonium Books in Boston
check out what I found at Pandemonium Books in Boston! http://www.burningwheel.org/images/pandemonium_display.jpg The owner, Tyler, is very friendly and open to indies. We spent a good hour talking about BW, GAMA,…
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Participants: abzu, Ron Edwards, HinterWelt, madelf, Paul Czege, Cynthia Celeste Miller, taepoong.

10/30/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Looking for opportunties for expansion
I'm looking to expand Seraphim guard's product line even beyond games. Sounds silly, doesn't it? But one of the people I'm working with has just offered to write me a…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

10/30/2003 Paul Czege: pitching to a retailer
So...Luke's photo of OctaNe, InSpectres, Burning Wheel, and Shades of Earth on display at Pandemonium Books in Boston got me thinking about how I might directly pitch local retailers…
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Participants: Paul Czege, jdagna, HinterWelt, Ron Edwards, Valamir, abzu.

10/31/2003 xiombarg: No Press RPG Anthology (II)
Is this project still live? I hope so, because I just sent in a submission...
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Participants: xiombarg, gobi, abzu, Ron Edwards, Matt, Jeph, Lxndr, Rich Forest, quozl, Mike Holmes, LordSmerf.

11/4/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Sourcebook, game and pricing
One of ym writers wants to reduce the bulk of his Magnum Opus project in response to guaridans of order's impending publucation of a "Stingy Gamer's Edition" of BESM d20.…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, LordSmerf, Ron Edwards, Jack Aidley, Lxndr, jdagna, HinterWelt.

11/7/2003 Marco: Game Promotion Sites
Hi everyone, again, we've got news to post. Where are the good sites to promote RPG news. I have RPG.news, RPG.net, and Pen and Paper. I think RPG Gazette is…
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Participants: Marco, C. Edwards, xiombarg, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

11/7/2003 Mark: Third Party Publisher designation and logo
Quoted from http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8466 (...and moved to a more appropriate place, I hope.) ...this is probably Mark's little joke. As a means of introduction, Mark is not only the creative…
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Participants: Mark, Mike Holmes.

11/8/2003 realms_creator: Book binding
I was wondering if anyone has done a RPG book in coil binding? We are in bata testing of our game and this book binding seems to be winning. Just…
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Participants: realms_creator, Chris Passeno, gobi, Valamir, Paul Czege, abzu, jrs, Jack Aidley, madelf, Gold Rush Games, KeithBVaughn, Michael S. Miller, jdagna.

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