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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.

10/30/2003 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.

10/28/2003 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.

10/26/2003 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.

10/24/2003 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.

10/23/2003 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.

10/22/2003 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.

10/20/2003 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.

10/20/2003 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.

10/16/2003 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.

10/16/2003 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.

10/15/2003 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.

10/15/2003 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.

10/10/2003 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.

10/9/2003 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.

10/9/2003 C. Edwards: Recent Reviews
For anybody who is interested, In his latest Out of the Box column, Ken Hite reviews Kill Puppies For Satan, My Life With Master, and the Sex and Sorcery supplement…
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Participants: C. Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jonathan Walton.

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.

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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.

11/15/2003 Dregg: Selling Yourself at the "Table"/Dealers room
First I like to say that the Burning wheel sticker/Cards were a nifty thing, everyone likes stickers and they make a great advertisment. I have been thinking of ways to…
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Participants: Dregg, abzu, jdagna.

11/18/2003 Michael Hopcroft: GenCon Indy 2004
What are people planning to do for GenCon Idy 2004? I think one of the main reasons people are asking "Whatever happened to Seraphim guard?" is that I wasn't at…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards.

11/18/2003 Lxndr: Art: Does It Matter?
I intially posted here, in the Connections forum: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=8700 looking for someone who could do art and layout, and the conversation sort of took a left turn, and an interesting…
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Participants: Lxndr, Matt Snyder, Valamir, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Mike Holmes, quozl, Eero Tuovinen, greyorm, matthijs, madelf, A.B.W, Funksaw.

11/19/2003 apeiron: OpenOffice provides a PDF function
@ openoffice is an alternative to ms office, it has most of the functionality of the office suite, but it is open source (free). The latest version of it will…
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Participants: apeiron.

11/20/2003 gobi: Trailers for RPGs
The thought crosses my mind after seeing this trailer for Robota: Reign of Machines. The opening shot of a trio of skinny semi-humanoid robots treking through the windy desert, clad…
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Participants: gobi, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Chris Passeno, max.lambertini, Matt Snyder, Ben Morgan, Gold Rush Games.

11/20/2003 Dev: Making a Convention-ready "mix-cd" of rpgs...
I remember's Smith's "ConBust" (a small con) had a freebie CD with some free RPGs and demos on it. I'm looking into having a similar CD for VeriCon (see thread).…
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Participants: Dev, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman, gobi.

11/21/2003 xiombarg: distribution horror stories (and related anecdotes)
I know Ron and many others are on-record as being disgusted with the current RPG distribution system. I couldn't help but think about this as I was browsing the Pulsar…
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Participants: xiombarg, Pramas, HinterWelt, Gold Rush Games.

11/24/2003 Dregg: Teasers and Web Site Promotion
In about a month my web site will have it's Domain attached and it will be ready to rock, but I have a couple of thoughts. I'm planing to use…
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Participants: Dregg, Mike Holmes, abzu, Paul Czege, Gold Rush Games.

11/28/2003 Gold Rush Games: POD printing and distribution
We're rolling out our new Eureka! program, with two separate services available to small press and indie publishers. We offer POD printing and distribution. Whether you print your books elsewhere…
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Participants: Gold Rush Games, Michael Hopcroft.

11/30/2003 hermes: OT: Anyone know what has happened to RPGNOW?
I know this is somewhat off-topic, but since it is an avenue for many indie-rpg writers to publish and since this is the specific Forge forum where I usually post,…
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Participants: hermes, Gold Rush Games.

12/2/2003 Mike Holmes: State of the Industry Editorial
Here's an interesting article from The Guild Companion, a free eZine that often has some interesting insights. I'm not sure if I agree with all of the analysis of the…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, greyorm, xiombarg, Jack Spencer Jr, Adam, Valamir, LordSmerf, contracycle, madelf, Ron Edwards, AdAstraGames, Ben Lehman, Paul Czege, RaconteurX, HinterWelt, Christopher Weeks, ryand.

12/2/2003 xiombarg: Supplements and the Tragedy of the Commons
In this thread, we have the following statement from Raven:Ryan, having tied his own dick around d20 and D&D with his stubbornly defended pre-3rd Edition predicitions, as usual can't afford…
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Participants: xiombarg, contracycle.

12/3/2003 pigames: To those who support indie games...
I just wanted to thank everyone who not only supported Active Exploits' first incarnation and its settings, but also all other indie RPGs. If it weren't for all those open…
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Participants: pigames.

12/5/2003 Jack Spencer Jr: Darnedest thing from my LGS
I got the flyer from my LGS (www.alteredsts.com, if you're really that curious) and I didn't chuck the collection of D&D anmd Warhammer ads, Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh schedules and such…
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Participants: Jack Spencer Jr, Kester Pelagius, madelf, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

12/9/2003 btrc: Cheap card game option
Some of you may remember the obscenity-based card game I mentioned in passing at GenCon and had some Forge members involved in the playtest of. Well, "F*ck This!" is now…
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Participants: btrc, Dev, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

12/11/2003 Dregg: Character Sheets and Software
It's that time... I need to start doing Character sheets for "Bad Muthas" and I'm going through a Dilemma. Besides the Design/Layout Torment, I'm haveing thoughts as to what programs…
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Participants: Dregg, Andrew Martin, Marhault, Dev, MachMoth, Kester Pelagius.

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