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1/4/2004 LizardLips: The ethics of game design
I've been tinkering with a design for a while, looking at other games for inspiration. The core mechanic from Savage Worlds fits my design goals perfectly, but I'm thinking of…
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Participants: LizardLips, gobi, anonymouse, Paganini.

12/25/2003 matthijs: What is your goal as a game designer?
There seem to be all these different definitions of success floating around (compiled from several threads): - Total amount of sales from company to distributors - Total amount of sales…
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Participants: matthijs, Valamir, Jack Spencer Jr, gobi, Lxndr, Heather Manley, Andrew Martin, M. J. Young, Zathreyel, Troy_Costisick, AdAstraGames, Comte, steelcaress, adaen, sacrosanct, Ron Edwards, ADGBoss.

10/6/2003 SumDood: Website hosting (split)
Being strictly small time, and extremely cheap, I publish my stuff on the server space provided by my ISP. I think a lot of small time creaters who have a…
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Participants: SumDood, Erick Wujcik, Matt, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Firefly Games, madelf.

12/17/2003 LordSmerf: Question concerning high quality color printing.
Over in the Interesting Space Dogfights thread we tossed around the idea of using computer generated graphics and shots from the Hubble (and other similar sources) as art for a…
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Participants: LordSmerf, jdagna.

12/16/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Adobe InDesign 2: Good tutorial sites?
Hey all- I just ran into a copy of InDesign 2 floating in the office over here, and wanted to use it to make classier character sheets and the like.…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, quozl, sacrosanct, Bob Goat, Mernya, Matt Snyder, Jack Aidley.

12/14/2003 philreed: vs. Monsters White Box Edition
The 24-hour game I wrote, vs. Monsters, is in the middle of an expansion and revision and will be printed as a boxed set next month. It's a limited run…
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Participants: philreed.

12/13/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Announcing and Pormoting a License
My company is in the process of pursuing three different licnesed properties to do roleplaying games on. One we have agreed to the property holder with on principle -- the…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

12/11/2003 Marhault: Designing for publication - VS - Designing for personal play
[quote="bifevo"]there would be a big difference between a system that I would use for my own gaming groups and something that I intended to seriously develop.[/quote] This is a quote…
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Participants: Marhault, bifevo, efindel, abzu.

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.

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.

12/5/2003 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.

12/3/2003 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.

12/2/2003 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.

12/2/2003 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.

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.

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.

11/24/2003 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.

11/21/2003 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.

11/20/2003 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.

11/20/2003 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.

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1/5/2004 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Miniatures photos
We've recently started working on a post-apocalyptic miniatures game that was designed specifically to allow pretty much any 30mm sci-fi type of miniature to be used. This is handled by…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, anonymouse, Michael S. Miller, Andrew Martin.

1/7/2004 Drifter Bob: New Jack Vance based D20 suppliment
I hope this is a suitible place to post this, I would like to announce the imminent publication of my book for Pelgrane Press, which you can read about here:…
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Participants: Drifter Bob, xiombarg, Michael Hopcroft, Cynthia Celeste Miller, pete_darby, Ron Edwards.

1/8/2004 Michael Hopcroft: Finding ways to promote a new license
I have a license deal to annoucne for Seraphim guard and I'm looking for the proper place to do so. I'm going to be doing it next week to concide…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

1/9/2004 abzu: What to do with the Minor Successes?
Hi All, I'm looking for advice. I'm looking for advisement from folks who've had the same experience, suggestions from companies/folks who've "made it", and even a little wishful thinking from…
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Participants: abzu, Jeph, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, ryand, Lxndr, Mulciber, ADGBoss.

1/14/2004 Jack Aidley: Advice on Web Hosting
I'm hoping to be releasing Great Ork Gods as a free .pdf in the near future. To do this I'll require a website. However some time spent searching for good,…
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Participants: Jack Aidley, Matt Wilson, Matt, ADGBoss, Christopher Weeks.

1/15/2004 Deadboy: small publisher stuck on the cusp
Hi. My name is Jim Taylor, and I'm representing a small RPG company called Happy Nebula Adventures. We've published two different games, Revelation and War Machine, and have done a…
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Participants: Deadboy, Paul Czege, Valamir, abzu, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, jdagna.

1/15/2004 Dev: CCG/RPG publishing for small publishers
I'm posting and idea I had to encourage folks to consider independent CCGs or, as has cropped up at times, CCG-based RPGs. I propose: A Free CCG Program! What?!? I'll…
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Participants: Dev, Umberhulk, madelf, quozl, Marhault, Valamir.

1/20/2004 Jeph: No Press RPG Anthology (III)
Might I request news of progress? Luke? Rich? Com on guys! I hate being left in the dark! --Jeff
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Participants: Jeph, abzu, Ben Lehman, Rich Forest, Matt, Lxndr, gobi, quozl, xiombarg.

1/22/2004 Sonja: Game design: hobby or career?
If somebody has a talent for game design, can they genuinely make money and a living out of it? I am inclined to believe it is only a hobby or…
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Participants: Sonja, Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, jdagna, Mark Johnson, Pramas, sacrosanct, coolblade.

1/22/2004 Kilor Di: PDF Posting
I'm planning on converting my notes on the game I'm working on into a PDF file. Where would be a good place to post it (and consequently, how do I…
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Participants: Kilor Di, Tim C Koppang, Clay.

1/23/2004 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Dual-Statting Headaches
We're currently in the layout stages for Omlevex, our Silver Age setting book which was originally just going to be an M&M Superlink product. A bit later on, it was…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, jdagna, ADGBoss, Pramas.

1/27/2004 Bob Goat: Corporate Designation
I was wondering what seems to be the best route for company creation. What is the most common form of corporation? Might it be better to simply work as a…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Ron Edwards, jdagna.

2/6/2004 HinterWelt: GTS Survey - Input?
Hey everyone, I am putting together an electronic/paper survey(targeted at retailers) that will be on our laptop at the booth at GTS. At the end of GTS we will be…
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Participants: HinterWelt.

2/6/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: Lulu and me
A few days ago, I was looking over Jerry Stratton's Gods and Monsters, a game I pimp whenever possible, when I noticed a new link on his page. "Book versions…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle, james_west, HinterWelt, Lxndr, Matt Wilson, talysman, Christopher Weeks, madelf, Mike Holmes, jasonhead, Wolfen, xiombarg, Tony Irwin, Sylus Thane, Paul Czege, chadu, Matt Snyder, rafial.

2/6/2004 apeiron: How to: Start a Wiki Site
@ i recently fell in love with Wikipedia and the whole wiki idea. @ How does one go about starting a Wiki site? Let's write out a "How to Start…
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Participants: apeiron, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/6/2004 apeiron: Does art matter (split from older thread)
@ Sorry, just getting into this thread now. @ Art does matter in so far as it helps to give an image to what the game is about. Vampire 2nd…
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Participants: apeiron, Ron Edwards, Peter Hollinghurst, xiombarg, Alex Johnson, Lxndr, Shreyas Sampat, Bankuei, Bob McNamee, Technocrat13, Jon H.

2/9/2004 coolblade: Online marketing, avg convertion rations experienced?
Just wondering if anyone has been monitoring their online marketing campaigns and could share some info on what they have experienced as far as banner impressions to clicks ratio and…
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Participants: coolblade.

2/11/2004 Palaskar: Has anyone tried selling RPGs as shareware?
After a snafu with rpgnow, I'm wondering what the proper method for selling my .html RPG would be. I've basically abandoned all hope for profit, which sounds perfectly suited for…
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Participants: Palaskar, GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, talysman, Jack Aidley, Christopher Weeks, GRIM, RyuMaou, Paul Czege, Clay.

2/13/2004 abzu: Pen and Paper Fan Awards
I figure it can't hurt anyone's publishing efforts to be voted "best" of something. (trust me). So pop on over to Pen and Paper and vote in the Fan Awards…
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Participants: abzu, Paul Czege, Ron Edwards.

2/13/2004 Matt Wilson: getting more feedback
So a couple months ago I put up a playtest version of my game, available for free. As far as I can tell, I've had a lot of downloads. Well…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Matt, abzu, Jake Norwood, chadu, Michael S. Miller, jdagna, Adam, Mike Holmes, brainwipe.

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