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2/18/2004 Paul Czege: pitching to comic store owners
So...advancing from Bill Corrie's great advice on pitching and selling to local game stores, I've been thinking seriously about trying the same thing at a local indie-friendly comic store…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Mark Johnson, Clay, daMoose_Neo, ejh, James V. West.

2/18/2004 Manveru: Small world! And Phoenix Games (in Minneapolis)
Three cheers for Pandemonium! I just moved from Boston to CO last summer, after living in the Somerville gaming vortex for nearly 7 years. I actually BOUGHT Burning Wheel at…
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Participants: Manveru, Ron Edwards, HinterWelt.

2/18/2004 Clay: Web site software for free
Hey folks, thought I would drop a line. I've got a piece of blogging software that I wrote for my own use, that's getting ready to go commercial. For the…
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Participants: Clay.

2/17/2004 Paul Czege: ISBNs
Hey, Those of you who've bought ISBNs, can I ask where you purchased them, how many you bought, and how much you paid? Right now I really only need one,…
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Participants: Paul Czege, jdagna, kwill, Ron Edwards, coolblade, Pramas.

2/16/2004 Matt Snyder: Printing quote
I received a quote from a printing company to print 200 copies of Nine Worlds in a format very much similar to My Life WIth Master. The bids may still…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Chris Passeno, abzu, coolblade.

2/15/2004 clehrich: Publishing on CD-ROM
Hi, My pals who write Aurora have been publishing entirely to CD-ROM. The discs include: Several very lengthy PDFs, total about 250-350 pages. Flash tools and toys. Brief, very high-quality…
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Participants: clehrich, timfire, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, Valamir, coxcomb, Mike Holmes, C. Edwards, JamesSterrett.

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.

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.

2/11/2004 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.

2/9/2004 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.

2/6/2004 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.

2/6/2004 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 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 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.

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.

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.

1/22/2004 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.

1/22/2004 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.

1/20/2004 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.

1/15/2004 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.

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2/19/2004 Technocrat13: Magazine & Catalog
Ok, so in the past few weeks I've been hammering a set of mechanics for a 'new' game for my friends and I. Now, I really have no intention of…
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Participants: Technocrat13.

2/20/2004 coxcomb: Has anyone tried RepKover?
RepCover is a binding for softcover books that enables the book to open and lay flat. It's kind of a halfway point between Perfect binding and case binding. Has anyone…
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Participants: coxcomb, Valamir.

2/20/2004 Bob Goat: Press Releases
Hi, I finally got my game to my editor today and have finally started to givve serious thought to other aspects of publishing. I was wondering, as far as press…
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Participants: Bob Goat, Ron Edwards, Andrew Morris, Paul Czege.

2/24/2004 scobie: Casefile: ZODIAC online publishing options
Ok, I have had some feedback on the latest draft of my ZODIAC weird 70s spy game in the design forum and now I am looking at my publishing options.…
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Participants: scobie, Lxndr, Ron Edwards, Clay, Matt Snyder, abzu.

2/24/2004 abzu: indie game finances
So i just finished doing Burning Wheel's taxes. The end result? I lost a lot less money this year than I did last year. Hurrah! It's a good thing, but…
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Participants: abzu, Jack Aidley, Valamir, Paul Czege, inthisstyle, Lxndr, Matt Snyder, Mike Holmes, jdagna, daMoose_Neo.

2/24/2004 coxcomb: Selling Prices
I have been thinking about selling prices lately, particularly because I will be formulating my own later this year. Abzu's topic about indie game finances brought this to my attention…
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Participants: coxcomb, abzu, Valamir, Ron Edwards.

2/25/2004 Jack Aidley: How small a .pdf could be sold?
I considered putting this in the Selling Price thread, but I think it's enough of an aside to be worth its own thread. I've been rather taken aback by the…
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Participants: Jack Aidley, Eero Tuovinen, Matt Gwinn, ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Simon W, coxcomb, jrs, greyorm.

2/29/2004 abcgi: War Story
Extract from War Story article; The Publisher may terminate this agreement in writing at any time ... the Author shall promptly repay all amounts paid by the…
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Participants: abcgi, greyorm, Ron Edwards, Valamir, pete_darby, jdagna.

3/2/2004 quozl: Books about making games
So I decided to do a little web searching on some reading material for making games. I found a short list of books and I would appreciate any reviews of…
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Participants: quozl.

3/3/2004 coxcomb: One book or two?
My game, Gallant, is a cinematic swashbuckling game. It is intended to be flexible enough to handle pretty much any setting / character appropriate to the genre. I am also…
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Participants: coxcomb, Matt, Dav, Alex Johnson, Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege.

3/5/2004 daMoose_Neo: Tips for catching a shop owners eye?
I'm *very* close to releasing a new card game (prints this weekend actually) and I'm looking at a release the end of April. In between now and then, I want…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Christopher Weeks, Ron Edwards, abzu, jdagna, coolblade.

3/5/2004 Rexfelis: Give them the game for free, then sell it to them!
This thread is a split from Clinton R. Nixon's Lulu thread. Clinton said something that got me thinking: All my games from now on - and I'll retroactively be doing…
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Participants: Rexfelis, Lxndr, Matt Gwinn, montag, Ron Edwards, ejh, Paul Watson, Aman the Rejected, bcook1971, xiombarg.

3/5/2004 Rexfelis: Using public domain art
I'm puzzled why I don't see more public domain art in rpg's. There's a large body of works from the history of art to choose from. For fantasy rpg's alone,…
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Participants: Rexfelis, Valamir, matthijs, daMoose_Neo, gobi, coxcomb, Peter Hollinghurst, madelf, James Holloway, talysman, clehrich, Pynchon, Storn.

3/8/2004 coolblade: Pricing for adventures, a bit more difficult.
I thought this deserved a separate topic other then the other pricing topics out there because after a bit of comparison of adventures published by top brands I find that…
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Participants: coolblade, Clay, Ron Edwards, coxcomb, jdagna, Pramas, KeithBVaughn, Paul Czege.

3/8/2004 abzu: NPA Art Thread -- Author's and Artists Come Hither
Ok, so just because there are a few laggards, doesn't mean we all should have to wait around. ;) Kidding, of course. Actually, the editing process for the NPA is…
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Participants: abzu, Lxndr, Matt, Ben Lehman, Michael S. Miller, xiombarg, quozl, gobi, Mike Holmes, Jeph, Chris Passeno, Paul Czege, gpalmer, LindseyErin, hwango, DanielSchenström, Lordgeejay, veinglory, Wren, Valamir, ECoats, sharchen, Flash Fighter, kyrn, Storn, Ron Edwards.

3/9/2004 ShaneNINE: Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium
Where/how can I get this game? Sorry, I didn't really know where to put this post.
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Participants: ShaneNINE, Trevis Martin, rafael, ethan_greer.

3/9/2004 Dregg: Publishing just to Publish
I have been looking at alot of stuff on RPG now as of late. I don't mean to sound too high and Mighty but some of the quality of product…
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Participants: Dregg, Ron Edwards, matthijs, Jack Spencer Jr.

3/10/2004 seraphimy2k: a bit of a newbie
hi everyone forgive me if im posting in the wrong forum, but this is my first post :) My question is as follows : i live in the uk, and…
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Participants: seraphimy2k, Matt Wilson, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, coolblade.

3/10/2004 Bob Goat: SKU Number?
Please forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is a SKU number and where does it come from? Is this a part of the ISBN? I am assuming that these are…
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Participants: Bob Goat, jrs, jdagna.

3/13/2004 taalyn: ISBN co-op?
Does anyone know if it's possible (and legal) to group together to buy an ISBN block? Anyone interested in doing so? I just can't afford a block of 10 (or…
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Participants: taalyn, Valamir, Paul Czege, jdagna, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, xiombarg, Lxndr, madelf, talysman, age_of_dissent, Matt.

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