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5/18/2004 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2204] Booth design and logistics
Hello, Quick note first I am possibly unique in this, but today it was a huge surprise to me to check the GenCon dates and to realize that they've been…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, ethan_greer, Mike Holmes, jrs, Bob Goat, abzu, daMoose_Neo, btrc, Michael S. Miller, Valamir, Matt Wilson, Matt Snyder, Dav, Andy Kitkowski, Paul Czege, AdAstraGames, LordSmerf.

5/16/2004 Michael Hopcroft: Transportation issue for GenCon
I have a question for the experienced bus travelkrs on the list concerning GenCon? How long does it usually take Greyhound to get a person from portland, oregon to indianapolis?…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Lxndr, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.

5/12/2004 Lxndr: [GenCon] Fastlane Raffle?
I've been kicking this idea around in my mind, and have even allocated some budget to the concept and found a local Indianapolis retailer that could help meet my needs…
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Participants: Lxndr, Bob Goat, Bob McNamee, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

5/11/2004 Ron Edwards: DemonCon III (I hope)
Hello, For those of you who can't tell, it's been a bitch of a month for me. So I only hope this very late announcement is able to draw some…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, Mike Holmes, abzu.

5/10/2004 Matt Gwinn: "Does The Game System Really Matter?" GENCON Semin
[quote][b]Event ID:[/b] 3606 [b]Game ID:[/b] SEM00045 [b]Title:[/b] Does The Game System Really Matter? [b]Event Description:[/b] The Game System doesn't matter to have a successful gaming session. Join your hosts as…
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Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, Dev, daMoose_Neo, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Andy Kitkowski.

5/9/2004 John Kim: Forgeites at KublaCon '04 in SF Peninsula
So who is attending KublaCon? It will be May 28-31 in Burlingame on the SF Peninsula. I'll be there and running two events. Neither of them will be Indie RPGs,…
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Participants: John Kim, Michael Hopcroft.

5/9/2004 Doyce: Forge Presence at San Diego ComicCon?
I was wondering if any Forgeites are attending SD ComicCon in August or if GenCon Indy is going to be the place to be.
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Participants: Doyce.

5/6/2004 Zak Arntson: Dragonflight in Seattle (Aug 13-15)
Guess what? Getting close to 20 years of gaming, and I've never been to a convention before. I figure it's time to stop that by going to Dragonflight this year,…
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Participants: Zak Arntson, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, rafial, jdagna, Michael Hopcroft.

5/4/2004 Dregg: Forge Presence at Dexcon 7?
I was Just wondering who from the Forge is attending Dexcon 7 in July? The Convention really wants to work with us and time is running thin. I myself am…
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Participants: Dregg, Michael S. Miller, buggy, JamesSterrett, Helvetian, Mike Holmes, Tav_Behemoth.

5/3/2004 Dregg: Indie RPGA?
Going on some Ideas from the AGOG Thread... http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=11041 I was thinking about this over the weekend as I look at the RPGA section of the con. The RPGA... I…
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Participants: Dregg, Michael S. Miller, Valamir.

5/3/2004 Dregg: AGOG Indie Aftermath
Well I guess I will be the 1st to start the thread on this weekend's A Gazebo of Games in the indie designer perspective. 1st I will say it was…
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Participants: Dregg, Michael S. Miller, abzu, inthisstyle, buggy, Thor Olavsrud, Andrew Morris, urbwar, elgorade, WGPTrey.

4/25/2004 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2004] Sign-up instructions: the time has come
Hello, I'm opening up sign-ups for GenCon. Play by the following rules; I'll just deny anyone who makes life difficult by not being clear. This thread is not about logistics…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, lumpley, Michael S. Miller, Jürgen Mayer, Valamir, btrc, AdAstraGames, xiombarg, Lxndr, smokewolf.

4/22/2004 Tigger: Gamefest Milwaukee and Gamefest Richmond
Dear Forge, My name is Daniel Brace; some of you may know me as a local convention organizer of Running GAGG and UNY-Con in the upstate New York area. I…
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Participants: Tigger, Dav, Mike Holmes, jdagna, Dave Panchyk, smokewolf.

4/16/2004 anonymouse: for the con-goers: Penny Arcade's PAX
http://www.penny-arcade.com/pax/ They're going to have tabletop gaming in a "free play" area, it looks like (Tycho's a regular D&D'er), might be of interest for some of the indie folk to…
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Participants: anonymouse.

4/13/2004 Lxndr: GenCon Business/Tax Questions
If I go to GenCon as "Alexander Cherry, Sole Proprietor of Twisted Confessions" instead of as "Private Citizen Alexander Cherry", what sorts of things are generally considered deductible? (Yeah yeah,…
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Participants: Lxndr, Valamir, Bob Goat, jdagna, daMoose_Neo, Paul Czege.

4/10/2004 Tav_Behemoth: GenCon Booth: Garage Sale Bin?
Stop me if you've heard this one before... Would it be feasible for us to have an assorted for-sale at the booth that we could use like a communal garage…
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Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, btrc, Christopher Weeks, jrs, Valamir, Jürgen Mayer.

4/10/2004 Ben Lehman: GenCon Booth Monkey Questions
Hi. The possibility of me being at GenCon this year is increasing daily, so I thought I would ask some questions about the difference between Forge Booth Monkey attendance and…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson, Lxndr, Tav_Behemoth, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, Dav, Jürgen Mayer, Nev the Deranged.

3/29/2004 abzu: ICON 23 (2004) Report
[url=http://www.iconsf.org] ICON[/url] is a venerable con staged out in Stony Brook, Long Island -- about 90 minutes from Manhattan, but rather easy to get to by public transportation. We drove,…
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Participants: abzu, Valamir, urbwar, drozdal.

3/25/2004 New Dimension Games: New games
Greetings to all! New Dimension Games is thankful to be welcomed into the fold here at The Forge. As we are a new company, we'd like to hear from fellow…
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Participants: New Dimension Games, daMoose_Neo, Mike Holmes, Valamir.

3/4/2004 Helvetian: DEXCON 7
While I will shortly be contacting representatives more personally to extend invitations and give details on what we offer, I would also like to use the board to invite companies…
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Participants: Helvetian, Dregg.

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5/24/2004 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2004] The look & feel
Hello, This thread is related to Booth design and logistics, but mainly focused on atmosphere, comportment, and other intangibles which, in practice, are actually quite tangible. I figure…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, Andy Kitkowski, Eero Tuovinen, abzu, AdAstraGames, Nev the Deranged, LordSmerf, btrc.

5/26/2004 M. J. Young: Lunch at Dexcon?
It was mentioned over in the Ropecon thread that a number of Forge people are going to be at Dexcon. I was hoping to be able to manage it, but…
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Participants: M. J. Young, Helvetian, abzu, lumpley, JamesSterrett, Tav_Behemoth, Dregg.

5/27/2004 Michael Hopcroft: Room sharing at Kublacon
If there is anyone going to Kublacon who doesn;t have their room arranged yet, I have 1-3 spoaces left in my room. I didn;t know for sure I;d have my…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

6/1/2004 Ron Edwards: DemonCon III followup
Hello, Let's qualify this a little - it's not a real big con, all right? Just an open play day, getting people to meet one another. We've tried to get…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Bob Goat.

6/3/2004 Michael Hopcroft: How much should I expect to need for GenCon SoCal?
At least two fellow publishers have asked me if I plan to attend genCon SoCal, since I'm on the West Coast and, well, so is it. I'm tempted to be…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards.

6/7/2004 Pagrin: How do you?
Hello all I've recently been roped into helping out a con I have attended for the last 15 years (They called my "sure I'll help" bluff.) The Convention is called…
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Participants: Pagrin, Dregg, M. J. Young, abzu.

6/8/2004 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Room Sharing at Origins
I'm in a bit of a bind. I was originally going to be sharing a room with some friends at Origins, but they are now unable to go. Unfortunately, I…
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Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Mike Holmes.

6/27/2004 Nev the Deranged: [GenCon 2004] Info mailings?
Just wondering if/when those of us who signed up through the booth can expect convention guides and such, or if we will be picking them up onsite. I know they…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Ron Edwards, Christopher Weeks.

6/29/2004 taepoong: [Origins] "Is this a Forge game?"
So I went to Origins to man the NerdNYC/Burning Wheel/Forge booth. We had many Forge games available including Universalis, My Life with Master, Octane, Inspectres, Kill Puppies for Satan, Bulldogs!,…
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Participants: taepoong, Valamir, M. J. Young, anonymouse, Eero Tuovinen, Dev, jdagna, JamesSterrett, Mike Holmes, Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, abzu, WyldKarde.

6/29/2004 Paul Czege: rubbermaid-esque transparent storage boxes
Hey Ralph, On the Booth design and logistics thread, you wrote: A slightly off the wall suggestion would be to ask all sellers to purchase the…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Valamir, Bob Goat, Christopher Weeks, smokewolf, btrc, alchemist, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder.

7/1/2004 MrWrong: Indie RPGA II (split)
[quote="Michael S. Miller"] It boils down to "running demos = getting stuff" As independents, we can't afford to just give books away to our most energetic fans. [/quote] Don't be…
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Participants: MrWrong, taepoong, Ron Edwards, Dregg, Valamir, jdagna, M. J. Young.

7/9/2004 GRIM: EuroGenCon 2004
Anyone else going to be there? I have a booth! Wooo!
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Participants: GRIM, jdagna, M. J. Young, Ron Edwards.

7/12/2004 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2004] The folks who'll be there
Hi everyone, Here's the list! If you thought you were on it and you're not, contact me ASAP. If you still want to be on it, you're pretty much shit…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Matt Wilson, abzu, alchemist, Matt Snyder, Bob Goat, Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller, lumpley, Tav_Behemoth, Jürgen Mayer, Matt Gwinn, smokewolf, jrs, Mike Holmes, Nev the Deranged.

7/13/2004 Andrew Morris: What indie games are running at DexCon?
Hey all, since it starts tomorrow, I'm hoping I can get some feedback on which indie games will be running events at DexCon this year. Even though I'm only a…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, abzu, nerdnyc, Dregg, JamesSterrett.

7/13/2004 Valamir: Gen Con extras
I was thinking of purchasing a digital cash register. There's a pretty sweet Casio for $200 at office depot that we could actually program in all of the product prices…
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Participants: Valamir, alchemist, btrc, jrs, Ron Edwards, abzu, Bob Goat, Paul Czege, Matt Snyder, smokewolf, Lxndr, Tav_Behemoth, Matt Wilson, Jürgen Mayer, lumpley.

7/16/2004 abzu: Origins After Action Report
Hi Folks, Sorry it took so long to get this up, but I've been a busy bee (and then a very tired and burnt-out bee). I wanted to give a…
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Participants: abzu.

7/16/2004 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2004] Pamphlets/handouts
Hey there, Phil Reed and I have come up with a plan for the booth handouts & paper stuff. ITEM ONE A trifold pamphlet that lists all the companies and…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, philreed, Valamir, alchemist, lumpley, Bob Goat, Paul Czege, Tav_Behemoth, btrc.

7/19/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Trinoc-Con in Durham, NC July 23-25: Indie Friendly Con!
www.trinoc-con.org Indie Friendly... because I'm in charge of the RPG section this year! Mwah-ha-ha-ha-haaaa! Actually, that's a bit of a misnomer- They encourage you to run anything you want to…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

7/19/2004 Eero Tuovinen: The Ropecon books are here!
The books I ordered for our Ropecon booth arrived in time! Now my kitchen table is full of gaming goodness, oh my. Many thanks to all who bothered to sell…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, M. J. Young.

7/19/2004 Paul's Girl: Forge Night Out in Indy
Hey everyone, I just spent a few days in Indy for a conference for work and discovered a fantastic place for a Forge night out, Fountain Square. Its only a…
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Participants: Paul's Girl, Matt Snyder, smokewolf, Mike Holmes, btrc.

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