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12/20/2004 jknevitt: PotConMaine 2005
Yes, I know it's a ways off, but who's going? I'd like to see if we can get a New England Indie pack together.
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Participants: jknevitt, abzu, Ron Edwards.

12/14/2004 Dev: VeriCon 2005
[i]See also [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=9595&highlight=vericon]Vericon 2005 wrapup[/url].[/i] So, VeriCon 2005 is happening, Jan. 28 (Friday) - Jan. 30 (Sunday). This year, I'm the contact person for RPGs, and I would like to…
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Participants: Dev.

12/14/2004 GaryTP: Forge or Indie RPG Online Convention - Feedback Please
The Forge or Indie RPG (probably the second) could host an online convention for creator-owned works. What do you think of the idea. Put up a site page with icons…
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Participants: GaryTP, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Jasper, Nathan, daMoose_Neo, Christopher Weeks, Michael S. Miller, Nathan P..

12/10/2004 epweissengruber: HeroQuest and Sorcerer at Pandemonium 22 (Toronto, Canada)
THE ROLE PLAYING & GAMING CONVENTION Pandemonium 22 Location DELTA TORONTO EAST 2035 Kennedy Road Toronto On Date: February 25,26,27 2005 Here is what I am offering: #1 Hero Quest:…
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Participants: epweissengruber.

12/6/2004 Clinton R. Nixon: GenCon SoCal after-action report
I just finished GenCon SoCal and it was a physical beat-down. Four days on my feet was wearing. So, how'd it go? I think I can safely say that no…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, abzu, rafial, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, Jared A. Sorensen, Lxndr, Andy Kitkowski, Paul Czege, Christopher Kubasik, John Wick, Tav_Behemoth, Valamir, JSDiamond, razorwise.

12/1/2004 TonyLB: [Dreamation 2005] Logistics of Explosion
We've got quite the crew of people showing up for Dreamation, to take up Double Exposure's offer of hosting an Indie RPG Explosion. There are, naturally, a whole host of…
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Participants: TonyLB, John Wick, Tav_Behemoth, Jared A. Sorensen, Michael S. Miller.

11/24/2004 Troy_Costisick: GenCon booth construction (split)
Heya, Some thoughts on construction that might make it easier to transport. From where I sit, the framwork must have two properties: transportable and disassembleable (that a word?). Think about…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards.

11/16/2004 abzu: MACE after action report
I was at MACE in Highpoint, NC this weekend. To my eyes it was a well-run small con. Attendance was probably 300-400 people. The overwhelming emphasis seemed to be on…
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Participants: abzu, Andy Kitkowski.

11/9/2004 Revontuli: Knutepunkt 2005
The European English-language progressive roleplaying event Knutepunkt is coming once again. With perhaps more focus on roleplaying theory than any other convention in the world! http://knutepunkt.laiv.org/html/index.asp February 24th-27th, in Norway…
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Participants: Revontuli, Ole Peder Giæver, J. Tuomas Harviainen, matthijs, Eirik Fatland.

11/9/2004 Matt-M-McElroy: Chicago Game Conclave
http://www.chicagogamecon.org/CGC_Home/home1.htm Anyone going? Saw a couple of small press games listed in RPGs, but I don't know who is running them. I've heard good and bad things about the Con,…
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Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, timfire.

11/8/2004 Paul Czege: Genghis Con advertising
Heather Barnhorst, who recently wrote a review of My Life with Master, has asked me to extend an invitation to the Forge community. It seems that she runs Genghis…
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Participants: Paul Czege.

11/6/2004 daMoose_Neo: [GenCon SoCal] Anyone want to pimp Twilight?
I checked in with Clinton about possibly having my customizable card game, Final Twilight, at the SoCal booth, but I want to make sure I have someone there who can…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo.

11/5/2004 Bryant: Convention Bookmobile
The Internet Bookmobile is a mobile printing and binding station that travels around printing public domain books in an effort to raise the awareness of the value of the public…
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Participants: Bryant.

11/4/2004 Judd_da_GM: TechWoodCon (Atlanta, GA) : January 7 - 9, 2005
For those of you interested in a gaming convention in Georgia that is affordable and fun, please consider browsing to www.techwoodcon.com to check out TechWoodCon 2005. The con is located…
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Participants: Judd_da_GM.

11/3/2004 Michael S. Miller: Indie RPG Explosion at Dreamation 2005
In this thread, we'll be putting together the Indie RPG Explosion at Dreamation '05 in January in New Brunswick, NJ. What are our goals? As Double Exposure has generously offered…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, timfire, Helvetian, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, TonyLB, abzu, inthisstyle, Dregg, Tav_Behemoth, lumpley, Jared A. Sorensen, Bill_White, LordSmerf, Eero Tuovinen, devilbunny, Ron Edwards.

10/25/2004 Andy Kitkowski: Burning Wheel Fans on the East Coast: Transform & Roll O
http://www.justusproductions.com/Mace.aspx MACE 2004 · Radisson Hotel, High Point, NC · November 12-14, 2004 Game List: http://www.justusproductions.com/gaming/gamelist.cfm Luke is gonna be running demo sessions all damn day long on Saturday, now's…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, abzu, Jeph.

10/24/2004 Dregg: Questcon I
For all you New Yorkers and peeps from NJ, and CT Long Islands first hotel gaming con is nigh. www.questconvention.com We would like to see some of the Tri state…
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Participants: Dregg.

10/22/2004 btrc: Convention thoughts
Robin Laws posted an interesting bit about booth management on his web site: http://www.dyingearth.com/pagexxoctober.htm It's worth the time to read it. Greg BTRC
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Participants: btrc, daMoose_Neo, Mike Holmes, abzu, TonyLB.

10/18/2004 Helvetian: Dreamation 2005
I'll be sending out more personalized invitations Real Soon Now, but I wanted to put the dates in peoples' heads ASAP. I would love to have a strong Indie presence…
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Participants: Helvetian, timfire, Grand_Commander13, JamesSterrett, Dregg, Michael S. Miller, abzu, TonyLB.

10/18/2004 abzu: Ubercon 4, Oy vey
Just waking up from my post-con crash. This time around the nerds and I were at Ubercon 4 in Secaucus, NJ at the Meadowlands Crown Plaza. Let's start with the…
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Participants: abzu, Michael S. Miller, Thor Olavsrud, M. J. Young, LordSmerf, rafial.

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1/11/2005 btrc: GenCon booth alert
Hey guys: Someone should take a look at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29945&item=3775066324&rd=1 And if the link doesn't work, it is item #3775066324. Auction ends 01/16/2005. Anyway, if a Forgite is in that geographical…
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Participants: btrc.

1/16/2005 sinister: Friends of Gen Con in Indianapolis
Hey all, We have a club of about 100 people that meets monthly, to play a variety of games. Recently we have started a program to help GM/DMs get better…
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Participants: sinister.

1/16/2005 TonyLB: [Capes] Promoting at Dreamtion 2005
Okay, I've got my big print debut coming up at the Indie Games Explosion, in Dreamation 2005. Naturally I'm as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking…
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Participants: TonyLB.

1/23/2005 J. Campbell: ColdCon 2005 [Toronto]
This convention, to be held in Toronto, Canada (late September or early October) is just in it's infancy. We have a dedicated group of people working on the project already,…
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Participants: J. Campbell.

1/23/2005 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2005] Last minute details
Okay, as we enter the final week before Dreamation, there are a few last minute details we need to cover. 1) I've worked up a schedule for minding the booth.…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, TonyLB, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Helvetian, timfire, Tav_Behemoth.

1/24/2005 bfcat: Coscon question...
Ermm....not sure if Coscon is a game convention, but I heard about it from a friend. From what he told me, it sounded like a game/anime convention. Unfortunately...that friend just…
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Participants: bfcat.

1/27/2005 abzu: Forge East Spring Early Summer Con Schedule
Hi Folks, I'm gearing up for the spring convention push and I'd like to invite interested parties to hop on board. I'll be at UBERCON March 11-13 in Secaucus,…
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Participants: abzu, M. J. Young, Jared A. Sorensen, Dregg, Michael S. Miller, Valamir.

1/31/2005 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2005] After the Explosion
As Samwise said, "Well, I'm back." And the Indie RPG Explosion at Dreamation 2005 went really, really well. I want to thank everyone who came out and made the event…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, lumpley, TonyLB, RobNJ, inthisstyle, Paka, nikola, Andrew Morris, Dregg, Bill_White, Bob Goat, Mike Holmes, Helvetian, devilbunny, Tav_Behemoth.

1/31/2005 darrick: Cthulhu One
the world's largest Cthulhu Mythos / Lovecraft convention in the midwest this spring! link: http://www.darkmusicdomain.com/cthulhu.html thanks, D
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Participants: darrick, abzu, Ron Edwards.

2/2/2005 TonyLB: [DexCon 2005] Indie Gaming Explosion 2
DexCon is, as I understand it, Dreamations big brother. Same hotel, same spectacular Double Exposure staff, same Sugarfest and Chocolate Heaven. Wednesday, July 13 - Sunday, July 17. There is…
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Participants: TonyLB, Dregg, Michael S. Miller, inthisstyle, Bob Goat, Paka, Tav_Behemoth, RobNJ, Nathan.

2/5/2005 Tav_Behemoth: Our Con
Anyone planning to go to this: http://www.ourcon.org/index.asp ? It's my (and lumpley's) old Hampshire College stomping grounds, and the incomparable Jared Sorenson will be a GOH.
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Participants: Tav_Behemoth, WRPIgeek, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/5/2005 Matt-M-McElroy: Concinnity 5 Milwaukee
[b]Concinnity 5: April 2 and 3, 2005[/b] Presented by MAGE at Milwaukee School of Engineering [URL=http://concinnity.magegaming.org/prereg.html]Printable Concinnity 2005 Pre-registration Form[/URL] [URL=http://concinnity.magegaming.org/]Concinnity Webpage[/URL] [URL=http://magegaming.org/viewforum.php?f=10]Concinnity Forums[/URL] I'll be there running a couple…
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Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Matt Wilson, timfire, Valamir, KeithBVaughn, Mike Holmes.

2/7/2005 Michael S. Miller: [GenCon 2005] Scheduled Events?
Particularly in the aftermath of Dreamation, I've been thinking about the GenCon. I've reviewed the Next Year's Booth: Storm this Brain... thread and I think that holding a number of…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris, Matt Gwinn, Paul Czege, abzu, daMoose_Neo, TonyLB, Silent Tamatama, Paka, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/9/2005 abzu: Forge Essen?
So Dro, Thor and I are thinking about hitting Essen this year. Anyone been to Essen? Anyone exhibited at Essen? Also, if we do go, would anyone be interested in…
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Participants: abzu, Tobias, Eero Tuovinen, Matt, Tav_Behemoth, jenskot, Frank T.

2/10/2005 abzu: Convention Edge Manifesto
While preparing for the 2005 convention season over the last week -- registering games, and coordinating with other designers/publishers-- I was struck by a thought: Many of my gamer friends…
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Participants: abzu, Paka, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes.

2/10/2005 Paul's Girl: GenCon Indy 2005 booth specifications
Hi everyone, I know we talked alot about what the booth would be like this year, and I would like to start the conversation (if it hasn't been already and…
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Participants: Paul's Girl, LordSmerf.

2/13/2005 Ron Edwards: GenCon Booth 2005 - first laws
Hey, 1. The booth will be an endcap, same size as 2003 and 2004. 2. The booth's purpose is short-term actual play as a form of sales and promotion. No…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, timfire, Matt Wilson, abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, Andy Kitkowski, jrs, daMoose_Neo, Bob Goat, btrc, Mike Holmes.

2/16/2005 btrc: Furniture?
I'm willing to step up to the plate and find us some -good- permanent booth furniture, which I think can be had for about the same one-time price as we're…
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Participants: btrc, Ron Edwards, TonyLB, LordSmerf, Christopher Weeks, Matt Wilson, Bob Goat, Paul's Girl, Ben Lehman, Kat Miller, Silent Tamatama, ffilz, daMoose_Neo, Matt Gwinn, Erbage.

2/23/2005 Matt Snyder: Chimera Creative at Gamicon -- INDIE PUBLISHERS READ TOO!
I'll be attending Gamicon in Iowa City this weekend. There, I'll be selling Dust Devils and Nine Worlds, and running demos for both. My scheduled demo for Dust Devils is…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, TonyLB, Bob Goat, Paul Czege, Michael S. Miller, M. J. Young, abzu, daMoose_Neo.

3/3/2005 Danny_K: Norwescon Seattle March 24-27, anyone attending?
I've heard there's some gaming going on there, but the website (www.norwescon.com) is infuriatingly light on details. Danny
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Participants: Danny_K, Ron Edwards.

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