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1/24/2006 Paka: Indie Games Exploding I-Con
I really watched Dexcon and Dreamation change in a great way from '05 to '06 and I am sure people who have been going for more years than that can…
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Participants: Paka, Clinton R. Nixon, Thor Olavsrud, Dregg, Jared A. Sorensen, nerdnyc, inthisstyle, ptevis, Kat Miller, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Nathan P., ubergeek2012, Salvius.

1/23/2006 Diabolik: Dreamation 2006
I wanted to  thank everyone involved in Dreamation for all of their hospitality and warmth. We at Perfect Score had the best time getting to meet so many great people…
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Participants: Diabolik, abzu, Michael S. Miller, nikola, Paka, Iskander, Nathan P., RobNJ, Dregg, Andrew Morris, Ben Lehman, Blake T. Deakin, Helvetian, Krista E, Bret Gillan, Jared A. Sorensen, devilbunny, Emily Care.

1/18/2006 Bankuei: [KueiCon] Aftermath report
Hi folks, KueiCon was teh awesome, and I wanted to thank everyone who came and played with us.  Though we only set up for 2 days and 3 time slots…
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Participants: Bankuei, ptevis, Albert of Feh, jasonm, faerieloch.

1/16/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation 2006] Last Minute Details
Okay, we've only got a handful of days until the convention. Luckily, we've only got a handful of things left to do. (1) Online promotion. If you have a weblog,…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege, Diabolik.

1/13/2006 inthisstyle: Getting Indie Games Going in Your Area
There are a lot of game designers living in and around New York City, and the Dreamation convention has become a real gathering place for designers due to their very…
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Participants: inthisstyle, Iskander, Zach.

1/7/2006 Jake Richmond: Anyone going to GTS?
Anyone going to the gama Trade Show this March? Bot Travis Brown and I will be there with our new CrossRoads book, and I'm hoping to have copies of Panty…
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Participants: Jake Richmond, Ron Edwards, Veritas Games, Justin D. Jacobson.

12/29/2005 Troy_Costisick: [GenCon 2006] Forge Booth
Heya, Really hope I'm not overstepping my bounds here, but I would like to point out that the Exhibitor Package has been posted on the GenCon website.  Nev's already strated…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, abzu.

12/28/2005 Nev the Deranged: GenCon 2006 Rooms (yes, already)
Heyas. I am looking to reserve a room at the Courtyard Marriot for GC'06. I figure I might as well do it now while I have some extra cash rather…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, joepub, Andrew Morris.

12/27/2005 joepub: Anyone know of any British Columbia conventions?
So, I definately want to go take in a convention or two over the next year. Does anyone know of any good RPG conventions (or any conventions with a strong…
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Participants: joepub, Michael Shoen, rafial, Allan, Toren.

12/15/2005 Neil the Wimp: Running very short demos - tips?
(This isn't exactly about a convention, but a public demo; if these questions are off-topic here, please let me know). I'd like to pick your collective brains, if I may,…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, M Jason Parent, matthijs, M. J. Young, Michael S. Miller, Eero Tuovinen, abzu, Adam Dray.

12/14/2005 ptevis: [Southern California] Indie Games @ OrcCon, Feb 17-20
One of the things that's been bugging me for a while (especially since talking with Luke at GenCon SoCal) is the absence of indie games from conventions around here. Of…
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Participants: ptevis, Joshua BishopRoby, jburneko, abzu, Ben Lehman.

12/14/2005 Matt-M-McElroy: [Milwaukee] Concinnity 6
[url=http://concinnity.magegaming.org]Concinnity 6[/url] is going to be on April 1st & 2nd next year in Milwaukee. (I know the website isn't much to look at currently, we're working on it.) I'm…
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Participants: Matt-M-McElroy.

12/13/2005 Ben Lehman: KueiCon 1.5 (January 14-15)
Hi all -- Chris Chinn (Bankuei) will be hosting and I'll be organizing a west-coast get-together and play games sort of convention for the weekend of 14-15 January in Chris's…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Bankuei.

12/12/2005 epweissengruber: Pandemonium: Indie RPG Track?
Pandemonium 23 is comming soon. I am trying to organize an "Indie RPG" track at the convention.  I want 1 table where Indie games will be going on from Friday…
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Participants: epweissengruber.

12/8/2005 rafial: Conquest NW
It seems that the folks that do Conquest LA and Conquest SF are expanding northwest, and are doing Conquest NW in the Seattle/Tacoma area in February: http://avalonconventions.com/conquestnw/ Are there any…
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Participants: rafial, ptevis, Allan, Danny_K.

12/8/2005 Montola: Tampere Seminar on Playing Roles postponed
Hi, Now that the theory forum is closed, I'll put this here. There have been some minor scheduling problems with the Tampere role-playing seminar, and we've been forced to postpone…
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Participants: Montola.

12/7/2005 Allan: Pandemonium - Toronto, Feb 06
The Ontario Indie RPG Meetup Group is planning a series of linked events at Pandemonium in Toronto, February 15-17.  The plan is to have one table with indie games running…
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Participants: Allan, Malcolm, M Jason Parent, CCW, Brand_Robins, Rob MacDougall, Blankshield, Hans, WalkingDead, two_fishes, epweissengruber, ophidian_flux.

12/6/2005 tygertyger: Chimaeracon 2006: Indy Participation
Greetings, all! I am one of the organizers for Chimaeracon, the only local gaming con in San Antonio, TX.  I plan to demo my own efforts at the con (natch),…
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Participants: tygertyger.

12/6/2005 Mr Darran Sims: HeroQuest Games at Conception 2006
0  Conception 2006. Naish Holiday Village, Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset, UK. Wednesday 1st - Sunday 5th February 2006. http://conception.modus-operandi.co.uk/ I am running the following games at Conception 2006. I am running…
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Participants: Mr Darran Sims.

12/6/2005 M Jason Parent: Getting involved with the Forge Booth @ GenCon
I'm curious how one gets involved with the Forge Booth at GenCon Indy. I will have at least one, if not two self-owned and self-published RPGs in print by the…
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Participants: M Jason Parent, abzu, Andy Kitkowski, timfire, Jasper the Mimbo.

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1/25/2006 Salvius: An Idea for DEXCON 9
Hi Folks, Some of you may know that my philosophy regarding Double Exposure and our conventions is to always strive to break new ground, to take the good and make…
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Participants: Salvius, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Dregg.

1/25/2006 Diabolik: Dreamation Coverage is up!
Just wanted to let you all know that the first tricklings of Dreamation coverage are upon our site. Visit www.perfectscorepodcast.com or www.pscore.net. The television will have the information, but after…
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Participants: Diabolik, Andrew Morris.

1/26/2006 abzu: Jared, Luke and Vincent at Vericon
Jared, Vincent and I will be giving a panel about designing games that don't suck at Vericon in Cambridge, Ma. The panel is Saturday at 2:30. Please come…
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Participants: abzu, Troy_Costisick, Nathan P., Gaerik, Dev, inthisstyle, Thor Olavsrud, Blake T. Deakin, colinrego.

1/29/2006 Michael S. Miller: How I organize the Indie RPG Explosions
This is less a list of steps to follow, than a declaration of why you need to do the various little tasks. Maybe you’ll find a better way of meeting…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris.

1/31/2006 Diabolik: Dreamation 2006 Raw interviews are up now!
I wish someone had told me that I didn't code the pages correctly, I was redoing them for the raw video and realized that none of the links were working.…
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Participants: Diabolik, Paka, Andrew Morris, bcook1971.

2/2/2006 donm61873: Winter War, Champaign, IL
I'll start by saying that I'm the Chairman of Winter War, a small con (400+ attendees) in Champaign, IL in early February (actually, this coming Friday). Anyway, we are a…
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Participants: donm61873, Matt-M-McElroy.

2/3/2006 Matt Snyder: Gamicon -- Iowa City
I'll be attending a local convention called Gamicon. It's in Iowa City, my old college town, a home away from home to me. The con runs Friday, February 24 through…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Zach, chris_moore, michael lingner.

2/7/2006 cdr: [DunDraCon] Indie Gaming wiki - San Ramon, CA 2/17-20
<A HREF="http://www.dundracon.com/">DunDraCon</A> is a gaming convention at the San Ramon Marriott in northern California, February 17-20 this year.  I'm running TMW Saturday 8am and in the hopes of running DitV…
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Participants: cdr, talysman.

2/7/2006 Eero Tuovinen: Competitive roleplaying experiences?
My Alma Mater rpg club in Helsinki is interested in arranging more actual roleplaying activity lately. I listed some ideas for people there and there's interest for a "roleplaying tournament"…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, TheTris, jasonm, James_Nostack, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf.

2/10/2006 Nev the Deranged: Capricon
I have some friends marginally involved in Capricon, who have urged me to attend. Anybody know if  there will be any Indie stuff going on there that would entice me…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

2/15/2006 Matt Snyder: Forge Midwest Official Thread
This is the official finalized information for the Forge Midwest gathering April 7-9, 2006. The event will run Friday April 7 through Sunday April 9. The even is at the…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, ptevis, Valamir, Blankshield, Nev the Deranged, Jared A. Sorensen, Seth L. Blumberg, reaction, abzu, Keith Senkowski, timfire, Andy Kitkowski, Domhnall, jrs, Paul Czege, Matt Wilson, Kesher, greyorm, GregStolze, Biggles, Ron Edwards, Thor Olavsrud, Emily Care, c, mtiru, Mike Holmes.

2/21/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: [OrcCon] After Action Report
So Paul Tevis and Jesse Burneko and I went on down to OrcCon in LA this past weekend to run a few indie games and hold down a table in…
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, jburneko, ptevis, inthisstyle.

2/22/2006 Dregg: I-CON 25 Indie Designer Awards
In the past we have celebrated and given tribute to those who have made an impact in the gaming industry. Guests such as Eden Studios and Privateer Press have been…
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Participants: Dregg.

2/22/2006 Vaxalon: DC area Forgeites
I'd like to get another Northern Virginia/DC area Forgeite meeting together.
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Participants: Vaxalon, Adam Dray, D. Woolsey, Shawn De Arment.

3/3/2006 ocasta: Baycon UK
I'll be attending Baycon - a small convention held near Exeter in Devon (UK) - in April. Are any other readers of the Forge going to be there. I'd quite…
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Participants: ocasta.

3/4/2006 Malcolm: [Conpulsion, Edinburgh] - Indie Games Track
Well, the Indie Games Track for the Conpulsion convention taking place in Edinburgh at the end of March is now fully organised, with 10 1 hour indie games running throughout…
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Participants: Malcolm, Gregor Hutton, Matt, Dantai, Shevaun.

3/10/2006 Kat Miller: Indie Games Explosion at Gen Con06
The Indie Games Explosion at Gen. Con. was rather successful last year, and its time again to submit events for Gen Con 06. New changes in Gen Con Event Registration…
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Participants: Kat Miller, Troy_Costisick, Michael S. Miller, LordSmerf, Technocrat13, Gaerik.

3/12/2006 Helvetian: DEXCON 9
It's that time again! I'll be sending out individual emails this coming week, but wanted to give the heads-up that we're starting to pull the summer convention together.  DEXCON 9…
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Participants: Helvetian.

3/15/2006 Arturo G.: [PuCLN,Valladolid] A Forge's indie-games track in a Spanish national convention
PuCLN -- Convivencias Lúdicas Nacionales A big Spanish national games-convention is going to hold place in Valladolid (Spain) this year. Dates: 13 -- 16 of July. The convention will include…
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Participants: Arturo G..

3/15/2006 Kat Miller: What I need from Indie Games Explosion at Gen Con Volenteers
What do I need to do to be part of the Indie Games Explosion at Gen Con? Gen Con has changed their Event Registration process for this year.  For a…
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Participants: Kat Miller, LordSmerf, Ben Lehman, Michael S. Miller, jasonm, TonyLB, Mike Holmes.

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