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4/20/2006 btrc: GenCon booth accessories?
In the interest of continual upgrading of the Forge presence, I've been scouring the web for good looking and just as important, portable and storable booth accessories. Anyone have any…
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Participants: btrc, Ron Edwards, inthisstyle, Paul Czege, abzu, Thor Olavsrud, Nathan P..

4/14/2006 Matt-M-McElroy: No Brand Con (Wisconsin)
Hey folks, I'll be making my first appearance at an anime convention next weekend. No Brand Con in Eau Claire WI does have some gaming going on so we're in…
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Participants: Matt-M-McElroy.

4/13/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: ConCarolinas indie game track
I've secured an indie game track at ConCarolinas, a largeish sci-fi/gaming convention in Charlotte, NC on June 2 - 4. We've got some good games that are going to be…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, seawolf69.

4/12/2006 Kat Miller: DexCon 06 Link, anyone else?
Ok the link to the events for Dexcon are up here: http://www.enter.net/~whim/Conventions/dexcon06IGE.html MSM suggested I wait till after Forge Midwest to put out a last call. Dex Con will be…
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Participants: Kat Miller, abzu, Paka, Nathan P., Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Helvetian, RobNJ, Jared A. Sorensen, Iskander.

4/11/2006 btrc: GenCon suite?
The following place is off the GenCon hotel radar, yet is close enough to be skywalk accessible: http://www.malibuonmaryland.com/320.html If I can get at least 3 other people willing to split…
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Participants: btrc.

4/11/2006 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2006] First thread about it
Hi there, First things first - GenCon's dates are a little different this year, August 10-13. So everyone who was thinking, hmm, sometime around August 20, revise your year. I…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, abzu, Paul Czege, inthisstyle, Gaerik, TonyLB, Nev the Deranged, Matt Gwinn, Dantai, Brand_Robins, LordSmerf, jrs, Justin D. Jacobson, Selene Tan, Jared A. Sorensen, Matt-M-McElroy, Jonathan Walton.

4/10/2006 abzu: Forge Midwest Love
Where's the love? Is everyone still too exhausted to post? So, ye who attended, what did you think? Did you enjoy yourself? Would you come back again? What did you…
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Participants: abzu, Matt Wilson, Keith Senkowski, chris_moore, Thor Olavsrud, Jason L Blair, jenskot, Jared A. Sorensen, greyorm, c, jrs, Mike Holmes, Blankshield, Iskander, John Harper, Miskatonic, Paul Czege, Paka, tylure, ivan23, ptevis, Matt Snyder, mtiru, Kesher, Tim C Koppang, Andy Kitkowski, GregStolze, timfire, Dav, Nev the Deranged.

4/8/2006 Nev the Deranged: [GenCon '06] D'oh...
Well, I decided to wait to reserve a room at the Marriott by the con center.... and now they are out of 2-bed rooms. Go figure. I guess I should…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, inthisstyle, btrc, joepub.

4/3/2006 Mike Holmes: [Concinnity] Wrap Up
Concinnity 6 is over, and I thought I'd put in a quick after action review. I really have to say that this was a very well run small convention...one that…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Matt-M-McElroy.

4/3/2006 cdr: [Gencon 06] Demo Teaching?
I recall at last year's Gencon there was a plan to cross-teach how to run demos to everyone working the Forge Booth, although I don't know if that happened or…
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Participants: cdr.

4/2/2006 Nathan P.: [Meetup Proposal] DeisCon, April 15-16 or 22-23
So I have an idea that I wanna float, and see if it would interest anyone. I have a big hunk o' break over Passover in which I will be…
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Participants: Nathan P..

4/1/2006 Jonas Karlsson: [GothCon, Sweden] The Indie Room, with Forge games
Hello all, The Easter weekend (14th to 16th of April) I'm arranging an event called the Indie Room at Sweden's largest gaming convention GothCon. With me I have seven great…
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Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Peter Nordstrand, Anders.

3/28/2006 Shawn De Arment: Northern Virginia Gathering – April 8th
There is a gathering at my home in Chantilly VA on Saturday April 8th. The schedule is as follows: 1-2 PM Social hour (Meet, greet, and game speak) 2-4 PM…
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Participants: Shawn De Arment.

3/28/2006 Malcolm: [Conpulsion, Edinburgh] Indie Games Track post-con review
This was the first year that the Indie Games Track was running at the Conpulsion convention in Edinburgh and, overall, I would say it was an unqualified success. Prior to…
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Participants: Malcolm, Matt, Joe Murphy (Broin), Dantai, Jonny Nexus.

3/27/2006 ocasta: Spiel 2006
I know it seems like a long way off (its only 7 months) but time goes so fast as I get older. I was wondering if there were any official…
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Participants: ocasta, Matt, Eero Tuovinen.

3/24/2006 Kat Miller: [ Dex Con9 ] IGE at Dex Con
Dex Con 9- Wednesday, July 12 - Sunday, July 16, 2006 at the East Brunswick Hilton in East Brunswick, New Jersey If you plan on attending Dex Con and you're…
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Participants: Kat Miller, TonyLB, Dregg.

3/23/2006 PeterAdkison: [Origins 2006] Looking for indie rpgs to play
Since I run Gen Con I'm too busy to game there. So I go to Origins every year to actually play (and sometimes actually get to do just that!). I'm…
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Participants: PeterAdkison, Michael S. Miller, Thunder_God, Clinton R. Nixon, inthisstyle.

3/17/2006 Kat Miller: Link to the IGE at Gencon06 Events page.
I have collected all the information I have been sent. This is the Link to the IGE Events for Gen Con 06 that I have been given so far- http://www.enter.net/~whim/Conventions/Gencon06IGE.html…
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Participants: Kat Miller, Hans, Michael S. Miller.

3/16/2006 PincheGamesLoco: CHIMAERACON in Texas
Hello to The Forge!  I am just am checking if there is anyone here going to be at the CHMIARAECON going on next week?  It is going to be here…
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Participants: PincheGamesLoco, tygertyger.

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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4/27/2006 Zach: Indie Efforts at JenCon 16 (May 4-6, IA)... Stymied?
Hello good sirs and ladies: I will be demoing some of my games at a small convention located between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. International Cooking Challenge, The Ballad of…
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Participants: Zach.

4/27/2006 ptevis: Gamex 2006, May 26-29, Los Angeles area
Joshua BishopRoby, Jesse Burneko, and myself will be running games at Gamex 2006, the Memorial Day Weekend version of Strategicon. Is anyone in the the Los Angeles area playing Nine…
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Participants: ptevis, Joshua BishopRoby.

5/1/2006 jaw6: GenCon for players?
Sorry if this is a lame question, or the wrong place to ask... I've been trying to encourage some friends to check out various Indie games at GenCon this year,…
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Participants: jaw6, abzu, Kat Miller, Blankshield, Gaerik, Michael S. Miller, Hans.

5/9/2006 abzu: Forge Booth '06 for Game Designers
The primary sponsors for this year's Forge booth are: Adept Press (Ron/Sorcerer), Lumpley Games (Vincent/Dogs), Timfire (Tim/Mountain Witch) and Burning Wheel (Luke/BW). The booth is a 4-booth penninsula and is…
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Participants: abzu, Paka, Blankshield, Ben Lehman, Nathan P., Malcolm, Matt, Gregor Hutton, TonyLB, Dantai, btrc, jasonm, Keith Senkowski, Matt Snyder, Paul Czege, Justin D. Jacobson, Emily Care, joepub, Michael S. Miller, Valamir, Tim C Koppang, Matt Wilson, Gordon C. Landis, Jonathan Walton, Larry Wickman, John Harper, Troy_Costisick, nikola, Clinton R. Nixon, Kevin Allen Jr, Ron Edwards.

5/9/2006 abzu: Forge Booth '06 for Monkeys, Volunteers and Supporters
Hello! If you love mutualism, support and small press publishing and you're interested in helping out at the Forge booth this year, please post in this thread: your name, the…
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Participants: abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, Iskander, Emily Care, Michael S. Miller, joepub, Nev the Deranged, Matt-M-McElroy, jrs, nikola, Ben Lehman, Paka, Jasper the Mimbo, M. Voelker.

5/10/2006 abzu: The One Game Policy
[quote]I've tried to closely follow the threads lead up to GenCon this year, as well as reviewing the threads about last year's booth and the rule about newbies only being…
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Participants: abzu, Valamir, Troy_Costisick, Ben Lehman, Dav, Thunder_God, Thor Olavsrud, Jonathan Walton, inthisstyle, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Malcolm, Czar Fnord, Nathan P., Jasper the Mimbo, Ron Edwards.

5/11/2006 Justin D. Jacobson: Gen Con Demos - A Procedure for Ensuring Coverage and Request for Advice
Perhaps this should have been split into two different threads. In any case... 1) On the other GC threads, there's been some concern expressed about the ability to demo so…
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Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, Jonathan Walton, Blankshield, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, abzu, Matt-M-McElroy.

5/11/2006 Justin D. Jacobson: Gen Con Sell Sheets
It would seem that sell sheets would be helpful to those working the booth. These would be succinct documents outlining the key features of the game in question so anyone…
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Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, inthisstyle, Troy_Costisick.

5/14/2006 Ben Lehman: Games on Demand / Booth integration
Hi all -- Thomas Robertson and I were just discussing ways to better integrate the Games on Demand / Indie Games Explosion event cluster with the Forge Booth.  What I'm…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards, Kat Miller, Justin D. Jacobson, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller.

5/14/2006 Malcolm: [GenCon] Thread Clarification
Hi, Starting a new thread so as to avoid asking tangential questions in other threads were Luke has specifically asked that information only be posted. As regrads the 'Booth Monkeys…
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Participants: Malcolm, abzu.

5/14/2006 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2006] Forge Booth rules - important
Hello, This is where I lay down the law for participating at the booth. By signing up (that is, by paying Luke), you are agreeing to all of the points…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Valamir, Troy_Costisick.

5/15/2006 Kat Miller: Games On Demand - Whats it all about anyway?
Hi, I’m Kat Miller, Event Organizer for Games On Demand. I’ve heard for the last couple of years that the crowding of the booth could be reduced if there was…
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Participants: Kat Miller, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Hans, Emily Care, jasonm, Thor Olavsrud, Blankshield, Justin D. Jacobson, Ben Lehman, Paul Czege, Gaerik.

5/19/2006 M. J. Young: Origins?
Just yesterday someone was pressuring me to commit to appearing at Origins, and it suddenly occurred to me that I don't recall anyone here ever saying anything about selling games…
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Participants: M. J. Young, inthisstyle, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Dav, Lisa Padol.

5/21/2006 Frank T: Joint booth with Projekt Odyssee at Spiel in Essen/Germany?
“Spiel” is the game fair to be in Europe, this year 19 to 22 October. Previously discussed here and here. This weekend on NordCon, I was approached by the folks…
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Participants: Frank T, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, oliof, Nicolas Crost, Nephilim, Emily Care, Daniela Nicklas, ( o Y o ), inthisstyle, jasonm, TonyLB, Blankshield, Zoombot, Yvie, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege, ocasta, Justin D. Jacobson.

5/22/2006 Frank T: [Spiel 2006] Booth Monkey Thread
Hi, Check out the discussion on Spiel 2006 here. If you are thinking about contributing money to the endeavor, you are probably interested in how well your game can be…
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Participants: Frank T, Eero Tuovinen, Gerd H., Joe Dizzy, oliof, ocasta, Matt, Daniela Nicklas, ( o Y o ), Nicolas Crost, Yvie, btrc, Caynreth.

6/13/2006 Paul Czege: [GenCon 2006] booth chairs
Last year's chair sponsorship program endowed us with twenty steel chairs, and saved us the non-trivial sum of money we'd have had to spend on renting cheap-ola chairs from the…
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Participants: Paul Czege, abzu, btrc, Blankshield, Gaerik, Ron Edwards, Keith Senkowski, Silent Tamatama, Tim C Koppang, Hans.

6/15/2006 btrc: Free room & badge for Origins
Rick Loomis at Flying Buffalo is looking for some part-time help with his booth and is offering room and badge for your troubles, so if you were thinking about Origins…
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Participants: btrc.

6/21/2006 Thunder_God: Wherein Guy Asks Questions about GenCon 2007
I have to ask, is the more important issue that of "Not familiar with selling books at GenCon" or that of "Too many new books"? If the former, then what…
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Participants: Thunder_God, Blankshield.

6/22/2006 Emily Care: [JiffyCon July 06]Western Mass gaming con
Hey folks, If you're in the general western Mass area, come check out an event we're running in July.  It's JiffyCon, a small, one-day rpg con. It will be chock…
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Participants: Emily Care, Technocrat13, jenskot, Iskander, jasonm.

6/26/2006 Graham Walmsley: [Continuum 2006] July 28 to 31, Leicester
[url=http://www.continuum.uk.net/]Continuum 2006[/url] is at Beaumont Hall, one of the Leicester University halls of residence, from July 28th to 31st. Looking through the site, there's an excellent line up of games:…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley.

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