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7/15/2006 Valamir: Viktory looking for demo help at GenCon
I've mentioned Morrison Games here before as a fellow small press publisher, publishing Viktory: a faced paced wargame in the same category as Axis & Allies or Risk (but in…
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Participants: Valamir.

7/14/2006 thwaak: ConQuest San Francisco
Hello Folks, I'll be attending ConQuest San Francisco (www.conquestsf.com) in early September and am eager to try my hand at some of the indie RPGs being played 'officially' there (Dogs,…
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Participants: thwaak, EndGame, Czar Fnord, cdr, Thomas D.

7/13/2006 abzu: Forge Booth Menu
OK, it's time. Who's doing the menu of companies, products, prices and URLs? Fun, fun! -L
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Participants: abzu, Iskander, jrs, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Troy_Costisick, inthisstyle, Justin D. Jacobson.

7/5/2006 Arturo G.: [PuCLN] Advertising your games
Hi, folks! Next week it will be held PuCLN, a big national Spanish convention. As I announced in the thread  PuCLN, we have organized the first official track of Forge…
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Participants: Arturo G..

7/3/2006 epweissengruber: Phantasm 15 (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)
Torontonians, Eastern Ontarians, Quebecois, and Ottawanians!  Get down to Peterborough for Phantasm 15! Phantasm is held September 23rd & 24th, 2006 Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:00 Midnight Sunday 10:00 AM…
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Participants: epweissengruber, eyebeams, Ned, Mister Hoppe, walkerp.

7/3/2006 Iskander: [Origins] Booth Report
I was monkeying for Brennan at the IPR booth this past few days. Here's my thoughts on stuff. I am sure this is mostly old hat, but I figure it's…
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Participants: Iskander, abzu, Meguey, Latigo, inthisstyle, Lisa Padol, Andy Kitkowski, Waiwode, Thunder_God.

6/26/2006 btrc: Origins question
I just got a generic email from AAGAD about the Origins Awards, asking for a name and cell phone number of the person to step up and recieve an award.…
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Participants: btrc, Iskander.

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.

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.

6/21/2006 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.

6/15/2006 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.

6/13/2006 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.

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.

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.

5/19/2006 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.

5/15/2006 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.

5/14/2006 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.

5/14/2006 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 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.

5/11/2006 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.

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7/17/2006 Paka: Dexcon 2006
When I first showed up to Dreamation in 2005 I had played a few indie RPG's but hadn't met that many of you all and if I did, it was…
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Participants: Paka, Jared A. Sorensen, Avie, Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris, Clinton R. Nixon, Salvius, abzu, RobNJ, Bret Gillan, TonyLB, Shawn De Arment, Gaerik, Thomas D, dpetroski, Helvetian.

7/17/2006 andrew_kenrick: UK indie games conventions
If you're into your indie games (playing or running), there seems to be plenty of cons that cater for you in the US, whether indie games are at their centre…
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Participants: andrew_kenrick, Matt, Arturo G., Graham Walmsley.

7/24/2006 daMoose_Neo: 4 day GenCon badges - badge for demos
Alright - Fun times here at Neo ^_^ We were going to be running a skeletal crew this year anyhow, but could have managed, except for the fact that my…
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Participants: daMoose_Neo, Gaerik, joepub.

7/24/2006 Keith Senkowski: [GenCon] Chairs
So who is taking these things home with them?  I'm bringing the shit down, but as I said in this thread, my ass can't store them and I am bringing…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski, btrc, Valamir, abzu.

7/24/2006 Iskander: [GenCon] Booth flyer - IMPORTANT for game designers
Dear designers, If you are going to GenCon, and have not yet looked at the GenCon menu thread, what are you waiting for? Love and hugs, Alexander P.S. I will…
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Participants: Iskander, abzu, Justin D. Jacobson, LordSmerf, Emily Care, lumpley, jrs, timfire, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, Valamir.

7/24/2006 Valamir: Gen Con Cash Register
Once again I'm providing the cash register that will be used at GenCon.  This year, instead of being staffed by overworked underpaid volunteers, Brennan of IPR will be providing the…
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Participants: Valamir, Blankshield, Keith Senkowski, Matt Snyder, inthisstyle, iago, John Harper.

7/28/2006 nikola: [GenCon] Posters: if you've got one, tell me about it.
I've been placed in charge of poster management at GenCon this year. We may have even less room for posters this year than last because we don't have a wall,…
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Participants: nikola, TonyLB, joepub, timfire, Malcolm, Justin D. Jacobson, Paul Czege, abzu, Keith Senkowski.

7/28/2006 lumpley: GenCon Booth - Awards Banner
[quote author=abzu link=topic=20622.msg214869#msg214869 date=1154097391] Also, I think we* should put a display together similar to what Vincent had last year -- the hanging panels that described Dogs and its accolades.…
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Participants: lumpley, abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, Justin D. Jacobson, Paka, Ron Edwards, Malcolm, Keith Senkowski, Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman, timfire, Nathan P., jasonm, Valamir, btrc, Paul Czege, Dantai, c, Emily Care, TonyLB, inthisstyle.

7/31/2006 Frank T: [Spiel Essen] Info, funding, and homework for the authors
Hi, I'm back with some information on how the Essen project, previously discussesd here, is making progress. To recap, Spiel fair at Essen, Germany, is Europe's largest game fair and…
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Participants: Frank T, oliof, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, Justin D. Jacobson, Markku Tuovinen, TonyLB, jasonm, Blankshield, Yokiboy, Emily Care.

8/2/2006 abzu: Forge Booth Sticker Scheme
Hello, hello, So, based on our bad experiences at the Forge boothg in the past few years with repitching the same customers over and over again, I devised a simple…
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Participants: abzu, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Justin D. Jacobson.

8/3/2006 Blankshield: [Gencon] Where do I go, what do I do?
Ok, this is straight up questions to the primary sponsers, so please don't post unless you happen to be one of them with answers. I'm getting off a plane Wednesday…
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Participants: Blankshield, timfire, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Keith Senkowski, inthisstyle, Justin D. Jacobson, btrc, drozdal, jasonm, abzu.

8/3/2006 Frank T: [Spiel Essen] Booth monkeys in charge of the games
This is the second booth monkey thread for the booth at Spiel Essen in October. This time, it’s not about “I’d like to be there and I possibly could demo…
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Participants: Frank T, Eero Tuovinen, Markku Tuovinen.

8/3/2006 Paka: Gen Con Booth Newbie Visualization
I am trying to picture this weekend a little bit.  Allow me to visual here and let me know where I am off. I will arrive at the convention center…
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Participants: Paka, abzu, RobNJ, Justin D. Jacobson.

8/7/2006 Keith Senkowski: GenCon Loading Dock
Any of you monkeys out there know which street access to the loading dock is off of?  I didn't deliver or take shit away from there last year so I…
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Participants: Keith Senkowski, Michael S. Miller.

8/8/2006 Clinton R. Nixon: GenCon demo fest Wednesday night
Peoples of the Forge, Wednesday night, I will be organizing a demo-fest. I'm sure you've got a 10-minute demo of your game, right? I'd like to help you get better…
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Participants: Clinton R. Nixon, Justin D. Jacobson, JohnU, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Nathan P., John Harper, Ben Lehman, Blankshield, joepub, Yokiboy, Lxndr, Paka, Meguey.

8/8/2006 Gaerik: My GoD sessions...
Hello Game Designers! GenCon gets kicked off tomorrow night and I'm stoked.  One of the things I'm doing is manning the Games on Demand table for a single session on…
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Participants: Gaerik, jasonm, Kat Miller.

8/14/2006 btrc: Post-GenCon comments
Just starting a thread for people to chip in on. I'm not in much shape to write, having just finished 15 hours of driving with a 4 hour sleep break…
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Participants: btrc, chadu, Editor Drew, Kat Miller, Ron Edwards, Matt-M-McElroy, jasonm, Nev the Deranged, Jürgen Mayer.

8/15/2006 marknau: GenCon Observations from an "Outsider"
I haven't been keeping up with things at the Forge for about 3 years now. I saw the booth at GenCon and waded in to see what was up. Observations…
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Participants: marknau, c, Smithy, Waiwode, Editor Drew, Zach, stove, RobNJ, Adam Dray, David Artman, Sydney Freedberg, Denise, sean2099, Turbo, GB Steve, MikeH.

8/15/2006 John Kim: 2005 Indie RPG Award Winners
So the Indie Awards were announced on Friday live at GenCon, and I'm posting them now as I get back.  I'm updating the website with comments and pictures now --…
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Participants: John Kim.

8/15/2006 Iskander: [GenCon] Random Moments of Awesome
Hey folks, I wanted to post a few random awesome moments, just because. Please chip in. Here's my first: It was unequivocally awesome for me to see Dalys (Michael S.…
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Participants: Iskander, Nathan P., jrs, Meguey, TonyLB, Blankshield, Gaerik, Justin D. Jacobson, RobNJ, inthisstyle, Malcolm, Lxndr, Gregor Hutton, Tim C Koppang, nikola, iago, John Harper, joepub, Jye Nicolson, Dantai, btrc, Nev the Deranged, Michael S. Miller, Matt.

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