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10/17/2006 Halzebier: [Spiel Essen] Forge Booth - which exhibition hall?
Hi there! I've just checked the official webpage of the Spiel 2006 but couldn't find the Forge among the exhibitors. I've heard the booth is called "PrO/Forge", but could not…
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Participants: Halzebier, Frank T.

10/14/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [Spiel Essen] Demoing MLwM
This one took a bit of typing, but I thought it better to put my MLwM demo up here for checkup. I created this one in the spring of 2005,…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, ocasta.

10/12/2006 epweissengruber: Pandemonium 2006
IndieRPG Toronto will be running a series of indie games and demos at the upcoming Pandemonium convention in Toronto. Volunteer to run a game or just show up to play. …
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Participants: epweissengruber.

10/8/2006 Frank T: [Spiel Essen] Demoing BARBAREN!
So here’s my take at demoing my game BARBAREN! at Spiel fair in Essen in two weeks. The idea is picked almost one on one from an early playtest of…
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Participants: Frank T, Eero Tuovinen, Matt.

10/6/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [Spien Essen] Demoing Universalis
So I heard from Ralph that Universalis doesn't traditionally have a very elaborate demo, and usually he just does a bit of tenets and a first scene as a demo.…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Valamir.

10/1/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [Spiel Essen] Demoing a d20 product
OK, so I've been fiddling with a demo for Dawning Star, a d20 scifi setting book. Parameters as usual for conventions: 15 minutes energetic show with a focus on finding…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Justin D. Jacobson, Frank T, oliof.

9/29/2006 Eero Tuovinen: [Spiel Essen] Preparing sales material
OK, here's what I got: Essen Forge Directory. It still lacks a front page, I'll figure out something appropriate later. It's one sheet per game, with a picture, short description,…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Justin D. Jacobson, Frank T, Matt, Ron Edwards, ocasta, segedy, oliof, Markku Tuovinen, jasonm.

9/26/2006 Emily Care: JiffyCon November, Western Mass
Hey there, We're having another mini rpg con in Greenfield, MA. It will be held on November 11 and we've got Best Friends, Carry, an Exalted Hack by Jonathan Walton…
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Participants: Emily Care.

9/15/2006 joepub: [Vancouver] V-Con
[url]http://www.vcon.ca/[/url] Sorry it took me until now to look into Vancouver cons. Anyways, there is a con in Vancouver called the V-Con, on Oct 6-8. If anyone is in British…
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Participants: joepub.

9/13/2006 Justin D. Jacobson: Any Indie-Friendly Conventions in Florida?
My jealousy with all the conventions around the country is getting the better of me. Are there any indie-friendly conventions in Florida? There aren't many conventions period, and they are…
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Participants: Justin D. Jacobson, Ron Edwards.

9/7/2006 coffeestain: Oshcon?
I don't suppose anyone's heading that way this year? Information here. If so, we should schedule some mad indie action.  Clyde has made brief mention about trying to run a…
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Participants: coffeestain, c, Matt-M-McElroy, Nathan P., Adam SBG.

9/6/2006 David Artman: MACE, High Point, November 10-12
It's a *little* early, but I am pinging the forums now to see if someone is already planning to promote indie gaming at MACE this year. If not, I'd be…
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Participants: David Artman, abzu, LeSingeSavant, Technocrat13, jasonm, iago, Andy Kitkowski, rafael, TonyLB, Sovem, ShaneJackson, Mel_White, forlorn1, btrc, Adam Dray, drozdal.

8/30/2006 John Kim: ConQuest SF 2006 this weekend
[url=http://www.avalonconventions.com/conquestsf/]Conquest San Francisco[/url] is this weekend.  We've got myself running Buffy and Polaris, Brian Williams and Carl Rigney running Dogs in the Vineyard, Craig Randall running Burning Wheel and Hong…
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Participants: John Kim, thwaak.

8/30/2006 forlorn1: UberCon
Will there be any Indie Explosion at UberCon October 20-22nd. I realize its not a Dex/Vinny Con, but it is in NJ, which seems a reasonable travel distance for alot…
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Participants: forlorn1, abzu, M. J. Young.

8/28/2006 efindel: Indie Gaming at DragonCon
Anyone going to DragonCon?  There's supposed to be open gaming areas available 24 hours in the Hilton, so I'm hoping we can get some people together and do some actual…
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Participants: efindel, Adam Dray, David Artman, dcolanduno.

8/25/2006 Sephera: Females game, too
I'm a fairly new D&D gamer (about two years). I started gaming with my husband and a few of our friends. There are four women that game in the group…
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Participants: Sephera, iago, jasonm, Emily Care.

8/25/2006 marknau: [GenCon "Untitled"] Outsider Reaction
Hey there! I'm the ignorant boothgoer who slammed Untitled's presence at the Forge booth at GenCon '06. I know that many aspects of this topic have been hashed out and…
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Participants: marknau, Ron Edwards.

8/23/2006 David Artman: Booth Design: Size, Layout, and Theme
[size=8pt]...Ooookayyy. Maybe the third time's the charm--surely, I can't get booted out of my own topic....[/size] Please feel free to post your thoughts, suggestions, and experiences with regards to the…
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Participants: David Artman, Gregor Hutton, TonyLB.

8/23/2006 TonyLB: [Dreamation] The Indie Passport
This idea has been bandied about for years, and now the time has come.  It's a fun little invented reward for people to come hang around the booth ... and…
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Participants: TonyLB, iago, Rob Donoghue, Ben Lehman, RobNJ, Technocrat13, Andrew Morris, Shawn De Arment, andrew_kenrick.

8/22/2006 Nathan P.: [Dreamation 07] A Crazy Idea To Start Thinking About
At Dreamation 07, we* should organize an Indie Playtest Explosion, either formally or informally, part of the overall Indie Games Explosion or not. The basic point of it would be…
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Participants: Nathan P., Andrew Morris, Bret Gillan, Bill_White, RobNJ, TonyLB, Paka, mtiru, Kat Miller, Shawn De Arment.

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10/23/2006 Frank T: [Spiel Essen] Numbers and impressions
Hi everyone! So, back from Essen. It was a lot of fun and also very exhausting. I am at work right now, so I don’t have time to post extensively.…
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Participants: Frank T, jasonm, Justin D. Jacobson, Eero Tuovinen, Paul Czege, oliof, TheTris, StefanS.

10/26/2006 c: [Rock-Con] November 3-5
Hi folks, Myself and my two partners in crime will be bringing Indy games to play at Rock-Con. We are planning on being there all day Saturday, November 4th. If…
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Participants: c.

11/2/2006 Helvetian: Dreamation 2007
As you all know, Double Exposure loves having you guys.  :)  We're plowing forward into Dreamation plans now, so I wanted to post and get this particular ball rolling.  As…
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Participants: Helvetian, iago, timfire, TonyLB, M. J. Young, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., c, Michael S. Miller, nystul, Jared A. Sorensen.

11/13/2006 Dave Panchyk: Intercon Mid-Atlantic
Pretty much all the high-profile games are jammed to the rafters, so it looks like I'll have plenty of free time to attend. Will any of the Forgeoisie be available…
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Participants: Dave Panchyk.

11/15/2006 Michael S. Miller: Events for Dreamation 2007
This is split from the main Dreamtion thread. As the schedule develops, Kat will be maintaining a website at http://www.enter.net/~whim/Conventions/dream07IGE.html Please let us register everyone together. DO NOT submit to…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., RobNJ, Zathreyel, Paka, iago, nikola, nystul, Bret Gillan.

11/16/2006 Mike Sugarbaker: Go Play Northwest (June 2007)
In the great city of Seattle, Washington, at a moderately nice hotel, there shall be a weekend of those games we like to play. We (a committee of five that…
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Participants: Mike Sugarbaker.

11/19/2006 andrew_kenrick: [Dead of Night] creating a 15 minute demo
I'm going to be attending Dragonmeet at the start of december with a few other UK indie designers. I'm going to be running 15 demos of Dead of Night throughout…
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Participants: andrew_kenrick, Ron Edwards, Zathreyel.

11/20/2006 Joshua BishopRoby: My GenCon SoCal 2006 After Action Report
I was one of the designers at the Forge booth at GenCon SoCal this last weekend.  I was there with Full Light, Full Steam, which was released at the convention.…
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Participants: Joshua BishopRoby, Justin D. Jacobson, John Wick, Laura Bishop, okiran.

11/27/2006 Graham Walmsley: Dragonmeet 2006
Dragonmeet is this Saturday, 2nd December, in Kensington Town Hall. The schedule isn't on the website yet, but there's a preliminary version on the Yahoo group. Here are some quick…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, oliof, Matt, andrew_kenrick, Geoff Hall, GB Steve, Malcolm, Gregor Hutton.

12/3/2006 Malcolm: Dragonmeet 2006 - Post Con Thoughts, Sales and Suchlike
Dragonmeet, in London, is a very friendly and successful one day convention that runs on the first Saturday of December. With 600 - 800 (approx.) attendees, there's a goodly number…
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Participants: Malcolm, iago, Pelgrane, Matt, Dantai, Gregor Hutton, andrew_kenrick.

12/3/2006 RobNJ: Misspent Youth playtest at Dreamation 2007
At Dreamation 2007 I would like to run a second playtest of my game, Misspent Youth: A Game of Juvenile Delinquency and Being Awesome.  I do not believe I will…
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Participants: RobNJ, Ron Edwards.

12/4/2006 Graham Walmsley: Dragonmeet: Customer feedback
I wanted to do this in a separate thread, so as not to get in the way of the Collective Endeavour counting their takings and laughing manically. If you were…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, GB Steve, Matt, Dantai.

12/5/2006 Kat Miller: IGE at Dreamation WEBsite
Hi everyone. Ive updated the website with the information Ive been given so far. http://www.enter.net/~whim/Conventions/dream07IGE.html Thanks, Judd, Fred, Nathan, Brennan, Kevin, Russell and John. Please look at the website, and…
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Participants: Kat Miller, Mel_White, forlorn1, Zathreyel, Andrew Morris, RobNJ.

12/15/2006 Christopher Kubasik: Indie Explosion @ Orccon 2007 (Los Angeles) Feb 16-19
Hi all, Some of us over at NerdSoCal are putting together the list of games we'll be running. Here's the link for Orccon 2007 http://www.strategicon.net/ Here's the link for NerdSoCal…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik.

12/16/2006 Ben Lehman: [Hero's Banner] Convention Play
So Hero's Banner is a seriously, seriously excellent game, and not coincidentally it runs the multi-generational political epics that I've always wanted to play.  Because of its excellence, I'm planning…
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Participants: Ben Lehman, Miskatonic, Tim C Koppang.

12/20/2006 nikola: Dreamation roll call
Hey, who all is going to be at Dreamation from this mob? I'll be there with Vincent Baker and Emily Care Boss with plans for great fun and enjoyments!
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Participants: nikola, Paka, Ben Lehman, Kevin Allen Jr, Bill_White, gains, Valamir, iago, RobNJ, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, Ron Edwards.

12/23/2006 Ben Lehman: KueiCon again!
Since last year's gathering was a wild success of gaming, pho, conversation, and more pho, Chris Chinn and I will be putting on KueiCon this January 18th-20th at Chris's apartment…
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Participants: Ben Lehman.

12/24/2006 1000buffalo: Anyone going to DarkCon?
Howdy All, So, I'll be visiting a friend in Phoenix in a couple of weeks, and he's going to DarkCon (well, he's running some stuff - M&M and WFRP). Anyone…
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Participants: 1000buffalo, Ron Edwards, Eric J. Boyd.

12/29/2006 Sane: Any Indie Developers Interested in a Group Table at a local convention?
There's a new convention starting up in my home town in June this year, and I believe they are still looking for stalls. It's called the UK Games Expo (www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk)…
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Participants: Sane, Matt, nikola.

12/29/2006 inthisstyle: Dreamation 2007 Booth
Tony can't coordinate this year, so I am belatedly stepping to the plate. Please indicate if you are available and willing to work the IGX booth at the con. I'm…
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Participants: inthisstyle, iago, Rob Donoghue, nikola, RobNJ, Andrew Morris, Nathan P., Paka, Bill_White, Bret Gillan, Emily Care, TonyLB.

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