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10/11/2007 SaintandSinner: OmegaCon Birmingham March 14th-16th, 2008
I'm planning on running several games at a local convention Omegacon, March 14th-16th, 2008, Birmingham, Alabama.  I'm comfortable/interested in running SOTC, DRYH, ZoZ, Mortal Coil, Amber Diceless (hope for a…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

10/11/2007 Jake Richmond: GameStorm: Indie Hurricane march 2008, Portland!
Hi. I’m really pleased to be able to announce GameStorm: Indie Hurricane! Come hang with us in Portland, OR (Vancouver, WA actually, but it’s only a few minutes away from…
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Participants: Jake Richmond.

10/2/2007 muddlepud: [GenCon Oz 2008] and Games On Demand
I'm starting to throw this idea around at the moment and hoping to get a few more ideas generated. I'm planning to attend GenCon Oz in 2008 and I'd like…
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Participants: muddlepud, Andrew Smith, Vulpinoid, Rusty.

10/1/2007 John Kim: Solmukohta 2008 Call for Papers
The Call for Papers for the Solmukohta 2008 book has just come out.  For those who don't know, Solmukohta is the Finnish round of the "Nodal Point" larp convention that…
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Participants: John Kim.

9/12/2007 c: Geek.Kon - Madison Wisconsin
Geek.Kon is taking place on October 6th through 7th. It's a first attempt at a local convention that is being put on by UW-Madison students. It's free of charge this…
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Participants: c, Matt-M-McElroy.

9/5/2007 GamerChick: Forge Midwest 2008?
I realize it's way early, since this has taken place in April in the past... but hey, I wanted to get discussion started.  I had an amazing, fantastical, terrific time…
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Participants: GamerChick, Ron Edwards, GregStolze, Thor Olavsrud, Pauls Girl, Willow, jasonm, Matt Snyder, Darcy Burgess, Miskatonic, c, Troy_Costisick, Capulet, Nev the Deranged, Valamir, bkcurley.

8/27/2007 seawolf69: MACE 2007: Official GM call
Hello all. I am officially making the GM call for MACE 2007 MACE 2007 November 16-18, 2007 Radisson Hotel High Point, NC http://www.justusproductions.com/ We have a lot planned already but…
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Participants: seawolf69.

8/26/2007 Bill_White: [Nittany Game Invasion] What Would It Take to Get You Here?
So last night my friends Mendel, Shreyas, Gary, and I decided to put together a mini-con of sorts, a conlet if you will: a day-long event on Saturday, Nov. 10,…
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Participants: Bill_White, Michael S. Miller, iago, RobNJ.

8/23/2007 Paul Czege: canned heat
At Gen Con The Ashcan Front moved 265 ashcans for feedback and playtesting, across 11 different games. A daily break-down: Thursday: 86 Friday: 40 Saturday: 50 Sunday: 89 Friday was…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, Gregor Hutton.

8/22/2007 iago: Gen-Con Indie Passport Critiques & Comments
I'm worried that the passport stuff is starting to overtake the GenCon post-mortem thread, so I'm starting this one. Perceptions appear to be in two different camps.  From where I'm…
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Participants: iago, Valamir, GreatWolf, Blankshield, inthisstyle, Matt-M-McElroy, Ron Edwards, GB Steve, RobNJ, TonyLB, KeithBVaughn, WildElf, thelostgm, Lisa Padol, Thunder_God.

8/22/2007 iago: GenCon: Launching a Satellite Booth
The Forge booth was definitely interesting, and I'm glad we have the post-mortem thread going for that.  That said, I think it's possible others may be considering launching their own…
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Participants: iago, Paka, abzu, TonyLB, jasonm, GreatWolf, JustinB, RobNJ, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Gregor Hutton, Paul Czege, nikola, Ben Lehman, Wolfen.

8/22/2007 TomTancredi: End of the Year Conventions
What are the major conventions for the Indy games coming up this fall and winter in the New England area? I'm planning on going to PhilCon, and the Winter-version of…
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Participants: TomTancredi, iago.

8/22/2007 jasonm: Gen Con post-mortem
Hey, let's talk about lessons learned and what we can do to improve the experience - by all measures - next year.  Also, let's celebrate!  I think everybody had a…
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Participants: jasonm, Ron Edwards, Gregor Hutton, GreatWolf, Justin D. Jacobson, iago, abzu, Emily Care, Denise, Blankshield, Jasper the Mimbo, inthisstyle, Matt-M-McElroy, GregStolze, Rob Donoghue, btrc, JustinB, Valamir, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, JasonWalters, Sydsquicious, TomTancredi, segedy, RobNJ, jrs.

8/21/2007 Denise: Let's hear it for the Summer Revolution!
Way to rock the vote, Fred.  Congratuations on your well-deserved win!  Considering that you were going up against publishers who had probably ten times more of a market share than…
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Participants: Denise, iago, jasonm.

8/21/2007 TwoCrows: Exhibitor Questions
Hey Forgites, Can anyone let some light under my rock concerning a few details surrounding the role of Exhibitor at gaming cons? 1) Booth Help – What sorts of compensation…
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Participants: TwoCrows, Ron Edwards.

8/20/2007 TomTancredi: PhilCon and a General "Thank you for the great experience at GenCon!"
Hi folks, Just wanted to say thanks to all the Game Designers, Publishers, GMs and Artists for the tremendous experience at the Forge Booth at GenCon. I tried to play…
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Participants: TomTancredi, inthisstyle, Omnius, Mel_White.

8/15/2007 epweissengruber: IndieRPG Toronto Takes on FanPro Expo (Toronto)
Who: IndieRPG Toronto will be there represented by Erik Weissengruber, Dave Lucas, and Mark Muller The Where and When: When: Friday, August 24, 2007, 4:00 PM 20070824T200000Z Where: Metro Toronto…
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Participants: epweissengruber.

8/14/2007 btrc: GenCon 2007 travel
I'll be starting my travels today, staging up to a minion's abode for the actual trip on Wednesday. If you're on the list of people who have my cell phone…
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Participants: btrc.

8/11/2007 Grail-Shadowblade: [Alcon - UK] Roleplayer's corner
Alcon is a new convention starting up in the UK, in a place called Leicester. They have a roleplayer's corner and I'm pretty sure people can set up tables in…
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Participants: Grail-Shadowblade, Gregor Hutton.

8/9/2007 Andy Kitkowski: [GenCon 2007] Ashcan Front: Who's giving the discounts?
Quick question, I was wondering who at the Ashcan Front was giving discounts/refunds on final products and the like? IIRC, Kevin Allen Jr's project is going to have a price…
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Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Paul Czege, Kevin Allen Jr, RyanMacklin, Matt Snyder.

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10/30/2007 Emily Care: Dreamation 2008
Hi there, Is there going to be an Indie Games Explosion track at Dreamation this year? I'd like to help, if needed. best, Emily
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Participants: Emily Care, RobNJ.

11/4/2007 Nev the Deranged: EnWorld Game Day at Games Plus in Mt. Prospect
Nov 10th, EnWorld is hosting another Game Day at Games Plus in Mt. Prospect, Illinois. It's always a good time, and there are lots of games going down, including some…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged.

11/27/2007 epweissengruber: Ice-O-Hedron: a mid-winter d20 mini-con
Ice-O-Hedron: a mid-winter d20 mini-con This is a proposal.  Hopefully some Torontonians get back to me and/or I get some feedback on the potential of this proposal to gather players.…
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Participants: epweissengruber.

12/26/2007 GreatWolf: Go Play Peoria February minicon
In a fit of insanity, Ralph Mazza, Keith Sears, and I have started a group called Go Play Peoria.  We're looking to the nerdNYC model and trying to do something…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

1/2/2008 muddlepud: [GenCon Oz 2008] continued (split)
Just thought i'd start trying to get this thread going again. I'm in the middle of emailing people for ideas on running Games On Demand. I'd like to submit something…
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Participants: muddlepud, Rusty, Andrew Smith, Ron Edwards, Vulpinoid, Paul Czege.

1/6/2008 dcolanduno: Dragon*Con 2007 II (split)
I used to love the diceless games back in the 90's when I was in college. How did they go this time around?
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Participants: dcolanduno, Ron Edwards.

1/7/2008 RobNJ: [Dreamation 2008] Indie Games Explosion games lineup
Emily Care Boss is hosting the list of games being run in the IGE at Dreamation 2008. I'll repaste here in a completely lazy and unedited way: Dreamation 2008 January…
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Participants: RobNJ, c, JustinB, Parthenia.

1/12/2008 Capulet: First Con as Publisher, Looking for Advice
Hello all. Well, I've sprung for my first table at my first con (Con of the North). I'm seeking general advice as to make the most of the experience. My…
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Participants: Capulet, M. J. Young, JustinB, GreatWolf.

1/18/2008 Matt Snyder: [Forge Midwest 2008] Offical Organization Thread
Thanks to Willow, we are off to the races for Forge Midwest, 2008. She did all the legwork for reservation. I'm just the yes man. Please thank her when you…
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Participants: Matt Snyder, Willow, Blankshield, Capulet, Matt-M-McElroy, TJ, jswatson, Sir John, nitramwi, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, greyorm, c, buzz, Nev the Deranged, jrs, reaction, Iskander, Jason L Blair, williamhessian, woodelf, jenskot, Malky, GamerChick, Emily Care, Darcy Burgess, Miskatonic, JADettman, jerry, GreatWolf, Tobias Wrigstad, Motorskills, Antimuppet, caityrosey.

1/28/2008 Nathan P.: [Gen Con 2008] Booth Price Hikes?
Hrm. On the Gen Con website, there are no live links for info for getting a booth in 2008. However, on the forums, there's a thread about the apparently crazy…
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Participants: Nathan P., Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, Justin D. Jacobson, Blankshield, JustinB.

1/28/2008 Salvius: [DREAMATION 2008] A Special Thank You!
Folks, I just wanted to be the first one to thank all of YOU for helping to make DREAMATION 2008 an overwhelming success. We had over 800 people at the…
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Participants: Salvius, nikola, RobNJ, Emily Care.

1/30/2008 Minx: Demo-friendly Indie games
(Wow, first post on the Forge in a long time.  Actually kinda nervous...) Over at Story-Games, I talked a bit about my plan to visit the upcoming local convention here…
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Participants: Minx, Valamir, abzu, oliof.

2/4/2008 Kat Miller: Gencon08 IGE and GOD
This year due to much happiness in our family (Dalys will be going to college!!) Michael and I will not be at Gen Con 08. As Organizer of the Games…
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Participants: Kat Miller, Gaerik.

2/4/2008 Kat Miller: Origins 08 an Indie games Explosion event
Origins Game Fair is a convention in Columbus Ohio and its interest in Indie Games has been steadily growing.  Michael Miller and I will be returning to Origins this year…
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Participants: Kat Miller, anansi, Mel_White.

2/5/2008 c: [Forge Midwest 2008] FMW08 Mentoring Project
Hey folks,  So at Dreamation, Gen Con, Origins, and other venues we have game design seminars where we get folks to feed themselves to the wolves. One person gets the…
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Participants: c, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, Matt Snyder, Blankshield, abzu, GamerChick.

2/6/2008 Jake Richmond: GameStorm 2008 Portland OR Free Booth Space
Hi. GameStorm is coming up soon, and as part of my plans for the show I'll be setting up an Indie Games booth with Travis Brown, Christian Griffen and a…
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Participants: Jake Richmond.

2/7/2008 Darcy Burgess: [CanGames 2008 - Ottawa, Ontario] IGE needs GMs!
The thread title more or less says it all. CanGames, Ottawa's annual gaming con is going to have an Indie Games Explosion this year. I'm not 100% sure what form…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess.

2/8/2008 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2008] First thread! The basics
Hi everyone, Here's the GenCon stuff for this year. A lot is staying the same, and a couple of things are changing. First, for people who don't know, this is…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Justin D. Jacobson, iago, SirValence.

2/10/2008 btrc: [GenCon 2008] Lodging
As Ron mentioned in the other thread, rooms through the Housing Bureau are sometimes problematic if you aren't registered as an attendee. I suggest as people get or find decent…
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Participants: btrc, Nev the Deranged.

2/11/2008 lumpley: [GenCon Indy 08] kicked out of the Forge Booth nest?
Don't panic. You can still be in a booth in the exhibitors' hall at GenCon if you want to. You have a couple of choices. Choice 1: make your own…
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Participants: lumpley, iago, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

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