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11/2/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Go-Play Ottawa] - November 8
We're baaaaaaack... We had a riotous good time during the summer, so GPO is back for its second installment. We're looking for more folks willing to run games!  We've got…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Ned.

11/1/2008 jmhpfan: MACE Nov. 7-9 2008
I am going to be at MACE down in Highpoint, NC in a few weekends and I will be running a Dogs game and a BW game.  I was just…
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Participants: jmhpfan.

10/29/2008 newsalor: Maracon XXI | Oulu, Finland | 14.-16.11.2008
The Oulu University Roleplaying Club - CRYO welcomes people interested in indie games, traditional roleplaying games and european boardgames to Maracon XXI in Oulu, Finland, on 14.-16.11.2008. The event is…
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Participants: newsalor, Eero Tuovinen.

10/29/2008 hoefer: PentaCon Fort Wayne, IN
Anyone going to PentaCon next weekend?  I'm running the Century's Edge demo I did for GenCon there, and wanted to know if anyone else would be there from this forum. …
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Participants: hoefer.

10/17/2008 Ron Edwards: The Forge Booth 2009
This is a companion thread to Independence, Adept Press, and Indie Press Revolution and The New Thing. Well, as painlessly perceived and agreed upon during GenCon this year, IPR won't…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, jag, nikola, Valamir, Darcy Burgess, Paul Czege, Gregor Hutton, RobNJ, Nathan P., JustinB.

9/28/2008 Vulpinoid: Sydcon
I apologise for the short notice, but October 4-6 is Sydcon, in Sydney Australia. Specifically at St Scholastica's College. 4 Avenue Road, Glebe NSW 2037. So if anyone happens to…
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Participants: Vulpinoid.

9/15/2008 rohoe: GASPcon 9, Pittsburgh
In November I am running a convention in Pittsburgh www.gaspgamer.com and I am trying to drum up some interest for our GM’s. We have several Indie games on the schedule…
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Participants: rohoe.

9/8/2008 Kai_lord: MillenniumCon 11
Will anyone else be attending MillenniumCon 11? I'm planning on running at least one session of Capes there.
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Participants: Kai_lord.

9/2/2008 Paul Czege: The Ashcan Front Gen Con 2008 post-mortem
This year The Ashcan Front had ten participating designers (plus Rob Bohl and Joshua A.C. Newman with ashcans on our shelves as part of our partnership with The Playcollective, and…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Tim C Koppang.

9/2/2008 segedy: FlatCon 2008 Seeking Sponsors
I met a couple of nice gentlemen at Gen Con who asked me to pass along some information to the Forge community about <a href="http://www.flatcon.com/default.shtml">FlatCon</a>, a small local con taking…
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Participants: segedy, GreatWolf.

9/1/2008 Graham Walmsley: Games on Demand
I wondered if anyone had thoughts about how Games On Demand worked this year? I have thoughts myself, but I'm in a motel with limited Internet access, so I'll add…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards, Darcy Burgess, jasonm, ejh, Wolfen.

9/1/2008 Andrew Smith: [Go Play Brisbane] - September 20, 2008
After the rousing success of the Indie Games Explosion at Gencon Oz 2008, the outcry for more opportunities to play indie games has been heard.  Thus, the inaugural Go Play…
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Participants: Andrew Smith.

8/28/2008 WildElf: [DunDraCon] Advice on starting up a Games on Demand
So, there's a big annual RPG convention in the bay area, DunraCon, that I want a greater indie game presence at. The main hurdle to running games is that they…
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Participants: WildElf, Willow.

8/25/2008 GreatWolf: [Go Play Peoria] Some brainstorming on selling stuffs at Go Play Peoria
Crystal and I were discussing Go Play Peoria, and she suggested the idea of allowing local designers to sell stuff at the minicons. I was mulling this over, when I…
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Participants: GreatWolf.

8/22/2008 SirValence: GenCon Forge Booth Chairs, part 2
I was reimbursed for all but $19 for the chairs, and I can cover that much. That's $1 for each StoryCards deck that sold. :)
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Participants: SirValence, segedy, Valamir, iago.

8/21/2008 segedy: [Gen Con 2008] Post-Mortem
I've found these post-Gen Con discussions interesting and helpful in the past, so let's start a new one for Gen Con Indy 2008.  What worked in the booth (and in…
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Participants: segedy, iago, Tim C Koppang, JustinB, jenskot, Ron Edwards, rafael, Nathan P., Andy Kitkowski, jasonm, Gregor Hutton, abzu, SirValence, wunderllama, Paul Czege, TonyLB, Darcy Burgess, buzz, inthisstyle, tonyd, Jonathan Walton, Paka, Adam Dray, Graham Walmsley, RobNJ.

8/8/2008 SirValence: {GenCon 2008] Forge Booth: Exhibitor arrival
Maybe some of these have been covered elsewhere, but I have a few remaining questions: 1. How do we pick up our Forge badges? Can we get them at the…
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Participants: SirValence, segedy, iago, Ron Edwards, btrc.

8/2/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] - Games at GenCon Indy 2008
Hi, Black Cadillacs is coming to GenCon Indy.  I'm a member of the Ashcan Front (booth #2039), and I'll be demo'ing and selling the ashcan there. Here's the back cover…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess.

8/2/2008 SaintandSinner: DragonCon 2008
I will be running the following games at DragonCon in Atlanta, August 29 - September 1, 2008: Strike Force: DAGON Type: Role-Playing Games (Non-RPGA) Game System: Don’t Rest Your Head…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

8/1/2008 Malcolm: [Gen Con 2008] The Play Collective is back
Yes, at Gen Con Indy 08, we're back! The Play Collective returns for its second year, a juggernaut of gaming goodness, enthusiasm and energy! And this time, we've brought a…
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Participants: Malcolm.

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11/14/2008 GreatWolf: [Go Play Peoria] Go Play Peoria fall minicon
It's that time again! The Go Play Peoria Fall Minicon will be held on December 6, 2008 at the Samaritan Ministries building. The doors open at 9 a.m., and we…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Nev the Deranged.

11/22/2008 Graham Walmsley: Google Books and partnership
Has anyone considered partnering with Google Books, to make limited previews of their books available? I'd welcome comments from anyone who's considered it; or anyone who, having looked at the…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, Matt, Eero Tuovinen.

11/26/2008 Michael S. Miller: Indie Games Explosion at Dreamation 2009
Hey, all! It's time to start putting together the Indie Games Explosion at Dreamation 2009! What do you want to run? What do you want to play? What kind of…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller.

12/1/2008 Emily Care: Cafe Game Exchange
Hi there, Out here in New York we've started up a new way to gain exposure and meet folks new to indie role playing games--and perhaps even new to role…
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Participants: Emily Care, Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged.

12/12/2008 Willow: Selling Games at Playcons
Last year at Forge Midwest, we had a 'dealers table' set up for about half an hour, mostly as an afterthought, but it was something that was discussed on and…
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Participants: Willow, Wolfen.

12/29/2008 Paul Czege: Come to STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo in Austin, TX, on March 7, 2009
Half Meme Press will have a table at <a href="http://www.staple-austin.org/">STAPLE!</a> The Independent Media Expo, on Saturday March 7th, at the Monarch Event Center in Austin, Texas. I'll be sharing a…
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Participants: Paul Czege, Darcy Burgess.

1/6/2009 Eero Tuovinen: Early planning for Spiel Essen 2009
I'm thinking that we should prepare to have a Forge booth at Spiel Essen this year to sell and promote independent roleplaying. I have several reasons:I'm quite ready for exhibiting…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Matt, Daniela Nicklas, Matthias, oliof, fjj, Artanis.

1/14/2009 The Dragon Master: RandomCon 2009
This is a new convention coming to Phoenix AZ (May 8th to May 10th 2009), and I'm just trying to spread the word. So far we have the RPGA showing…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, Rayston.

1/14/2009 Darcy Burgess: Go-Play Ottawa: February-ish
Hi, Go-Play Ottawa, which prides itself in being so casual as to almost never get organized, is rearing its head some time in February.  Our last two playcons were immensely…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess.

1/19/2009 fjj: Fastaval-Knutepunkt Travel Fund
The danish free-form convention Fastaval is this year inviting all interested, international roleplayers to come and have fun with us in Aarhus during the Easter of 2009 - and then…
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Participants: fjj.

1/20/2009 Veritas Games: Convention Trade Show Booth Display for Sale $700 or best offer
Ron, I hope this is appropriate for this forum.  If it's not, let me know and I'll repost elsewhere or delete entirely. We've got a 10' curved pop up trade…
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Participants: Veritas Games.

2/1/2009 Darcy Burgess: CanGames 2009 - Can we sell your games?
Hi, I'm coordinating an Indie Games Explosion at CanGames in Ottawa, Ontario.  The convention happens over the May long weekend (15-17). We've amassed a great slate of games, and I'm…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess.

1/17/2009 Willow: The Forge Booth 2009, part two
So, when is the deadline for making a decision about whether one wants to participate in the booth or not? Also, what is expected of someone who buys-in?  What responsibilities…
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Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards, natman, btrc, Eero Tuovinen, Lance D. Allen, SirValence, SaintandSinner, RobNJ.

2/4/2009 David Artman: Trinoc*coN 10 - Raleigh, NC - July 3-5, 2009
Hi, folks; As some of you may already know from Story Games, I'm the Gaming Chair for Trinoc*coN, and I want to have a really strong Indie Gaming Track at…
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Participants: David Artman, rafael.

2/16/2009 GreatWolf: [Go Play Peoria] 2009 schedule
For those of you who don't know, I coordinate a minicon in the Peoria, IL area that we call Go Play Peoria. We're essentially set up as an extended game…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Nev the Deranged, Heraldic Game Design, Valamir.

2/20/2009 Certified: [Dragon*Con 2009] Independent RPG Forum
Hello, This year Dragon*Con is trying to do a kind of showcase for the independent game designers out there. This includes an opening panel to discus the games, play sessions…
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Participants: Certified, Ben Lehman, SaintandSinner, DarkTreeStudios.

2/25/2009 Gregor Hutton: [Conpulsion] Edinburgh 27-29 March
Hey All <a href="http://www.conpulsion.org">Conpulsion</a> in Edinburgh is only about a month away (Fri 27-Sun 29 March). There will be a lot of cool indie stuff going on at the con…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton.

2/25/2009 SaintandSinner: (GenCon) Indie Games Explosion, Games on Demand, etc
Does anyone know what the overall group name is this year for submitting events at GenCon? I know we get more room/tables if more people are under a single banner...
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

2/28/2009 SaintandSinner: Games at Gencon Indy 09
I'll be running two events this year (plus whatever happens in Games on Demand).  Are you running anything? Date: Friday Aug 14, 2009 (I've requested a 10AM start and I'll…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

3/3/2009 Michael S. Miller: [GenCon 2009] GoD needs a hero!
Kat and I will be unable to attend GenCon again this year, and are looking for someone to head up the Indie Games Explosion / Games on Demand area. We…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller.

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