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7/28/2009 MatrixGamer: "Thunder Hamsters and the Temple of Cheese" at the Hamster Press booth at Gen Co
My big release for this year's Gen Con is Thunder Hamsters. It's a hybrid boardgame/Engle Matrix Game in which hamster heroes run into the temple and steal things. When they…
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Participants: MatrixGamer, Emily Care, hoefer.

7/24/2009 reveal: The ENnies Voting Booth Is Now Open!
The ENnies Voting Booth is now open! We have three exciting announcements! The voting booth is open! Voting for this years ENnie nominees can now commence. The booth will be…
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Participants: reveal.

7/23/2009 TJ: Gen Con 2009 Games On Demand?
Does anyone know where the GoD room is going to be this year, and who is in charge?
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Participants: TJ, Darcy Burgess, SaintandSinner.

7/22/2009 reveal: The ENnies are now on Twitter!
Do you have a Twitter account? Well so do the ENnies! Feel free to follow them to get all the latest ENnies updates. The results of the 2009 ceremony will…
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Participants: reveal.

7/20/2009 Paul Czege: playtest Acts of Evil with me at Gen Con 2009
I want to run a playtest of Acts of Evil on Thursday, August 13th, at Gen Con, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. I've made a number of rules refinements…
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Participants: Paul Czege.

7/17/2009 reveal: One Week, Two Reminders!
As usual, hello from the ENnies! :D Next Friday, July 24, is a very important day in the life of the ENnies. First, it's the day the polls open so…
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Participants: reveal, Thunder_God.

7/16/2009 lachek: Hammercon: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - October 17th
Those of you native to the Greater Toronto Area will know that there has been a lull in the local convention circuit these last few years. The folks here at…
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Participants: lachek.

7/13/2009 reveal: Presenting the nominees for the 2009 ENnie Awards
Hello once again from the ENnies! :D After going through hundreds of entries, the judges have narrowed the field and selected the nominees for each of the 19 categories. On…
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Participants: reveal.

7/10/2009 reveal: Accepting nominations for the Fan ENnie for Best Publisher
Hello once again from the ENnies! :D GenCon is fast approaching and the ENnies machine is in full swing. Starting today, July 10, fans can nominate their favorite publisher for…
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Participants: reveal.

7/3/2009 btrc: Ashcan Gencon 2009?
Haven't seen any Ashcan Front threads lately. Just wondering if there was going to be one at GenCon this year. Greg
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Participants: btrc, Ron Edwards, tonyd, Eero Tuovinen, Paul Czege, Darcy Burgess.

6/10/2009 tonyd: Gen Con Housing
I'm signed up for Gen Con, but don't have a place to stay. Maybe I'm not the only one. Let's talk about it! Does anyone have space at the Embassy…
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Participants: tonyd, Eero Tuovinen, wunderllama, btrc.

6/5/2009 reveal: [ENnies] Important ENnies Dates
Hello once again from the ENnies! As you know, the window for submissions has closed. The judges now face the difficult task of picking which products out of the plethora…
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Participants: reveal.

6/1/2009 reveal: [ENnies] The ENnies are coming! The ENnies are coming!
Hello! As you well know, GenCon is right around the corner! And, of course, GenCon is where the ceremony for the ENnie Awards, the annual fan-based celebration of excellence in…
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Participants: reveal, iago.

5/22/2009 GreatWolf: Go Play Peoria Summer Minicon
It's that time again! The Go Play Peoria Summer Minicon will be held on June 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.

4/29/2009 Darcy Burgess: [Go-Play Ottawa] - Like a Thief in the Night!
Last outing, The Slushy Maelstrom, was a big pile of fun! GPO returns sometime in the May-August nebula. I'm trying to step back from the GM/Facilitator role a bit this…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess.

4/28/2009 tonyd: Go Play NW - Seattle June 26-28
Go Play NW 2009 will be Friday June 16 - Sunday June 28 this year. There are a few improvements and changes this year: THREE days of gaming: from…
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Participants: tonyd.

4/28/2009 Claudia Cangini: InterNosCon 2009
Hi! I’d like to let you know about a little italian initiative we had this year. It went so awesomely that we hope to be able to have some foreign…
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Participants: Claudia Cangini.

4/21/2009 SaintandSinner: Indie games passport/map?
Will there be an 'Indie Map' or 'Indie Passport' this year?  I'm helping organize the Indie Games Explosion and Games on Demand.  If there is such a thing we would…
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Participants: SaintandSinner, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, TJ.

4/15/2009 RobNJ: Forge Midest 09 report
Here's my little report, pasted from my LJ, about my experience at FMW this year. I was going to put it in the retrospective thread, but that felt more procedural/planning:…
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Participants: RobNJ.

4/14/2009 Willow: Forge Midwest 2009 Retrospective
So, how did Forge Midwest go for everyone else?  What can we do to improve it next year? Having it on Easter Weekend was unfortunate- there were lots of people…
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Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards, GamerChick, TJ, reaction.

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8/2/2009 reveal: [ENnies] Meet your 2010 ENnies judge nominees
The nominees for the 2010 ENnies judges are now online for you to look over! Please visit and study each nominee carefully as only five of them will judge next…
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Participants: reveal, Skeld, Kinetic, megan, Johnny Scott, YourSwordisMine.

8/2/2009 SaintandSinner: Games on Demand at DragonCon
We will run a small Games on Demand at DragonCon on Friday and Saturday from 2:30 to 5pm.  I and the others working on this have conflicts earlier in the…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

8/2/2009 SaintandSinner: Indie Games at DragonCon
I will be running the following games at DragonCon in Atlanta, September 4th - 7th, 2009.  More information for all these games may be found at http://gaming.dragoncon.org/ Secrets of the…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

8/5/2009 reveal: [ENnies] Announcing the 2009 ENnies Dream Date Auctions
The 2009 ENnie Awards Dream Date Auctions have begun! Listed below you will find direct links to the auctions themselves. The publishers have really gone all out this year and…
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Participants: reveal, Gregor Hutton.

8/6/2009 SaintandSinner: Games on Demand Table Custodians
We have requested tables for Games on Demand Fri 10am-2pm Fri 2pm-6pm Sat 10am-2pm Sat 2pm-6pm Sun 10am-2pm. We need table custodians to monitor this area and to take up…
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Participants: SaintandSinner, joepub.

8/7/2009 SaintandSinner: Games on Demand Banner
If anyone wanted to get the word out about Games on Demand we would really appreciated it if you'd put this in your blogs, signatures at forums, etc. The banner…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

8/8/2009 RobNJ: [Gen Con] Designers: Do you want GOD to run your game?
[url=http://johnpaul613.livejournal.com/]Scott Acker[/url], [url=http://tckroleplaying.com/Games.html]Tim Koppang[/url], and [url=http://playcollective.org/]The Play Collective[/url] are getting together to run [url=http://www.museoffire.com/Games/GoD/]Games on Demand[/url]* at [url=http://gencon.com/]Gen Con[/url] this year. We'd probably** love to run your game. If you…
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Participants: RobNJ, Darcy Burgess, Ben Lehman, SaintandSinner, Gregor Hutton.

8/8/2009 Capulet: Forge Booth Gen Con Indy 2009: Product Giveaways
I plan on doing occasional book give-aways for the original core book Factions at War when I am at the booth this year. My goal is to leave all of…
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Participants: Capulet.

8/9/2009 SaintandSinner: (Games on Demand) Help needed making Signs and Flyers
Does anyone have a design for a Games on Demand Sign or flyers? If not, would anyone be willing to put this together. Previous signs have not been found and…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

8/12/2009 Salvius: Gearing Up For DREAMATION 2010
Hi Folks, I know it's kind early, but I'd like to get some discussion going regarding DREAMATION 2010. Based on February's online debates about what I did or didn't mean…
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Participants: Salvius, TonyLB, jasonm, Michael S. Miller.

8/17/2009 SaintandSinner: (Games on Demand Gencon 09) Feedback
So, I think this was pretty successful. We had from 18 to 38 people playing and running per slot. Everyone involved really threw themselves into it and were great. This…
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Participants: SaintandSinner, wrshamilton, Adam Dray, Tim C Koppang, Ron Edwards, Darcy Burgess, RobNJ.

8/26/2009 jefgodesky: GASPcon 10 - Trying to bring indie games to Pittsburgh, PA
<a href="http://gaspgamer.com/gasp_con/gaspcon.html">GASPcon 10</a> <a href="http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do;jsessionid=FB99B7B17E7D0B0CA81FF23C989CF2F6?propertyCode=39028">Best Western Parkway Center Mall</a> 875 Greentree Rd Pittsburgh, PA Friday, November 13 - Sunday, November 15 This year, GASPcon's organizers have asked me to try…
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Participants: jefgodesky.

8/26/2009 reveal: [ENnies] Introducing the official ENnies Blog!
We are proud to announce the ENnies now has an official blog. You can expect to see many articles here, including posts from the judges and staff members. You will…
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Participants: reveal.

9/2/2009 reveal: [ENnies] Support the ENnies via eBay!
Over the next few months, we will be selling some quality RPG items in order to raise funds for next years 10th anniversary of the ENnie Awards. As each auction…
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Participants: reveal.

9/11/2009 hoefer: Know of Any Midwestern Conventions?
Hello all!  Now that the dust has settled from GenCon, I'm trying to put together my marketing calender for this coming year.  One of my goals is to try and…
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Participants: hoefer, jefgodesky, Ron Edwards.

9/14/2009 reveal: [ENnies] Announcing the ENnie Awards Fan Survey
Hello and welcome from the ENnie Awards! As you know, our main goal at the ENnie Awards is to allow the fans direct access to the publishers and their products.…
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Participants: reveal.

9/17/2009 Parthenia: JiffyCon is looking for a few good GM's
url=http://www.jiffycon.com]JiffyCon returns to Greenfield, and we're looking for folks to run games! This season it will be November 14th at Greenfield All Souls Church at 399 Main Street, right downtown.…
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Participants: Parthenia.

9/18/2009 Artanis: Preparing an indie booth for Nancy, France
Hi there On November 7th and 8th, a couple of friends and I are going to the game festival Les Joutes du Téméraire, in Nancy (that's a city, please), France.…
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Participants: Artanis, Eero Tuovinen, Nathan P..

10/6/2009 fjj: Spiel Essen 2009
Going to Spiel Essen 2009? Wanna meet up and say hi? Let me know and I will try to find a time & place.
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Participants: fjj.

10/8/2009 RobNJ: JiffyCon Greenfield, November 14: pre-registration open!
Hey everyone, just writing to let you know that registrations for JiffyCon Fall 09 are now up. You can find the registration page at: http://jiffycon.com/registration.html This time, we have it…
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Participants: RobNJ.

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