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1/5/2010 Willow: Forge Midwest 2010 Planning Thread
Looks like we're getting a late start this year. Tim and I have been going back and forth about when to set it this year, and have yet to come…
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Participants: Willow, Ron Edwards, Tim C Koppang, TJ, Nev the Deranged, c, reaction, buzz, Miskatonic, Ben Lehman, KeithBVaughn, greyorm, kate, jerry.

11/30/2009 Paul Czege: be at STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo, in Austin, TX, March 6th, 2010
This past March <a href="http://www.halfmeme.com/">Half Meme Press</a> and <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/creamaliengames/">Cream Alien Games</a> did a table together at <a href="http://www.staple-austin.org/">STAPLE!</a> The Independent Media Expo, in Austin, Texas. And we had so…
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Participants: Paul Czege.

10/20/2009 Bill_White: Ubercon XII: Edison NJ, Nov. 6-8, 2009
The schedule for RPGs at Ubercon XII in Edison is up; the con runs the first weekend in November (the 6th to the 8th). There's an interesting mix of games…
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Participants: Bill_White, M. J. Young.

10/16/2009 Paul Czege: I'll be at U-Con in Ann Arbor, MI on Saturday, November 14th
I'll be at the University of Michigan's <a href="http://www.ucon-gaming.org/">U-Con</a> gaming convention in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Saturday, November 14th. The convention actually runs from Friday the 13th through Sunday the…
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Participants: Paul Czege.

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.

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.

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..

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.

9/14/2009 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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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.

9/2/2009 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.

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.

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.

8/17/2009 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.

8/12/2009 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.

8/9/2009 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.

8/8/2009 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.

8/8/2009 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.

8/7/2009 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.

8/6/2009 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.

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1/22/2010 Ron Edwards: [GenCon 2010] Forge booth, first thread
Hello, Last year's booth showed me some things. 1. The popular interest in the Forge and whatever might be at the booth is undiminished. People showed up, bought stuff, participated,…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, SaintandSinner, Ben Lehman, Troy_Costisick.

1/26/2010 SaintandSinner: Gencon 2010 Dresden Files games
I'm running a couple of Dresden events if your interested. Friday 2-6pm Dog Daze This was run with the bleeding alpha rules in 2008 (please no repeat players) I know,…
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Participants: SaintandSinner, Nev the Deranged.

1/27/2010 reveal: [ENnies] 2010 State of the ENnies Address
Greetings all and well met! It's that time of the year again. The time where the ENnies staff and judges begin the countdown to GenCon and start getting all of…
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Participants: reveal.

2/1/2010 SaintandSinner: Dragoncon Indie Panels, Games, etc
Dragoncon is interested in having Indie Game panels, games on the schedule, etc.  If you are a designer, what do you usually do at these conventions and what do the…
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Participants: SaintandSinner, David Artman.

2/1/2010 SaintandSinner: Miami Games and Stuff
What's good around there (other than the obvious beach)? I'm going up there for a meeting the first weekend in March and will likely have some time to burn. Are…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

2/17/2010 Luke: Dreamation February 18-21st
Hiya Folks, Many of us will be at Dreamation in Morristown, NJ this weekend. There's a thread on Story Games, Dreamation, Who's Going? that contains a list of URLs to…
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Participants: Luke.

2/17/2010 Ron Edwards: [Forge Midwest] New thread!
Good news. 1. The room block-off is now in effect, so if you haven't, please reserve now. 2. The conference room is all set! (Thanks Willow) It looks like everything…
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Participants: Ron Edwards, Nev the Deranged, Miskatonic, reaction, Tim C Koppang, greyorm, Motipha, c, buzz, woodelf.

2/22/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Submissions Form Now Online
Great news everyone! Starting today, publishers will now be able to use an online form for their submissions. Whether you’re planning on sending packages to the judges or submitting your…
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2/26/2010 reveal: [ENnies] 2010 ENnies Booth Volunteer Recruitment!
We are looking for good people to volunteer their time at the ENnies booth at GenCon this year. We are starting the recruitment early to give people plenty of time…
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3/1/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Get To Know Your 2010 ENnies Judges!
In order for people to feel a little more connected to the ENnies, we've decided to conducts interviews with each judge. Now, each judge already answered a list of questions…
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3/6/2010 reveal: [ENnies] On accepting PDF versions of printed products
In the past few weeks, we've received questions regarding submitting PDF versions of documents that are also available in either hardcover/softcover format or print-on-demand (POD). In that regard, I thought…
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Participants: reveal.

3/12/2010 btrc: GenCon 2010 housing
I'm just starting this up as a place to post or exchange info on sharing or finding room space for GenCon 2010. I'm still working on my own arrangements...
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Participants: btrc, Locke.

3/16/2010 Malcolm: Conpulsion, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 26-28
For those of you in the UK, I thought I'd give a quick rundown of some stuff that's on offer at Conpulsion in a couple of weeks. The con takes…
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Participants: Malcolm.

3/21/2010 Willow: [Forge Midwest] First follow-up! (split)
Donations for rooms covered about 60% of the room costs- several people not having cash, but wanting to donate.  If you're one of those people, you can paypal it to…
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Participants: Willow, TJ, buzz, Nev the Deranged, reaction, pseudoidiot, Miskatonic, c.

3/24/2010 leonidas300: Indiecon 2010 - 4th-7th November - 3rd year
Dear members and guests, Indiecon has now been announced and its website is up and running: www.indiecon.net When? 4th-7th November Where? Naish Holiday Park, Dorset, UK Why? Play tomorrow's games…
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Participants: leonidas300.

4/2/2010 Rayston: How to get more Indie games at RandomCon Gaming Convention in Arizona
RandomCon is a Gaming Convention coming for its second year to Arizona in July of 2010 We especially need people to run games. I am asking if any of you…
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Participants: Rayston.

4/8/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Only One More Month to Submit Products!
GenCon is getting closer and closer, folks, and so is the ENnie Awards Ceremony! The most important upcoming date, though, is May 8, 2010. This is the very last day…
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4/9/2010 Locke: Running Game at GenCon
RPG1012276 Gaming Group / Company Indie Game Explosion Title Steam Ghosts of the East Description A new style fantasy game that allows the players to completely customize their characters. The…
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Participants: Locke.

4/10/2010 hoefer: What are my options for selling at GenCon 2010?
If you already read my "Connections" post, you know that I'm a desperate man seeking a cheap way to have a few copies of my products available at GenCon Indy. …
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Participants: hoefer, Eero Tuovinen, Nathan P., Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards, Darrenwatts.

4/15/2010 Motipha: Marketing and the independent RPG
So this is tangentially related to conventions, but less tangentially this than anything else.  To make a long story short (and this is probably going to be too long knowing…
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Participants: Motipha, Nathan P..

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