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7/21/2010 segedy: [Gen Con 2010] Indie Games Map
Following on the tradition of work by others in years past, I thought I'd put together a map of the indie RPG scene at Gen Con in 2010: <a href="http://bullypulpitgames.com/projects/ige/downtown_indy_map.jpg">Map…
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Participants: segedy, Ron Edwards.

7/21/2010 SaintandSinner: (Gencon 2010) Games on Demand
Games on Demand at Gencon is located in the spacious Grand Central Ballroom "B" in the Crowne Plaza hotel. Gaming tables 1-6 will be open, and GMs available, from 10a.m.…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

7/19/2010 reveal: [ENnies] The RPG Haven interviews Jay Peters
The RPG Haven has posted its interview with current ENnies judge Jay Peters. It’s an excellent listen and answers a lot of questions that people have about the judging process.…
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Participants: reveal.

7/17/2010 Sage: Indie RPG Awards.
I wasn't sure where to post this but i figured it might be best here as it concerns potential organised events. Are there any Indie RPG competitions that are in…
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Participants: Sage, Noclue.

7/16/2010 reveal: [ENnies] The voting booths are now open and Dream Dates are a go!
I am pleased to announce that the voting booth for the 2010 ENnie Awards is now officially open! To vote click the link below: http://www.ennie-awards.com/voting/ballot.asp 2011 Judges Voting This year,…
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Participants: reveal.

7/12/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Announcing the 2010 ENnie Award VIP Cocktail Reception
This year the Annual Gen Con EN World RPG Awards are pleased to celebrate their 10th ceremony, and would like to invite you to participate in a VIP cocktail reception…
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Participants: reveal.

7/9/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Announcing the 2010 ENnie Award Nominees
After going through hundreds of entries, the judges have narrowed the field and selected the nominees for each of the 20 categories. On behalf of the judges and the Board…
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Participants: reveal.

7/6/2010 TonyLB: [DexCon] Who's going?
I ask with the virtuous purpose of figuring out who I'll be seeing in a few days, and with the wicked ulterior motive of seeking someone who can rent me…
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Participants: TonyLB.

6/17/2010 reveal: [ENnies] So you want to be an ENnies judge...
It's that time of the year again. The siren's call of the ENnies has been sounded and the question goes out; who will answer? Do you think you have what…
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Participants: reveal, Kinetic, megan, Princesskeyblade, Ron Edwards.

6/17/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Awards and Fans and Publishers! Oh, my!
As the ENnie Awards enters its 10th year, we've been evaluating priorities and taking care to look at feedback from past years. So today we're asking your opinion on a…
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Participants: reveal, Skeld.

6/15/2010 Vulpinoid: [Go Play: Cockatoo Island] Name subject to change...
I doubt people would head halfway around the world to head to a game convention, but I'm sharing some ideas with everyone here anyway. In 12 months time (the middle…
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Participants: Vulpinoid.

6/11/2010 Ron Edwards: Welcome to the Conventions forum - please read here first
This forum is straightforward. If you're playing, promoting, selling, organizing, or otherwise doing anything at a convention that concerns independent role-playing games, then post about it here. That includes organizing…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

5/24/2010 Gregor Hutton: [UK Games Expo] 4-6 June, Birmingham, UK
Hey, <a href="http://ukgamesexpo.co.uk/">UK Games Expo</a> in Birmingham is just around the corner here in the UK. You can see some of <a href="http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/collective.php">the Indie Games being run</a>. I will flag…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton.

5/21/2010 Darcy Burgess: [CanGames 2010] - Ottawa, Ontario
Hi, I realize that this is exceptionally addle-brained, even for me, and therefore quite last-minute. Regardless, CanGames is happening this weekend in Ottawa, Ontario. I've skimmed the program, and there…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess.

5/20/2010 Michael S. Miller: [DEXCON 13] Indie Games Explosion
Dexcon 13 is approaching. It's going to be held in July. From Wednesday night, July 7th to Sunday afternoon, July 11th. The convention is going to be in Morristown New…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller.

5/6/2010 Eero Tuovinen: Spiel Essen 2010 Forge booth
OK, once more with feeling! History Ever since 2005 or so we've been speculating about a Forge booth at Spiel Essen, the largest tabletop gaming convention in the world. The…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, Ben Lehman, Gregor Hutton, Frank Tarcikowski, Teppich, Markku Tuovinen, destruktivekritik, Matt, PiHalbe.

5/5/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Important Dates Announced!
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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Participants: reveal.

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..

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.

4/9/2010 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.

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7/29/2010 SaintandSinner: Games on Demand Twitter
Games on Demand Twitter account is Games_On_Demand please go ahead and follow now so you'll be in the loop for Gencon. I may be too busy once I get there…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

8/1/2010 Gregor Hutton: [GenCon] 2010 Design Matters Booth Menu
Just to let you all know that the <a href="http://gregorhutton.com/dm/DesignMatters2010.pdf">Design Matters Booth Menu</a> for 2010 is now online. We've got the lowdown on the booth's games: <b> Annalise: Final Edition…
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Participants: Gregor Hutton.

8/3/2010 SaintandSinner: Gencon and Games on Demand
[quote author=SirValence link=topic=29226.msg278231#msg278231 date=1280848310] [quote author=SaintandSinner link=topic=29226.msg273825#msg273825 date=1267239090] Show up.  Although letting us know your coming would be nice.  GM's only have to be there find some players and pick…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

8/9/2010 SaintandSinner: Gencon - Games on Demand
I want to thanks everyone for all their hard work to make this happen each year. Each time we learn something new. Several people have offered to help with this…
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Participants: SaintandSinner.

8/13/2010 lachek: HammerCon - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - November 6th 2010
We’re super-excited to announce <a href="http://www.hammercon.ca">HammerCon II</a>, Southern Ontario’s largest game convention by gamers for gamers, on November 6, 2010 at the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=&daddr=150%20King%20St%2E%20East%2C%20Hamilton%2C%20ON%20L8N%201B2&ie=UTF8&z=16">Plaza Hamilton</a>. HammerCon is an all-day convention…
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Participants: lachek, epweissengruber.

8/16/2010 Nathan P.: [Gen Con 2010] Design Matters Postmortem & Numbers
In our on-going mission for transparency and hoping to stimulate new and exciting ideas, here's some data about how our booth did at this years Gen Con. This is the…
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Participants: Nathan P., lumpley.

8/31/2010 Certified: Dragon*Con 2010 Indie Panels
This year at Dragon*Con they will be hosting 2 panels on Indie RPGs.
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Participants: Certified, David Artman, SaintandSinner, ristarr.

9/2/2010 Jay Loomis: Anyone going to be at PAX?
The thought came to me later than ideally that there might be some indie-gaming goodness to be found at PAX this weekend. I know it's not primarily about RPGs, but…
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Participants: Jay Loomis, SaintandSinner.

9/3/2010 The Magus: [London, UK] Anyone interested in an regular Indie RPG meet?
Hello I'm thinking of setting up a regular meet for Story Games/Indie RPGs/Small Press Games in London. It would be based in a function room in a City or West…
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Participants: The Magus.

9/7/2010 reveal: [ENnies] Announcing a new series of interviews
Greetings from the ENnies! This is a quick announcement to let you know about the new weekly series on the site. I have been interviewing past nominees and winners of…
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Participants: reveal, Ron Edwards.

9/16/2010 Claudia Cangini: The Coolest Thing of GnoccoCon and a interview with Graham Walmsley
Here: http://www.youtube.com/user/narrattiva is a short english/italian interview of designer Graham Walmsley about A Taste for Murder,italian conventions and other things plus the just uploaded "Coolest thing of GnoccoCon" (which shows…
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Participants: Claudia Cangini.

9/16/2010 The Magus: London Indie RPG Meetup
Following the near hysterical response to my last post about meeting to play indie games in London, UK I've set up a group to play indie RPGs.  At first we'll…
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Participants: The Magus.

10/26/2010 Eero Tuovinen: Spiel Essen 2010 report and afterthoughts
As discussed in the earlier thread, we did set up a Forge booth for Spiel Essen this year; I just returned from Germany yesterday and am still waiting for our…
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Participants: Eero Tuovinen, mreuther, Frank Tarcikowski, Artanis, PiHalbe.

10/26/2010 The Dragon Master: [Tempe, AZ] Indie Explosion looking for gamers...
Thought I'd drop a line here. We've started a new gaming group that meets every Monday at 7pm at Pop Culture Paradise in Tempe, AZ to play Indie games. So…
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Participants: The Dragon Master.

10/29/2010 M. J. Young: Ubercon XIII
I'm planning to be there next weekend, if all goes well.  I don't know if anyone else here will be, but I'm usually pretty prominent.  I don't yet have my…
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Participants: M. J. Young.

11/19/2010 Paco Garcia: The 4th of December is Play in Public UK Day!
G*M*S Magazine (http://www.gmsmagazine.com) is sponsoring a UK Play In Public Campaign Day on the 4th of December and there will be a Castle Ravenloft game up for grabs for the…
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Participants: Paco Garcia.

11/29/2010 buzz: The future of Forge Midwest
Just curious... now that the Forge is winding down, what's going to happen to Forge Midwest? Will it continue to be an annual thing? Or disappear?
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Participants: buzz, Ron Edwards.

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