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11/4/2003 eruditus: One or Two Day Conventions
What do you think is more successful? One day Game Days or Two Day conventions? Why? What are the conditions by which you attend conventions? How would a Game Day…
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Participants: eruditus, Mike Holmes.

10/30/2003 JamesDJIII: MACE - High Point, NC
Is any one from the Forge going to show up and run games? http://www.justusproductions.com/ Lookes like they could use an indie game injection.
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Participants: JamesDJIII, xiombarg.

10/28/2003 abzu: GAMA?
Ron (or another wise old soul), can you enlighten us about the perils, pleasures, benefits and detriments of the much touted GAMA trade show? The early registration deadline has passed,…
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Participants: abzu, Ron Edwards, Valamir, AdAstraGames.

10/24/2003 abzu: What'll Ya Give Me?
So Lollagazebo (in Raritan, NJ) is coming up in a few weeks. Once again I have a dealer's table (split between myself and aaron from Nerdnyc ) We had a…
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Participants: abzu, Paul Czege, Lxndr, Valamir, M. J. Young.

10/20/2003 M. J. Young: Game Design Seminar at UNY-con
Dan Brace has agreed that I should run a seminar at UNY-con November 14th-16th in Rochester, New York specifically on game design. I'd like it to be a panel…
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Participants: M. J. Young, lumpley, inthisstyle.

10/20/2003 abzu: After Ubercon Report for the Forge
So, I'm just back from Ubercon. Very tired, but I wanted to let everyone know how it went. Let's do the tale of the tape, first. Here's how everyone sold:…
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Participants: abzu, AdAstraGames.

10/15/2003 abzu: Ubercon Forge Help
Hi All, I'll be at Ubercon this weekend promoting Burning Wheel, Universalis, My Life with Master, Sorcerer and Fulminata. If you are coming, please stop by the Nerdnyc booth. However,…
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Participants: abzu, M. J. Young.

10/5/2003 taalyn: Milehicon
Anyone here going? Um..I dunno what else to say. That's what I want to know. Aidan
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Participants: taalyn, Ron Edwards, abzu, jcfiala.

10/3/2003 GB Steve: SteveCon V - hi octaNe
I'm organising SteveCon V in London on, or about October 28th. Since SteveCon III, I've decided that I'll feature an indie game as my game of the Con to run.…
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Participants: GB Steve, Ron Edwards.

9/30/2003 Ron Edwards: How to use the Conventions forum
Hello, and welcome. This forum exists for the purposes of coordinating efforts of play and exhibition at conventions. You should post here for any of the following: 1. You are…
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Participants: Ron Edwards.

9/30/2003 PeterAdkison: Gen Con So Cal -- Can I answer any questions?
Hi all! I just thought I'd post and offer to answer (or at least try!) any questions people might have about Gen Con So Cal. The show will take place…
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Participants: PeterAdkison, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Matt Wilson, abzu, Gordon C. Landis, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, RaconteurX, M. J. Young, Lxndr, Michael S. Miller, Jeffrey Miller, LordSmerf.

9/25/2003 pete_darby: AGSCON, UK, Canterbury 18/10/03
Just a quick pimping for the local one day convention, the web site for which will be found here I'll be running a HeroQuest game in the morning session: "Uzcape…
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Participants: pete_darby.

9/17/2003 abzu: Ubercon: First One's Free
Hi folks, So I am still very interested in promoting the Forge and its attendant games at the conventions I am heading out to in the next couple of months.…
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Participants: abzu, ethan_greer, M. J. Young.

9/16/2003 ZeOtter: Southern California GenCon
I am really interested in going to GenCon In Anaheim California. All the info is at the website: http://www.gencon.com/socalhome.aspx?file=socal it runs from December 11th throught the 14th. I am wondering…
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Participants: ZeOtter, JSDiamond.

9/8/2003 kwill: representation at Imbolcon 2003 (October 4/5)
dear all, I will be selling books at Imbolcon, our local con, and am happy to promote Forgite games while I am there, you will need to send me the…
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Participants: kwill.

9/7/2003 ross_winn: Necronomicon 2004
October 24-26 Crowne Plaza Sabal Park Tampa, Florida More Info Here! Guests of Honor: Gahan Wilson • Steve Jackson • Ellisa Mitchell
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Participants: ross_winn, JamesDJIII, Ron Edwards, Dr O.

9/6/2003 Loz: Continuum 2004
Announcing (fanfare) Continuum, 2004 www.continuum.uk.net 23rd - 26th July, Digby Hall, Leicester. A convention celebrating all things HeroQuest, Gloranthan, Eternal Champion and Call of Cthulhu. Guests include the mighty Charlie…
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Participants: Loz, Mark Galeotti.

9/6/2003 RaconteurX: GloranthaCon
As HeroQuest is the recipient of a seemingly unparalleled degree of enthusiam on The Forge (indeed, the only place it appears to hold greater esteem is on the various Glorantha-specific…
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Participants: RaconteurX.

9/4/2003 RaconteurX: U-Con -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
U-Con is Ann Arbor's annual game convention, held in the Michigan Union at the edge of the University of Michigan's central campus. In years past, U-Con has hosted guests who…
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Participants: RaconteurX.

9/2/2003 abzu: Origins Forge Booth
http://www.originsgames.com/pdfs/Forms%20Pack%2004.pdf http://originsgames.com/pdfs/Origins%202004%20D%20Hall.pdf Hi all, So I've already talked with a few folks here about hitting Origins this year, and I wanted to invite everyone else. I just did some cursory…
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Participants: abzu, Michael S. Miller, Valamir, Mike Holmes, AdAstraGames.

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11/5/2003 eruditus: Sales and Demos - Selling your game
no problem. consider it continued :) ...as it turns out, Luke and I actually had a conversation very recently about you. Yes! This is true. So it's good…
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Participants: eruditus, abzu, M. J. Young.

11/11/2003 abzu: After Lollagazebo Report
So I just returned from another convention. I slept all day today to recover and I am still exhausted. I wanted to give a brief recount of the event in…
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Participants: abzu.

11/11/2003 abzu: Convention Organizers: Demo Tables vs Dealers Tables
This is an open question to any convention organizers that lurk about on the Forge: Would it be possible to create a demo table in the RPG rooms of conventions…
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Participants: abzu, jdagna, Christopher Weeks, nerdnyc, Dregg, jrients, Dev, WMGG, Derek.

11/11/2003 abzu: The End of Forge East part 1
Based on my experiences at the last two cons selling other folks' games, I have to close my open offer to sell books for other game publishers/designers. Basically, my suspicions…
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Participants: abzu, Paul Czege, eruditus, nerdnyc, Mike Holmes, M. J. Young, Dregg, Christopher Weeks, LordSmerf.

11/11/2003 eruditus: Convention review: Lollagazebo
You are the first to see this. It is the start of my new convention experienceseries. I have posted this to RPGnet but it will be a few days until…
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Participants: eruditus, Dregg, Christopher Weeks, taepoong, zephyrrs.

11/14/2003 LordSmerf: [Forge East] Like a Pheonix from the ashes.
If you've been keeping up with the Death of Forge East thread then you know we've been talking about more Forge presence at cons. I'd like to go ahead and…
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Participants: LordSmerf, Dregg, abzu.

11/19/2003 Christopher Weeks: Travelling self-serve Forge display?
The discussion of late got me thinking about how to get small-press games to lots of cons. What if there was a self-serve display rack of some kind for a…
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Participants: Christopher Weeks, Dregg, GB Steve.

11/20/2003 Dev: [VeriCon, MA] Send us support material? More guests?
[i]previously [url]http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=7735[/url], more con info therein.[/i] [url=http://www.vericon.org][b]Vericon[/b][/url] is still looking for RPG designers who'd like to be part of our (growing) panel on RPG design and the industry in general.…
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Participants: Dev, abzu, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege.

11/21/2003 M. J. Young: An Interesting Promotional Strategy
My son and I stumbled into something that was worth sharing with other independent game publishers. Here it is. We were at UNY-con, and the seminars were wonderful but poorly…
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Participants: M. J. Young, gobi, Dregg, Christopher Weeks, Mike Holmes, LordSmerf, Cemendur, AdAstraGames.

12/4/2003 DaGreatJL: Anybody going to Dundracon?
Hey, I know it's a little early, but I was wondering if any other Forgites were planning on going to Dundracon in February. I'd like to get a chance to…
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Participants: DaGreatJL, Michael Hopcroft, Dregg, James Holloway, PeterAdkison, Ulmo, tldenmark.

12/4/2003 AdAstraGames: Con Support
What I see happening here is a replication of the Tragedy of the Commons. My perspective? I was running the booth directly across from the Forge at GenCon Indy this…
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Participants: AdAstraGames, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, Emily Care, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Matt Wilson, abzu, Troy_Costisick.

12/11/2003 abzu: BW/Nerd Booth at Ubercon
http://www.ubercon.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=242&password=&sort=1&cat=16&page=4 You can sort of get a sense of what we do. That's Dro and Aaron pitching the wheel. Of course you can't really see the Forge display... but trust…
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Participants: abzu.

12/12/2003 abzu: Burning Wheel at Philcon (plus the Forge!)
Hi all, I'll be at Philcon this weekend demoing BW and supporting the Forge. If anyone lives in the area and wants to come out and hang around our table…
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Participants: abzu.

1/17/2004 Troy_Costisick: GenCon Forge Booth at Indy 2004
Heya guys, Mainly this is for Ron. Are you going to be running a booth similar to the one you did last year at Indy? If so, where do I…
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Participants: Troy_Costisick, Ron Edwards, GaryTP.

1/21/2004 Howmandu: Anyone going to Dreamation 1/22/04 to 1/25/04?
Dreamation is this weekend in North Jersey. Anyone planning on attending ? http://www.dexposure.com/d2004.html
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Participants: Howmandu, Dregg.

1/22/2004 Michael S. Miller: Indie gaming at A Gazebo of Games
A Gazebo of Games is the spring convention from the folks at Wild Gazebo Productions. It will be held April 30 to May 2, 2004 in Edison, NJ. Discussion of…
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Participants: Michael S. Miller, Dregg, eruditus, Christopher Weeks, Valamir, Liz the RPG Chick, abzu, WGPTrey.

1/22/2004 PeterAdkison: Gen Con new feature--the "Quiet Zone"
Primarily due to the discussion on this board last November we at Gen Con have decided to try something new at Gen Con Indy 2004: a "quiet zone" in the…
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Participants: PeterAdkison, M. J. Young.

1/23/2004 eruditus: PAGE Game Day March 20, 2004 - Sign up NOW!
GMs wanted for the PAGE Game Day. For more info: http://www.philagamers.org/index.php?module=FormExpress&func=display_form&form_id=3 I know that we BW folk will be around. A showing from the local Forge folk would be GREAT!!!!
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Participants: eruditus.

1/23/2004 Liz the RPG Chick: A Call for A Gazebo of Games
HI, Liz the RPG CHick here, I have been reading the posts about Wild Gazebo's cons and you all have alot of insite. I am now in charge of running…
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Participants: Liz the RPG Chick, Ron Edwards, abzu, WGPTrey.

1/23/2004 Liz the RPG Chick: A Call for A Gazebo of Games
HI, Liz the RPG CHick here, I have been reading the posts about Wild Gazebo's cons and you all have alot of insite. I am now in charge of running…
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Participants: Liz the RPG Chick.

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