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2/23/2004 Matt Gwinn: Special Gencon Request
Gencon this year is going to be a little different for me and my fiance; We will technically be on our honeymoon (Getting married on the 14th). I'd really like…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Dav, Bob McNamee.

8/19/2003 Matt Gwinn: Cover Band
I wrote this game on my way home from work a couple weeks ago. It's still a little rough around the edges, in fact this is the first time I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Jack Spencer Jr.

8/5/2003 Matt Gwinn: Purgatory: An RPG About Regret
Hey everyone, I finally got off my ass and started work on a new RPG. It was originally titled "4th Edition" and was about D&D style character that sought redemption…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Gwinn, iago, kamikaze, jdrakeh.

7/29/2003 Matt Gwinn: Review, Gencon Report & More
Just wanted to let everyone know that there is a new Kayfabe review up at http://www.realms.org.uk/cms/articles/kayfabe Kayfabe scored a 4 out of 5 which I consider to be pretty good.…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, ethan_greer.

7/28/2003 Matt Gwinn: GENCON 2003 Pics & Video
I have some pics of Gencon on my web site. there are quite a few so be patient when waiting for them to load. There are also so videos (some…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Matt Gwinn, kregmosier, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Matt Snyder, taepoong, drozdal, Matt Wilson, Jake Norwood, John Harper.

7/14/2003 Matt Gwinn: Printed copies now available!!
The print copies of Kayfabe are finally here and are ready to be shipped!!! You can order it at http://errantknightgames.com/kayfabe/buy.html ,Matt Gwinn Errant Knight Games
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

7/2/2003 Matt Gwinn: Soliciting reviews
Does anyone want to write a review for the expanded edition of Kayfabe? ,Matt Gwinn
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards.

6/26/2003 Matt Gwinn: PDF Download Accounts
Well, I started selling the PDFs of my Kayfabe supplements and the new expanded edition. The files ended up being pretty big, so I'm using an account system so buyers…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, ethan_greer, Clay, rpghost, Emmett, Mike Holmes, WDFlores.

6/23/2003 Matt Gwinn: New Supplements availble now!
Errant Knight Games is proud to announce the release of two new supplements for Kayfabe: The Inside Wrestling Game. The Promoter’s Handbook expands the world of Kayfabe into teh business…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

6/16/2003 Matt Gwinn: Indexing
At what point does it become necessary to include an index in your game? The expanded edition of Kayfabe is about ready to go to print. I have a page…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, busling, Paul Czege, GreatWolf, Fabrice G., Valamir, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

6/16/2003 Matt Gwinn: New Web Site
Errant Knight Games has relocated to errantknightgames.com Please update your bookmarks ,Matt
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

6/12/2003 Matt Gwinn: Kayfabe Cover
I'm thinking about using that new cover for the promoter's handbook for the new printing of the main rules and using something different for the PDF. I did up a…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Lxndr.

6/8/2003 Matt Gwinn: Wide Angle Gaming
In this post HERE I brought up the question of elitism in gaming. The example I used degenerated the thread into a discussion on keeping secrets from other players. I…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Alan, Lxndr, Brand_Robins, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Jack Spencer Jr, ADGBoss, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, contracycle, lumpley.

6/7/2003 Matt Gwinn: We are all elitist pigs!
Last week I nearly walked out of my D&D game. I was getting overly frustrated with players keeping secrets about their characters from other players (not characters). What started it…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Clinton R. Nixon, jdagna, Enoch, Jack Spencer Jr, Bankuei, Christopher Kubasik, John Kim, Ian Charvill, Cassidy, Ron Edwards, ADGBoss, Jeph.

5/29/2003 Matt Gwinn: Cheaters & GNS
This may also fit into theory. I was wondering where cheating fits into GNS. What style of play encourages or facilitates fudging die rolls, changing stats, etc.? I suspect it…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: Matt Gwinn, cruciel, C. Edwards, Wormwood, Valamir, John Kim, Alan, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Scratchware.

5/28/2003 Matt Gwinn: How many words is your game?
The other day Paul asked me how many words my last printing of Kayfabe was. I wasn't sure, so I checked. It came out to be 22, 237 words with…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, clehrich, Paul Czege, Jeffrey Miller, jdagna, Jack Aidley, Matt Wilson, samdowning, ADGBoss, chadu, abzu, Michael Hopcroft, Adam.

5/26/2003 Matt Gwinn: Promoter's Handbook Cover
I put together a potential cover for the Promoter's Handbook. I'm interested in hearing what people think of it. You can look at it HERE ,Matt
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Gene Pool, Paul Czege.

5/23/2003 Matt Gwinn: Promoter's Handbook Nearly Finished!
Hey everyone I'm nearly done with the Promoter's Handbook. I may or may not design a Promotion Sheet, but other than that, it just needs editing a a couple more…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards.

5/8/2003 Matt Gwinn: Gamer Mailing List
The recent topic "The Dancey Ratio and the Strange Case of the Missing Gamers" has got me thinking. The company I work for derives a great deal of business from…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Matt Snyder, Matt, Mike Holmes, quozl, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Clay, C. Edwards, ace pilot, Valamir, clehrich, talysman.

5/7/2003 Matt Gwinn: Player's Guide Update
Just wanted to keep everyone updated on what's happening with the Player's Guide. I just wrote some rules for Steroid Use, Pain Killers & Addiction and Surgery. I'm pretty pleased…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Mike Holmes, Bogie_71.

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5/10/2004 Matt Gwinn: "Does The Game System Really Matter?" GENCON Semin
[quote][b]Event ID:[/b] 3606 [b]Game ID:[/b] SEM00045 [b]Title:[/b] Does The Game System Really Matter? [b]Event Description:[/b] The Game System doesn't matter to have a successful gaming session. Join your hosts as…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, Dev, daMoose_Neo, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Andy Kitkowski.

5/10/2004 Matt Gwinn: RPGs in Toy Stores
I was first introduced to roleplaying about 20 years ago. I was in the toy store browsing and I found a rack of D&D stuff. I didn't know what they…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, madelf, xiombarg, Jack Spencer Jr, b_bankhead, timfire, greedo1379, contracycle.

5/10/2004 Matt Gwinn: Mind Body & Soul Updated
I have updated my game Mind, Body & Soul. If anyone would like to playtest it, you can see the game at http://errantknightgames.com/mbs.html ,Matt
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

5/10/2004 Matt Gwinn: Mind, Body & Soul
After nearly 2 years of stagnation, I have finally updated my game Mind, Body & Soul The game is about relationships and how they effect our lives and how we…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Kryyst, Emily Care, Andrew Martin.

9/13/2004 Matt Gwinn: What's on My Plate
Just wanted to let people know that I'm still around and trying to put together a new game or two. So here goes KAYFABE Haven't done much with it in…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

11/25/2004 Matt Gwinn: Member List
Is there a reason I can't get to the member list?
In Site Discussion
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Clinton R. Nixon.

2/15/2005 Matt Gwinn: New print run
Hey everyone, I am seriously considering doing a new print run of Kayfabe for sale at Gencon. I probably do only 50 copies. Are there any tweeks you think should…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

2/23/2005 Matt Gwinn: Google Ad Words & PPC campaigns
I was just wondering if anyone had tested the usefulness of the Pay per Click campaigns at Google and Overture? If so, how has it worked out for your sales…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ben Lehman, Matt, daMoose_Neo, Paul Czege, Mernya, ffilz.

3/29/2005 Matt Gwinn: Creating a Survey
hey everyone. I just hooked up with a bunch of gamers in Ann Arbor through dnd.meetup.com. Well, we have quite a few people in the group with a wide variety…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Vaxalon, Mike Holmes, Simon Kamber, Danny_K.

5/3/2005 Matt Gwinn: [TQB] The Matted Lion
Well, we did character creation for The Questing Beast last night and I'm pretty excited about running it. The Accord It actually took us quite a while to settle on…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, hardcoremoose.

5/9/2005 Matt Gwinn: TQB - Anthropamorphic troubles
After working on characters for The Questing Beast some of us are having a really hard time associating animals with the characters. It's not that we can't assign Forms, we're…
In Random Order Creations
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Valamir, Bankuei.

6/13/2005 Matt Gwinn: New Cover for Kayfabe?
A few people have recommended that I change the cover for the next print run of Kayfabe and possibly move back to the original cover. Was just wondering what people…
In Publishing
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Andrew Morris, Valamir, Bob Goat, Yokiboy, jdagna, Ria, Trish2.

6/24/2005 Matt Gwinn: Kayfabe Hardcover
I will have some hardcover copies of Kayfabe available at Gencon. I only plan on bringing about a dozen, unless there is a big demand for it. So now is…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Valamir.

10/1/2005 Matt Gwinn: [Fragile Minds] My new Game
Well, I finally motivated myself to start working on a new game.  It's called Fragile Minds and it's a 2 player game about obsession.  One player plays a Serial Killer…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ben Lehman, WhiteRat, lumpley, Paul Czege.

2/13/2007 Matt Gwinn: Gencon Hotel Reservations
I'm sure most of you knew this already, but preregistartion for Gencon started yesterday and hotel reservations started today. As of right now, most of the rooms available through Gencon…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Gwinn, btrc, segedy, Nev the Deranged, iago, c, Thunder_God, Paul Czege, daMoose_Neo, Valamir, Troy_Costisick, GregStolze, GreatWolf.

2/13/2007 Matt Gwinn: Kayfabe Lives
Hey everyone, Just wanted to let people know that I am still alive, Kayfabe is still selling and I will try really hard to get my serial killer RPG put…
In Errant Knight Games
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, tstone.

2/13/2007 Matt Gwinn: BASHCon XXII: Feb. 23-25
BASHCon XXII BASHCon is an annual gaming convention held at The University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. This year, the convention will be held on February 23-25, 2007, at the…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

3/29/2007 Matt Gwinn: Origins Anyone?
I'm planning on being at Origins on Saturday and Sunday. Is anyone else from the Forge going to be there? ,Matt
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Gwinn, Kat Miller, Jake Norwood, ephemere, c.

7/8/2007 Matt Gwinn: Anyone need a room for Gencon?
I booked a room at the Hilton Garden Inn then got a better room at the Omni.  I still have the Hilton Garden room if anyone wants to take it…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Gwinn.

2/22/2008 Matt Gwinn: Gencon Declares Bankruptcy
I was just watching G4 and they said Gencon llc is declaring bankruptcy. Anyone else hear about this?  Any idea how it's going to effect future conventions? Apparently they owe…
In Conventions
Participants: Matt Gwinn, iago, Ron Edwards.

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