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11/20/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Fictional Actual Play
I've been making an effort to read some modern genre fantasy, and one of the ones I picked up was Joel Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame, which I originally read…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, clehrich, rafial, Blankshield, jdagna, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, John Kim, Vaxalon, M. J. Young, Latigo, ricmadeira, simon_hibbs, Rob Carriere.

11/19/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Personal Victory: Ken Hite Review
Since I've been a fan of Ken Hite's Out of the Box column for substantially longer than I've been a publisher, it's impossible to overestimate how psyched I am that…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Ben Lehman.

10/31/2004 Tav_Behemoth: [Masters and Minions] Statement of Intent
This is from a draft of the intro of Horde Book 3. Comments appreciated. ---------- WHAT IS MASTERS AND MINIONS? It’s 2004, and the children of fantasy roleplaying are thirty…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, abzu.

10/4/2004 Tav_Behemoth: The Valedictorian's Death: Actual Want-to-Play
I had an interesting experience at my birthday party - itself an interesting experience because it was just about the first time all year I've had a social interaction that…
In Half Meme Press
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege, Victor Gijsbers, Valamir, Sean, olleolleolle, ivan23.

9/11/2004 Tav_Behemoth: [Masters and Minions] Why Are Mummies Cool?
As Ron has said, the Masters and Minions books are more about archetype than procedure. So rather than help with designing a mechanic, I'm looking for help making sure that…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Mark D. Eddy, greedo1379, Doug Ruff, contracycle, Christopher Weeks, TonyLB, Walt Freitag.

9/9/2004 Tav_Behemoth: [Behemoth3] Mummy Horde Playtesters Wanted
I'm happy to say that Brian has made the first new monsters in Horde Book 4: Tomb of the Mummy available for playtesting! - Ushtabi Worker, CR 1 - Ushtabi…
In Connections
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, smokewolf, Stump.

9/7/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Paranoia XP Design by Wiki and Fans
I've been meaning to post about this Paranoia XP press release for a while now (actually the first release of the two; the second is highly amusing but not as…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth.

8/24/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Is Indieness a Property of People, Games, Books, or Lines?
I'm splitting this off from the Open Licenses and Indie Games thread: From my perspective., the question I got when i saw the topic is whether someone who uses…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Ron Edwards, abzu, Bob Goat, eyebeams.

8/24/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Open Licenses and Indie Games
Ron asked me to expand on some stuff I was saying at Gen Con about open licenses. In doing so I'm going to try to navigate between the Scylla of…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Clinton R. Nixon, Bob Goat, Michael Hopcroft, Dev, Jack Aidley, Ron Edwards, salkaner.

8/8/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Forge booth at Gen Con SoCal?
Seems like it's way too soon to start thinking about this, but are there plans to do a Forge co-op booth at Gen Con SoCal? The Game Publishers Association is…
In Conventions
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, daMoose_Neo, Ron Edwards, Lxndr, abzu.

7/30/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Personal victory - Behemoth3 Incorporates
Just wanted to say that there has been no happier moment in my brief and unexpected career as a PR flack than writing this press release! The "What Is B3"…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Ron Edwards.

7/14/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Quick Pitches for Selling One Another's Games
This thread is spun off of the Gen Con planning thread, but it might be handy for anyone who's helping a potential indie customer choose what game is right for…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Bob Goat, smokewolf, Matt Snyder, philreed, Michael S. Miller.

7/9/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Printing custom T-shirts, mugs, and hats
I'm wondering what companies folks have used to do small runs of custom items like T-shirts, mugs, and hats. What are the average prices, and how do they scale? Any…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, jdagna, Erick Wujcik.

7/2/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Seeking NYC-area playtesters July 9th-11th (D&D tourname
Fellow Forgers: Behemoth3 is holding three days of games to help us get ready for the Best Four Days in Gaming! In preparation for the Official Masters and Minions Tournament…
In Connections
Participants: Tav_Behemoth.

6/13/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Appeal to scarcity: Hand numbered Burning Wheel print run
[quote]The first printing of the limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies of The Burning Wheel is sold out![/quote] Just saw one hell of a press release (full text [url=http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=13266&mode=&order=0]from Gaming…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, abzu, AnyaTheBlue, Andrew Morris, Michael S. Miller, Paul Czege, Christopher Weeks, Jack Aidley.

6/12/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Game Publishers Association
Xiombarg asked about the Adventure Trade Organization, which I still haven't heard anything about. I do want to put in a plug for the Game Publishers Association, http://www.thegpa.org/. I've found…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Firefly Games.

5/14/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Two Metaphors for Indie RPGs / d20
[b]Metaphor #1: Pop Music[/b] Now that the '90s are safely dead, we can say that there were two important movements in pop music that decade: indie rock and DJ culture.…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, greyorm, Halzebier, GreatWolf, daMoose_Neo, John Kim, Dev.

5/12/2004 Tav_Behemoth: [D&D] Why I Like Metagaming
A disclaimer: I'm not fully up to speed with the Forge theoretical framework yet, and I may omit or misuse the appropriate terms of art. I hope to learn by…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, ethan_greer.

4/11/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Specific questions about a print edition
Dear Forgers: I've seen posters here advise that one can best tap the collective local expertise by asking very specific questions. Having seen the amazing quality of that expertise, I…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Ron Edwards, abzu, Bob McNamee, madelf, Michael S. Miller, Christopher Weeks, Chris Passeno, Matt Gwinn, Clay.

4/10/2004 Tav_Behemoth: GenCon Booth: Garage Sale Bin?
Stop me if you've heard this one before... Would it be feasible for us to have an assorted for-sale at the booth that we could use like a communal garage…
In Conventions
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, btrc, Christopher Weeks, jrs, Valamir, Jürgen Mayer.

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11/25/2004 Tav_Behemoth: Navigating Scales of Time and Size (A Dinosaur Game)
Woke up from a nap with some half-baked ideas, which I hope to bake a bit with y'all! One of the cool ideas in Gene Wolfe's Book of the New…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Nathan P..

12/9/2004 Tav_Behemoth: WotC Market Research: Four Million D&D Players in 2004
I thought this post by Charles Ryan, the brand manager of D&D at Wizards of the Coast, might be of interest to folks here: specifically the estimate that the number…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, abzu, jdagna, Vaxalon, Jack Aidley, rpghost, GaryTP, daMoose_Neo, tymotzues.

1/6/2005 Tav_Behemoth: Rights: New Writers, Old Product Line, Not Work-for-Hire
This is a continuation of issues raised in The world (of rights) is a complicated place, but in the time I've been questing for a response, that thread has slipped…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, jdagna, daMoose_Neo, madelf.

1/8/2005 Tav_Behemoth: Wanted: Web Designer for Index of Monster Appearances
Behemoth3 is working on a directory listing the published appearances of the classic monsters of Dungeons and Dragons. This project has generated some great enthusiasm among fellow monster fans, and…
In Connections
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Wyrdwyre.

2/5/2005 Tav_Behemoth: Books Sold with a Free PDF
This is the beginning of a list of games for which a free PDF is provided to buyers of the print edition: A Swarm of Stirges (Masters and Minions Horde…
In Publishing
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Michael S. Miller, Jared A. Sorensen, Veritas Games, smokewolf, posterboy, Bob Goat, Paul Czege.

2/5/2005 Tav_Behemoth: Our Con
Anyone planning to go to this: http://www.ourcon.org/index.asp ? It's my (and lumpley's) old Hampshire College stomping grounds, and the incomparable Jared Sorenson will be a GOH.
In Conventions
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, WRPIgeek, Jared A. Sorensen.

6/11/2005 Tav_Behemoth: Hypnotic Experiences in Actual Play?
The On immersion, fascination, and precious moments (long) recently had some interesting speculation about immersion as a form of hypnotic experience, which related to some thoughts of my own. Before…
In Actual Play
Participants: Tav_Behemoth, Sean, GB Steve, Russell Hoyle, matthijs, Paul Czege, Frank T, Mike Holmes, Trish2, contracycle, Lord Shield, VisionaryEntertainment.

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