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1/26/2006 abzu: Jared, Luke and Vincent at Vericon
Jared, Vincent and I will be giving a panel about designing games that don't suck at Vericon in Cambridge, Ma. The panel is Saturday at 2:30. Please come…
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Participants: abzu, Troy_Costisick, Nathan P., Gaerik, Dev, inthisstyle, Thor Olavsrud, Blake T. Deakin, colinrego.

1/16/2006 abzu: Boston/Vericon at the End of the Month
Hey folks, I'll be at Vericon at the end of the month doing a panel with Vincent Baker and Jared Sorensen. Is there any interest in my running a game?…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu.

12/23/2005 abzu: Retailer Article on rpg.net
An article by Marcus King, owner of Titan Games and VP at GAMA. http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/columns/counter15dec05.html What's fascinating about this article is how little Mr King claims to know about how games…
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Participants: abzu, Joshua BishopRoby, Adam, LloydBrown, guildofblades, Ron Edwards, TitanGames.

12/5/2005 abzu: Small Cons, Small Press
I like small cons. In fact, I decided that for this con season, I was going to focus on hitting up a lot of small cons for the Saturday slot…
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Participants: abzu, drozdal, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Gregor Hutton, Malcolm, Merten, Mr Darran Sims, Troy_Costisick, mneme, Lisa Padol, Matt-M-McElroy, Kevin A. Ranson, Mike Holmes, Kurt Horner, Toren, First Age.

11/22/2005 abzu: SoCal afteraction report
I've been to a lot of cons in the past three years. SoCal was unlike any that I've attended so far. It was a gaming con, but slanted heavily toward…
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Participants: abzu, lampros, ScottM, ptevis, jburneko.

10/21/2005 abzu: GenCon SoCal 2005 -- Game Design Seminar
I posted this over on the news side, but I wanted to spread the word in case you don't head over there often. Jared, John and I will be …
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu.

9/27/2005 abzu: Anatomy of a Railroad
While moving some stuff around tonight, I uncovered a couple of dusty old notebooks. They appeared to be from my last year of highschool and first year of college. One…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, droog, TonyLB, Frank T, Valamir, Thor Olavsrud, xenopulse, JasperN., Joshua BishopRoby, Arturo G., Nev the Deranged, Noon, Chris Geisel, Sydney Freedberg, Mike Holmes, Sean, Brand_Robins, ffilz, NN, Ron Edwards.

9/22/2005 abzu: [PtA] Execution of a Chump
Dro, Thor, Andy, Rich and I got together to play Primetime Adventures tonight. My agenda for the game was explicit: I wanted to play The Wire. Pure and simple. Of…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, Thor Olavsrud, Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson, John Harper, AndyAction, nikola, demiurgeastaroth, Sydney Freedberg, lin swimmer, Technocrat13, Mike Holmes.

9/3/2005 abzu: Demo Scenarios posted at burningwheel.org
Hi All, I've finally written up and posted my con scenarios for Burning Wheel. Now you can download them and try them out with your group. Each .zip file contains…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu.

8/29/2005 abzu: GenCon 2005 Payouts
Ok, Ralph, Julie, Cinton and I have pieced through the wreckage of the credit card sales from last weekend. The good news is, it's all cool. If you are owed…
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Participants: abzu.

8/24/2005 abzu: GenCon 2005 Pictures
Dro posted his pics up on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/61684657@N00/ post links here to other picture sets. We need to create an archive. -L
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Participants: abzu, urbanpagan, Jürgen Mayer, Bob Goat, Matt Gwinn, Malcolm, Gregor Hutton, iain, Miskatonic, Matt-M-McElroy.

8/23/2005 abzu: Forge Booth Customer Feedback
Ok folks, this thread is for customers only. Members of the booth shouldn't post here. No responding to gripes! As customers to the booth, what didn't you like? Why? What…
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Participants: abzu, Andrew Morris, Gaerik, ivan23, rickr, Jared A. Sorensen, Smithy, Paka, Iskander, Jason L Blair, John Wick, ViperNYC, urbanpagan, Lisa Padol, Vaettyr, thelostgm, RobNJ, Technocrat13, Jon Edwards, M Jason Parent, cdr, jenskot, ejh, Kesher, Trevor, JamesSterrett, Bogie_71, Coffee_Lifeform, Andy Kitkowski.

8/23/2005 abzu: GenCon Forge Booth -- The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
This thread is for Forge Booth members only. See the Customer Feedback thread if you weren't  a member but want to comment. Ok folks. Time to air our dirty laundry…
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Participants: abzu, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski, Jasper the Mimbo, Allan, Ben Lehman, drozdal, Blankshield, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis, Emily Care, Matt Gwinn, daMoose_Neo, Matt Wilson, Meguey, Bob Goat, Malcolm, Paul Czege, iain, jrs, Justin D. Jacobson, Michael S. Miller.

8/15/2005 abzu: [Gencon] Forge Boother Vendors -- You Must Do This
Hello All, The indomitable Clinton has set up a small web database for our credit card scheme. You must now populate that database. Go the following link. Enter in the…
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Participants: abzu, TonyLB, Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, timfire, Paul Czege, Clinton R. Nixon, daMoose_Neo, Blankshield, Michael S. Miller.

8/1/2005 abzu: [Dogs] Red Creek Runs Red
Look at me, joining the hip crowd and posting an AP for a Dogs in the Vineyard game. I figure it's worth it for two reasons. First, I so rarely…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, lin swimmer, Victor Gijsbers, Valamir, lumpley, b_bankhead, Sydney Freedberg, Thor Olavsrud, TonyLB, Da_Killah, inthisstyle, Eero Tuovinen, rafial, Miskatonic, jason-x, mtiru, Andrew Morris, daMoose_Neo, Andrew Norris, cruciel, demiurgeastaroth, James Holloway, GB Steve, Ron Edwards.

7/18/2005 abzu: Burning Wheel Nominated for Two Ennies!
[color=Red][size=14pt][b]My brothers, it is time to raise our spears in defiance, summon our hatred and charge into the light with howling fury! Call forth the hordes of fell goblins, hunting…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Mike Holmes, Crothian.

7/18/2005 abzu: Dexcon After Action Report
Hart, Dro and Thor and I are just back from Dexcon. We were there from Friday morning until Sunday afternoon. When we arrived, IPR Brennan, Tony LB and Ben Lehman…
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Participants: abzu, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Rob Donoghue, Andrew Morris, RobNJ, Michael S. Miller, Andy Kitkowski, Paka, Bill_White, Thor Olavsrud, Kat Miller, Dregg, gains, inthisstyle, Lisa Padol, Shawn De Arment, Sydney Freedberg, elgorade.

7/16/2005 abzu: Revised Revised Edition of Conspiracy of Shadows?
Hi Keith, I was reading your new version of Conspiracy of Shadows. You know, the small digest-sized one. It's red, with a circular, abstract logo on the cover. You know…
In Bob Goat Press
Participants: abzu, drozdal, Bob Goat, Valamir, Paka, Andrew Morris, Miskatonic, Thor Olavsrud, urbwar, Clinton R. Nixon, Matt Wilson, Marhault.

7/12/2005 abzu: Disempowerment/Overempowerment
[url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=204249&page=1&pp=10] That Would Never Happen! [/url] This is a tremendously interesting thread on rpg.net. On the surface, it appears to be yet another bitch session full of anecdotal evidence. But…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, Rob Carriere, Bankuei, Marco.

7/5/2005 abzu: GenCon 2005 Booth and Credit Cards
My experience at Origins this year also led this observation: We must find a way to accept credit cards at the Forge booth this year. Must. To do this, we'll…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Bob Goat, timfire, jrs, Paul Czege, Andrew Morris, Michael S. Miller, Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Technocrat13, Andy Kitkowski, Matt Wilson, Adam, daMoose_Neo, btrc, LordSmerf, Jasper the Mimbo, Lisa Padol, M Jason Parent.

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3/14/2006 abzu: BW Sales and Income
Hi All, A long time ago, I promised to post my sales data and I never did. So here it is at long last! Between May 5th and December 31st…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, JakeVanDam, Bryan Hansel, Valamir, Thor Olavsrud.

4/6/2006 abzu: Self Locking Old Threads?
Hello Clinton, In the wonderful fabulous Bday forum I have twice been tricked into posting into year-old threads. Is there any way to institute a mechanism that locks a thread…
In Site Discussion
Participants: abzu, Thunder_God, M. J. Young, Julian, greyorm, Clinton R. Nixon, Lisa Padol, Nathan P., Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards.

4/10/2006 abzu: Forge Midwest Love
Where's the love? Is everyone still too exhausted to post? So, ye who attended, what did you think? Did you enjoy yourself? Would you come back again? What did you…
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Participants: abzu, Matt Wilson, Keith Senkowski, chris_moore, Thor Olavsrud, Jason L Blair, jenskot, Jared A. Sorensen, greyorm, c, jrs, Mike Holmes, Blankshield, Iskander, John Harper, Miskatonic, Paul Czege, Paka, tylure, ivan23, ptevis, Matt Snyder, mtiru, Kesher, Tim C Koppang, Andy Kitkowski, GregStolze, timfire, Dav, Nev the Deranged.

5/9/2006 abzu: Forge Booth '06 for Game Designers
The primary sponsors for this year's Forge booth are: Adept Press (Ron/Sorcerer), Lumpley Games (Vincent/Dogs), Timfire (Tim/Mountain Witch) and Burning Wheel (Luke/BW). The booth is a 4-booth penninsula and is…
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Participants: abzu, Paka, Blankshield, Ben Lehman, Nathan P., Malcolm, Matt, Gregor Hutton, TonyLB, Dantai, btrc, jasonm, Keith Senkowski, Matt Snyder, Paul Czege, Justin D. Jacobson, Emily Care, joepub, Michael S. Miller, Valamir, Tim C Koppang, Matt Wilson, Gordon C. Landis, Jonathan Walton, Larry Wickman, John Harper, Troy_Costisick, nikola, Clinton R. Nixon, Kevin Allen Jr, Ron Edwards.

5/9/2006 abzu: Forge Booth '06 for Monkeys, Volunteers and Supporters
Hello! If you love mutualism, support and small press publishing and you're interested in helping out at the Forge booth this year, please post in this thread: your name, the…
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Participants: abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, Iskander, Emily Care, Michael S. Miller, joepub, Nev the Deranged, Matt-M-McElroy, jrs, nikola, Ben Lehman, Paka, Jasper the Mimbo, M. Voelker.

5/10/2006 abzu: The One Game Policy
[quote]I've tried to closely follow the threads lead up to GenCon this year, as well as reviewing the threads about last year's booth and the rule about newbies only being…
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Participants: abzu, Valamir, Troy_Costisick, Ben Lehman, Dav, Thunder_God, Thor Olavsrud, Jonathan Walton, inthisstyle, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Malcolm, Czar Fnord, Nathan P., Jasper the Mimbo, Ron Edwards.

5/23/2006 abzu: Burning Empires Preorders
http://www.burningempires.com/preorder.html Hello my peeps! As you may or may not know, I'm publishing a new game this summer called Burning Empires. It's kind of like Burning Wheel, but with…
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Miskatonic, Eero Tuovinen, Gaerik, Thunder_God, jenskot, IMAGinES, Iskander.

5/28/2006 abzu: The Truth is Out There
From Ken Hite's latest Out of the Box essay. http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=190 Now for a little silver lining. One advantage that we have in the RPG market is that our customers --…
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Participants: abzu, Michael S. Miller, Valamir, Ron Edwards, btrc.

6/9/2006 abzu: Burning World
http://www.burningwheel.org/wiki/index.php?title=Burning_World Come and add your location to our Burning World! So cool! -Luke
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Participants: abzu.

7/13/2006 abzu: Forge Booth Menu
OK, it's time. Who's doing the menu of companies, products, prices and URLs? Fun, fun! -L
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, Iskander, jrs, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Troy_Costisick, inthisstyle, Justin D. Jacobson.

7/26/2006 abzu: Thor Blogs about Burning Empires
Thor's writing an article about the production of BE on his blog: http://urdwell.blogspot.com/ Scroll down for Part 1. (Damn chronological blogs)
In Burning Wheel
Participants: abzu, Thor Olavsrud, Paka, Matt, Durgil, Jason Coplen, Iskander.

8/2/2006 abzu: Forge Booth Sticker Scheme
Hello, hello, So, based on our bad experiences at the Forge boothg in the past few years with repitching the same customers over and over again, I devised a simple…
In Conventions
Participants: abzu, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, Justin D. Jacobson.

8/15/2006 abzu: Gencon Feedback [Designers/Boothies]
OK folks, let's talk about what worked and what didn't. Share your stories of success and failure here, too. For the fans, please use this thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20864.0 Thanks, -Luke
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Participants: abzu, TonyLB, Tim C Koppang, Meguey, jasonm, Blankshield, Justin D. Jacobson, Jake Richmond, Malcolm, Valamir, iago, Matt Wilson, Nathan P., jrs, Iskander, Lxndr, Paka, segedy, Gregor Hutton, inthisstyle, eruditus, lumpley, Clinton R. Nixon, Paul Czege, John Harper, DensityMan, timfire, Troy_Costisick, iain, Jonathan Walton, Jasper the Mimbo.

8/15/2006 abzu: In Praise of Brennan and Alexander
And Danielle, and Ralph, and Mike Miller. You all suffered for our greater glory and you made the booth so so so much better than it's ever been before. Three…
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Participants: abzu, Iskander, inthisstyle, Jake Richmond, Malcolm, Meguey, Matt Wilson, Nathan P., Paka, Ben Lehman, Gregor Hutton, Dantai.

8/16/2006 abzu: Agon Sunday Night at GenCon
I was invited to play Agon with Dave Turner, Jared Sorensen, Jürgen Mayer, Thor Olavsrud and Matt Wilson on Sunday night. Dave had run the game once before, Thor had…
In Actual Play
Participants: abzu, Matt Wilson, Valamir, rafial, demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Thor Olavsrud.

4/27/2007 abzu: FORGE GAMA
I spent Sunday to Thursday in Las Vegas at GAMA. Overall, the show is small and sedate compared to Gencon and even Origins. GAMA is a "trade show" for RPGs,…
In Publishing
Participants: abzu, jasonm, jdrakeh, Matt Wilson, Jake Richmond, inthisstyle, Troy_Costisick, Ben Lehman, Paul Czege, iago, Pelgrane, AngusA.

6/7/2007 abzu: Summer Secret Surprise 07 Hint
[url=http://burningwheel.org/forum/showthread.php?p=41456#post41456] [b]SUMMER SECRET SURPRISE 07[/b][/url] Once again, we're releasing a secret surprise project at GenCon. Preorders begin Monday, June 18th. [list] All preorders will be signed and numbered. [*]Preorderers will…
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Participants: abzu, Marhault, WildElf, Gaerik, The Dragon Master, Thor Olavsrud.

4/1/2009 Luke: Full Color, 20¢ a page
Holy cow, has anyone seen or even used MagCloud yet? http://magcloud.com/ It's an endeavor by HP to create a Lulu-like service for short run, low page-count magazines. It seems utterly…
In Publishing
Participants: Luke, jasonm, mjbauer, Double King, Marhault.

7/18/2009 Luke: Kill Power 19
The so-called "Power 19" have been clogging up the design pipes here for too long. I'm here to kill the Power 19. These questions purport to consolidate nine years of…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Luke, Vulpinoid, Lance D. Allen, Jonathan Walton, ShallowThoughts, mjbauer, anders_larsen, opsneakie, Paul Czege, Andy Kitkowski, sockmonkey, Wordman, Thor Olavsrud, Noclue, Garbados, JoyWriter, Librabys, Troy_Costisick, David C, Patrice, Frank Tarcikowski, brianbloodaxe, Ben Lehman, Mike Sugarbaker, Ron Edwards.

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.

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