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4/18/2002 Andy Kitkowski: Why do my best ideas come when I'm busiest?
This is a topic not on the mechanics/structure etc of a game, but the game design process itself. I just had a question out there, looking for other people with…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, greyorm, Andrew Martin, Tyrant.

8/6/2002 Andy Kitkowski: It Has Begun... (aka Sorcerer at other upcoming cons thread)
So there's this local "speculative fiction" convention here in Durham, NC which is actually about half gaming and half literary SF (in other words SF authors and industry folk, not…
In Adept Press
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.

10/8/2002 Andy Kitkowski: Damn. There's no going back. No way.
[b]NOTE: This is NOT a rant. But it IS a ramble. Read only if you have time to kill.[/b] I had NO idea where to put this topic, but since…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, hardcoremoose, Ron Edwards, Christopher Kubasik, Mike Holmes, Paul Czege, Jeffrey Miller, jrients, contracycle, GB Steve, Valamir, rafael.

10/10/2002 Andy Kitkowski: Indie RPG Awards?
This is something I've been tossing around for a bit: What do you all think of a chance to run an "award ceremony" for Indies game designers and publishers? I…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Christoffer Lernö, wyrdlyng, Kester Pelagius, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Valamir, GB Steve, M. J. Young, Marco, Jeremy Cole, Le Joueur, Jonathan Walton, Andrew Martin, quozl, Peregrine.

10/13/2002 Andy Kitkowski: DREAD: Convention game, Notes and Observations (and Pics!)
(pardon the formatiing, I'm copying from Notepad) It was a Con game. I've known Rafael for a couple months (since Steve D came to town on his tour of America),…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, S.Lonergan.

10/17/2002 Andy Kitkowski: Ignore This Post!
Oops- After trying to edit this post, I ended up having a PC freeze before I had a chance to save the text. It'll be another day or two before…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards.

10/20/2002 Andy Kitkowski: Sorcerer: Kyuseisha (full game, comments/suggestions please)
[i]Sorry about all the confusion, folks. I accidentally caused a mess with my last series of posts on this game. I think I’ve got the hang of things now, so…
In Actual Play
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Ron Edwards, Maurice Forrester, rafael, ADGBoss.

10/21/2002 Andy Kitkowski: Game Design based on cool dice: Is this a Bad Idea?
So I'm editing a game which, in its current incarnation, has a similar system to Sorcerer (but perhaps taking the "high die roll"). My system, as I'm planning it now,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Paul Czege, Mike Holmes, Walt Freitag, Ron Edwards, Henry Fitch, GreatWolf, wyrdlyng, Jonathan Walton.

10/29/2002 Andy Kitkowski: More topics per page?
Hey- As we've seen, The Forge is attracting more and more people all the time. Some forums, like Indie Game Design and Game Theory are scrolling quite fast. I was…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, xiombarg, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/2/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Indie RPG Awards: Theme Feedback
Around October I proposed the Indie RPG Awards: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3774 (please direct any comments or questions on the methodology of awarding people, how the award nomination/giving process will run, etc to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Henry Fitch, J B Bell, Eric J., ethan_greer, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege, Steve Dustin, bluegargantua, GreatWolf, Jason L Blair, Enoch, John Wick, Ian Freeman, Rod Phillips, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen.

1/23/2003 Andy Kitkowski: What about publishing games as Magazines?
Something I was thinking about: Magazines. Sure, the paper is a little thinner, and overall it can sustain more damage by folding, tearing and the like, but magazines are often…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jack Spencer Jr, Valamir, Bankuei, geekspeakweekly, Clinton R. Nixon, Jürgen Mayer, Michael S. Miller, James V. West.

1/30/2003 Andy Kitkowski: What Indie RPGs came out in 2002?
Hey all, I again apologize for another Indie RPG Awards thread. Every time I sit here for like 5 minutes poring over the forum descriptions, and none of them seem…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jason L Blair, Valamir, Jared A. Sorensen, M. J. Young, Nathan, Michael S. Miller, clehrich, Ron Edwards, GreatWolf, Shreyas Sampat, Jürgen Mayer, lumpley, Paul Czege, Jonathan Walton, quozl, Tim Gray, Gonster.

2/4/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Banner Ad/Advertisement "Swap"- Indie RPG Awards
Hi all, I'm about a day from going live and I need to get some "pre-sponsors", people who will show off how sponsorin's done to people contemplating sponsorship! So, I…
In Connections
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

2/6/2003 Andy Kitkowski: We're Live!
I'm going through all my Indie RPG Awards-related threads and letting everyone know who subscribed to them that we're live! http://www.rpg-awards.com If you released a game last year, REGISTER IT!…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Valamir, Michael Hopcroft.

2/7/2003 Andy Kitkowski: d20 D&D supplements: Are they "Indie supplements&am
Kind of a weird question. I've hit a snag and need some quick feedback. A game is Indie if it's self-produced by someone who owns all the rights to the…
In Site Discussion
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Matt Snyder, clehrich, Matt Gwinn, Valamir, ThreeGee, Clinton R. Nixon, Dave Panchyk, M. J. Young, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen.

2/12/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Comments from the Masters: How do you avoid Using It All?
So one of my biggest design hurdles these days (aside from throwing something together, running it with friends, seeing how it flies, taking notes and doing it again ;^) )…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jasper, Jack Spencer Jr, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Jeph, Zak Arntson, clehrich, Mark Johnson, Stuart DJ Purdie, M. J. Young, Paul Czege.

2/28/2003 Andy Kitkowski: The new Marvel RPG, Or: Why Jared's Games Have a Shot Now :)
Maybe some of you had heard about this new game on other forums: From this site: http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=16029 "MURPG is unlike any other roleplaying game, even other diceless ones. The entire…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, Jonathan Walton, Mike Holmes, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Bankuei, arxhon, Drew Stevens, b_bankhead, ghoest, Brand_Robins, Michael Hopcroft, Matt Gwinn, wyrdlyng, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Bill_White, Le Joueur, Matt Snyder, szilard, Paka, M. J. Young, Stuart DJ Purdie, talysman, John Harper, Sparky, Evan Jones, DaGreatJL.

3/4/2003 Andy Kitkowski: RPGNet Mall Publishers: Got Paid?
Hey all, I was looking at some posts on the Open forum at RPGNet. One of them was about publishing PDFs, and folks said they had great experiences with RPGNow,…
In Publishing
Participants: Andy Kitkowski.

3/5/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Donjon Last-Minute questions!
Last-Minute because our first one-shot session is tomorrow. I've got a great group of folks, so I'm not expecting any balance, conflict, keeping on track, etc issues. I'm going to…
In CRN Games
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, jdagna, Clinton R. Nixon, anonymouse, TAROT, dunlaing, RamblingMan.

3/8/2003 Andy Kitkowski: Using graphical methods to demonstrate how to play...
From the Marvel thread, at the end: Sorry, three layers of quotes to follow: Jonathan Walton wrote: The obvious thing, it seems to me, is to have almost 1/2 of…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Andy Kitkowski, quozl, ks13, Torrent, Jack Spencer Jr, Sidhain, Jonathan Walton, Bankuei, Simon Ringwood, szilard, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Jared A. Sorensen, Michael S. Miller.

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