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12/6/2005 Blankshield: Simple Logo request
Hi folks, the logo for Blank Shield Press looks like shit.  It's a crappy little bitmap I drew with Paint, because my artistic skills are nonexistant and I have no…
In Connections
Participants: Blankshield, Docbrown.

12/6/2005 Blankshield: SHTML coding assistance needed
I'm having a couple oddball presentation glitches with the Blank Shield Press website in different browsers.  Some of them are Blogger-code related.  PM me if you think you can help,…
In Connections
Participants: Blankshield, Yokiboy.

11/23/2005 Blankshield: [Bliss Stage playtest] Rats in the Malls
Ok, first off, although you mentioned it wasn't your priority, we did have fun.  We closed off the game stoked, and will be revisiting it, even if we didn't feel…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: Blankshield, Ben Lehman, Harlequin.

10/18/2005 Blankshield: Wanted: One Finnish to English translation
Poking my webstatistics, I noticed a couple links from a livejournal account.  Following it back, I was, um, confounded.  It's from someone in Finland, and I SO don't speak the…
In Connections
Participants: Blankshield, Eero Tuovinen.

10/17/2005 Blankshield: Alternate not-setting for BtI
Hi Emily, Just wanted to note that after I read through the text, the first thing that occured to me was "I could play this with my daughter!" And before…
In Black and Green Games
Participants: Blankshield, Emily Care.

9/29/2005 Blankshield: [PTA] The Belt - Pilot episode
Two weeks past we played the pilot of The Belt, which was pitched here. In the after-game banter, our show acquired a tagline: "Hell is somewhere the Company can transfer…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blankshield, Mike Holmes, Rylock.

9/9/2005 Blankshield: [PtA]The Belt: Creating the show and Stealth Gaming works.
(This is part of my on-going resolve to be more useful on the forge, instead of just walking away with the goods) This Thursday (as in, about 4 hours ago)…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blankshield, Tim Alexander, Joshua BishopRoby, Bregon, Arturo G..

8/25/2005 Blankshield: [GenCon Booth Demos] Death's Door
I was able to run three demos, one on Thursday and two on Sunday, during my limited time at the booth.  It's possible that I may have been able to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blankshield.

8/11/2005 Blankshield: [GenCon 2005] Death's Door demo kit
Hi folks, I'll be arriving Wednesday supper time-ish, and if things work out, would really like to run a couple booth monkeys/fellow publishers (at least) through the Death's Door demo…
In Conventions
Participants: Blankshield.

5/7/2005 Blankshield: [DITV] When Stewards go bad...
...their town looks like this one. (Harlequin, stop reading.) Complications arising from a wedding rehersal and work and children meant a much abbreviated evening for Dogs today, so I whipped…
In lumpley games
Participants: Blankshield.

12/3/2004 Blankshield: Use of quotes
I have some ideal quotes that I want to add to Death's Door, but they ain't mine to use. I have some queries as to fair use and attribution before…
In Publishing
Participants: Blankshield, clehrich, LordSmerf, Paul Czege.

11/22/2004 Blankshield: [Death's Door] I need an evening of your life.
(and 2-4 of your friends) I need playtesters for Death's Door. The game takes either 3 short nights (under 2 hours, typically) or one long night to play in it's…
In Connections
Participants: Blankshield.

11/16/2004 Blankshield: A new batch of Dogs rides out
My slavish fanboy raving has convinced some locals to try Dogs. We got together and did character creation last week, and they're quite hooked. Next week they'll hit their first…
In lumpley games
Participants: Blankshield, ScottM, Mike Holmes, lumpley, Paul Czege.

11/15/2004 Blankshield: [Death's Door] Sidebars and how-to-play guides
Description of the game here. Worth noting that since this post I've shifted from "probably free pdf" to probably print, as I've gotten some very good opportunities for printing at…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Blankshield, Jason E Leigh, Mike Holmes.

10/29/2004 Blankshield: [Death's Door] Social contract guidance
See a summary of the game in this thread. In this thread, I want to talk about social contract setup for Death's Door. In the quote box is the extant…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Blankshield.

10/19/2004 Blankshield: Dogs in the IRC: Sorrow, part I
[quote]<jwalton> By the way, the town's called "Sorrow."[/quote] Dogs: Jezebel (me) Hosea Laurent (Michael) Esau (Danny) Cyrus (Ben) Jared (Claire) Dogs in the IRC characters can be found [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=12898]here[/url]. Character…
In Actual Play
Participants: Blankshield, Emily Care, ScottM, Jonathan Walton, beingfrank, DannyK.

10/12/2004 Blankshield: Relationships used as Traits
[quote="lumpley"] [quote]Discussion of using Relationships like Traits.[/quote] I'm just going to lose that battle over and over again, aren't I.[/quote] Yoinked from [url=http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=13031]this thread[/url] over in Actual Play. I'm curious…
In lumpley games
Participants: Blankshield.

10/7/2004 Blankshield: Death's Door: Summary and mechanics question
I've been working on a game design for a little while now, and it's reached the point where it's not just 'practice' but is something I intend to publish, probably…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Blankshield, TonyLB, Nathan P..

8/27/2004 Blankshield: Does anyone have advice for a non-USA gaming company
I realize that's very vague, and I am checking avenues other than the forge, but there's a lot of small press expertise on here that is worth trying to draw…
In Publishing
Participants: Blankshield.

3/23/2004 Blankshield: Black Company TROS
I've noticed a few mentions of Glen Cook's Black Company series in the forum here as a good potential setting for TROS, and figured people might be interested in seeing…
In The Riddle of Steel
Participants: Blankshield, Valamir, ulfhiden, Tash, Morfedel.

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8/3/2006 Blankshield: [Gencon] Where do I go, what do I do?
Ok, this is straight up questions to the primary sponsers, so please don't post unless you happen to be one of them with answers. I'm getting off a plane Wednesday…
In Conventions
Participants: Blankshield, timfire, Ron Edwards, Michael S. Miller, Keith Senkowski, inthisstyle, Justin D. Jacobson, btrc, drozdal, jasonm, abzu.

1/16/2007 Blankshield: Artist/layout designer wanted
hi folks, I'm looking for two different things, which hopefully aren't too hard to find in the same person. 1: I want someone who can design me a simple, simple…
In Connections
Participants: Blankshield, jim pinto.

3/2/2008 Blankshield: [Reality Cops] Slowly Taking Shape
Last Friday the much-delayed and rescheduled playtest of Reality Cops got off the ground. I, Fox, James T. and Davyd sat down to look at the rough bones and see…
In Playtesting
Participants: Blankshield, Ron Edwards, Spooky Fanboy, joepub.

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