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6/1/2006 preludetotheend: Alternatives to selling your material.
    Good day all I have been slowly finishing up work on my game and setting Reflections, and have been thinking of how I want to publish my game.…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Thunder_God.

4/23/2006 preludetotheend: Identifiers, what are yours, whats their impact?
So I was just wonder how you think people identify to your product by just skimming through it. Whats your strategy, and how much of an impact do you think…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, abzu, Ron Edwards.

4/4/2006 preludetotheend: Almost an Endeavor (Reflections)
The below is the link to the original idea I had its not much important to this thread as I will give an overview of what my current idea is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, MatrixGamer.

3/27/2006 preludetotheend: Reflections (idea stage)
I have been working with the idea close in nature to sliders the tv series in which people could travel from one alternate earth to another but with a couple…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, Thunder_God, MatrixGamer, TonyLB.

3/20/2006 preludetotheend: Coptic Binding and size
Hello all Ihave been playing around with the idea of self binding my books using the coptic sewing method as it produces some very wonderful results. If you have not…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, Czar Fnord.

3/12/2006 preludetotheend: Average Con?
Hello all I am preparing a busines plan and was wondering what are peoples average sales at conventions. Regards, Seth
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend.

2/19/2006 preludetotheend: Wardrobe (working title)
Wardrobe is a relatively universal role play game that focuses on overcoming your short comings by covering them up with what you continue to learn. It also provides shortcoming mechanics…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: preludetotheend, TonyLB, Troy_Costisick.

2/5/2006 preludetotheend: Fulfilling orders.
I was wondering how various people fulfill customer orders from there websites. Things like lulu, and cafe press are pretty obvious  they handle it for you. Regards, Seth
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, Joshua BishopRoby, Ron Edwards, guildofblades, Michael S. Miller, Troy_Costisick, Bryan Hansel.

12/17/2005 preludetotheend: Creating a fan base.
Good day, I have been trying to decide on different approaches to my getting a setting heavy game into the public and have pretty much decided that creating a fan…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, abzu, TonyLB, Ben Lehman, Certified, Ron Edwards, nikola, MatrixGamer, Sydney Freedberg.

11/25/2005 preludetotheend: How do you wiki?
I have been trying to do different things with wiki lately and was just wondering if any one had found any ways to use it to push their company or…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, J B Bell, axonrg, Ron Edwards.

11/13/2005 preludetotheend: Whats the best software on a small budget?
I am looking to publish my role play game legends and lore (working title) and would like to know what software I should have. I am thinking the adobe products…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, timfire, Trevis Martin, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer, Victor Gijsbers, TheLe, madelf, JoeJohaneman, nikola, Kevin_Brennan, Clay, JarrodHenry, jerry, Clinton R. Nixon, Roland.of.Gilead, talysman, Adam, abzu.

10/29/2005 preludetotheend: Depending on Donations?
Alright recently I have landed myself a good, job that can more than pay the bills and gives me a decent amount of free time so I have been thinking…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Mike Holmes.

10/26/2005 preludetotheend: Running my own con.
Good day all, Some time late next year I am hoping to run a convention funded by my company Ink Blot Publishing in Albany New York or some place close…
In Conventions
Participants: preludetotheend, LloydBrown.

9/10/2005 preludetotheend: Novel/supplement.
I was wondering if any one has heard of some one writing a novel to support a game setting and then in the back of the novel adding source material…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, jdagna, Bob Goat, Polaris, daMoose_Neo, Andrew Morris, LloydBrown, Joshua BishopRoby, Paka, Clay, Bardsandsages, pells.

8/29/2005 preludetotheend: Just getting a second opinion.
Ok Ink Blot Publishing aside from wanting to publish our own material is looking to publish other peoples material for them. Now what we are thinking is IBP will set…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, timfire, Ron Edwards.

8/20/2005 preludetotheend: About a ccg printing press?
alright folks a apologies I know that this is for rpgs but I have been having some problem finding a printing press that will make cards for a non-collectable card…
In Connections
Participants: preludetotheend, Jasper, daMoose_Neo, mangaocid.

8/5/2005 preludetotheend: No name but I finaly got a good mechanic!
Ok first off stats: Each stat starts at 3 by lowering one you may raise another. Stats never change they represent the leaps and bounds your character must make through…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: preludetotheend, Jasper, Andrew Morris.

7/14/2005 preludetotheend: How a "virus" might work.
Hi all I was just remembering this weird virus that I got which when I opened it sent itself to a bunch of my friends. Now the one that I…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Bankuei, Walt Freitag, Gaerik, daMoose_Neo, jdagna, Malcolm.

7/10/2005 preludetotheend: I know what I want I just can't seem to get it.
First I will explain my mechanic and then my problem that I am having. For task resolution you must roll 5 d6+a number equal to the relative Turning Points value.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: preludetotheend, GregStolze.

6/30/2005 preludetotheend: A list of good printing presses
OK folks I would rather not have to learn the hard way that one publishers better than another. So I created this little thread in hopes that nice people like…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Polaris.

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6/18/2006 preludetotheend: Indie Exposure Explosion.
Hello all, You may or may not have seen a few of my posts regarding Aegri Somnia Press lately so before I get into the details of the Indie Exposure…
In Connections
Participants: preludetotheend, Thunder_God.

7/6/2006 preludetotheend: Low blow for Aegri Somnia Press
Recently I had agreed to work with an individual on a project I don't wish to disclose the details exactly I will pick up work on it some other time…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Ron Edwards, Justin D. Jacobson.

8/3/2006 preludetotheend: Asian Publishers
A while back I remember a thread popping up about a person looking to print in asia but not sure if the cost was worth it. I have recently been…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Clinton R. Nixon.

1/10/2007 preludetotheend: CafePress.com vs. LuLu pros and cons
So I have decided to do a little comparison of <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/?pid=3720558">Cafe Press</a> and <a href="http://www.LuLu.com">LuLu</a> to point out some pros and cons I have been pondering and get some…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, iago, Clinton R. Nixon, JoystickJunkies, xenopulse.

4/27/2007 preludetotheend: Diversifying?
So my question is in a nutshell have any developers out there taken the steps to get their game on any platforms other than rpg? I mean obviously this would…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, Jake Richmond, JustinB, pells, David Artman, JSDiamond.

5/20/2007 preludetotheend: Kewl books worth it?
Aside from a lulu pod version I was thinking of creating a line of hand made books with a couple things in mind. 1. The "cheap ass effect" in which…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, GregStolze, Ron Edwards, C.W.Richeson, MatrixGamer, Dosoga, timfire, woodelf.

6/17/2007 preludetotheend: Hard Wired (Gears and Cogs (GaC)) first thoughts please longish :(
    Thanks for giving things read over I will try and be as brief on setting as possible and get to the meat and potatoes of what the forums…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, SkuToV, VoidDragon.

6/28/2007 preludetotheend: Colored page paper?
I was just curious is any one had used the sturdier paper used in printing colored pages at all, and if so how did it go for you? If you…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, MatrixGamer, David Artman, komradebob.

6/29/2007 preludetotheend: Quick question on a missing file
I was just doing a switch over of all my files to the new computer and seemed to have missed The world the flesh the devil (much sadness). I have…
In Connections
Participants: preludetotheend, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

7/3/2007 preludetotheend: Patrons
So I was thinking the other day about the idea of why demons are compelled to steal away souls through shady contracts? I decided upon the demon actually stealing away…
In Adept Press
Participants: preludetotheend, Ron Edwards.

7/22/2007 preludetotheend: Interest in a new contest!
Ok as I am finishing up the final touches of meh sexy setting I want to make sure that the rpg system I put forth is that which people truly…
In Endeavor
Participants: preludetotheend, Eero Tuovinen, Reprobus, Primordia, Vulpinoid.

7/26/2007 preludetotheend: Vision Impared and indie's place in the market.
[size=15pt]I think that one of our greatest abilities as small time press's to gain an edge in sales on larger companies is our focus. Larger companies focus on the largest…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Primordia, MatrixGamer, jasonm, Andy Kitkowski.

8/13/2007 preludetotheend: D100 (if you can't please every one let them please themselves)
So the other day my girl friend was complaining that games have to many rules that don't get used by the group, nearly a quarter sometimes. I took this into…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, Ron Edwards, simon_hibbs, ODDin, Noon.

8/24/2007 preludetotheend: Throw Down!
So I was watching the food channel throw down show on a whim and thought how cool would that be with games. I think it would be real cool to…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, Filip Luszczyk, Sinistraphobia.

9/13/2007 preludetotheend: Decent hosting hard to find?
I am faced with a dilemma as a test version of my game draws near I am not sure where to host my site. The problem is I want a…
In Connections
Participants: preludetotheend, David Artman, TwoCrows, xenopulse, Clay.

9/15/2007 preludetotheend: Struggling for a balance
As I am pushing onward with my game I have the concept and such all completely sketched out I am just very stuck on of the more key things…resolution. I…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, Ken, VoidDragon, Chris_Chinn, Valamir, Creatures of Destiny.

9/17/2007 preludetotheend: Petals in the Wind (split from Struggling for a balance)
Ok first off this thread started here http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=ugn9il9amtf8ma66ggcmdhkbo2lfb268&topic=24840.0 however due to the fact that I very, very poorly organized the previous thread it seemed to be causing more confusion to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, Vulpinoid, lighthouse.

10/28/2007 preludetotheend: Steal this pdf! (possible business model)
    So the free but not worthless thread gave me an idea, what if you promoted a free ad supported pdf via file share sites and such. The pdf…
In Publishing
Participants: preludetotheend, GregStolze, rekyl, guildofblades, David Artman, Simon C.

12/20/2007 preludetotheend: Gears and Cogs (GaC)
  So I am working on a jury rigged version of the splendid Alternity meshed with the wonder that was Old World of Darkness (back when it was not crap).…
In First Thoughts
Participants: preludetotheend, matthijs.

4/3/2008 preludetotheend: Inhouse all the way.
  Hello myself and a friend are looking into some short run self printing and I know a couple people here have much more experience. I have looked into some…
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Participants: preludetotheend, guildofblades.

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