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7/19/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Mailing Lists
Many publishers now use free or cheap mailing list services to provide mailing lists to support their games on the Internet. I currently manage four mailing lists; one devoted to…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

7/19/2002 Michael Hopcroft: CyberCon
I've been asked to get a vendor booth at this year's CyberCon and to run games there. Since this is an on-line game convention and I've never tried to sell…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Dav.

7/16/2002 Michael Hopcroft: I'll be at the GPA Booth, but....
I'd like some advice on suitable activities to run at my booth to promote my game. I"m scheduled to run two full demos in the veent hall -- one of…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Misguided Games, Valamir, Jake Norwood.

7/16/2002 Michael Hopcroft: How committed is committed?
IN the back of the HeartQuest book I had an ad for the next game Seraphim Guard was planning to publish, Fuzz: the Furry Police RPG. IT's a nice-looking ad…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, rafael, Valamir, Gordon C. Landis.

7/15/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Due to circumstances beyond my control....
.... I might as well crawl into a hole and detonate the nearest hand-grenade. I got home from origins (after three days on the bus in nightmaring conditions) only to…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, Clay, Jason L Blair.

6/29/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Any last thoughts before I leave for Origins?
Turns out I get on that Greyhound to go to Origins on Monday. I have no idea what to expect, little idea of what I'm supposed to do, and a…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Adam.

6/28/2002 Michael Hopcroft: What happens when you catch a typo too late?
I heard from my printer this afternoon and she said they were going to send me my proofs tomorrow (whoich is good) and they;'d found a couple of problems (which…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Chris Passeno, Matt Gwinn, Adam.

6/27/2002 Michael Hopcroft: MY game is ready!
Well, HeartQuest is at the porinters and the PDF version is ready to be sold. RPGNow will be carrying it, possibly as early as tomorrow, several other e-tailers will carry…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, hive.

6/20/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Open Play at Origins
Is there going to be open play space at Origins? And if there is, how difficult-to-impossible will it be to organize a picjkup game of something new? I didn;t get…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Jake Norwood.

6/17/2002 Michael Hopcroft: A .PDF query
I have a query for the folks who regularly buy .pDF RPG's -- what's the most you think people would be willing to pay for a complete RPG in .PDF…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jake Norwood, Valamir, Clinton R. Nixon, Jared A. Sorensen, Victor Gijsbers, Mike Holmes, rafael, Seth L. Blumberg, Matt Snyder, Nathan, Ron Edwards, pigames, contracycle, Le Joueur, Walt Freitag, Clay, Matt Gwinn, Bailey, Eugene Zee.

6/16/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Question for moderators
The PDF of my game will be coming out in two weeks -- U just found out from my typesetter it will be ready June 24th. I want to offer…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards.

6/9/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Last-minute Origins trip
It seems that, at the last minute, I have to go to Origins. It's a long story, but my licensee (one of them, at least) wants to meet with me…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Chris Passeno, Adam.

5/30/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Avoiding the Retail Channel
Having just got off the phone with one of the main providers to the retail channel, it became apparent that he would want me to brint at least 3,000 copies…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jake Norwood, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards.

5/21/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Confidence
Since Clinton suggested answering this question in another thread, I'm, starting one. Why do gamers often seem to have such low self-confience, particularly potential RPG publishers? I know that in…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clay, Ron Edwards, Tim Gray, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jake Norwood.

5/18/2002 Michael Hopcroft: USing Open Licenced Systems
I'm wondering how many people prefer to deesign their own systems from scratch and how many prefer to use systems with open licences that have already been designed. MY upcoming…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards, Bailey, Clinton R. Nixon, Valamir, Adam.

5/17/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Book Size?
My manuscript has finally gotten to its near-finished state of about 50,000 words. My typesetter just suggested printing at 6x9 instead of 8.5x11 like most RPG books becaue of the…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clay, Ron Edwards.

5/17/2002 Michael Hopcroft: GenCon
It's big, to the point of almostg ebing bloated. It has that huge castle in the middle of the dealers room. But GenCon is still THE big RPG show and…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards.

5/15/2002 Michael Hopcroft: How do I get reviewed?
How do I get my game, once it is released in PDF form, reviewed beofre the print book comes out? Would anyone here be interested in doing a review and…
In Review Discussion
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, GreatWolf.

5/14/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Introducing Myself
Hi there! Cynthia Celeste Miller of Spectrum Game Studios pointed me here, and I thought I'd introduce myself seeing as I can;t find a better place to do so. MY…
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Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Clinton R. Nixon, Clay.

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7/26/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Swag
As long as I'm going to GenCon, a lot of people are going to ask me for free copies of my game for review or in return for their games.…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Dav, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Jürgen Mayer, Adam, Clay.

7/31/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Is this usual?
I got my printing invoice today from my printer and it included a 100-copy overrun (10% of the run) for which I was held responsible. It turned out to be…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, xiombarg, Matt Gwinn, GreatWolf, Chris Passeno.

8/1/2002 Michael Hopcroft: You know, it's really weird, but....
Even when a game is "finished" there are people who want to add to it. One of my supplement writers wants to add a lot of new rules material to…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Mike Holmes, Matt Gwinn, Ron Edwards.

8/1/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Since someone mentioned Beast Wars
Are tape requests (trade or otherwise) on topic? I am looking for copies of Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers.
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jared A. Sorensen, stormwerks, James_Stubbs.

8/2/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Controlling the Effects of Bad Press
As some of you may know, GamingReport.com gave me a less than glowing review. In fact, they were savage. This is not the end in itself -- there will be…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Demonspahn, Chris Passeno, Ron Edwards, Le Joueur, Valamir, hardcoremoose, Matt Gwinn, Roy, Reimer Behrends, Clay, Marco, Jack Spencer Jr, pigames, tdenmark, John Wick.

8/5/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Last-MInute GenCon Advice
This year's genCon will the the first time I run a booth at a convention. It will be 26 hours before I leave to go to SeaTac airport and fly…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Matt Gwinn, GreatWolf, Mike Holmes, Ron Edwards.

8/13/2002 Michael Hopcroft: 38 Copies Sold, 25 given out, 85 Consigned -- 940 to go?
Well, the grand debut of HeartQuest wass what most indie puiblishers would describe as moderately successful. I sold 38 copies of the game at my first convention and gave out…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, Jason L Blair, Eugene Zee, Jake Norwood, Ron Edwards.

8/13/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Online Play
Since I'm going to be rearching online play for HeartQuest Online anyway, I thought I'd ask if anyone on the forum had any war stories regarding play by chat, e-mail…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Paganini, greyorm.

8/14/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Looking for editors who need practice
I'm looking for skilled but not neccesarily experienced copyeditors who need credits and experience before they can move on to bigger and better things, to help Seraphim Guard make its…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, quozl, Ron Edwards, simon, efindel, Rich Forest, xiombarg, Adam, Trevor Curtis, rafael.

8/14/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Is this the right kind of popularity?
I've been running into a very bizarre situation ever since GenCon -- about once every two days I'm approached by someone who wants to write for me. And that doesn't…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, Adam, Clay, Ron Edwards.

8/15/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Getting licences to old games
Someone on the GPA list was recently told that Tri-Tac's founder is shopping around the rights to one of his old games, Fringeworthy. I have a lot of good ideas…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, xiombarg, Eugene Zee.

8/15/2002 Michael Hopcroft: GenCon 2003
Has anyone thought about reservations for GenCon 2003 yet? Just asking.
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Zak Arntson, Clinton R. Nixon.

8/16/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Portfolio-building Opportunity for Manga-style Artists
I have a portfolio-building oppotunity for manga-style artists. My newest HeartQuest supplement, Musical Mistresses, os going to need art in very short order. I'm looking for artists willing to forgo…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Zak Arntson, Ferry Bazelmans, Silver Bear, xiombarg, ejh, Clinton R. Nixon, Trevor Curtis.

8/16/2002 Michael Hopcroft: A New Forum! Huzzah! Now POST!
Yes, it's true. Seraphim Guard, publishers of HeartQuest and Fuzz: the Furry Police RPG, has a forum on the Forge! I don;t know whether this means I've arrived or not.…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair, Le Joueur.

8/16/2002 Michael Hopcroft: What is On Topic for this forum
When a company is as heavily involved in niche genres as mine is, I can;t help but wonder what I should consider on-topic for my forum. I basically decided to…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

8/17/2002 Michael Hopcroft: New forum
I have been informed that there is now a Seraphim Guard forum in the Independent Games Forum section of the Forge. Aside from the question of whether this means I've…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

8/17/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Our Ongoing Projects
Just thought some of you might be interested in what some of our current projects are here at Seraphim Guard and their status. Title: Musical Mistresses Description: 48-page mini-campaign sourcebook…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

8/19/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Musical Mistresses Update
We now have the manuscript for our first supplment, Musical Mistresses. This is a mini-campaign sourcebook for HeartQuest that is like your favorite magic girl manga, only slightly wackier. We're…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ferry Bazelmans.

8/19/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Ghost Tamer Miyaki needs YOU!
One of the core campaigns in HeartQuest is Ghost Tamer Miyaki, and we are doing a supplement based on this campaign. But to do this we will need playtesters, demonstartors…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

8/22/2002 Michael Hopcroft: Supernormal powers in HeartQuest
I'm trying to put togetehr a liost of 30 or so concievable supernormal powers for HeartQuest. These are the sorts of things that are likely to appear in shoujo stories…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, NinjaBoy.

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