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3/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: When does a design cease to be indie?
When does a designer or a publisher lose his indie-cred round these parts? I'm getting kind of worried now that I have a D20 project in the works and will…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Maurice Forrester, Spooky Fanboy, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/2/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Hardcover or Softcover?
If you're putting together a major release, is it worth the extra expense to print the book in hardcover? In other words, are you likely to make back the extra…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Michael S. Miller.

2/27/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Spectrum at GTS?
Will anyone at Spectrum be going to the GAMA Trade Show next month? I'm curoious to meet one or two of you and waiting 'til Origins or GenCon sounds a…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, The Spoken Name.

2/21/2003 Michael Hopcroft: School & Publishing
My admissions officer confirmed with me today that I will begin taking online classes at Devry Univeristy's business school on April 28th. Anything that helps me become a better entrepenuer…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Scorpio, Valamir, Treves, wyrdlyng, Rob Donoghue, Ron Edwards.

2/21/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Day jobs for a publisher
What is the best kind of day job for a publisher/business student to be looking for at this time (given that there is essentially no economy in Oregon, where I…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Mike Holmes, Le Joueur, greyorm, Paul Czege, geekspeakweekly, Darklance, Clay, abzu, clehrich, Dav, Chris Passeno.

2/20/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Prose writers wanted
Seraphim Guard is looking for talented prose writers and comic artists for an unannounced project. Payment will be work-for-hire, 10-15% of gross reciepts. Familiarity with the Seraphim Guard product line…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

2/20/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Travel to multple conventions
One of the major anime conventions, FanimeCon in Santa Clara, has asked me to help with their game programming (this happened at DunDraCon). All fine and dandy, but it poses…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, talysman, Matt Gwinn.

2/11/2003 Michael Hopcroft: DunDraCon Plans
Is anyone here going to DunDraCon in San Ramon this weekend? Tempted as I was to cancel, I've decided to follow through and have some fun at the convention. I…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

2/10/2003 Michael Hopcroft: GAMA Trade Show
I won;t have a badge at the GAMA Trade Show, but I will have a badge. I hope to learn a lot at the Manufacturer's track, but my mood is…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, philreed, Jake Norwood.

2/10/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Too Many Conventions!
Now I have yet another con to worry about. Every time I turn around someone tells me there is a convention I simply must attend. Not only do I have…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jason L Blair, Michael S. Miller.

2/7/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Droids & Ewoks
Does anyone remember a pair of cartoons aired together that Lucasfilms licensed from the original Star Wars trilogy? Evdiently they pulled the licence, because they haven't been seen in years.…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Eddy Fate, Slant, Madcat, Cynthia Celeste Miller.

2/6/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Kevin & Kell
Seraphim Guard is sponsoring the february 25th, 2003 strip of Bill Holbrook's popular online comic Kevin & Kell. Kevin & Kell is the story of a rabbit who married a…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

2/4/2003 Michael Hopcroft: CafePress Stores
Well, I just spent about twenty minutes updating a CafePress store that has generated about two dollars in commissions since it was founded. I'm hoping some of the times I…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Nathan, Mike Holmes, Paka, Roy, xiombarg.

2/4/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Playtesters wanted for future HeartQuest and Fuzz products
We are looking for someone who will be willing to devote a few weeks of time in the months of March and April to playtest HeartQuest D20, Fuzz: the Furry…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

2/4/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Is Origins worth it?
I'm pondering whether it would be worthwhile for me to attend Origins. I went to Origins last year believing it to be essential, only to find I did little business…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Valamir, philreed, Mike Holmes.

2/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Taxes
How many of you have already done your taxes for 2002? Last year it was my tax refund that essentially paid for my trip to GenCon, and this year will…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jared A. Sorensen, Ron Edwards.

1/21/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Using CAH for Galaxy Rangers
Another show I missed, but that looks like it woujld make fascinating campaign material, is Galaxy Rangers. Anyone remember enough details about this show that they would be able to…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jared A. Sorensen, Le Joueur, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jason L Blair, The Spoken Name, Wulf, Slant, Goose, Valamir.

1/18/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Freelance Writer with Internet gaming expertise wanted
I am looking for someone with special expertise in Internet roleplaying to help me write a book for electronic and paper distribution called HeartQuest Online, about how to play my…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

1/18/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Shoujo artists needed -- Furry artists too
Gentles, If you're an aspiring artist who needs exposure and who is willing to wait a few months for cash, Seraphim Guard has an immediate need for art for several…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, RHJunior, Shreyas Sampat.

1/16/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Using CAH for Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
This was probably my favorite 90's Ameritoon this side of Batman. I feel it was grossly underappreciated in its day and it is rarely shown now. Needless to say, I…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Eddy Fate, Jason L Blair, Slant.

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3/11/2003 Michael Hopcroft: When your manuscript is too short
I came up with a manuscript for the Ghost Tamer Miyaki sourcebook for HeartQuest, and have run into two problems. The first is that it's short -- about 25,000 words.…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, xiombarg, Jonathan Walton, Paul Czege, Matt Gwinn, Adam, Le Joueur, Bankuei, Jeph.

3/25/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Editor Wanted
I have inmmediate need for a volunteer editor (this project won;t generate muhc money) to do the grunt work of transforming a document cut-and-asted from Acrobat into a coherent Word…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, quozl, DeadGirl.

3/25/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Discount layout software
I'm looking for discount layout software that is compatible with Acrobat, TIF files, and is relatively easy to learn. Preferably something I can try for a while before I purchase…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Adam, iago, wyrdlyng.

3/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Looking for cheap, unusual promotion
I have a new release coming up and I'm looking for unique, inexpensive ways to promote it in such a way that people will remember it favorably and buy it…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, talysman, S.Lonergan, anonymouse.

3/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Dual-System games
I'm the sort of game designer who would rather borrow a good game system than design my own. Call me lazy, uncreative, or a grouchy slob -- I'd just rather…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ben Morgan, ADGBoss, Rich Stokes, ThreeGee, Jonathan Walton, Thomas Tamblyn, Clinton R. Nixon, Andrew Martin.

3/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Speaking of RPGNow
How on Earth did they land so much of TSR's back catalog? Not that I won;t be buying massive quanbtities of it from them, but I still wonder how they…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, quozl, philreed, Stuart DJ Purdie.

3/27/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Not the big announcement(s), but....
A pretty major announcement nontheless. Seraphim Guard has been facing two problems with HeartQuest: getting the D20 version as perfect as we can make it and the fact that we…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

3/27/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Special Sale pricing at RPGNow
In anticipation of the upcoming HeartQuest Second Edition, we're offering all of our current HeartQuest products at RPGNow at special prices. These e-books and POD books are priced to move…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

3/28/2003 Michael Hopcroft: CD-ROM Preorders on PDF files
I'm thinking about offering visitors to my website the chance to preorder HeartQuest 2nd Edition on CD-ROM and get a coupon for a discount on the Print-On-Demand edition of the…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Paul Czege, Adam, Valamir.

3/28/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Anyone have an Open Source Systems list?
Does anyone have a liost of all the game systems that have Open Gaming License-like licenses on them? In other words, all the pre-existing systems I can make commercial products…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Rich Stokes, Mike Holmes, ThreeGee, ethan_greer, talysman, iago, bladamson, axonrg.

4/1/2003 Michael Hopcroft: CAH for Slayers?
I'll know more when I have access to the book again (it's a long story, involviong moving, an overzealous housecleaning and a massive collapse of an entire book collection stacked…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Spooky Fanboy, Eddy Fate, Wulf, Slant, Derek Devlin.

4/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: On to my second copy
Well, I had to do it. I couldn't find my copy anywhere, so i ordered a second copy of the Dead Tree Edition from Z-Man games, paying full price. The…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, The Spoken Name, Eddy Fate, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Bull, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, Jason L Blair.

4/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: 100% Subjective Character Creation
I was wondering if anyone can recall a game in which charatcers were created using neither dice nor points. How would someone make that work?
In RPG Theory
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, RpgAlexWyld, Alan, Mark Johnson, b_bankhead, Andrew Martin, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, The_Confessor, M. J. Young.

4/6/2003 Michael Hopcroft: I badly need cheering up -- but then what else is new
I managed to celebrate the Forge's birthday by getting myself into an accident and ruining my career. I had been picked up by a group of students from Eugene to…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, cruciel, rafael, Clinton R. Nixon, xiombarg, Trevis Martin, Ron Edwards, Christoffer Lernö, greyorm.

4/6/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Weekly CAH Chat and setting up new chat channels
I have two questions. 1. Are we having a weekly CAH chat this week and where? 2. How does one go about contacting the chat server you used for the…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Cynthia Celeste Miller, Bull, Goose.

4/6/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Playtesters Wanted
I'd like a few people who can give D20 character creation for the HeartQuest Second Edition a good workout and who can provide good, quick, solid feedback. Familiarity with the…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

4/7/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Doing business without travel
After the car wreck I was in, I am thinking about canceling the rest of my travel shcedule for the year. I have several reasons: medical bills, my general financial…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, ace pilot, Valamir, Ron Edwards, talysman.

4/10/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Sponsorship page?
I was wondering if anyone has ever tried raising money for layout and printing costs for their book by taking sponsors ala online comic strips? My idea was to take…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clinton R. Nixon, quozl, Ron Edwards.

4/12/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Sponsor HeartQuest Second Edition!
Seraphim Guard is now offering a sponsorship deal for anyone who wnats to help get HeartQuest Second Edition to fruition! For a $25 or greater donation, you get a mention…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

4/14/2003 Michael Hopcroft: SG and PIGames Join Forces on HeartQuest Diceless
[b]Seraphim Guard and Politically Incorrect Games Join Forces for Diceless Shoujo Game[/b] [b]PORTLAND, OR[/b]: Seraphim Guard, publishers of [i]HeartQuest: Romantic Roleplaying in the Worlds of Shoujo Manga[/i], and Politically Incorrect…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

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