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5/17/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Reviewers wanted
I have a new product coming out int he next couple of weeks (if all goes well) and I' going to need to have reviews published. I'm looking for reviewers…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Brian Leybourne, Jack Spencer Jr.

5/17/2003 Michael Hopcroft: HeartQuest Diceless ML
I've started a new Yahoogroup for users and developers of HeartQuest Diceless. To join, send an e-mail to: hqdiceless-subscribe@yahoogroups.com And follow the directions.
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/15/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Technocon website up -- sort of
A Placeholder Website for Technocon 2003 is now up. I encoruage you to visit and see who's signed up so far. We also ahve an e-mail form for suggestions, a…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/14/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Sponsorship deadline approaching for HQ Diceless
The HeartQuest Diceless book is almost ready, so if you're still unsure about sponsorhip and want to be listed as a sponsor in the book do not hesitate -- act…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/14/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Advising Writers
One of the roles of a publisher who works with writers, I'm finding, is advising them. I wonder how those of you who manage writers handle this delicate task. In…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Andrew Martin, Mike Holmes, Dav, samdowning, wyrdlyng, Matt, clehrich.

5/13/2003 Michael Hopcroft: HQ Diceless -- PDF Only or POD?
I was sure I would be able to do all my books both POD and PDF. However, the next books I'm doing, HeartQuest Diceless, poses a problem in that it's…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, quozl, Jonathan Walton, Valamir, pigames.

5/5/2003 Michael Hopcroft: In the hospital
One of the problems with a one-man operation is that when that one man gets sick things tend to slow to a screeching halt. I am going to be difficult…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Valamir, Shreyas Sampat.

5/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: New contact e-mail starting this weekend
There's a new e-mail address to contact me at: seraph@pacifier.com It is not activated as of this writing (technical problems at the ISP), but will be by the end of…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/2/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Technocon's cartoon presence
Just a reminder to all of you that our own babyCindi, Cynthia Celeste Miller, has agreed to be a guest at Technocon, the online convention I am running in August,…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/2/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Technocon Guest list update
Here is an update of the currest guest list for Technocon 2003 (August 15th-17th 2003, online convention): Guests of Honor: S. John Ross (Risus: the Anything rpg, Uresia: Grave of…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

4/30/2003 Michael Hopcroft: I got my first license!
I secured my first license this week! It may be from a small Ameri-manga publisher, but it's a LICENSE darnit and it's something I got! The cointract has been sitting…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jeffrey Miller.

4/30/2003 Michael Hopcroft: SG Chat Room
We now have a 24/7 Seraphim Guard chatroom accessible by web at http://chat.cjb.net/seraphimguard/ That's where we'll hold our weeklies from now on and special events as well.
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

4/29/2003 Michael Hopcroft: A big announcement -- "As Told By...."
Now THIS is actually a BIG, Important announcmeent. Seraphim Guard has reached a licence agreement with NDP Comics to produce a role-playing game based on their manga series "As Told…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Valamir, Blacksad, Dev, xiombarg.

4/29/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Designigng a comedy game
I just acquired a licence for an RPG based pon an American-produced comedic manga series. I have eighteen months to release a game -- I want to do it in…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Mike Holmes, Jay Turner, Jared A. Sorensen, Valamir, szilard, greyorm.

4/27/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Will there be a CyberCon 2003?
Are there any plans for online conventions for 2003? If anyone wants to run one, I'd like to fffer my assistance, and if nobody is running one I'd like to…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, rpghost, Gold Rush Games.

4/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Partners, Incorporation and Working Capital
I'm thinking of aquiring some additional working capital by changing the structure of Seraphim Guard. This is more a matter of not wanting to run it as a sole properietorship…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Valamir, Gold Rush Games, Dav, samdowning, Malcolm.

4/23/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Is the FLGS obsolete?
I was thinking of starting a game store when i graduated from business school, but now I'm starting to wonder whether the FLGS we grew up with has been rendered…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Scorpio, anonymouse, samdowning, JSDiamond, Andy Kitkowski, Tundra, Valamir, wyrdlyng, HinterWelt, Ron Edwards, Ryan Wynne, Emmett, b_bankhead.

4/23/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Learning Quark
I was recently sent a copy of Quark XPress 5.0 for Windows. This is obviously a premiere piece of software -- however, it also comes with a high learning curve.…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Matt, Michael S. Miller, samdowning, Matt Gwinn, Gold Rush Games.

4/16/2003 Michael Hopcroft: GenCon SoCal
I'm starting this topic for anyone who wants to plan a joint effort of any kind at GenCon SoCal this December. Basically this is for any publishers, publisher's lackeys, or…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, C. Edwards, Gordon C. Landis, quozl.

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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5/19/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Paying the layout guy -- by the project or on retainer?
Right now most of the money I make at Seraphim guard is going sttraight into the pkcet of the layout guy. There's been a dry spell between products, and now…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Matt Snyder, Dav, Adam.

5/20/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Why the Sponsorship Program is failing
As I get ready to tske down the sponsorhip link for HeartQuest Diceless (due to the book's imprending release, after about Wednesday I would not be able to put sponsor's…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, ethan_greer, Clay, Valamir, wyrdlyng, ace pilot.

5/20/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Classified ad: Need netgaming epxert to Write Book
[url=http://www.seraphimguard.comSeraphim Guard[/url] is looking for a freelance writer with a solid working knowledge of the various ways to play roleplaying games, especially diceless ones, on the Internet, to either write…
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/21/2003 Michael Hopcroft: hQ Slayers Dicelss Demo Game
Are you an anime fan? Have you ever longed to cast the Dragon Slave at your foes and obliterate entire villages? This Saturday at 3:00pm, Seraphim Guard is hositng a…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/22/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Press releases
How detailed does a press release have to get before it ceases to be a press release and becomes an advertisement? That;s something that;s been puzzling me with some of…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, JSDiamond, Matt Wilson, Gold Rush Games.

5/23/2003 Michael Hopcroft: I missed my anniversary
This may sound strange, but I completely passed over the fact thateight days ago was my first anniversary on the Forge. I wouldnt say it's been a perfect or stable…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/24/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Dealing with the nerves
I have a book cominbg out this weekend (see my board for details) and I've got a bad case of the pre-release stage fright blues. With so much at stake…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Mike Holmes, clehrich, C. Edwards, Valamir, Dav, Adam, Paganini.

5/25/2003 Michael Hopcroft: HeartQuest Diceless Mailing List
Now you can prepare for the release of HeartQuest Diceless by joining The Official HeartQuest Diceless Mailing List from yahoogroups. While you;'re there check out the HeartQuest Mailing List,…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Holdiay Weekends and RPGNow
How do holiday weekends usually affect the posting of new products to RPGNow? I've been told the prouct I uploaded yesterday morning would be posted this afternoon, but this was…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/26/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Heartquest Diceless Released
If you've ever wanted to play your favorite anime or manga portraying girls with super or magical powers in it, now you can. HeartQuest Diceless lets you do just that!…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/28/2003 Michael Hopcroft: HQ Diceless Supplements
I thought I'd try to get people's opinions on this. Do you think people would buy supplements specifically designed for HeartQuest Diceless? Things like campaign books, adventure collections, genre guides…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Ron Edwards, Jason L Blair.

5/31/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Open Call for Mecha Artists
Seraphim Guard's newest game, the mecha game MechSpace, needs artists familair with the mecha anime genre fro cover and interior art. Please contact me privately for more infmration.
In Connections
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/31/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Delay to Second Edition: Supplement Request for Diceless
I dislkie delaying projects. It makes me feel bad and it makes me look bad. Nontheless, if it turns into a better product at the end 9and hopefully anmore salable…
In Seraphim Guard
Participants: Michael Hopcroft.

5/31/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Handling Outside Submissions
Today, like a bolt out of the blue, someone came to me with a game idea. not a HeartQuest supplement, not a Fuzz, supplement, but a complete game idea. I…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jack Spencer Jr, Dave Panchyk, Bailey, ADGBoss, pigames, Clay.

6/2/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Public Domain
Can anyone provide a link or reference that can help me find out whether a given work is in the public domain?
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, talysman, Michael S. Miller, Jason E. Roberts.

6/3/2003 Michael Hopcroft: How to advise someone from a Different Industry
I got an e-mail over the weekend from a very famous computer game maker. I will not give his name here out of respect for his privacy. Anyway, he was…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Clay, Ron Edwards.

6/7/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Switching Operating Systems and How it Affects a Business
After a disastrous system crash, I no longer trust Microsoft products. As a result, I am now running Red Hat Linux 9. I can;t access any of my old Windows…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Nathan, Trevis Martin, talysman, Catalyst, Clay, ejh.

6/12/2003 Michael Hopcroft: RPGmall print run Size
Many of you must have gotten a letter from RPGNow saying they need print books from their vendors for their Origins and GenCon booths. It just so happens that although…
In Publishing
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, jdagna, rpghost, jgbrowning.

6/14/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Anyone interested in doing a conversion?
I wonder if anyone would be interested in doing a system conversion sheet between HeartQuest and Cartoon Action Hour? If anyone is willing to do it, I can post it…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Norbert.

6/15/2003 Michael Hopcroft: Religion in Game Design
This may seem like an impertinent question, but do any of you who design games find that your personal beliefs affect what you design? I'm a farily recent convert to…
In RPG Theory
Participants: Michael Hopcroft, Jack Spencer Jr, lumpley, jdagna, damion, Christopher Kubasik, greyorm, Jared A. Sorensen, simon_hibbs.

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