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12/28/2001 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Greetings
Believe it or not, I hadn't come to the Forge before last night. Maybe I just never thought to look beyond Rpg.net. So, I figured I'd introduce myself and start…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Joe Murphy (Broin), James V. West, Mike Holmes, joshua neff, unodiablo, Zak Arntson, Ryan Ary, Paganini, Matt Gwinn.

12/29/2001 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Playtesting
We're pretty far into the playtesting process for Cartoon Action Hour, but I'm a total perfectionist. I want to make sure the playtesters are hitting all the right nooks and…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, hardcoremoose, Jack Spencer Jr, Ron Edwards.

12/31/2001 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Capturing the Spirit
This topic is inspired by the "Playtesting" thread over on the Publishing forum. I'm all about capturing the mood and spirit of the game setting / genre using any means…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Blake Hutchins, John Wick, JSDiamond, Jack Spencer Jr, James V. West, hardcoremoose, Laurel, Mike Holmes, Spawn.

12/31/2001 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Editing
Once Cartoon Action Hour has had all the final revisions, I'll need to have it edited for typos, grammar and consistency. Now, I admit to being a perfectionist. So, naturally,…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jack Spencer Jr, Bailey.

12/31/2001 Cynthia Celeste Miller: The Whole Website Ordeal
Okay, I now have a website created, but it's not on my own domain yet. The designer just put it on his account until I can get my own. Now,…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, greyorm, Tim Gray, Ian O'Rourke, J B Bell, Matt, Clay.

1/11/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: The Joys of Publicizing Your Game
Alrighty, it looks like Cartoon Action Hour is almost out of the final playtest phase.....and it's time for me to begin publicizing it. Now, since last time I posted about…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, Paul Czege.

2/7/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Lightning Printing
Okay, I went to Lightning Printing's website to get a price quote http://www.lightningprinting.com/quotefrm.htm and I must say, I looked at the info they requested....and was confused. Being a neophyte to…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jack Spencer Jr, mahoux, Ron Edwards, Chris Passeno, GMSkarka, Jason L Blair, Clinton R. Nixon.

3/5/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: An Odd Game Mechanic
As I finished up all the examples for Channel 4 in Cartoon Action Hour, my mind suddenly devised an idea for a die mechanic. Since I've already been putting thought…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, Valamir, Mike Holmes, xiombarg, TheMouse, mallninja0088, Dav.

6/5/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH: the CD
At the request of my local game store owner, we burned CAH onto 10 CDs so he can sell them. I know CD RPGs don't typically sell very good, so…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, stormwerks.

6/6/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Steve D's Review
I just checked out Steve Dempsey's CAH review and figured I'd pass the URL along to you guys. I found the review to be extremely thoughtful, informative and well-done. :)
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Jason L Blair, Ron Edwards, Mark Bruno.

6/6/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Character Artwork for Iconia and Darkness Unleashed
Quite some time ago, I was thinking of ways to make the artwork more flavorful for the characters section of the two sourcebooks. Here are my ideas; For the Dark…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Evan Waters, Eddy Fate, Erik C. Battle, James_Stubbs, Darthcestual.

6/16/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Mini-Comic in Iconia
I just completed the script for a 26-panel mini-comic that will go into the Iconia book. It will be fashioned to look like one of those mini-comics that were included…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Doc_Chronos.

6/22/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Judging for the CAH Contest
Entries for the CAH contest so far have been plentiful and, well, extremely cool. You guys have very strong imaginations! :) Anyway, I wanted to give you more details on…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Evan Waters, Eddy Fate.

6/23/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Iconia Update
Well, Iconia is all but in the bag, not including editing and formatting. And it's going to be a bit bigger than I originally thought. In the beginning, we were…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Norbert.

8/24/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Back in Action
Hiya, gang! The last month and a half or so has been the single worst period in my entire life. Everything went directly into the crapper, on every front. Fortunately,…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Bull, Jared A. Sorensen, Jason L Blair, stormwerks, Eddy Fate.

8/25/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: CAH Contest Winners!!!
The voting is over for the "Create-A-Series" conest and it was very close all the way around, with quite a few series going nose to nose in the final stretch.…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Evilschemer, James_Stubbs.

8/27/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Allowing Others to Publish Supplements for Your Game
I was considering allowing other people/companies release supplements for CAH, since I feel the game has a strong enough fan following to make it a credible approach. So far, I've…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Ron Edwards, Jared A. Sorensen, Michael Hopcroft, pigames.

8/29/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Attention: Erik Battle
I saw the mock-up action figures you designed and I'm absolutely stunned at how incredible they look. Please, please contact me as soon as you can. I have a proposal…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Eddy Fate, Erik C. Battle.

9/3/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Potentially Big News!
Heya, gang! We've just entered negotiations with a very reputable game company for a deal that would allow them to produce the CAH hardcopy (possibly even in hardcover). So far,…
In Cartoon Action Hour
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, James_Stubbs, Ron Edwards.

9/8/2002 Cynthia Celeste Miller: Magazine Ads
We are currently looking into placing ads in magazines once the Cartoon Action Hour hardcover draws near(er). That said, what magazines would you recommend? Is there any way I can…
In Publishing
Participants: Cynthia Celeste Miller, Misguided Games, Jared A. Sorensen, Clay, Roy, Ron Edwards, Christian Walker.

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