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4/9/2005 GregStolze: The Ransom Model Worked.
Five months earlier than deadline, Meatbot Massacre (http://www.danielsolis.com/meatbot/) has been paid for in full and is now free to all. Tell the people! -G. Who can't make his PayPal account…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, gobi, Matt, Valamir, Vaxalon, daMoose_Neo, Troy_Costisick.

6/16/2005 GregStolze: Indie Games hit National Public Radio
At least one indie game, anyhow: NPR's On The Media (http://www.onthemedia.org/) interviewed Daniel Solis and myself about Meatbot Massacre (www.danielsolis.com/meatbot) and the ransom model of publishing. I know. I'm as…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, Yokiboy, Jasper, Paul Czege, Space Cowboy, jrs.

7/9/2005 GregStolze: The Ransom Model is on NPR and ...in Spaaace!
If you've downloaded Meatbot Massacre, you're probably familiar with how the Ransom Model for distribution works. If you haven't, head on over to http://www.danielsolis.com/meatbot/, get the game, read the theory.…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, Veritas Games, Eero Tuovinen, komradebob.

7/12/2005 GregStolze: What I'm doing... in Spaaace!
The game I'm currently experimenting with publishing, ...in Spaaace!, has a setting inspired directly by Futurama, and Douglas Adams. But more interestingly, perhaps, the mechanics were marginally inspired by Dr.…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: GregStolze, Gaerik, Matt, WhiteRat, Andrew Morris, xenopulse, indie guy.

8/10/2005 GregStolze: The Ransom Model Strikes Again
...in Spaaace! is free.  Let the good times roll. www.gregstolze.com -G.
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, Matt.

9/5/2005 GregStolze: Ransom Analysis... in Spaaace!
It's pretty much what it says in the title.  I finally got around to analyzing and posting the data and my conclusions on the latest Ransom model publication, the game…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze.

9/22/2005 GregStolze: Gamers Kidnap President -- for Charity
Those of you who've followed the successes of the Ransom model (the funding mode for Meatbot Massacre and ...in Spaaace! may be interested to know that a new game's in…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, Bardsandsages, xenopulse, chadu, Andrew Morris, Paka.

1/2/2006 GregStolze: Greg Stolze's Refreshing '06 Hubris
If you swing on over to http://www.gregstolze.com you can see my latest ransom project on the front page.  It's atypical: It's a pair of articles that would, in a typical…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, Veritas Games, Eero Tuovinen, madelf, Levi Kornelsen, Mike Sugarbaker.

4/18/2006 GregStolze: REIGN's release model: A ransom/hard copy hybrid
It's interesting that the quarterly sales of UA continue to chip in a hundred copies of the core book every time.  It seems to support the theory that "the MRB…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, Paka, c, Dav, Thunder_God, MikeSands, Ben Lehman, jasonm, andrew_kenrick, Nathan Herrold, Yokiboy.

9/27/2006 GregStolze: [ORE Noir] What's the intellectual equivalent of a 2x4 to the skull?
(This is a cross-post from RPG.NET, if you care.) was "Good Cop, Bad Cop" and it came to a thunderous conclusion last session. (A writeup from one of the players,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: GregStolze, joepub, Darcy Burgess, TroyLovesRPG, Vaxalon.

11/9/2006 GregStolze: Ransom Method: Follow the Money
Per Ron's request, I'm starting a new Ransom Method thread.  Here goes. MBM: Full ransom was met, so I split the cash between myself and Dan Solis.  (I'd paid Thomas…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, Eero Tuovinen, David Artman, gobi, sean2099, daMoose_Neo, joepub.

11/26/2006 GregStolze: Task Resolution Turned Inside-Out
This is, at this moment, only a VERY bizzare thought.  So I thought I'd see what y'all co-think. Most games give you a skill and assume that if you roll…
In First Thoughts
Participants: GregStolze, Ben Lehman, TroyLovesRPG, Paul T, anders_larsen, masqueradeball, Simon C.

12/6/2006 GregStolze: No such thing as a suck-ass roll
This is a core mechanic in search of a purpose.  In the spirit of "having specific questions" -- for what would you use the following? This grew out of an…
In First Thoughts
Participants: GregStolze, jasonm, Bailywolf, Adam Dray, King Turnip, Graham Walmsley, Spooky Fanboy, Altharis.

2/28/2007 GregStolze: How many copies should I have for GenCon?
REIGN will be ready soon.  (No, really.  Soon.)  I'm going to GenCon and I'm wondering how many copies I should bring to sell.  What do y'all think? -G.
In Conventions
Participants: GregStolze, iago, Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman.

4/4/2007 GregStolze: [Wild Talents] Grim War: Reign of the Talents
I'm spamming the whole RPG internet with cloned AP writeups of my new WT game with REIGN companies grafted on top to eventually track how the PCs interact with the…
In Actual Play
Participants: GregStolze, Nev the Deranged, Mike Lucas, wreckage, FredGarber.

4/24/2007 GregStolze: [InDesign] Darn
By which I mean, "dammit."  Anyone here an extensively experienced genius at InDesign?  If so, please drop me a line at gregstolze AT comcast DOT net. -G.
In Connections
Participants: GregStolze.

5/11/2007 GregStolze: Last Night I Dreamed of GenCon
No, seriously. I dreamed I was playing "Burning Empires" with Luke Crane. I haven't read "Burning Empires" and have only played "Burning Wheel" in a demo a couple GenCons ago,…
In First Thoughts
Participants: GregStolze, WorkingMan, Filip Luszczyk.

8/1/2007 GregStolze: [GC07] Big REIGN Posters
I got a couple posters made with the REIGN covers -- 23x35 inches with about a couple inches of white border all around the images.  They look nice.  I'm wondering…
In Conventions
Participants: GregStolze, iago, Ron Edwards, oliof, Gregor Hutton.

10/1/2007 GregStolze: Analyzing the REIGN supplement ransoms.
To celebrate putting up REIGN's fourth supplement for ransom, I did the tedious job of poring over the contribution numbers from the first three.  So here is that rarest of…
In Publishing
Participants: GregStolze, rafial, oliof, Minx.

10/13/2007 GregStolze: Squinting Amateur Illustrator Seeks Models
This thread on my web site... http://forgreatjustice.net/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=582 ...pretty much describes it.  I'm looking for interesting looking, vain or just lacksadaisical people to pose for art in the REIGN wiki and…
In Connections
Participants: GregStolze.

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