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Independent D20 publishers

Started by TonyLB, June 21, 2007, 10:02:04 AM

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TonyLB

#15
June 22, 2007, 07:43:08 AM
I'm pretty sure it's just "Creator-owned."  So if the person or people who made the book are making the financial decisions then they're candidates for the short-list.
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June 22, 2007, 02:31:08 PM
Quote from: TonyLBI'm pretty sure it's just "Creator-owned."  So if the person or people who made the book are making the financial decisions then they're candidates for the short-list.

But see, that's a lie. Otherwise Steve Jackson Games or Palladium would be "Indie".

And particularly, now as some of the IPR guys expand their companies and hire other people to do art, etc, their definition of "indie" becomes more clearly ideologically-based than ever before.

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June 22, 2007, 02:36:39 PM
Quote from: RPGPunditBut see, that's a lie. Otherwise Steve Jackson Games or Palladium would be "Indie".

And particularly, now as some of the IPR guys expand their companies and hire other people to do art, etc, their definition of "indie" becomes more clearly ideologically-based than ever before.

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It's not a lie. I'd bet if SJG or Palladium wanted to good through IPR they would take them with open arms. IPR is just not a big enough distributor for larger companies to use.

"indie" typically means "creator owned" and "creator" is the only employee. I don't think either SJG or Palladium fit that.

TonyLB

#18
June 22, 2007, 02:43:20 PM
Quote from: RPGPunditBut see, that's a lie. Otherwise Steve Jackson Games or Palladium would be "Indie".
WhatEVER!  God.

I am interested in a list of creator-owned D20 companies that people think deliver quality goods.  A short-list which I intend to turn over to Brennan, and which he has said to me that he will contact.  For these purposes, it doesn't matter what you think IPR really thinks.

If you want to make some ideological argument about what IPR's real definition of "indie" is, why don't you go make another thread for the purpose, huh?  I'm tryin' to get some pretty clearly defined work done here, and you're just interfering.
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