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You're right that it's a somewhat arbitrary label, and that there are borderline cases. Same as the genre divisions, where one can argue whether a specific game is fantasy or not. I'm of the same view as The Forge that a role-playing game is independent if it's creator-owned. The same people that have created the game should control all aspects of promotion, printing and distribution, and so on. Indie games usually have shorter print runs, as well, and other things that signifies them.
