Having read many of the threads on this board, I'm going to be wandering through this board, collecting the towns (or, at least, collecting the links to them). Many, if not most, of the towns posted here are really interesting to read, and if I ever make it to having a DitV LARP, I'm going to need a lot of towns eventually.
The links list, I'll post in this thread.
I'd also be eminently willing to collect them into a pretty PDF - it wouldn't really be much added effort - but they're still copyright of their respective writers, I believe. So, I'll leave that up to Vincent and/or the writers, if he / they wants to figure that one out.
Are there any places other than here and the DitV main site that have towns written up for reference or use?
Here are some random DitV town collections I've found:
- Many of the towns on these forums are helpfully linked from the DitV site: http://www.septemberquestion.org/lumpley/dogsources.html
- http://www.meekmok.com/sassy/dogs/resources.html
- http://www.weeksfamily.net/games/DitV/townlist.aspx
- http://random.average-bear.com/DogsInTheVineyard/HomePage
I keep my towns on my Geocities site (http://www.geocities.com/rpgjunkie74/) now. Feel free to use them however you'd like.
-Eric
From Pages 10-26 (the current end) of this forum. I'll go through pages 1-9 later on. Note that not all of these towns are fully finished, as their discussions tend to indicate, and several (especially toward the end) are duplicated elsewhere.
San Miguel Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16251.0
The Basil Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16248.0
Snakeweed Crossing
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16122.0
Kettle Lake
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15898.0
Spring's Fork Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15986.0
Long Bounty
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15973.0
King's Perch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15893.0
Willow's Run
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15864.0
Buffalo Run
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15655.0
Monument Creek Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15588.0
Waterfall Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15582.0
Dust Creek
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15506.0
A Small Town for First-time Players
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=14865.0
West Cotton Fields Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15127.0
White Stone Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15345.0
Dry Canyon Crossing
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15343.0
Fall Valley Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15074.0
Tribulation Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15336.0
Town of Wellcome
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15309.0
Ephraim's Circle
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15148.0
Lake Point
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15110.0
Liberty Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=15019.0
Wahanish Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=14899.0
Oakview Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=14793.0
Stillwater Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=14763.0
Kings Rock
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=14809.0
Blue Skies
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=14734.0
*Unnamed*
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13719.0
Pinyon Creek Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13467.0
Fort Lemon Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13439.0
Hotwater Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13371.0
Spring River
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13257.0
Little Valley
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13207.0
New Gidea
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=12548.0
Job Gully
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13078.0
Pine Hill
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13084.0
Widder's Canyon, Iron Mountain, Gateway Branch, and Chimney Rock Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=9625.0
The Boxelder and Whitechurch Branches
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=9619.0
Some more from these forums - I think I've almost got them all, now (up to the time of this post):
Fir Tree Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18206.0
Cornfield Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18166.0
Sutter's Mill Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18217.0
Hard River Crossing
http://callmecurly.blogspot.com/2005/12/hard-river-crossing.html
Yellow Clay
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17907.0
Crystalline
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17879.0
Barstow's Run and Anvil Hill (two towns)
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17081.0
Bloom Valley
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17715.0
Bitteroot Mill
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17714.0
Red Horse Pass
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17571.0
Olive Grove Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17503.0
Walnut Hollow Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17254.0
Green Creek Pass
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17171.0
King's Butte Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17143.0
Two River Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16858.0
Long View Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16814.0
Lone Tree Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16699.0
Hobbestown
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16370.0
Blushing self-promotion:
Bootblack Ridge
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17472.msg185155#msg185155
Clover Fields Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18271.0
(I'd love to see it become tradition here to put up a link in this thread upon posting a new town ).
Sulfur Junction
http://1.myfreebulletinboard.com/calithena-about17.html
Also, James Holloway's two towns for his on-line game at http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=205968 have utterly broken me - he could give a master course in GMing Dogs and we're not even at a tabletop - I don't know if he has the towns proper posted anywhere, but if so someone should link to them.
Cottonwood Creek Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18570.0 (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18570.0)
Canine Bluffs
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18645.0
Boy it would rock if there were some database in which we could sort the towns folks had posted by the level of sin it'd reached (Sin, False Doctrine, Sorcerer, etc), and even if we could rate them!
Orchard Plains Branch
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18743.0
snip unjustified praise of Pike's Crossing and White Srpings BranchQuote from: Calithena on January 30, 2006, 12:03:28 AM
don't know if he has the towns proper posted anywhere, but if so someone should link to them.
Hmmmmm. I'm pretty swamped with work right now, but on the other hand writing up one of these towns shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes. If I have time tonight to look over my notes, I'll see what I can do.
Town: Bat Eshta/Skeleton Dell
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18751.0
OK then -- the towns for my PbP Dogs in the Vineyard game, Gates to the Garden, are now up:
http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Gates_to_the_Garden/Towns
For extra fun, check out the summaries of sessions and see how the players handled them.
Whitevein: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18799.msg197695#msg197695
- Hate & Murder
- Six named NPCs
- Themes: atheism, domestic violence, rape, conflict with the Territorial Authority
King's Ward: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18923.0
- Demonic Attacks
- Six named NPCs
- Themes: clash of faiths, xenophobia, child abuse, censorship
Guller's Creek
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=251249
Hello, :)
Williamsville: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19838.0
- Demonic Attacks
- Nine named NPCs
- Themes: parental stewardship, slothfulness, family feud
Cheers,
J.
Wiki'd and alphbetized (rubs achin' fingers):
http://random.average-bear.com/DogsInTheVineyard/DirectoryOfExampleTowns
Pioneer Flats:
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20283.0
Doyce! That's awesome, thank you.
-Vincent
http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Toronto_Dogs_In_The_Vineyard:Main_Page
I do not have towns as such.
However, I constructed a sketchy map of my version of the Territory.
In it, several towns are mentioned and sequences of events are hinted at. Anyone designing a town might look to my map, or lexicon, or other part of the wiki for town inspirations
Towns and Places
- Bethany Creek
- Bristlecone Lake
- Cold River
- Mertonville
- Twisted Wood Ranch
Persons and Creatures
- The Abominations
- Anahiwa
- Campbell, Elijah (1810 - 1822)
- Departed Ones
- Geller, Solomon
- Heap, Ukaiah
- Kenebune
- Monish, or Elk Standing
- Steese, Patience
- Tenskwatawa, the Ghost Who Walks Through Doors
Alfred's Junction (my only submission so far):
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13017.msg139368#msg139368
Prudence (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20903.0)
Eagle Rock (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20870.msg216795#msg216795)
Black Brook (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20870.msg216800#msg216800)
Armageddon (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20870.msg216850#msg216850)
Whitechurch (Extended): http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21159.0
Still River
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21584.0
Walker's End
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20571.0
Bollard's Hold:
http://www.hammergames.org/modules/mediawiki/index.php/Paladins_in_the_Vineyard:_Towns (http://www.hammergames.org/modules/mediawiki/index.php/Paladins_in_the_Vineyard:_Towns)
a town and setting for Paladins in the Vineyard:
http://www.hammergames.org/modules/mediawiki/index.php/Paladins_in_the_Vineyard (http://www.hammergames.org/modules/mediawiki/index.php/Paladins_in_the_Vineyard)
Should be easily adaptable for good ol' fashioned Dogs as well, if you like.
I recently ran my town Crooked River Flats at Gateway 2007 and had good success. Jason Morningstar was nice enough to post it on his website. Link below:
http://www.meekmok.com/sassy/dogs/documents/crooked_river_flats.pdf (http://www.meekmok.com/sassy/dogs/documents/crooked_river_flats.pdf)
I also recently ran a Town at the local club: link below:
http://www.pompeyroleplay.com/?p=12
@James R. (NoClue): good town there! There seems a lot going on though... is it more of a 2 session town?
Yeah it definitely needs more than one session to not feel too rushed. I like it because everywhere the Dogs turn there's someone coming up saying "help me. fix this." Its a big sandbox, which may be my years playing D&D shining through. The next time I run Dogs I'm going to try a more straightforward town to see how that plays.