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12/12/2004 jasonm: [DitV] Questions spawned by my first session
I posted a session I ran yesterday in actual play, and running Dogs for the first time really raised some questions. Also, this session was really a test of the…
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Participants: jasonm, Blankshield, lumpley, Leningrad.

12/12/2004 Vagabond: Dogs in other Genres
I was looking through the forum and saw a couple of references to Dogs games in other genres. The CoC: Delta Green one looked especially cool. Anyways, I thought…
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Participants: Vagabond, Clinton R. Nixon, Blankshield, Doyce, jasonm, nikola.

12/10/2004 Leningrad: [DitV] play by post on rpg.net
If anyone is interested, i'm starting a PbP on RPG.net in the next little while. Details and signup here.
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Participants: Leningrad.

12/7/2004 Vagabond: [DitV] Questions, questions...gimme your two cents
Hi all, I just got DitV last week and was intching to try out the game mechanic since it was so different from anything I'd seen before. A few problems…
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Participants: Vagabond, Technocrat13, lumpley.

12/6/2004 Matt Wilson: messing around with Otherkind, poking it with a sharp stick
I had this cards idea based on otherkind, sort of a cousiny generic kind of game. You get dealt X cards, at least three, maybe more via some character ability.…
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Participants: Matt Wilson, Ron Edwards, nikola.

11/24/2004 Solamasa: [DitV] Simple Conflict Question
The rules stipulate that if you can't See a Raise, you have to Give. But who Gives when you can See just fine, but neither you nor your opponent(s) can…
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Participants: Solamasa, lumpley, Vagabond, nikola.

11/24/2004 jasonm: [DitV] Pinyon Creek Branch
My previous towns were both "blood and thunder", with demons and sorcerers and mayhem, so I challenged myself to tone it down a bit and still keep it interesting. This…
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Participants: jasonm, Hello Sailor, lumpley, nikola.

11/21/2004 jasonm: [DitV] Fort Lemon Branch
Comments welcome! I'm anxious to hear what you think. FORT LEMON BRANCH The name is misleading. Fort Lemon is a trading post and Territorial Authority garrison on the eastern-most edge…
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Participants: jasonm, Mark D. Eddy, lumpley, Doyce, Blankshield, Ghost.

11/20/2004 jasonm: [DitV] Dogs for a Crowd
I'd value any advice on an irritating problem I have. I have a steady weekly game session with anywhere from 6 to 8 players. Obviously, the problem is that I…
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Participants: jasonm, Albert of Feh.

11/19/2004 lumpley: Creating Towns
In another thread, DannyK wrote:Is it just me, or is town creation a lot tricker than it looks? I can create a whole pocket universe in Nobilis in a fraction…
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Participants: lumpley, Technocrat13, Blankshield, ivan23, Grover, jasonm, Mark D. Eddy, lelak, Paka, Leningrad, ScottM, Solamasa, urbanpagan.

11/18/2004 ashultz: Banthas in the Vineyard
I was thinking of running a Star Wars game with a load of young Jedi wandering the galaxy before I got DitV, and upon receiving the game I was struck…
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Participants: ashultz, Clinton R. Nixon, nikola, Paka, DannyK, Brand_Robins, John Harper, Trevis Martin, Technocrat13, Solamasa, jknevitt, charlesperez.

11/16/2004 Blankshield: A new batch of Dogs rides out
My slavish fanboy raving has convinced some locals to try Dogs. We got together and did character creation last week, and they're quite hooked. Next week they'll hit their first…
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Participants: Blankshield, ScottM, Mike Holmes, lumpley, Paul Czege.

11/15/2004 DannyK: Hotwater Branch -- Feedback wanted
OK, I hope the Forgeites aren't getting Town Fatigue; after weeks of creative block, I finally got a town thrown together, and I'd appreciate some feedback. "Hallowed Ground" Players, Stay…
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Participants: DannyK, lumpley, jasonm.

11/14/2004 urbanpagan: [DitV] Noob GM needs a bit of advice (long post)
Hello all. I was recently pressured (in a good way) :) to run DitV by my husband. You know him here as Technocrat13. Anyhoo, he recommended that I post in…
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Participants: urbanpagan, DannyK, lumpley, ScottM.

11/10/2004 olleolleolle: Online resources: Photos relating to DitV
I live in Denmark, which is flat and dark. So I use the Net for inspiration for Mountain stories. Lake Tekapo in some great photos. Church of the Good Shepherd…
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Participants: olleolleolle, Sander.

11/7/2004 pfischer: Dogs from the Treasury Dept
I watched de Palma's The Untouchables again last night, and suddenly there was a scene that smelled so much of DitV: Malone: : You said you wanted to get Capone.…
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Participants: pfischer.

11/5/2004 Spooky Fanboy: DiTV-help from modern times....
Have any of you picked up the newest issue of Details magazine? Don't let the fact that Ben Affleck's on the cover keep you away; there's an interesting article in…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, Mike Holmes, Brand_Robins, Trevis Martin, lumpley, Blankshield, Albert the Absentminded.

11/1/2004 bcook1971: Just Received My Copy
Just thumbing through it .. It has a rough look; like a chapbook or a university press poetry anthology. Tell Drew Baker that the cover art sold me. And Forge…
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Participants: bcook1971.

11/1/2004 matthijs: DitV review up at RPG.net
My first review at rpg.net everrrr... and you can read it here!
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Participants: matthijs.

11/1/2004 eruditus: "Dogs in the Vineyard" meets "Blade of the Im
Check out my post on this subject and please tell me your thoughts... http://www.livejournal.com/users/eruditus/
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Participants: eruditus, nikola.

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12/15/2004 Negilent: Dog High Points, a copy of Paka's post
Like Judd I havn't got the time to post my game here so I'll sneak in on his post. When I played my Hope Junction branch the End Game caught…
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Participants: Negilent, Paka, Emily Care.

12/16/2004 Grover: Escalation question
I'm posting this way too early in the morning, so forgive me if I babble. I have a concern about how escalation works. Suppose I start a conflict, and I…
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Participants: Grover, lumpley, Emily Care, Yokiboy, jasonm.

12/16/2004 Technocrat13: [DitV] Looking for input on finishing this Town.
So, I started putting a town together for Dogs this afternoon. I had in mind two things; I'd like music to be at the heart of the problem, and I'd…
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Participants: Technocrat13, Blankshield, inky, jasonm, olleolleolle.

12/17/2004 Grover: Let me tell you about my characters
Now that I'm on break, I'm writing up all the things that I haven't had a chance to during school. Here are a pair of characters I thought up after…
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Participants: Grover.

12/18/2004 jknevitt: McCarthyists in Tinseltown
DitV, except with Communist-hunters in Hollywood in the 1950's. Discuss.
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Participants: jknevitt, clehrich, Leningrad, olleolleolle, nikola, Roger, jc_madden.

12/18/2004 olleolleolle: Jospeh Smith entrapped by fake brass plates
[url=http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/josephsmithkinderhookplates.htm]Joseph Smith and the Kinderhook Plates[/url] is a tract that tells the quite funky story of a Joseph Smith-period hoax-finding trick. The set-up: give the old coot of a prophet…
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Participants: olleolleolle, jasonm, Brand_Robins.

12/22/2004 johnmarron: Mildly Amusing Dogs Synchronicity
When I first got my copy of Dogs I was happy to see a list of appropriate period names included. For some reason, innapropriate names are something that really bugs…
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Participants: johnmarron, jasonm, Leningrad.

12/23/2004 Yokiboy: How do you sell Dogs to your players?
Or perhaps the subject should be, "Help me sell Dogs to my players!" They agree that the conflict resolution mechanics are sweet, but hate the setting. I knew it would…
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Participants: Yokiboy, jc_madden, Paka, Blankshield, nikola, Noon, Technocrat13, lumpley, Dev.

12/30/2004 Christopher Weeks: [DitV] Accomplishments
The book presents the only kind of improper accomplishments that a player can come up with as ones that invalidate the whole "dogness" (or survival) of the character. Is that…
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Participants: Christopher Weeks, Nick Pagnucco, Technocrat13, jasonm, Spooky Fanboy, lumpley, nikola.

1/2/2005 Yokiboy: Web Site Status?
Hey Vincent, What's the status of your Web site? The entire www.septemberquestion.org site is currently offline. TTFN, Yokiboy
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Participants: Yokiboy, lumpley, nikola, Emily Care.

1/3/2005 Lxndr: Dice
How many 4 siders, 6 siders, 8 siders, and ten siders would you suggest I have if I wanted to supply a full group of (say) 4 + myself, out…
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Participants: Lxndr, Paka, nikola.

1/8/2005 Christopher Weeks: [DitV] Automatic NPC generation
I know it doesn't take forever and it isn't rocket science, but I cooked up an Excel spreadsheet that generates a batch of six NPCs as per Vincent's instructions in…
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Participants: Christopher Weeks, lumpley.

1/8/2005 jasonm: Polygamy Primer
The Utah Attorney General has published an interesting PDF on modern polygamy, intended for responders to domestic abuse. http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/polygamy/The_Primer.pdf The glossary, section on characteristics and practices, and barriers to leaving…
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Participants: jasonm, nikola.

1/9/2005 Sean: Examples of Skilled Play in Conflict Resolution
Hi all - I am definitely enjoying reading this game. I also groove on the gradual working in of dice to the narration of conflicts, and of course on the…
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Participants: Sean, Yokiboy, Piers Brown, Harlequin, lumpley, nikola, Tim Alexander.

1/9/2005 Wolfen: Dogs, Post-Apocalypse
Hey all, So my gaming group is about to start a DitV game, but rather than canon setting, we're playing in a Post Apocalyptic setting. This is mainly due mostly…
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Participants: Wolfen, nikola, pasoliati, Lxndr.

1/10/2005 Tim Alexander: One-shot Dogs w/limited time.
Hey Folks, I'm looking for suggestions on how people would run a Dogs one-shot given that you have a time window of maybe 2-3 hours of play available. Basically a…
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Participants: Tim Alexander, lumpley.

1/11/2005 matthijs: [DitV] Escalating during Accomplishment?
We're testing out chargen. Monica's playing Jane, who wants to Accomplish overcoming her distrust of parents, people and God. I'm the GM. Pivotal moment: Jane and her mentor Steward are…
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Participants: matthijs, lumpley.

1/18/2005 Negilent: Dogs in the Back Yards
[b]Dogs in the Concrete Jungle.[/b] You are a crack DEA undercover team. You infiltrate the worst criminal gangs in a covert game of trust and lies. You have only your…
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Participants: Negilent, Trevis Martin, Yokiboy, lumpley.

1/18/2005 ScottM: [General theory] How RPG rules work
Vincent began an interesting discussion on his blog, here about how RPG rules work. He laid out his premises…
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Participants: ScottM, pfischer, Bankuei, lumpley.

1/20/2005 rafial: DitV wins Outie
The King of Life (and Ken Hite) have smiled upon DitV, giving it the Best RPG Outie for 2004. Congrats Vincent!
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Participants: rafial, inthisstyle, Ben Lehman, Yokiboy, Mike Holmes, Bob Goat, lumpley, Ron Edwards, Paka, beingfrank, nikola, Wolfen, ScottM.

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