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3/22/2005 Eric Minton: [DitV] Stillwater Branch
Here's my first town, which I hope to have ready for Thursday's game. I'd originally planned to have it stop at Sin and Demonic Attacks, but it kind of spiraled…
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Participants: Eric Minton, Wolfen, ScottM, TonyLB, jasonm, lumpley, Hello Sailor.

3/21/2005 Lxndr: Scattered Random Questions About DitV
1. A reading of the text suggests that all participants in a conflict should be defined at the outset (and thus, no additional participants joining during the conflict). Is that…
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Participants: Lxndr, lumpley, Wolfen, Simon Kamber, beingfrank.

3/20/2005 LordSmerf: [DitV] Blue Skies
We have two Dogs written and initiated. That was last session, and it was fun. We didn't get to a Town. We play Monday, here's what I've got. If you're…
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Participants: LordSmerf, Doug Ruff, Wolfen, Eric Minton.

3/16/2005 Eric Minton: [DitV] My Amber group tries character creation
I’m finally getting a chance to run Dogs, yay! We went through character creation last night, and we should get to play the first town next week. I met David,…
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Participants: Eric Minton, Wolfen.

3/15/2005 Paka: Bridal Falls City
I've been thinking about a new city for first-time Dogs players and a possible town for a one-shot I might run in a few weeks. I got thinkin' big but…
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Participants: Paka, Wolfen, beingfrank, Stigg.

3/13/2005 Roger Eberhart: Anyone from Long Beach or OC, California?
I've been itching to try DitV, but the group I play with now is lucky if we can get together once a month. I thought I'd try a long shot…
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Participants: Roger Eberhart, Brand_Robins, mataglap.

3/13/2005 whytcrow: [DitV] Police procedurals
I was introduced to DitV by a friend today and rather liked it. We enforced justice (well, enforced that we were the only ones allowed to enforce justice), banished demons…
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Participants: whytcrow, Wolfen, Paka, TonyLB, Tobias, beingfrank.

3/11/2005 John Harper: Dogs on the Desktop
I had a few spare hours at work the other day, so I put together a desktop image for DitV. You can grab it here: http://www.shootingiron.com/dogs/dogs_1280.jpg It's ironic that a…
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Participants: John Harper, Paka, jporrett, Andrew Morris, lumpley, apparition13, Karasu, demiurgeastaroth, Iskander, Technocrat13, Everspinner, Neal, dazzler96, Ben Lehman.

3/11/2005 Tobias: [DitV] Augurann - a medieval setting (YGADesque)
All, YGAD has been written as DitV setting. Renamed Augurann to be a bit more distinct. Enjoy, comments welcome, I hope to play it once the hectic life I'm living…
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Participants: Tobias, lumpley, Valamir, daMoose_Neo.

3/2/2005 coxcomb: Dogs summary for the reading impaired?
So I've convinced my group that playing a couple of sessions of Dogs will be a good thing in preparation for playtesting my own current project. I think (from reading…
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Participants: coxcomb, Dev, lumpley.

3/1/2005 lumpley: Interview at Primeval Press
[url=http://primevalpress.com/articles/interviews/baker]Primeval Games Press Designer Interview: Vincent Baker[/url] So that's fun. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Wolfen, Paka, Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson, nikola, John Burdick, Emily Care, Jonathan Walton, pete_darby.

2/28/2005 Andrew Morris: [The Nighttime Animals Save the World] Rules questions
I'm planning on playing Nighttime Animals once the weather gets nicer. But, after reading the rules again, I have a few questions I'd like to clear up first. 1) Can…
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Participants: Andrew Morris, lumpley.

2/25/2005 Solamasa: Washing the blood off our hands
I was struggling this morning with how best to memorialize the end of our Dogs in the Vineyard game. A memorial was surely justified, I reasoned, as last night's session…
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Participants: Solamasa, xenopulse, nikola, lumpley, ironick, LordSmerf, urbwar, Valamir, Bankuei, FruitSmack!.

2/24/2005 HOT: Dogs - Our first game
This isn't really an actual play, as I don't have all the details of the other characters and setting. It's more of an "first impressions" post. I hope Matthijs can…
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Participants: HOT, lumpley, matthijs, nikola, Roger Eberhart.

2/20/2005 rayblayxxx: killing puppies for satan
you are not killing puppies for satan--you are killing puppies for your own sick, warped mind--Get a life you jerk--San Quentin is where you belong-You are one of them low-…
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Participants: rayblayxxx, Ron Edwards, nikola, Clinton R. Nixon, Leningrad, Wolfen, ejh, joshua neff, Chris Geisel, Brand_Robins, Bret Gillan, lumpley, jrs, quozl, Miskatonic.

2/18/2005 lumpley: My Sad, Down Website
Yes, it's down, it's not just you. It does this sometimes. I don't know when it will be back. Soon, I'm sure! Pretty sure. Meanwhile we can have conversations here,…
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Participants: lumpley, Clinton R. Nixon, xenopulse, pfischer.

2/15/2005 Vaxalon: Dog in the Vineyard
Has anyone ever played Dogs 1-1? How does it work for solo play?
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Participants: Vaxalon, Paka, nikola, Wolfen, TonyLB.

2/15/2005 Paka: Regarding Accomplishments
I really dig this part of the game and I wanted to write a post about what I try to do with 'em when I run Dogs. 1) Have a…
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Participants: Paka.

2/15/2005 Vaxalon: Not understanding ceremony
I'm not understanding the role of ceremony in Dogs. Sorcerers, demons, the possessed, and the souls of the Faithful can’t ignore ceremony performed with authority. That means that when your…
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Participants: Vaxalon, inky, Brand_Robins, lumpley, TonyLB.

2/14/2005 Paka: Dogs in the Convention Hall & Post Game Chat
I think I will be able to create characters and run 'em through a town in under 4 hours. I tried to test my theory this weekend when I ran…
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Participants: Paka, Wolfen, Negilent, Michael S. Miller, lumpley, nikola, Tim Alexander.

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3/23/2005 chris_moore: OtherJedi dark force dice
Okay, so my friend Michael is planning to run a Jedi game using a variant of the basic Otherkind dice categories. The four categories are "Do" (there is no try),…
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Participants: chris_moore, lumpley.

3/23/2005 Eric Minton: [DitV] Contradicting Doctrine
What happens if the Dogs take an action that directly contradicts the teachings of the Faith? What if they dedicate Sister Rachel as the town Steward, or marry Brother Thomas…
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Participants: Eric Minton, Paka, MikeSands, Wolfen, Valamir, Brand_Robins, nikola, The_Tim, Simon Kamber, TonyLB, Ron Edwards.

3/24/2005 sirogit: [DitV]Why must Escalation be met?
Hello, Just bought the Dogs in the Vineyard book and let me tell you I am 100% wowed. For starters its the first book that ever convinced me of the…
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Participants: sirogit, Tobias, TonyLB, nikola, lumpley.

3/24/2005 Betsi-G: [DitV] Difficulties with demonic attacks
Brendan, Matt, Alisanne, if you're reading this, you might want to stop here. I'm plotting. Don't feel you have to, I guess, but you will have prior knowledge when I…
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Participants: Betsi-G, lumpley, Christopher Weeks, nikola, joshua neff, Wolfen.

3/24/2005 Betsi-G: [DitV] More rotating-GM info, thoughts, etc
As you may know, my group of DitV is playing on a rotating-GM basis. (Vincent, apparently, is following this avidly! *grin*) Since it seems to be of interest, and since,…
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Participants: Betsi-G, BrendanC, immlass, Wolfen, lupis42.

3/25/2005 FlamingMoose: [DitV]Oakview Branch, first try
I just got my Dogs in the Vineyard pdf earlier this week, and I'm hankering to try it out this weekend. I got some friends excited too, thanks to Kit's…
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Participants: FlamingMoose, nikola, Betsi-G, Eric Minton, BrendanC, lumpley, xenopulse, Wolfen.

3/25/2005 immlass: [DitV] Mob Rule
Last night, the Dogs rolled into the town of Cut'n'Shoot and found themselves in the middle of a lynching, with four Dogs talking, and then shoving and eventually punching, Bros.…
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Participants: immlass, xenopulse, Wolfen, Simon Kamber, TonyLB, Doug Ruff.

3/25/2005 MCroft: [DitV] Questions about Escalation
If a conflict is escalated and the action does not obviously affect anyone but does advance one side's goal, how do we determine who has to see it? If a…
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Participants: MCroft, TonyLB, Simon Kamber, avram, nikola, Wolfen, lumpley.

3/25/2005 MCroft: [DitV] Questions about Helping
Helping seems to change the balance of power pretty significantly. Can more than one person help the same see? Can you help a see when you also have to see…
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Participants: MCroft, Simon Kamber, TonyLB, nikola, xenopulse.

3/25/2005 Lord_Steelhand: Odd Man Out
Has anyone noticed a trend in DitV with your players that one player, not always the same one, will play a Dog who doesn't beleive, or who is dubious about…
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Participants: Lord_Steelhand, Simon Kamber, Wolfen, nikola.

3/25/2005 BrendanC: Help with a town name
I was going to ask for help with my town in general, but I had a bit of a brainstorm just now and got it worked out to my satisfaction.…
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Participants: BrendanC, TonyLB, nikola, Simon W.

3/26/2005 Jason Newquist: [DitV] Are NPCs like Safes?
You know the clue-in-the-safe example Vincent uses when he's talking about Task Resolution vs. Conflict Resolution, where the PCs are trying to find the clue, and it doesn't matter if…
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Participants: Jason Newquist, Bankuei, Wolfen, TonyLB, Valamir.

3/26/2005 Trevis Martin: [DitV] Kings Rock
Okay so we played Dogs earlier tonight. At first I was gonna run one of the great towns that someone else made up. It was a busy day and I…
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Participants: Trevis Martin.

3/29/2005 bcook1971: [DitV] One-shot Prep
Hello. I finished reading the last third of the rulebook over the last two days. Getting my head around the much vaunted town creation rules stretched my mind a bit.…
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Participants: bcook1971, Trevis Martin, FlamingMoose.

3/29/2005 BrendanC: [DitV] Player power vs. Character power
The background to this was in this thread. I wanted to follow up with some comments, but I thought it was better to split this off into its own thread.…
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Participants: BrendanC, Lxndr, lumpley, Valamir.

3/30/2005 lumpley: Dogs: A Big GM Advice
As GM, you get to help establish stakes. If your player says "what's at stake is this" you can say "no, I don't dig that, how about what's at stake…
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Participants: lumpley, TonyLB, bcook1971, Wolfen, Bankuei, Betsi-G.

3/30/2005 BrendanC: [DitV] Shadetree Branch - final touches
I've been working on my town for tonight's game, and I'm pretty happy, but feel that there's something still missing. If anyone from my game is reading, stop now. ------------------------------------…
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Participants: BrendanC.

3/31/2005 sirogit: My DitV game
Just finished the first session of a new DitV game and I have to say it went great. The set up's a little unusual. Because both me and my brother…
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Participants: sirogit, ScottM.

3/31/2005 Ul: [DitV] A small town for first time players
Hi, here is a small town I have created for my first time as GM in Dogs, I recieved the package Wednesday and after a very sleepless night where I…
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Participants: Ul, TonyLB, joshua neff, Simon Kamber, Warren, daftnewt, Caesar_X.

3/31/2005 Simon Kamber: [DitV]Proto-NPCs?
Just got my hands on the dogs book today (yay!), and reading through it, I've come across something I don't quite understand. As far as I understand it, the rules…
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Participants: Simon Kamber, Doug Ruff, sirogit, TonyLB, nikola, kaeru.

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