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9/25/2005 Nev the Deranged: Jedi in the Vineyard
[quote][quote] what kinds of changes aside from Lightsabers instead of guns did you make? What kind of principles are the Jedi sworn to uphold, and what authority do they act…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Charles Nicholls, nikola, lumpley, John Harper.

9/24/2005 Nev the Deranged: Couple questions
Okay, so I finally got to actually play some Dogs tonight. Just an Initiation, but she's psyched to get a group together so it just might happen. I posted about…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, nikola.

9/23/2005 Judaicdiablo: Ceremony in Firefly in the Vineyard
There are 3 guiding principles to the Firefly in the Vineyard setting.  You may interpret them as you like. “A captain's goal was simple: find a crew, find a job,…
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Participants: Judaicdiablo, nikola, IMAGinES, Everspinner, John Harper, Frank T, lumpley, philaros.

9/22/2005 Ignotus: [Alternate Setting] Thunder in the Vineyard
DitV – Thunder in the Vineyard “They who give straight judgements to strangers and to the men of the land, and go not aside from what is just, their city…
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Participants: Ignotus, Brand_Robins, John Harper.

9/19/2005 Sydney Freedberg: Alternative settings - why racist Dogs break the game
People have lots of fun pondering alternative settings for Dogs in the Vineyard, and given that the Faith in the game-as-written is quite deliberately at odds with modern, Western, liberal…
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Participants: Sydney Freedberg, nikola, TonyLB, Spooky Fanboy, Ben Lehman, Tobias, lumpley, John Harper, Wolfen, IMAGinES, Frank T, Vaxalon, JasperN., Sean, Iskander.

9/18/2005 Spooky Fanboy: Wacky alternate setting idea from RPGnet
I stumbled across this in an RPGnet thread about, of all things, Mage: the Awakening. Bruce Baugh dropped the original idea seed. I chimed in about how DitV would be…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, jasonm, Vaxalon.

9/17/2005 Miskatonic: [DitV] Mormonism and drugs
So, as I understand it, Mormonism has a complete taboo on drugs, including "smart drugs" like caffeine. And drugs, of course, are bad because they alter your judgment. Gamers routinely…
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Participants: Miskatonic, Adam Dray, Meguey, TonyLB, Vaxalon, lumpley, Brand_Robins, nikola.

9/16/2005 David Laurence: (DitV) Two Rivers Branch
I also posted this over on RPGnet, and got some very useful comments from Judd there (incorporated below), but just for the sake of lots of people seeing it: I'm…
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Participants: David Laurence, ScottM.

9/15/2005 GB Steve: The Devil is in the Details
With all the Dogs games I've run, Fort Lemon 5(ish) times + Buffalo Run, and in the game I played (I forget the name of the town), much of the…
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Participants: GB Steve, TonyLB, Meguey, Blankshield, Frank T, jasonm, Andrew Morris, ptikachu, rrr, Miskatonic.

9/15/2005 thrall: Conflict questions: fighting over weapons, escalating to see
I just ran my first Dogs game ever (a one shot), and loved it. The actual play is/will be here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16837.0 We came across a couple questions about conflicts that…
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Participants: thrall, DamienNeil, Frank T, Sean, lumpley.

9/15/2005 TickTock Man: DitV: Applying Relationships
Greetings! I have a quick question on relationships in DitV.  This is a hypothetical but could come into play depending on the feedback I receive.  Given a game of Dogs…
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Participants: TickTock Man, Blankshield, cdr, Nev the Deranged, philaros, nikola, lumpley, Ignotus.

9/14/2005 mrlost: Looking for more advice on DitV
Hi, I'm a longtime GM whose part of a group which has been playing Dogs troup GM style (i.e. we switch GMs every few sessions) and next week its going…
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Participants: mrlost, TonyLB, DamienNeil.

9/14/2005 Charles Nicholls: [DitV] Internal Conflicts
The other night, Fi (my lovely wife) and I worked through a character creation session for a Star Wars variant of Dogs.  It went fairly smoothly.  The character accomplishment raised…
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Participants: Charles Nicholls, lumpley, Nev the Deranged.

9/14/2005 TickTock Man: Developing Ceremonies in Alternate Settings
Greetings! I am pretty new to DitV though I have played a little bit in the Dogs setting, and in a Lovecraftian setting I am working on.  I have a…
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Participants: TickTock Man, lumpley, Blankshield, cdr, nikola, DamienNeil, Ignotus.

9/13/2005 Ignotus: The Branch at Scutter's Folly
I'm busy gearing up to run DitV for the first time.  I met Vince at Gencon briefly (I played in a DitV demo with some friends), and he suggested I…
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Participants: Ignotus, DamienNeil, Trevis Martin, Andrew Morris, lumpley.

9/13/2005 two_fishes: [DitV] Longview Branch
I made and ran my first Dogs game the other day. It went well, but I could have made it better. I thought I'd post the town. Victor wrote in…
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Participants: two_fishes.

9/13/2005 lumpley: Swords for Guns?
[quote author=Falc link=topic=16743.msg178443#msg178443 date=1126622081] I must say, it's indeed a bit unclear that the actual final step of escalation is weapons of any kind, and not just guns. That's not…
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Participants: lumpley, Falc, DamienNeil, Sean, nikola, Sydney Freedberg, cdr, epweissengruber, Trevis Martin.

9/10/2005 Spooky Fanboy: Regulators in the Neo-Utopia (alternate setting)
[b]Now[/b] I have the PDF, soon to be the official PDF with the upgraded rules. I will play this game as is, post-haste, I promise, so as to get a…
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, lumpley.

9/9/2005 Spooky Fanboy: Just to be sure:
The PDF contains all the new rules you mentioned in the Forums, right?
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Participants: Spooky Fanboy, lumpley.

9/7/2005 mrlost: How do ceremonies work?
What are the purpose of ceremonies? Please clarify how they function in game? Are they supposed to counter Demonic Influence, and how do they modify fallout?
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Participants: mrlost, nikola, GB Steve, Eero Tuovinen, lumpley, TonyLB.

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9/26/2005 Frank T: The problem with low-key towns
I ran my second game of DitV yesterday (report on the previous here). I had about 5 minutes to prepare, so I just randomly picked one of the branches from…
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Participants: Frank T, lumpley, Technocrat13, TonyLB, James Holloway, Brand_Robins, Vaxalon.

9/26/2005 Nev the Deranged: When/who decides when a Town is done?
It occurred to me to wonder what happens if the Dogs decide their work here is done... but still leave the Town in sin, according to the Faith. Like, I've…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, nikola, lumpley.

9/27/2005 Judaicdiablo: [DitV] Firefly in the Verse Session 0
I just posted Session 0 of Firefly in the Vineyard over in Actual Play.  Here is the link. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16975.0 --Brandon
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Participants: Judaicdiablo.

9/28/2005 Nathan P.: [DitV] Half and half
First Half: ...I'm not gonna lie, I think this is really funny. Second Half: I had an interesting conversation last week when my group was deciding which of…
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Participants: Nathan P., lumpley, Judaicdiablo, John Burdick, Vaxalon, IMAGinES, Particle_Man.

9/28/2005 Judaicdiablo: [DitV] Wounded: Alternate Trait Suggestion
in a previous post Vincent clarified the Fallout rules to indicate that "death" really means out of the story since not all fallout is physical.  Our group is going to…
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Participants: Judaicdiablo, rafial, rrr, Ben Lehman, lumpley.

9/28/2005 Jonas Karlsson: Help on convention scenario prep
Hello all, I'm prepping a town for a Swedish convention in the beginning of November, for a scenario I've called "The unfaithful in Paradise Rock". I want to spread some…
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Participants: Jonas Karlsson, Munkholt, lumpley, olleolleolle.

9/29/2005 Nev the Deranged: Question about Dogs other duties
Listed among the Dogs duties is carrying mail, news, and dissemination of new interpretation of scripture. Has anybody actually used these as part of a Dogs game? Also, these somewhat…
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Participants: Nev the Deranged, Andrew Morris, lumpley, Ben Lehman, Wolfen, jrs, ironick, Vaxalon, olleolleolle, jasonm, nikola.

9/30/2005 Vaxalon: Relationships die?
I've got a character who has a relationship that's basically an old romantic affair that has been cut off, years ago.  I'm thinking it would be appropriate to represent that…
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Participants: Vaxalon, lumpley.

10/1/2005 Judaicdiablo: Serenity is what Firefly in the 'Verse should be
Hi,   If this thread isn't appropriate, please kill it or let me know.  Anyhow, I just want to encourage everyone out there to go to Serenity (like I really…
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Participants: Judaicdiablo, hix, John Harper, ivan23, lumpley, kanseg, tonyd, rafial, nikola.

10/2/2005 lumpley: Serenity Policy
THE LUMPLEY GAMES FORUM SERENITY POLICY Discussing Serenity is, as you'd guess, on-topic for this forum. However, it's impossible to discuss a movie without casually revealing details of what happens…
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Participants: lumpley.

10/2/2005 Particle_Man: On removing homosexuality and violating gender roles as sins...
I have looked over the infamous "Racist Nazi Dogs" thread and want a DotV game in which homosexual relations are not sinful and in which women are not limited to…
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Participants: Particle_Man, lumpley, Darcy Burgess, TonyLB, Ron Edwards, ejh, Eero Tuovinen, Bankuei, demiurgeastaroth, James Holloway.

10/2/2005 Graham Walmsley: [DitV] Willow Tree Branch
I ran Dogs for the first time tonight, with two players: my brother, who hasn't played RPGs for years, and my LARP friend Rachel. The town was a variation on…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley.

10/3/2005 IMAGinES: [DitV] A Pair of Branches
As mentioned in the Dogs in the Voice Chat thread over in Actual Play, I'm planning to run some Dogs in the Vineyard for my wife and a good friend.…
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Participants: IMAGinES, lumpley, oliof.

10/3/2005 Vaxalon: [DitV] Intro to the town of Lookout Pine - any comments?
I'm going to be running DitV over IRC tonight, and I want to put the initial scene-setting up for your critique. The road to Lookout Pine runs through some very…
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Participants: Vaxalon, lumpley, Meguey, Nev the Deranged.

10/4/2005 Rustin: [DitV] Cedar Hollow - What can't you set stakes on?
[center]Background[/center] First time playing. I tried to keep this town simple with only three instances of sinful progression.  I had the ethical dilemmas revolve around --not conflicting NPC agendas exactly,…
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Participants: Rustin, PorterO, lumpley.

10/4/2005 foucalt: [DitV] Comprehensive Alternate Setting Thread...
Hi all - I'm relatively new to the forge, and definitely new to DitV. I bought DitV, and really want to play it, but one of my key players (in…
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Participants: foucalt, lumpley, Andrew Morris, Sydney Freedberg, Tobias, Joshua BishopRoby, hix, oliof, Everspinner, Particle_Man, Eynowd, TheHappyAnarchist, BollaertN, Jalathas, ElliottBelser MKII, Mr. Sluagh, oreso, Gugliandalf, Taltos, Pelgrane, Dustin of the Dead, Eliarhiman6, lachek, Filip Luszczyk, SavageInOz, Levi Kornelsen, gorckat, dyreno, cra2, Warren, Solarsaurus, knicknevin, Gareth_Lazelle, Maestro.

10/4/2005 chris_moore: taking the blow
Does "taking the blow" mean that you lose the conflict stakes and get fallout, or are they separate things?
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Participants: chris_moore, James Holloway, Vaxalon, Jonas Karlsson, Eero Tuovinen, lumpley, bcook1971, dunlaing.

10/5/2005 Frank T: Accomplishment Problem
Here’s one problem I've had repeatedly running Accomplishments. It’s especially sorry because the Accomplishment should, imo, present the genius resolution mechanic to its best instead of making it seem awkward…
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Participants: Frank T, lumpley, Falc.

10/5/2005 Falc: Alternate setting: Troubleshooters in Alpha Complex?
Okay, I read the alternate settings listing and this just struck me. For those of you that don't get the reference... erm, well, you need to go play Paranoia 'cause…
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Participants: Falc, Jonas Karlsson, Graham Walmsley.

10/6/2005 Technocrat13: [DitV] Creating PCs for Convention-run towns.
I'll be attending MACE in November and running two sessions of DitV while I'm there.  What's running through my head right now is how much, if any, character generation can…
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Participants: Technocrat13, jasonm, lumpley, Doug Ruff, Adam Dray, Paka, Frank T.

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