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12/20/2005 Dev: Questions from recent play
First, the more mechanical questions that came out of the system. (1) Conflicts without clear opposition: the 1st ed. text seemed to say this is a flat 4d6 + Demonic…
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Participants: Dev, Vaxalon, Warren.

12/17/2005 Particle_Man: Getting "udner the hood" of Sins and acts of Pride.
I am looking at Dogs in the Vinyard, trying to figure out *why* certain sins and acts of pride are such (apart from "Because it says so"). Here is what…
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Participants: Particle_Man, lumpley, Vaxalon.

12/16/2005 James Holloway: Multiple relationships at once?
So let's say I have multiple relevant relationships in a contest -- for instance, I have a relationship with my brother for 2d6, and I find that he's sleeping with…
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Participants: James Holloway, Vaxalon, Ben Lehman, lumpley.

12/16/2005 jrs: [DitV] Trinity Dogleg Branch, LONG
Here's the first town I developed for our group's run of Dogs.  These are my notes that I wrote up before play.  The set-up included the Dogs noticing they carried…
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Participants: jrs, Brendan.

12/14/2005 Call Me Curly: [DitV] town of Hard River Crossing
Here's the town of Hard River Crossing: http://callmecurly.blogspot.com/2005/12/hard-river-crossing.html Enjoy! Critique!
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Participants: Call Me Curly, jasonm, Warren, coffeestain.

12/13/2005 Brian Newman: [DITV] Where do the Dogs sleep while in town?
I'm running tonight and I just realized this.  Some towns take more than one day for the Dogs to resolve, or they stay and help with chores and what not.…
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Participants: Brian Newman, Paka, Vaxalon, Wolfen, Brand_Robins.

12/13/2005 Transit: DitV - Interesting online resource - Bancrofts History of Utah 1540-1886
I was doing some online research while working on a DitV town, and found this.  It's an online copy of a Utah history book written in 1889.  It seems like…
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Participants: Transit.

12/12/2005 Levi Kornelsen: Building a Tempted Dog
So, chatting with my players about "what this game is about", in preparation for making characters, a question came up. One of my players was curious about demons.  Specifically, he…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, coffeestain, Andrew Morris, nikola, Vaxalon, Pol Jackson, Aman the Rejected, Lxndr.

12/11/2005 Parsolamew: Christ figure in Dogs
Okay, this is mostly a question for Vincent, and as such I realize it'll be some time before it gets answered.  Just had a thought/town idea or two based on…
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Participants: Parsolamew, Vaxalon, Eero Tuovinen, Levi Kornelsen, Ethesis, Sydney Freedberg, Danny_K, Dev.

12/10/2005 Levi Kornelsen: Collecting Towns
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…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, cpeterso, Technocrat13, Brendan, Calithena, Warren, 14thWarrior, xjermx, James Holloway, Transit, JMendes, Doyce, foucalt, lumpley, epweissengruber, Mark D. Eddy, oliof, Willow, memolith, Tindalos, lachek, Noclue, Peturabo.

12/9/2005 lumpley: I'm going to be quiet for a bit...
...On account of having a new baby! Tovey Lynn Baker But you all are doing awesome with the forum here, I have no fear for its sake. Carry on! -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Levi Kornelsen, Technocrat13, Eric Minton, Andrew Morris, Brand_Robins, Parsolamew, Keith Senkowski, Blankshield, Tindalos, Gaerik, jasonm, zornwil.

12/9/2005 Judaicdiablo: [DitV] Firefly Setting Doc and Proto NPC Generator
Hey All,     I have just put up a quick web page with my Firefly in the Verse setting document and my Proto NPC (Town) Generator. http://www.fusionofthought.com/fitv/index.htm Exact contents…
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Participants: Judaicdiablo.

12/8/2005 Everspinner: Fallout traits as stakes?
Hello Here´s another stupid question that I am trying to find an answer to before it comes up in play. What if the stakes in a conflict have a long-lasting…
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Participants: Everspinner, demiurgeastaroth, Vaxalon, Brian Newman, Andrew Morris, John Harper, Joshua BishopRoby, nikola.

12/8/2005 rvowles: Questions hard to search for
Hi all, I just purchased Dogs (3 days ago??) and today a friend of mine and I played through the creation of his character, I needed to understand the system…
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Participants: rvowles, Andrew Morris, Brand_Robins, Ice Cream Emperor, Brian Newman, Marhault, jasonm, Simon Kamber.

12/7/2005 Levi Kornelsen: Live Dogs
Several friends of mine, having heard the basic premise for Dogs in the Vineyard, have told me that they'd love to see it run as a live-action game. Has this…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, Blankshield, Ice Cream Emperor, Brendan, Graham Walmsley.

12/6/2005 Neal: [DitV] Yellow Clay: My first attempt at a very "simple" town.
I mentioned somewhere else that I wanted to try running two fairly simple towns during my next session (tonight), rather than running one convoluted, overpopulated, snarled town, as I've been…
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Participants: Neal, Tindalos, Jason Newquist, avram.

12/6/2005 Dev: [Dogs] Hurting third-parties in a confict
Is there a recommended way to frame conflicts where there's a chance of harm to be done/prevented by a third party? Examples: Lous tries to shoot up Mark. How…
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Participants: Dev, Joshua BishopRoby, lumpley, avram, cpeterso, Particle_Man, nikola, Warren, Vaxalon, Brendan, Simon Kamber.

12/6/2005 Dev: Dogs: A new crew, and New Dust Creek
I recently started up a new game of Dogs with a veritable dreamteam of local friends/players. We've had two sessions so far, one for character creation and one for our…
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Participants: Dev, Danny_K, ScottM, rrr.

12/6/2005 Jason Newquist: [DitV] "...without resorting to violence."
So, one of the players in my game wanted to play an accomplishment with stakes, "Do I solve a problem without resorting to violence."  Right out of the book. And…
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Participants: Jason Newquist, Neal, James Holloway, Vaxalon, Warren, oliof, TonyLB, lumpley, Brand_Robins, Brian Newman, Simon Kamber.

12/5/2005 Neal: Crystalline: Help with a Branch
For my next session of DitV, I'm trying to simplify.  My last outing contained a lot of NPCs, and I want to see if I can get more bang for…
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Participants: Neal, jasonm, Brendan, Transit, Dev, Danny_K, Valamir, Levi Kornelsen, demiurgeastaroth.

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12/25/2005 Levi Kornelsen: A tentative rules structure for a Live Dogs game [Warning: Long]
Because these rules might wander into the general area of being, by it's very nature and the number of points of similarity, partly or wholly Vincent's property, I'm putting it…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, WhiteRat, Warren, Simon Kamber, Graham Walmsley, ladylakira.

12/30/2005 Bret Gillan: [DitV] Cornfield Branch
Hey folks. First town. Wrote it up when I should have been working. I wanted a one-session town that went all the way to Hate and Murder. Not sure if…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, Levi Kornelsen, Warren, ubergeek2012, jasonm, Arturo G..

1/2/2006 Michi: [DitV] First actual play - and several questions
I had my first GMing session of my new and shiny Dogs in the Vineyard on new year's eve; with Stefan and Susanne, both of whom are seasoned gamers leaning…
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Participants: Michi, Parsolamew, James Holloway, demiurgeastaroth, SusanneV, Warren, Brendan, jasonm.

1/3/2006 Graham Walmsley: Fir Tree Branch
There was a thread a while ago called <a href="http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=17717.0">Holidays</a>. It got me thinking and this town is the result. I'm thinking of running it later this week. Could I…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, Vaxalon, Everspinner, jasonm, Andrew Morris, daHob.

1/3/2006 Rossum: [DitV] Sutter's Mill Branch
I'm doing this a little backwards- I ran the PCs through this town a few weeks ago, and am using this post as means to jumpstart my brain for tonight's…
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Participants: Rossum, lumpley.

1/3/2006 lumpley: Low-key towns for new players?
[quote author=Rossum link=topic=18217.msg192465#msg192465 date=1136322670] I specifically did not want to ramp up all the way to Hate and Murder. This was the first town (and the first game) for this…
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Participants: lumpley, Brand_Robins, Levi Kornelsen, Technocrat13, Arturo G., chriscrouch, Andrew Morris, Iskander, Rossum, Frank T.

1/4/2006 chriscrouch: [DitV] Some questions after our first time
I recently ran DitV for a group of friends - the first time playing for all of us. We had a bunch of rules questions come up, and a few…
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Participants: chriscrouch, Brand_Robins, Vaxalon, lumpley.

1/4/2006 lumpley: Sorcery and the Supernatural Dial
[quote author=Iskander link=topic=18218.msg192569#msg192569 date=1136389143] For me (running my first, a one-shot), the limiting factor was that it seemed that right after [i]False Doctrine[/i], you're getting into [i]Sorcery[/i], and are immediately…
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Participants: lumpley, Iskander, Levi Kornelsen, Brand_Robins, Vaxalon, Warren.

1/6/2006 TheHappyAnarchist: I see no stick for this
It seems odd, but maybe it just comes up in whatever thread. I just got this game for christmas (thank you secret satan from RPG.net!!!) This game is truly revolutionary,…
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Participants: TheHappyAnarchist, Andrew Morris, Brand_Robins, lumpley, Levi Kornelsen.

1/6/2006 Uruush: DitV - FindPlay
Hey, I've been lurking here for about a year, but I just registered and this is my first post.  Likely in the wrong location, but there you go. Basically I…
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Participants: Uruush, TheHappyAnarchist, Brendan, Matthew Glover.

1/8/2006 zornwil: Alternate Setting Idea - A Hybrid with America in the '50s
I'm a new poster here, bought DitV a few months ago (at GenCon), and finally about to GM next weekend, very excited and looking forward to it.  In the next…
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Participants: zornwil, Everspinner.

1/8/2006 oliof: [DitV] Clover Fields Branch
Hello, this is my first try at a self-written branch, which I am going to play this afternoon Clover Fields Branch Clover Fields is a prospering, big Congregation not far…
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Participants: oliof.

1/9/2006 coffeestain: One shots for new players
So, I'm having a really hard time getting new players (new, as in new to DitV and new to this style of gaming) through character creation and a town in…
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Participants: coffeestain, Warren, Vaxalon, oliof, Technocrat13, lumpley, Graham Walmsley.

1/9/2006 agony: Couple of Rules questions
Just started playing Dogs and ran my first session the other night which proved rather successful and enjoyable for everyone involved. However, a couple questions have arisen during play: When…
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Participants: agony, coffeestain, Vaxalon, lumpley, TheHappyAnarchist, demiurgeastaroth.

1/9/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Scorched Earth in Crystalline
Yikes! Played this town last night - and my players ate it alive.  I kept Caedmon alive and and Heloise be sacrificed, as the tweaks I used. On the road…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, coffeestain, lumpley.

1/9/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Fallout for improvised helpers?
I had a kind of running gunfight in my game last night, and ran it a little differently.  I'm aware that this doesn't fit the rules as written quite right,…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, lumpley, TheHappyAnarchist, Julian.

1/10/2006 Everspinner: [Dogs of Fortune*] Alternate setting for Everway
(* If this sounds too mercenary, I could go with "Dogs in the 'Way".) This is to be a multi-part post. This first post deals with background and basic character…
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Participants: Everspinner.

1/10/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Building towards Live Dogs - Opening the Parlour
Okay.  So, my current playgroup is quite interested in taking the game Live-Action...  However. Actually, a whole lot of "however".  The biggest two are that out model for play will…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen.

1/11/2006 Fortinbras: [DitV] Flat Rock Branch
Okay, here goes.  This is my first real attempt at using the town creation rules, and I was hoping to create something that would work as a first town for…
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Participants: Fortinbras, Levi Kornelsen.

1/11/2006 xternal: Selling new players?
[quote author=coffeestain link=topic=18275.msg193071#msg193071 date=1136814661] So, I'm having a really hard time getting new players (new, as in new to DitV and new to this style of gaming) through character creation…
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Participants: xternal, lumpley, Wolfen, Andrew Morris, TonyLB, coffeestain, Levi Kornelsen, Brendan, Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, Blankshield, Bankuei, oliof, Frank T, TheHappyAnarchist, Yokiboy, Iskander, Paka.

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