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1/16/2006 oliof: Giving a Talk about Dogs in the Vineyard
Hi there, I will be giving a talk about Dogs in the Vineyards next weekend at FROST, a convention in southern germany. To be more precise, I'll be the co-host…
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Participants: oliof, Frank T, lumpley, cdr.

1/16/2006 Arturo G.: [DitV] Second try with Cornfield Branch
Ok! My second try with Cornfield Branch. Three players. All of them new to DitV (1 hour to create the characters, and 3 hours of play). This time the…
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Participants: Arturo G., Bret Gillan.

1/16/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: Updating towns?
So, my pack of Dogs has only made it through half a town so far, so I'm not expecting this to come up any time soon, but it's been worrying…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, lumpley.

1/15/2006 jlarke: [DITV] Unlurk, and advice on making a town
Hello all! Ever since I heard about DITV I had a sense it was the game I didn't know I'd been waiting for. This forum has been very helpful to…
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Participants: jlarke, Wolfen, Simon Kamber, Everspinner.

1/15/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Making the First Coat.
So, my GF and I are making some Dogs coats as costume for taking our game Live. ...Yes, real ones. For the first one (kind of a prototype dry-run), we…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, rrr, TheHappyAnarchist, Wolfen, lumpley, ladylakira, DainXB, faerieloch.

1/13/2006 Vaxalon: Relationships with demons - name them?
Demons are supposed to be faceless. They seem to me to gain a face, though, when written down on a sorceror's relationship list. What do you write there?  Just, "Demon…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Wolfen, TheHappyAnarchist, Brendan, Levi Kornelsen.

1/12/2006 Arturo G.: [DitV] Assigning traits to NPCs on the fly
This question was brought up when reading the thread Tearing down the DM's screen. I've noticed that when I pick one of the proto-NPCs, to transform it in an important…
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Participants: Arturo G., coffeestain, lumpley, Transit, daHob, Andrew Morris, Technocrat13, Doug Ruff, Wolfen, TheHappyAnarchist, epweissengruber, Eliarhiman6, Brand_Robins, Vaxalon, nikola, drnuncheon.

1/12/2006 lumpley: Dogs in the Vineyard's sales to date
Everyone here reads the publishing forum, right? -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Vaxalon.

1/12/2006 Brendan: Tearing down the DM's screen
I'm running a Dogs game at last, after a few false starts.  I'm Storytelling for the moment and I bought the book first, but I've got as much to learn…
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Participants: Brendan, coffeestain, Vaxalon, lumpley, Andrew Morris.

1/12/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: [DitV] three's company
I was going to mention this in the Newton's Rock thread, but I figure it's a completely different topic, so I'll make a new thread. The requirement for there to…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, Wolfen, coffeestain, lumpley, oliof.

1/12/2006 coffeestain: Sorcerers and the possessed
Hello, I'm looking for a little guidance in using sorcerers and possessed folk in my Dogs games.  As a GM, I enjoy the opportunity for extra dice and all of…
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Participants: coffeestain, Wolfen, daHob, Vaxalon, lumpley, TheHappyAnarchist.

1/12/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: [DitV] My First Town (Newton's Rock)
Well, I finally got around to getting some players together for this game I've been meaning to play for months. The town creation rules really are a most excellent device…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, jasonm, Wolfen, lumpley, Technocrat13.

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.

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.

1/10/2006 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.

1/10/2006 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.

1/9/2006 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.

1/9/2006 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 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 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.

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1/18/2006 Vaxalon: Not sure what to do if...
So there's this girl in a town I'm working up that has a crippled hand.  It's crippled as a result of the actions of one of the other NPC's. The…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, Levi Kornelsen, TheHappyAnarchist, Pol Jackson.

1/20/2006 Supplanter: Quick Mechanical Question: "Stop or I'll Shoot!"
This one's been nagging me and I'd appreciate getting set straight. Say my Dog is in a conflict and I want to threaten to shoot someone. We've either been Just…
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Participants: Supplanter, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, Vaxalon.

1/20/2006 HenryT: Family?
I just got my copy of Dogs in the Vineyard yesterday, and I want to jump right in and try running it this weekend, while I'm still excited--probably one of…
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Participants: HenryT, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth, Lxndr.

1/20/2006 Vaxalon: Idea: The one-man town. Just came to me.
The PC's have a piece of mail for a Faithful man who lives among the unfaithful.  The pride, sin, etc. is entirely his own... this "town" would focus more on…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Wolfen, lumpley, BollaertN.

1/22/2006 Alex Fradera: [Clement's Patch] new game, new group, return to play
So last week I played a fair bit of Dogs, first games for me and the other players. Relevant backdrop: I had never played with most of the players before.…
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Participants: Alex Fradera.

1/23/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: collateral damage in conflicts
So, my group has got through two sessions of Dogs now, and it's all going pretty well; I'll make an Actual Play post when I get some time to write…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, lumpley, Bryony, dunlaing, Everspinner, Tindalos, Valamir, Warren.

1/23/2006 HenryT: Questions
A short list of things that came up during my first game of Dogs (description posted to Actual Play). 1) Traits, Raises, See, etc. all seem to have a lot…
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Participants: HenryT, Adam Biltcliffe, Warren, xjermx, dunlaing, Supplanter, Arvidos, dyjoots, lumpley.

1/24/2006 Vaxalon: Recorded Dogs game
I recorded three hours of Dogs play yesterday, but the files are a little noisy.  If anyone would like them, to try to pull out useful "actual play" examples to…
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Participants: Vaxalon, coffeestain, pedyo, xjermx.

1/24/2006 agony: Returning to a town
Read this in another thread: Cool Alex. One thing I've heard here is that if Dogs return to a town, any new Sin can't be the consequences of the Dogs'…
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Participants: agony, Vaxalon, Andrew Morris, lumpley, Alex Fradera.

1/24/2006 Vaxalon: Proto-NPC's to NPC's before play
I realized, in a thread over on Vincent's blog, that I had mistaken my own way of doing NPC's for the book way. My bad. That being said, I'd like…
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Participants: Vaxalon, lumpley, Arturo G..

1/25/2006 jasonm: September Dawn
Hey, I just read about this in the NYT:  September Dawn, an upcoming film about the Mountain Meadows massacre.  Here's what the Desert News has to say.  Looking forward to…
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Participants: jasonm, Vaxalon.

1/27/2006 Graham Walmsley: [DitV] Lone Willow Branch revisited
I played through Lone Willow Branch again last night, with two American friends, Tyler and Jamie. It was very satisfying but much harder going (for me) than before. Any comments…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, oliof, dunlaing.

1/27/2006 dunlaing: Raises that ought to be Stakes of their own...
What do you do in a situation where someone makes a Raise that really ought to be the Stakes of another conflict? Here's my example: Brother Azaria and Brother Caleb…
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Participants: dunlaing, Vaxalon, Brendan, lumpley, Wolfen, Supplanter, Gugliandalf.

1/28/2006 Iskander: [Czege'n'Bake(r)] - Dogs chargen
The fourth season of the Gotham Gaming Guild starts next Friday, and I am running one of the games, which I've oh-so-wittily dubbed "Czege'n'Bake(r)". We will be dividing the seven…
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Participants: Iskander.

1/29/2006 Christopher Kubasik: Thanks for a great game.
Hi Vincent, Just read DitV tonight. (I'll be playing it for the first time tomorrow.) I was startled and inspired by this passage in particular: "— As GM, you should…
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Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Vaxalon, lumpley.

1/29/2006 Liminaut: Chien Noir (Film Noir with DitV)
The setting is Film Noir in Los Angeles, 1947.  There are some rules re-interpretations: FAITH --------------- The King of Life? Thought I saw him in a Mission Street soup kitchen.…
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Participants: Liminaut.

1/31/2006 Warren: Cottonwood Creek: A one-shot town for "Vampires"
Hello all, Further to my Actual Play thread about introducing a Vampire LARP group to Dogs in the Vineyard I needed to create a one-shot town for them. Following Vincent's…
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Participants: Warren.

2/1/2006 SabreCat: Coming up on first game
It looks as if I'll get a chance to GM a game of Dogs within the next week.  I've read the book, and I'm curious about a couple of things…
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Participants: SabreCat, Vaxalon, Supplanter, lumpley, Alex Fradera, ffilz.

2/1/2006 Levi Kornelsen: Have theme, but no ideas.
One of my players has, as a character theme, the idea of inherited sin.  Also, his momma was a whore.  3d4. Next game is day-after-tomorrow. I want to put together…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Paka, Brand_Robins, Vaxalon.

2/3/2006 Iskander: Rules Questions and gifts.
Hullo. Before I get to the questions, I come bearing gifts: I created a couple of play aid PDFs today, which you can download from my website. One is an…
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Participants: Iskander, Supplanter, dunlaing.

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