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3/21/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: [Demo] Games of Berkeley will demo Dogs in the Vinyard next month.
Games of Berkeley on Shattuck is hosting an Indie Press RPG night on Saturdays at 5pm, kicking off with demos of Dogs in the Vinyard on the 1st and 22nd…
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Participants: ElliottBelser MKII, cdr, caramida.

3/17/2006 TheHappyAnarchist: Reverse Dog Style (Not like that!!!)
Courtesy of jhkim here. http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=251894&page=2 Anyone ever considered doing dogs with the players creating a town and the GM creating the dogs and trying to fix the town with his…
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Participants: TheHappyAnarchist, Vaxalon, coffeestain, BollaertN.

3/15/2006 Anna B: My First Town
I recived Dogs by mail about a week ago. This my frist attempt at creating a town. I wanted to create something dealt with gender roles but wouldn't push my…
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Participants: Anna B.

3/14/2006 Superstar: A humble beginning and then some questions
I’ve been reading about DitV for some time and when a guy at my local gaming store mentioned that he owned it, played and didn’t like it I asked him…
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Participants: Superstar, TragicHeroBC, Danny_K, Pol Jackson.

3/13/2006 caramida: Baileyfield Branch - Looking for a critical eye
Ok.  This is my first attempt at creating a Branch of my own.  Is this grabby enough for an first Branch for a new group?  Should I instead use one…
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Participants: caramida, lumpley.

3/13/2006 Everspinner: Balanced stakes or what´s at stake?
Hello Once again this might be some kind of a FAQ. If so, I would be much obliged if you could point me to the appropriate threads. A few games…
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Participants: Everspinner, Warren.

3/10/2006 lumpley: A new contest
To go with the Iron Game Chef, the Ronnies, the Bennies, the Matties, the Murkies, the Monkies... The Gamie-Gamies! Discussion welcome here or there. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, inthisstyle, Ben Lehman, Frank T.

3/10/2006 lumpley: Co-interviewing
Hey, anyone who's here who doesn't do the blog crawl: Clinton R. Nixon and I are interviewing one another at <a href="http://www.fairgame-rpgs.com/comment.php?entry=43">Fair Game</a>. Check it out, it's a blast. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley.

3/9/2006 coffeestain: Dust Basin
While I'm at it, I drew up Dust Basin as an introductory game for demos and the like.  I tried to take Vincent's advice and included a love triangle, a…
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Participants: coffeestain.

3/9/2006 coffeestain: Raven's Bluff Branch, Suggestions Wanted
Hello.  I'm working on a town that's pretty low-key (no sorcerers, etc) and I'm just not sure it has the punch I'd like it to have.  It feels a little…
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Participants: coffeestain, Doug Ruff, Ben Lehman, lumpley.

3/7/2006 Dev: [Dogs] On The Ethical Nature of Kneecapping
I have a player who is great at gunplay, and does raises like "Raise 12: I shoot Mob NPC in the knees/legs." He's specifically trying to avoid killing wounds, when…
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Participants: Dev, coffeestain, Vaxalon, Warren, Wolfen, ffilz, jlarke, lumpley, demiurgeastaroth, dunlaing.

3/6/2006 Vaxalon: Banthas in the Vineyard, preparing for play
Our game group will be switching from vanilla Dogs to Banthas in the Vineyard in a few weeks, and I'd like to see what people have done, out there, to…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Danny_K, DanielT, dunlaing, Brendan, CCW, Transit, TheHappyAnarchist, nikola, Miskatonic.

3/3/2006 DanielT: [DitV] Another way of making up conflicts| what do you think?
Ok, first, I think I should introduce me a bit (not so much, don' worry) M'name is Daniel, im innocent 17 years and from the land of beer and brezels,…
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Participants: DanielT, Vaxalon.

3/3/2006 lumpley: Dogs at IPR
I've signed up with IPR! This is happy and exciting. lumpley games at IPR -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, coffeestain, TonyLB, inthisstyle.

3/3/2006 HOT: [DitV]Where's the town with "Brother Jeffs and his Harem?"
Over a year ago I got to play (up to now) my only game of Dogs (look here:http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=14479.0 for the result). Before this years HolmCon, Matthijs had ordered some games…
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Participants: HOT, lumpley.

3/2/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: character drama versus passing judgement
So I walked in on an interesting conversation between two of my Dogs players a while back in which one of them was saying that she'd rather maneuver to get…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, Valamir, Vaxalon, jburneko, IMAGinES.

3/1/2006 Particle_Man: [Humor] Game Ninjae in the Vineyard
[I wonder if this counts as a metagame?] The players are each a Ninja sent to go from Gamer Group to Gamer Group, fixing whatever dysfunctions they find. Here is…
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Participants: Particle_Man.

3/1/2006 Judaicdiablo: How to highlight what DitV is really about
Hello All,     I was speaking with John Harper and Philaros last night about a number of topics.  One of them was about whether DitV was basically Narrativist or…
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Participants: Judaicdiablo, Brand_Robins, lumpley, agony, Frank T, Sydney Freedberg, John Harper.

2/25/2006 Emily Care: Group Conflicts
Hello there, It seems like the issue of how to deal with group conflicts is a common question. My friend Charles is running a game right now and ran into…
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Participants: Emily Care, Warren, Alephnul, Levi Kornelsen, Valamir, jlarke, lumpley, jburneko, coffeestain, ffilz, dunlaing.

2/25/2006 Everspinner: Best online Dogs roller?
Hello One of the players in our group lives away and can rarely make it to the city. Still, we like to have him playing with us and thus use…
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Participants: Everspinner, Vaxalon.

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3/28/2006 Vaxalon: Jedi - Space conflicts
Okay, so let's say that a conflict is being played out in space. How does escalation go? "Just Talking" is easy, that's conversation and confrontation over communicators.  No big deal.…
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Participants: Vaxalon, Mark D. Eddy, dunlaing, Sydney Freedberg.

3/30/2006 agony: Campaign Length?
It's been stated Dogs works best lasting between 6-10 sessions.  Quite simply, how long have your campaigns lasted?  Why/how they ended would be nice as well.
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Participants: agony, Vaxalon.

3/30/2006 dunlaing: Dogs actual play
So, we're playing Dogs and my character, Br. Samson, is being fawned over by a hot young Mountain Person woman. I initiated a conflict with the Stakes that I would…
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Participants: dunlaing, Vaxalon, Ben Lehman, Supplanter, Brian Newman, Brand_Robins, lumpley, Paka, TheHappyAnarchist, neelk.

3/30/2006 Supplanter: "Help" Help
There was one aspect of the Helping Die rules our group found ambiguous in the text. I'd appreciate being straightened out on it. If I help another Dog with a…
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Participants: Supplanter, dunlaing, Brand_Robins, cdr.

4/1/2006 cdr: [DitV] Character Gen 1-page summary
I wanted a one-page summary of character generation as a handout for intro games of DitV and I've seen a few floating around in hardcopy, but those wheels weren't exactly…
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Participants: cdr, caramida.

4/1/2006 oreso: [Dogs] Notes for 3 Alternate Settings
Some notes for alternate settings that I'm thinking of that I didnt find in the stickied list. DitV is currently in the post, so I dont actually know anything at…
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Participants: oreso, Everspinner, cpeterso, ffilz.

4/4/2006 Willow: [DitV Town] New Prosperity
If you know me and you think there's any chance I might run this for you, DON'T READ THIS! That means YOU, Daniel! Anyway, everyone else, go ahead and read…
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Participants: Willow, ffilz, Alex Fradera.

4/6/2006 dunlaing: New Character
Brother Solomon retired last night. He retired at the end of the session, so we didn't do character creation. Should I follow the "don't think about your character before the…
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Participants: dunlaing, lumpley, TheHappyAnarchist.

4/6/2006 Brother Seth: A good point about DitV...
It's been said that a role-playing game lives or dies by it's combat system. Every system out there has a more-or-less detailed system to deal with combat, with varying levels…
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Participants: Brother Seth, Vaxalon, Wolfen, lumpley, jasonm.

4/6/2006 Alex Fradera: [Dogs Town] King's Garden
I took a stab at writing a town, based in a verdant stretch of the territory. Here it is. Bro Matthew and Bro Enoch are lifelong friends, and share an…
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Participants: Alex Fradera.

4/10/2006 Lagnath: [DitV] My first attempt to make a town.
Alright, below is a description of a town I have written up using the outline in the DitV book. Before I get into the details of the town I wanted…
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Participants: Lagnath, Andrew Morris, ffilz, TheHappyAnarchist, lumpley, Rustin.

4/13/2006 Liminaut: Chien Noir Actual Play
I am finally writing up up how the Chien Noir (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18552.0) game worked out, after an embarrassingly long time. In short, it played very well. Some background: the people that…
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Participants: Liminaut, TheHappyAnarchist, ffilz, oreso.

4/13/2006 matthijs: "We're only doing what the Faith says!"
This pattern is occurring in several of my Dogs games. I'm running a loose campaign, with a pool of 7 players; when I want to run a game, I send…
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Participants: matthijs, Vaxalon, TonyLB, Glendower, Julian, Wolfen, greyorm, Liminaut, Ben Lehman, lumpley, ivan23, Adam Dray.

4/17/2006 Jeremiah Lahnum: [DitV] East Absalom
This is my first attempt at creating a town.  I've just read the book and will be attempting to run this town at a gaming convention next week.  I'd appreciate…
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Participants: Jeremiah Lahnum, Rughat, Lagnath.

4/18/2006 donbaloo: Thoughts and questions after first read...
So these indie games are getting me pretty pumped about roleplaying again but my group and I are having a very rough go transitioning from our old "follow the DM"…
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Participants: donbaloo, agony, lumpley, jburneko, TheHappyAnarchist, ScottM.

4/19/2006 Brother Seth: [DitV Town] Two Forks - My first town - comments please
[b]Two Forks[/b] [b]People - [/b] Millicent Atwater, the daughter of William and Alice William Atwater, father of Millicent Alice Atwater, mother of Millicent Martin Atwater, younger bother of Millicent Caleb…
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Participants: Brother Seth, jburneko, WhiteRat, lumpley, caramida, greyorm.

4/20/2006 Eliarhiman6: Schrodinger's Fallout (on the Dogs, not on the cat )
Hello! This is my first post on the Forge. English is not my native language (I live in Italy) so please forgive my grammar errors. I would like to get…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, demiurgeastaroth, Everspinner, lumpley, Pyromancer, Vaxalon, agony, Glendower.

4/20/2006 Matt Kimball: Sorcerous Dogs -- Actual play questions
Last Sunday I ran a one-shot session of Dogs.  A friend of mine from Salt Lake City was visiting me in L.A. and he expressed an interest in playing a…
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Participants: Matt Kimball, jburneko, Vaxalon, lumpley, ffilz.

4/20/2006 Solamasa: [Dogs] Existential angst
Five towns and eleven sessions in and I think I've got a great GMing rhythm going.  But Pride goeth before Injustice, as they say, and I ran headlong into an…
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Participants: Solamasa, Vaxalon, Wolfen, Blankshield, Tindalos.

4/20/2006 Rustin: [DitV] Witchfinder Generals
A buddy of mine watched this Vincent Price flick called Witchfinder General, and thought it would be cool to roleplay in that setting.  I agreed. I want to tempt the…
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Participants: Rustin, Vaxalon, Jinx, avram, demiurgeastaroth.

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