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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 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.

4/19/2006 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.

4/18/2006 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.

4/17/2006 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.

4/13/2006 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.

4/13/2006 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.

4/10/2006 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.

4/6/2006 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.

4/6/2006 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 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.

4/4/2006 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.

4/1/2006 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.

4/1/2006 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.

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.

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 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.

3/28/2006 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.

3/24/2006 ElliottBelser MKII: Also running Dogs demos at Eudemonia on Mondays.
On the 3rd, 17th, and 31st, I will present demos of Dogs in the Vineyard at Eudemonia, an internet cafe in Berkeley, California, on University near Shattuck. Come all ye…
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Participants: ElliottBelser MKII.

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.

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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.

4/22/2006 Stefan: [DitV Town] Widow's Willow
Hi everybody, I just finished my first town for DitV, and thought to get me some feedback. The town is designed to get my players in over their heads and…
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Participants: Stefan, Lagnath, lumpley.

4/25/2006 TheHappyAnarchist: Preparing for Actual Banthas Play!!! Last minute advice time!
Previous threads. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=18977.0 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=13410.0 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=14311.0 http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=16956.0 Okay, lemme get crackin and give you the rundown. Basic premise.  My players aren't buyin the mormon gunslinger premise just yet, but the rules…
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Participants: TheHappyAnarchist, Vaxalon, Lagnath, dunlaing, Andrew Barton, Brendan.

4/27/2006 a_verheaghe: Fighting Demons
I just ordered the PDF version and while I wait for e-mail notification my mind is running rampant. I notice from going over previous posts that demons are non-corporeal and…
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Participants: a_verheaghe, Vaxalon, jburneko, lumpley.

4/28/2006 donbaloo: Escalating and then de-escalating
Just want to make sure on this before we play.  If a player escalates from talking to say, physical violence, but then after one round wants to back down to…
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Participants: donbaloo, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth, TheHappyAnarchist, wunderllama, Thunder_God, coffeestain, lumpley, oreso, ffilz.

4/28/2006 David Hallett: Quick mechanics/narration question
Apologies if this has been asked before, but I can't think what to search on to look for it. We had our first play session the other night (I'm hoping…
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Participants: David Hallett, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley.

4/28/2006 caramida: KublaCon 06?
Any chance any of you folk are going to KublaCon next month?  I'm finding the discussions here quite edifying and I'd love to meet some of y'all in person (having…
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Participants: caramida.

5/2/2006 Tindalos: Ignoring Raises
I'm asking for some people's thoughts on the ability of Raises to be ignored. For example, demons it seems like typical raises (gunshots) can be ignored, whereas ceremony cannot be…
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Participants: Tindalos, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, Wolfen.

5/2/2006 JMendes: Couple-o-Quickies and one not so obvious one
Ahey, :) I and two friends got together to draw up a couple of characters, the other day, and a few questions were raised in my mind. First, mechanics stuff:…
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Participants: JMendes, Vaxalon, agony, Thunder_God, oreso, Ben Lehman, Alex Fradera, Warren, demiurgeastaroth, khelek, ffilz, donbaloo.

5/3/2006 wunderllama: Washing the blood off our hands... again
Just about a year ago now, our gaming group played a campaign of Dogs that ended in a spectacular sorcerous shootout between the Dogs; you can find the actual play…
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Participants: wunderllama, greyorm, TonyLB, Bankuei, oliof, Ravingmad, demiurgeastaroth, lumpley, ironick.

5/3/2006 foucalt: DitV Coolest Lyrics contest!
Putting together a DitV mix for my players to listen to in their cars or whenever they need their fix out-of-game, and so I'm going through some of the music…
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Participants: foucalt, lumpley, Ben Lehman, ironick, Matt Kimball, Supplanter.

5/4/2006 14thWarrior: [DitV Town] Transit Branch
The problems in this 'town' are obvious, despite not having escalated beyond the level of Sin; the solution, however, is not so obvious.  I'm just wondering if the town's problems…
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Participants: 14thWarrior, Vaxalon.

5/4/2006 greyorm: [DitV] GMing and Relationships
I just recieved my copy of DitV in the mail...hrm, two days ago (yay to IPR's May sale!) and finished a read through. I have one question that has been…
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Participants: greyorm, Vaxalon, demiurgeastaroth.

5/5/2006 greyorm: [DitV] Demoing & Playing with Kids
First question: I've posted a notice about running a demo of Dogs next Thursday night at our relatively new local comic/game store -- a nice, big, clean store with a…
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Participants: greyorm, demiurgeastaroth, oreso.

5/5/2006 donbaloo: Escalating in conflicts without opponents?
Hi folks.  I'm curious how you experienced Dogs players handle those conflicts that don't include a a true opponent.  The rules state that when there isn't an opponent the GM…
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Participants: donbaloo, demiurgeastaroth, Vaxalon.

5/5/2006 Nigel Evans: [DitV] great play and minor troubles
Right, so after a long-term game ended, my group decided that we'd play some Dogs one-shots before launching into the next big thing.  A few people had suggested doing a…
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Participants: Nigel Evans, demiurgeastaroth, TheHappyAnarchist, Bankuei.

5/5/2006 a_verheaghe: Dogs Play by Post- how too? any advise?
I've ssne a couple of threads that mention play by post games and I'm wondering how this is working with the bids and conflicts? Any advise to someone very interested…
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Participants: a_verheaghe, Vaxalon.

5/7/2006 Paka: Afraid: Madame Lamara Keene: Devourer of Dreams
A woman who reads people's dreams and tells them what they mean.  She loves hearing about their dreams.  She is a liar and a con artist but she truly loves…
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Participants: Paka, Vaxalon, Rob MacDougall, Rustin.

5/8/2006 a_verheaghe: Be gentle it's my 1st time-or what to watch out for during 1st game
I'm ramping up for my 1st game of DitV, and it'll be the 1st time th eold group has gotten togeather in over a year. We're pretty psyched! Knowing that,…
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Participants: a_verheaghe, agony, Ben Lehman, Adam Biltcliffe, Glendower, Supplanter, Claudia Cangini, khelek, lumpley.

5/8/2006 JMendes: New players and town progression
Hey, :) How important is it that first-time players are familiar with the town progression rules? (I'm talking about the pride->injustice->sin->etc... part) Cheers, J.
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Participants: JMendes, ffilz, demiurgeastaroth, agony, Blankshield, caramida, Ben Lehman.

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