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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.


5/3/2006 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.


5/3/2006 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.


5/2/2006 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.


5/2/2006 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.


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.


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 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.


4/27/2006 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.


4/25/2006 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.


4/22/2006 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.


4/20/2006 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.


4/20/2006 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 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.


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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.


5/9/2006 a_verheaghe: Does the Steward also preside over religious functions?
I know it seems like a silly question.
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Participants: a_verheaghe, Adam Biltcliffe, Vaxalon.


5/10/2006 Emily Care: Dogs game night
Hey there, Just want to let folks know that Vincent & Joshua Newman will be running a pair of towns in Greenfield, MA on Friday May 19th.  If you are…
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Participants: Emily Care, Eric J-D.


5/10/2006 Levi Kornelsen: I got to be the audience.
Had a Dogs game last night where my players decided to have their characters sort out their internal problems.  They spent all night, and fought like... ...Well, like Dogs. I…
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Participants: Levi Kornelsen, Vaxalon, oreso, khelek, greyorm, Dev.


5/11/2006 Supplanter: Ludologic Irony
I think this may be a new literary wrinkle, for our new way of telling stories. Last night the Dogs are trying to get the three Children of Ham they've…
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Participants: Supplanter, lumpley, dunlaing.


5/13/2006 Supplanter: Relationship Trait I Just Gotta Take Sometime
My Sister *slap!* My Daughter *slap!* My Sister *slap!* My Daughter *slap!* My Sister *slap!* My Daughter *slap!* My Sister AND My Daughter 4d4 Best, Jim
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Participants: Supplanter, agony, Thunder_God, lumpley.


5/13/2006 JMendes: First Town - Williamsville
Hi, all, :) Here's the town I made that we used for our first Dogs game. Comments are welcome. Pride: - Brother Newton - is not applying proper stewardship over…
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Participants: JMendes.


5/13/2006 JMendes: Dogs - First time woes, mechanical and thematical alike (long)
Hi, :) <sigh>It seems every time I try a new game, I flounder about and thrash hopelessly until I finally get it to work. (Donjon was an exception, for some…
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Participants: JMendes, ffilz, demiurgeastaroth, ricmadeira, Pyromancer, Warren.


5/14/2006 Eliarhiman6: [DitV] First Town: GARDEN TOWN
Hello! As I promised in this thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19566.0 I am posting Garden Town. It's the first DitV town I have created. I had three "design goals" in mind: (1) nobody…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, JMendes, Mark D. Eddy.


5/14/2006 chris_moore: [Afraid] Monsters?
Has anyone made a monster, victims, etc. for Afraid?  I know I'd love to see a few.
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Participants: chris_moore, Paka.


5/15/2006 memolith: [Dogs] Brother Joseph, the Devil's Surgeon with an Axe
I made some characters with a couple of friends, but we didn't get to the initiatory conflicts yet. One of the Dogs, Brother Joseph, is a cold, heartless man with…
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Participants: memolith, Vaxalon, lumpley.


5/15/2006 Supplanter: Town: Kanawha Falls
[url=http://www.weeksfamily.net/games/DitV/town.aspx?t=12]My second town[/url], played a couple months ago. Best, Jim
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Participants: Supplanter.


5/15/2006 Jalathas: [DitV]First-time player looking for online game
I'm not positive this where I should post this, but I just got my book in the mail on friday, read it all over the weekend, and want to jump…
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Participants: Jalathas, Vaxalon, xjermx, baron samedi.


5/19/2006 charles ferguson: [DitV] Poll: Vanilla or Exotic?
I have my first game of Dogs tonight :D Before I got the rules, I was determined not to play the default setting. The whole God & Mormon thing just…
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Participants: charles ferguson, Ben Lehman, Vaxalon, khelek, Wolfen, ffilz, oliof.


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