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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.

5/10/2006 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.

5/10/2006 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.

5/9/2006 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.

5/8/2006 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.

5/8/2006 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.

5/7/2006 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.

5/5/2006 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.

5/5/2006 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 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 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.

5/4/2006 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.

5/4/2006 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.

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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.

5/19/2006 Domon: Other settings? Violence, academia, Harry Potter
[quote author=elgorade link=topic=16156.msg172545#msg172545 date=1122901089] *  Is it that we accept violence, even shootings, in the West?  I'm sure that is part of it.  I don't think it would be nearly…
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Participants: Domon, lumpley, Glendower, Vaxalon.

5/19/2006 SabreCat: Observations from first two towns
Hullo all! I posted a while back asking for advice on my first session, and didn't really follow up on it.  Since then, though, I've run two towns (Boxelder Canyon…
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Participants: SabreCat, ffilz, nikola, lumpley, Ben Lehman, Claudia Cangini.

5/19/2006 agony: On Judgment and the Territorial Authority
A TA Claims officer/Tax collector (in relation to a small gold vein discovered at a town) is causing a bit of sin related to greed.  This town has been half-way…
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Participants: agony, Vaxalon, ffilz.

5/21/2006 Brand_Robins: Bitches in the Vineyard
In case any of you had missed it, the logs for Bitches in the Vineyard (all female Dog's game) are being posted here: http://www.spaceanddeath.com/sin_aesthetics/2006/05/bitv-logs-setup-and-session-1.html Hopefully the next two logs will…
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Participants: Brand_Robins.

5/26/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: [Mechaton] Giant robot combat, up close and dirty
So last night a friend and I, finding ourselves with an evening free and a big pile of lego, decided to give Mechaton a go. I've no doubt that we…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, nikola, lumpley, ahdok, Valamir, ffilz, demiurgeastaroth.

5/28/2006 JMendes: [DitV] Quickie: Disconnect between arenas and fallout die sizes
Hey, :) This is just a quickie. I think I'm reading this right, but I wanted to make sure. Arenas: Non-physical: Acuity+Heart Physical: Body+Heart Fighting: Body+Will Gunfighting: Acuity+Will Fallout Dice:…
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Participants: JMendes, Everspinner, demiurgeastaroth, Nicolas Crost, WhiteRat, lumpley, oreso.

5/29/2006 eah: Afraid: The Beast Who Was Cyn
Players in my game (cdr) do not read! The idea here is a straightforward face-stomping physical monster that thrives on conflict and is likely to suborn victims to become acolytes/slaves,…
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Participants: eah, agony.

6/6/2006 agony: [Afraid]Eris, Empress of Chaos and Entropy
Eris will be utilized tomorrow night in an Afraid playtest set in 1920's Chi-town Eris, Empress of Chaos and Entropy Eris, an avid philosopher, became fascinated with the ideology and…
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Participants: agony.

6/6/2006 Gugliandalf: [DitV] Unopposed conflicts newbie question
Well-met to everyone. I just had my maiden flight on sunday (Liberty Branch) and it went GREAT from all POWs, players were two very experienced players and two real newbies,…
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Participants: Gugliandalf, Warren.

6/7/2006 Vaxalon: Jedi Dogs recording
I managed to get a clean recording of a Jedi Dogs session. Warning: It's almost 100 megs.  It'll take a while to download. http://www.thesmerf.com/vaxalon/Jedi_Dogs.mp3
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Participants: Vaxalon, lumpley, Miskatonic.

6/7/2006 zmook: [AG&G] Treasure-hunter vs Bureaucrat vs Head
I posted a playtest of AG&G to Actual Play, but didn't get any comment.  Should I have posted it here, instead? http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20027.0#msg209585
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Participants: zmook, lumpley.

6/8/2006 Willow: Accomplishments: Does This Really Work?
In the character generation portion of the rules, there's talk of accomplishments.  (pg 28-32)  This is a fine part of the game, but something seems off about it.  For conflicts…
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Participants: Willow, coffeestain, Alex Fradera, Brand_Robins, Arturo G., lumpley, agony, Vaxalon, Warren, Blankshield.

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