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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.

5/19/2006 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 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 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.

5/15/2006 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.

5/15/2006 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 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.

5/14/2006 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.

5/14/2006 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.

5/13/2006 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.

5/13/2006 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 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.

5/11/2006 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.

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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.

6/12/2006 Adam Biltcliffe: [Mechaton] Objective rules?
So, what exactly are the rules for capturing objectives? I'm asking because my play group seems to be getting kind of dissatisfied with the way the game is working, and…
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Participants: Adam Biltcliffe, lumpley, Miskatonic.

6/14/2006 Miedvied: [DitV] Introducing Roleplaying
Oh boy. Nerves. So, a few of my friends have expressed an interest in playing DitV. I should point out I've never gamemastered an indie game, haven't really played or…
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Participants: Miedvied, Glendower, Wolfen, Alex Fradera, lumpley, oliof, Willow.

6/15/2006 memolith: [Dogs] AP -- Mandrake Hollow
Okay, last night I finally GM'ed my first town: Mandrake Hollow. I based the town around a post found here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=19905.0 I thought it would be a good starter town,…
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Participants: memolith, Glendower, lumpley.

6/15/2006 ocasta: DitV: Advice on town design in a campaign
I've run my first two DitV towns now (Tower Creek and New Gidea). Having run two pre-designed towns I feel it is now time for my first town design. I've…
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Participants: ocasta, Willow, coffeestain, Paka, jburneko.

6/16/2006 Johan Granberg: [AG&G] Long chapters?
Hey, got a question concerning chapter length in "the game formerly known as AG&G": I sort of get the feeling that chapters shouldn't run any longer than one session, since…
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Participants: Johan Granberg, lumpley.

6/17/2006 Claudia Cangini: [DitV] Haven Branch
Hello! After game mastering some nice towns found in this forum (for which I’m very grateful to the authors), I wrote this Town. After I enjoyed what others wrote, it…
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Participants: Claudia Cangini.

6/19/2006 Aman the Rejected: Justice vs. Authority [DitV]
Are the Dogs trained to be justice dealers or authorities of divine law, or is it one in the same for the Mormons? I apologize if this doesn't make sense,…
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Participants: Aman the Rejected, Vaxalon, lumpley.

6/21/2006 Darcy Burgess: [DitV] -- First Session falls a little flat. Help!
So, we played our first town last night.  Generally, it was ok.  Everyone got involved and mixed things up. However, I just didn't feel that the session was...well...grabby. I'm interested…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, lumpley, nikola, Call Me Curly, Gaerik.

6/22/2006 jenskot: [DitV] Invalid Stakes?
I know these stakes are crappy but they came up in actual play and I am unsure how to proceed. Situation: pissed off NPC town person, gun in hand, approaches…
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Participants: jenskot, lumpley, jburneko, Darcy Burgess, Vaxalon.

6/25/2006 xjermx: [DitV] outnumbering opponents in conflict - always a winning situation?
Hi folks,  I've been away from the lumpley games section here for awhile, as my attention has been diverted elsewhere, but I'm back and boy the stuff about Firefly in…
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Participants: xjermx, Willow, JMendes, Valamir, Vaxalon, lumpley, Glendower.

6/28/2006 Darcy Burgess: [DitV] -- Rebuilding towns & breaking Metaphysical rules
So, a couple of nice people showed me the light about why my first Dogs town, Prudence Gulch really didn't grab us. They did it by suggesting specific ways of…
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Participants: Darcy Burgess, Vaxalon, lumpley, Call Me Curly.

7/2/2006 jasonm: Vineyard Cinema: The Proposition
Holy crap, I saw The Proposition last night and I must urge all y'all to do likewise.  It's set in late Victorian Australia, 1880-1890, and focuses on a three-way conflict…
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Participants: jasonm.

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