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7/3/2006 Call Me Curly: If u knew then whatcha know now...
Vincent, Is there any rulebook text you'd phrase differently, or mechanics you'd handle differently if you were just-now releasing Dogs in the Vineyard today?... based on what you've learned since…
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Participants: Call Me Curly, lumpley, Lxndr, Matt Wilson, Gaerik, Ramidel, coffeestain, ffilz, demiurgeastaroth.

7/3/2006 foucalt: [DitV Actual Play] Pioneer Flats (& the obligatory rules question)
Awesome session of Dogs last night - sad to say after a year of owning the pdf, it's my first. Happy to say it will be the first of many.…
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Participants: foucalt, ffilz, lumpley.

7/3/2006 Gaerik: New Fanboy
I got my hands on a copy of Dogs in the Vineyard this weekend and have read it almost twice through now.  When I first heard about Dogs, I was…
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Participants: Gaerik, lumpley, Gary N. Mengle, GamerChick, Taltos.

7/2/2006 Warren: Timing of Relationship dice
Answering the question posted on an old thread, as it's considered poor form to post to old threads: a) You can see it…
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Participants: Warren, lumpley, Gugliandalf.

7/2/2006 Gugliandalf: [DitV] Rules about ceremony
After four session of GMing dogs, I realized a mistake: ceremonial dice. I used to have players roll them during sees or raises, just like bringing a trait or a…
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Participants: Gugliandalf, greyorm, lumpley, Eliarhiman6, Gaerik.

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.

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.

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.

6/22/2006 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.

6/21/2006 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.

6/19/2006 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.

6/17/2006 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.

6/16/2006 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.

6/15/2006 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.

6/15/2006 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.

6/14/2006 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.

6/12/2006 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.

6/8/2006 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.

6/7/2006 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.

6/7/2006 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.

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7/6/2006 Taltos: Altar Springs Branch
Hello, all. I just stumbled on DitV by chance at Origins and I think it is one of the most inspired things I have seen in a bit. Now that…
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Participants: Taltos, baron samedi, Call Me Curly, Gaerik, lumpley.

7/7/2006 Doyce: Quick question about Demonic Influence in Tower Creek branch (from the book)
So, I'm riding into Tower Creek, and the first thing I get is Sister Doeswell coming up with her stillborn baby in her arms, asking me to name him, even…
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Participants: Doyce, wingedcoyote, Gaerik, coffeestain, Mark Woodhouse, ffilz, lumpley, klaveshy, Warren, Taltos.

7/13/2006 Call Me Curly: Death of a Salesman/ Prudence Gulch
Willie Loman cheated on his wife 20 years ago. One consequence of-which was that his son Biff Loman couldn't go to college. Now Willie's getting senile and thinks the old…
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Participants: Call Me Curly, Darcy Burgess.

7/14/2006 klaveshy: Re: Vineyard of Blood
So, I'm new to this whole thing, but I had some ideas about this conversion. Tell me what you think. What if you had a Vinyard of Blood game that…
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Participants: klaveshy, lumpley.

7/14/2006 David Laurence: [DitV] Actual Play: Red Clay Branch
Background: This was our second session of Dogs, and likewise our second as a group. The group consists of myself, Brennan, Todd, and Tonya. We’ve all known each other since…
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Participants: David Laurence, lumpley.

7/16/2006 cthulahoops: Lost rulebook. :(
Somewhere in moving house, I've managed to lose my copy of DitV.  I will have to order another, but I have a more immediate problem.  I've agreed to run a…
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Participants: cthulahoops, Doyce, lumpley.

7/17/2006 ephemere: [DitV] Horton's Hope: A noob town for feedback
Shortly after being introduced to DitV a couple of weeks ago (at Origins), I convinced my regular group to try it out. (Although I've lurked around the Forge as long…
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Participants: ephemere, lumpley, Valamir, Gaerik.

7/18/2006 Yokiboy: Medical Attention
Hello, I know this has been done to death, but I cannot find the answer to all my questions regarding Life or Death conflicts. Question 1) Who rolls the healer's…
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Participants: Yokiboy, lumpley.

7/20/2006 Jeremiah Lahnum: Cedar Hollow
Hey all, this is my second attempt at town creation.  I posted a town a while ago that was majorly flawed, and unworkable.  I got some good feedback on it,…
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Participants: Jeremiah Lahnum, Bret Gillan.

7/21/2006 Gugliandalf: Multi-reversing the blow
A quite hairy case in a multiple conflict Situation: four PCs (A, B, C and D) against a group of NPCs (G). A raises, G sees G raises, A sees…
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Participants: Gugliandalf, coffeestain.

7/22/2006 Brother Seth: [DitV] Two Forks: My second attempt at a town
OK, I didn't do this right last time, and it got way cluttered. Here's my second attempt, I humbly submit it for comment. Two Forks Pride: Caleb Wilburn, the Town…
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Participants: Brother Seth, Eliarhiman6, oliof, baron samedi.

7/23/2006 Jeremiah Lahnum: Dogs Actual Play, My First Session Ever
I ran my first session of Dogs in Vineyard last night, and I figured I'd write up my thoughts here about it. My three players are Tom, Josh and Brian. …
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Participants: Jeremiah Lahnum, lumpley, Valamir.

7/23/2006 greyorm: [DitV] Wizards in the Vineyard
A number of weeks ago, I came up with an idea for a Dogs variant, and went to work on it. Basically, it concerns powerful wizards who have been given…
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Participants: greyorm, Rustin, lumpley, klaveshy, Ramidel.

7/25/2006 Tindalos: (DitV) Walker's End - First Town Attempt
Hey guys!  I've been lurking around here a lot, reading various towns, replying to a couple of threads.  So I finally decided to give my own try at writing a…
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Participants: Tindalos.

7/25/2006 oliof: [DiTV] Actual Play: Hurricane
I had the opportunity to play Dogs with Vincent this weekend when he was in Berlin, and it was the first time for me not to run the game but…
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Participants: oliof, lumpley.

7/25/2006 klaveshy: Sin Progression on DitV
Hehehe. I'm quoting myself, so I'll just make like it's new, but I really want this answered, so I could use some help, guys. ;) "I'm trying to assemble a…
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Participants: klaveshy, jburneko, Brand_Robins.

7/26/2006 Bret Gillan: [DitV] "Send 'em to Four Bridal Falls!"
This is a spin-off of a conversation I had with Jeremy Lahnum about his game, but I'm a little bothered by the "Send 'em to Four Bridal Falls" judgment that…
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Participants: Bret Gillan, lumpley, baron samedi, Paka, Blankshield, Vaxalon, Liminaut, JMendes, Claudia Cangini, Valamir, Wolfen.

7/26/2006 David Laurence: [DitV] Actual Play, third session: You has some good days, and you has some bad.
Here's the AP report for the second session this group played, to give some context. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20414.0 The third session was Monday, and, well, it wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't…
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Participants: David Laurence, lumpley, baron samedi, Claudia Cangini.

7/27/2006 baron samedi: (DITV) Understanding the mysteries of the d4
Hi fellow Dog lovers, To better get a grip on DITV's system, I have a very narrow question regarding the construction of d4 Traits. I do understand that more d4s…
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Participants: baron samedi, Vaxalon, ffilz, Valamir, Gaerik, Glendower, Warren.

7/27/2006 Vaxalon: My PC creation strategy
I like to play characters with complicated personal lives but I don't like to see them die. So when I make a Dogs PC, I assign d4 traits to things…
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Participants: Vaxalon, lumpley, Gaerik.

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