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9/4/2008 David Artman: [IAWA] Everway Cards as Oracles
Just wondering if anyone's tried to use Everway cards as Oracles and how it worked out. I haven't looked at mine in a coon's age, but I'd imagine some might…
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Participants: David Artman, rycanada.

9/2/2008 ZenDog: [IaWA] Oracle of the Rising Sun
Hey, I made an Oracle. Give it a spin if you like the look of it. Oracle of the Rising Sun Diamonds A  - A Sorcerer, a Kappa, a Bakemono,…
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Participants: ZenDog, David Artman, rycanada.

9/1/2008 lumpley: New Poison'd PDFs
Hey Poison'd people, the first edition PDFs are now online. Go back and download them afresh. There's also a nice Poison'd character sheet here that you can use. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Yokiboy, higgins.

9/1/2008 Khuxan: IAWA Oracles as Campaign Settings
It occured to me that an IAWA game could create a campaign setting by having each player contribute a suite for an oracle. As long as basic rules (genre, tone,…
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Participants: Khuxan, lumpley, David Artman, rycanada.

8/31/2008 jmhpfan: Gunslingers in the Dark Tower
I will be running a hack on Dogs at MACE con set in the universe of Stephen Kings Dark Tower series.  It is mostly a strait setting hack with the…
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Participants: jmhpfan, rycanada, lumpley.

8/27/2008 anonynos: [DITV] Negative traits and how to use them
So after looking at this game  for awhile, I picked up a copy at this last Origins and last night got a couple of friends together and tried out char…
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Participants: anonynos, David Artman, dindenver, lumpley, LordAsteroth, Axhead, Paul T.

8/26/2008 Graham Walmsley: Poison'd: Some thoughts on violence
The new GM advice section has helped me a great deal. It's cleared up some problems I had in GMing Poison'd. Here are a couple of thoughts/questions. 1. If you…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley.

8/24/2008 jessecoombs: New version of Poison'd?
Alas, I was not able to make it to Gencon. After hearing about a new version of Poison'd, I got excited and bought the existing pdf. There was a note…
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Participants: jessecoombs, lumpley.

8/21/2008 dindenver: [ditv[ Say yes or roll the dice question
Vincent,   Are there any tips, tricks or nuances to "Say yes or roll the dice"?   I am designing a game that is going to rely on it heavily…
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Participants: dindenver, lumpley, daniel_yokomizo, Roger.

8/20/2008 Helix: [Poison'd] Character Sheet / Cheat Sheets?
Hi. I just demoed and bought this game at Gen Cont his year. It should be a blast to play with my group. I remember seeing a character type sheet....had…
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Participants: Helix, lumpley.

8/16/2008 Mark D. Eddy: [DitV] An old-book Traveller experience, almost
So, I've finally gotten a group together to play Dogs. Five Dogs, which is just slightly insane, and we're halfway through our first town. In the Accomplishments phase, one of…
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Participants: Mark D. Eddy, oliof, Filip Luszczyk, Eliarhiman6, lumpley, David Artman, Ramidel.

8/9/2008 anansi: [FitV] Help me out with my Moontown
So, I'm preparing my first game of FitV, and its my first attempt at town creation using DitV. I'm planning on using it as a test game for my local…
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Participants: anansi, Falc, Selene Tan, Warren.

8/5/2008 WildElf: [IAWA] Will it work with 8 or more players?
My open invitation to some friends works a little too well. Just about everyone is coming.  Now, I could uninvite people and split up the group.  My place is too…
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Participants: WildElf, jburneko, Christopher Weeks, Willow, veritascitor.

8/4/2008 Archdaimon: [DitV] Using this system in other plot themes
Hello all... I am all new to this forum, and cannot be regarded as an experienced roleplayer, so please take that into consideration when you read the following. I have…
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Participants: Archdaimon, Willow, dindenver, David Artman.

7/29/2008 David Artman: [IAWA] At Trinoc*coN, Durham, NC
In spite of Trinoc*coN having NO advertising or promotion of gaming other than a handful of RPGA games, I managed to corral a group of four (plus me) to run…
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Participants: David Artman, lumpley.

7/22/2008 AXUM: One Dawg, not enough towns
Hello! Anyone experienced playing DITV w/ only one player?  How did you do it? Thanks AXUM
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Participants: AXUM, lumpley.

7/19/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [IAWA[ Challenge without an Answer
Say, my and your character are in the middle of a sequence of actions. I don't name you as someone who has to Answer my Challenge, and you choose not…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, lumpley.

7/18/2008 Willow: Best Dogs Towns?
I know there's a collection of towns, but there isn't much of a idea of what the towns are like, or if they play well. Any towns out there that…
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Participants: Willow, 5niper9, lumpley, cdr.

7/10/2008 azeilstra: [Mechaton] Typographical Tweaks, and simpler builds
Dear Vincent, Time for some feedback. I've played the game against myself, slowly, and taking notes. I used the army you described in the manual as one side, and some…
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Participants: azeilstra.

7/9/2008 HiQKid: [Poison'd] Variant Settings for Poison'd
Hi, just wanted to throw in a few ideas I had about using Poison'd for other settings/themes... The primary thought I had was the following: Some sort of prison (probably…
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Participants: HiQKid.

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9/28/2008 oreso: [Mechaton AP] Noble Japan vs. Cowardly Germany! (With Pics!)
1300 hours, in Canada... http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/oreso/Photo-0014A.jpg The President's limo is disabled! Oh no! http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/oreso/Photo-0015A.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/oreso/Photo-0017A.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/oreso/Photo-0016A.jpg Stranded, just outside 'Canada's Smallest City'; Greenwood, at the edge of the wood that shares the town's…
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Participants: oreso, David Artman, lumpley, Mantisking.

10/3/2008 David Artman: [IAWA] Six-Player Con Session
Yep, I may have fucked up a bit--I set the player numbers for my session at MACE to 3-6... and I got 5 already (in two days of Pre-Reg). I…
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Participants: David Artman, lumpley.

10/3/2008 Paul T: [IaWA] Two quick questions
Hello! I played IaWA for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and only afterwards read through the book. I have two questions: 1. When do you go on…
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Participants: Paul T, lumpley.

10/4/2008 Paul T: [IaWA] Challenger names Answerers, Answerers Call Back Later
This is another design question, and a very minor one. I'm just trying to wrap my head around how this game works. In the rules, it says that when you…
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Participants: Paul T, lumpley, Rafu, Thomas Lawrence.

10/9/2008 lumpley: Storming the Wizard's Tower playtest rules
I've put the playtest rules for Storming the Wizard's Tower online. They're here: www.lumpley.com/storming/. If you haven't heard of Storming the Wizard's Tower, it's my own personal take on D&D.…
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Participants: lumpley.

10/12/2008 Ward: [DitV] Judging a town
Hey, We finally got to play a third session of DitV and I got to run a second town. Overall we had alot of fun, but we ran into some…
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Participants: Ward, Eliarhiman6.

10/17/2008 Yokiboy: [IaWA] Some Questions following Actual Play
I completed my first chapter of In a Wicked Age with three of my best friends last night. It was a fantastic session, but did raise a few questions, and…
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Participants: Yokiboy, lumpley.

10/17/2008 GreatWolf: [IaWA] Mostly hypothetical question
We're gearing up to get back to our game of In a Wicked Age, which I'm really looking forward to continuing. I did find myself with a slightly bizarre question,…
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Participants: GreatWolf, Yokiboy, lumpley.

10/19/2008 daftnewt: Finally started a Dogs game!
After having Dogs for about a year and fiddling with it on and off, I finally got a group together to play the game as written. And it turned out…
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Participants: daftnewt, lumpley, bvierthaler, Eliarhiman6.

10/20/2008 bvierthaler: Fallout consequences
I have a question to the short-term list. It says: Subtract 1 from one of your charcter´s Stats for your next conflict. What does that mean? Subtract on die? Or…
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Participants: bvierthaler, lumpley.

10/21/2008 Graham Walmsley: [Poison'd] I don't use NPC Brinkmanship
The only thing NPC Brinkmanship does is decide whether the GM can escalate, right? The rules, as written, are: 1. Roll two dice. Take the higher for Brinkmanship. 2. If…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley, Arturo G., Eero Tuovinen, watergoesred.

10/21/2008 Graham Walmsley: [Poison'd] An assisting rule
Poison'd went well on Saturday night, and I have stories about that, but there was grumbling about the lack of an "assist" rule. If you're fighting the Captain, and I…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley.

10/27/2008 Caesar_X: [DitV] Questions from a first-time GM
I ran Dogs for the first time this weekend, and had a fun time. But ended up with some questions about confusing issues or where I thought I might have…
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Participants: Caesar_X, Noclue, Warren, lumpley.

10/28/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Alternative rules for NPCs questions
So, I knew the alternative NPC templates based on Afraid rules were supposed to be included in the hardcover edition, but it's only last week that I've learned they were…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, lumpley.

10/30/2008 14thWarrior: [DitV] Crusaders of Tarscolis - a fantasy adaptation.
Let me first provide a brief introduction to the ideas that spawned this adaptation. I recently decided to use an idea from a thread at RPG.net about "the city build…
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Participants: 14thWarrior, ShallowThoughts, Pelgrane.

10/31/2008 Paul T: [IaWA] Negotiating consequences based on circumstances
This is a rule application question that arose for me during a game of IaWA. My character had a Best Interest to convince an illegal surgeon to stop from carrying…
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Participants: Paul T, Brand_Robins, lumpley.

11/6/2008 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Shooting UFOs and escalations
In our last game we had the following situation: The conflict was about the community's trust in the Sorcerer. We've already "opened" Just Talking and Physical arenas, it was still…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, Warren, lumpley, David Artman, Paul T.

11/6/2008 deinol: Can't Find Dogs in Store
I was going to put in an order for Dogs in the Vineyard today at the IPR site, but I can't find it listed anymore. Is there no way to…
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Participants: deinol, Ben Lehman, lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, Ante, Axhead, Dionysus, Eliarhiman6.

11/11/2008 Graham Walmsley: [Poison'd] More simple questions
1. What do I do when a player says: "I want to talk to the crew and incite a mutiny"? What he really wants is to be Captain without a…
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Participants: Graham Walmsley, lumpley.

11/12/2008 Melinglor: [IAWA] Exclusivity of Forms?
Hi! I'm playing In a Wicked Age tonight (first time GMing) and I had a question: how exclusive are the Forms supposed to be, in terms of narrowing down narrative…
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Participants: Melinglor, David Artman, lumpley, Valamir, Eliarhiman6, GreatWolf.

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