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12/17/2008 watergoesred: [Poison'd] Success rolls and ship-to-ship conflict
I ran a game of Poison'd with five players on Monday night. All up it went pretty well. See here for an account of play. We floundered a bit, however,…
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Participants: watergoesred, Graham Walmsley, lumpley.

12/10/2008 Dionysus: Holy Dogs!
Well, on reading through the rules some more, I noticed the sorcerors get to have a relationship with "demons". If i were to push the game into more "supernatural" themes,…
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Participants: Dionysus, oliof, Jumanji83, lumpley, David Artman.

12/10/2008 Dionysus: [DitV][IaWA] combinations?
Howdy. This seemed to be the perfect place to ask - as bot these games are by the same great author :) I adore the see/raise mechanics and flow in…
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Participants: Dionysus, David Artman, Filip Luszczyk.

12/9/2008 Axhead: [DitV] My first town: Gerdenshaw
I would love to get some feed back positive or other wise, so lemme know what you think.  I have some ideas that I will post after the posting the…
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Participants: Axhead, lumpley, Noclue.

12/8/2008 Dionysus: [DitV] How many dice?
Howdy.. guess i'm going to succumb and get myself some d4 and d8s (d6 ad d10 i've got plenty of) about how many would i need to play this game?…
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Participants: Dionysus, lumpley.

12/8/2008 otspiii: Inspiration vs. Theft
I've been working on a system meant to emulate shounen-action style manga in my spare time. I've always been fond of the genre's neurotic method of storytelling, which is typified…
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Participants: otspiii, lumpley.

12/8/2008 TomTitTot: [Mechaton] Line of Sight?
A short, stupid question, but... Am I right in thinking that a mech has to at least be visible to their attacker slightly, otherwise they can't attack? Because the text…
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Participants: TomTitTot, rafial, lumpley.

12/5/2008 Paka: The Last Watchdog Over the Faithful
A solo campaign in a wild west that never was and has moved on, starting off in a ghost-town called Bridal Falls, winding through what is left of the Desert…
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Participants: Paka, agony, Brand_Robins, Graham Walmsley, jefgodesky.

11/26/2008 spooked: [DitV] Question from a new-ish GM.
Perhaps this is the intention of the rule and not a flaw, but... I'm find that with four players that while I can force them into SEEing all my raises,…
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Participants: spooked, Eliarhiman6.

11/24/2008 Dionysus: [IaWA] using different dice?
Howdy. Just wondering if anyone has given thougt to changing the dice? I have a metric ton of d6 and d10, but no d12, d8 or d4 dice. Has anyone…
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Participants: Dionysus, lumpley, Paul T, Brand_Robins, rycanada, Valvorik, way.

11/22/2008 deinol: Dogs in the Vineyard Review
If anyone is interested, I wrote a review of Dogs in the Vineyard: http://www.apathyblogs.com/2008/09/28/dogs-in-the-vineyard/
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Participants: deinol.

11/22/2008 gardenphilosoph: Accomplishments
So for working out accomplishments, instead of actually rolling the NPC's dice, you instead roll 4d6+4d10?
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Participants: gardenphilosoph, lumpley.

11/21/2008 cra2: Using Poker Cards vs Dice
I saw this post about using Poker Cards instead of dice. http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=26195.msg251157#msg251157 Has anyone else experimented with that?
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Participants: cra2, Paul T, Wordman.

11/18/2008 gardenphilosoph: [DitV]Play-by-Post
So as a first time Dogs in the Vineyard GM, I am going to try and run a play-by-post game on these forums. I've, to be perfectly honest, never ran…
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Participants: gardenphilosoph.

11/17/2008 Paul T: [IaWA] Rules question: forces of nature as NPCs?
I have feeling this might have been covered before, but I can't seem to find it: Does/would it make sense to represent some powerful abstract force in the setting as…
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Participants: Paul T, Brand_Robins, lumpley.

11/14/2008 Yokiboy: [IaWA]
Hey, I have a couple of questions for experienced In a Wicked Age... players. 1) How long does the Oracle part and creation of characters take you on average? That…
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Participants: Yokiboy, Brand_Robins, lumpley, GreatWolf, jburneko, Valamir.

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.

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.

11/6/2008 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.

11/6/2008 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.

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1/3/2009 Eliarhiman6: [DitV] Family, conflict, and again family
Hello! Rule question: During a conflict, against a member of the dog's family (let's say it's a cousin, for the sake of the example), the Dog take a new relationship…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, 5niper9, Brand_Robins.

1/9/2009 Mantisking: [Mechaton] Game Tomorrow
If anyone in the Massachusetts area is interested, I'll be playing Mechaton tomorrow afternoon over at Pandemonium Books in Cambridge.  Feel free to stop by and say "hi".  I believe…
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Participants: Mantisking, lumpley.

1/12/2009 madviking: [Storming the Wizard's Tower] Actual Play..Loooonnngg
We decided to play Storming the Wizard's Tower for last Thursday's session. It was a fun time with one hiccup that was decidedly not the fault of the game itself,…
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Participants: madviking, lumpley.

1/17/2009 Peter Nordstrand: Mechaton Heaven?
I saw this article at Film Roster and immediately thought of Mechaton. ”Mark Borlase has built a 5' x 10' Hoth base diorama consisting of between 55,000 to 60,000 pieces…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand.

1/27/2009 violet: Black Rock City
I'm running Dogs soon! This is my first town, so I thought I'd drop it here and see whatall everyone thinks. I need to flesh out a few more NPCs…
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Participants: violet.

1/27/2009 Insect King: [DITV] Cheatsheet help for new game with new gamers
Hi all, I have decided to put down my REIGN game for a spell and run some one-shot indie games. For this I chose Dogs in the Vineyard. I have…
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Participants: Insect King, lumpley, oliof, cdr.

2/8/2009 dindenver: [otherkind] Design questions
Vincent,   I just had a couple of questions about this design: 1) There are 5 rules about bonus dice, one about adding to the value of those dice and…
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Participants: dindenver, lumpley.

2/14/2009 Mantisking: [Mechaton] New Lego Microfigs
Lego is supposed to be releasing some boardgames in the near future.  One of the parts for the game is something that looks like a microfig.  Take a look at…
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Participants: Mantisking, Zeek, lumpley.

2/18/2009 Joe Murphy (Broin): [DitV] NPCs can escalate, right?
Following the thread on escalation in Poison'd, I wondered if NPCs can escalate at all in Dogs? I can't see this in the rulebook, and I wondered if the GM's…
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Participants: Joe Murphy (Broin), lumpley.

2/19/2009 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] The text
In the other thread Joe Murphy wrote: I didn't think it was clear, no. Because the text is so genial and conversational, and refers to 'you' all the time. As…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk, 5niper9, lumpley, Axhead.

2/25/2009 Willow: [Storming...] My First Attempt at a Town
Here's my first shot at a town for Storming the Wizard's tower.  It's inspired by kung-fu stories.  Not starting over the top like I'm used to, but a down to…
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Participants: Willow, lumpley.

2/27/2009 Mantisking: [Mechaton] Great Time To Be Playing?
I've only been into Mechaton for two years or so now, but it seems like now is a great time to be playing the game.  There are great new blogs…
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Participants: Mantisking, lumpley, Simon C, Zeek.

2/28/2009 TomTitTot: [Storming the Wizard's Tower] The God In The Glacier AP + Audio
So, I don't know when Raf will get to posting the two following sessions, but I thought people here and maybe Vincent would be interested in this account of our…
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Participants: TomTitTot.

3/2/2009 fnord3125: [Poison'd] Success Rolls question
Confession before I ask my question: I just got the pdf of the game today and I haven't read everything yet. Now, I wanted to check exactly how success rolls…
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Participants: fnord3125, lumpley.

3/2/2009 fnord3125: [Poison'd] Spending X's to kill & 2-die Prizes
Well having now read the entire text (with the exception of all the Cruel Fortune entries) I have one fairly big question: Exactly when can someone spend 3 X's to…
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Participants: fnord3125, lumpley.

3/7/2009 Melinglor: [Dogs] Buildin' towns and settin' dials.
Hi! I played a game of Dogs for the first time in a while. It was my second time GMing, and my first time GMing through a whole Town. I…
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Participants: Melinglor, Noclue, jburneko, Brand_Robins, lumpley, Graham Walmsley, Wolfen.

3/10/2009 HeirToPendragon: Trying for a Dr. Who // Time Cop setting
Hi everyone, I'm new to the site but figured this would be where I need to be to look for suggestions. My small sunday group occasionally plays Dogs in the…
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Participants: HeirToPendragon, lumpley.

3/11/2009 Falc: Effect of knowing the Town Creation rules for players
I haven't run DitV for a while but I got some inspiration again. I'm trying to put together a game with at least one person who hasn't played before and…
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Participants: Falc, oliof, Melinglor, lumpley.

3/15/2009 jkl: [Dogs] Social Conflict and Escalation
Hi, I am new to the Forge and pretty new to indie RPGs in general.  We've been playing Dogs and I love this game.  I like the escalation mechanic but…
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Participants: jkl, 5niper9, Wolfen, Melinglor.

3/16/2009 Jumanji83: [DitV] Questions
I have two questions about things that have come up during character creation: 1) One of the players wanted to create a character that came from Back East, where he…
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Participants: Jumanji83, 5niper9, lumpley, David Artman.

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