Previous Topics In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games Participants: Peter Nordstrand.
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,… In lumpley games Participants: madviking, lumpley.
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… In lumpley games Participants: Mantisking, lumpley.
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… In lumpley games Participants: Eliarhiman6, 5niper9, Brand_Robins.
12/17/2008 cra2: # of Players for DiTV ? Hey,
Starting to read the rules for DiTV.
Loving the theme.
Hoping to run it in 2 weekends.
Question though - I recall reading somewhere that it's really not suitable… In lumpley games Participants: cra2, lumpley, cdr, TomTitTot, oliof, robotsunshine, David Artman, chance.thirteen.
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,… In lumpley games 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,… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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?… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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,… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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/ In lumpley games 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? In lumpley games 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? In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games Participants: Paul T, Brand_Robins, lumpley.
<< more previous topics | | Subsequent Topics In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games 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… In lumpley games Participants: Jumanji83, 5niper9, lumpley, David Artman.
3/16/2009 Darcy Burgess: [StWT] - Treasure-as-Dingus Hi Vincent,
So, I had this super-cool idea for a treasure. Which quickly led to a super-cool adventure to undertake...using the treasure.
Do you see any pitfalls around using a… In lumpley games Participants: Darcy Burgess, lumpley.
3/25/2009 Jumanji83: [DitV] Neat character sheet I stumbled upon this today, and had to share!
http://spaceanddeath.com/geekgrrl/chase.pdf
Recently we’ve been playing lots of Dogs and similar games where the character sheet changes so fast that either you… In lumpley games Participants: Jumanji83, David Artman, Brand_Robins.
3/29/2009 David Artman: Ultimate Mechaton LEGO Set Folks, RUN, don't walk, to buy this set on sale at LEGO.com:
Space Skulls - http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=10192
956 mostly Mechaton-sized bits for $20 + shipping! I just got mine and opened… In lumpley games Participants: David Artman, Mantisking.
3/30/2009 Willow: [Storming...] What if the Monsters Win? So, I think I'm just about ready to run Storming the Wizard's Tower. I've got a town, an adventure, and I'm going over the rules. I should be running it… In lumpley games Participants: Willow, lumpley, Melinglor.
3/30/2009 Ayyavazi: With Your Permission? Hello Lumpley.
So, I'm going to make a long story short. I started seriously developing a game system, and devised a conflict-resolution mechanic I wanted to term "rampaging d6s" After… In lumpley games Participants: Ayyavazi, lumpley, Paul Czege.
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