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9/5/2009 Melinglor: Oracles for Outdoorsmen
So the folks that hired me to work at Middle-earth Camp asked me to come to an adult camp one evening next week, and lead them in a Storyjam. They…
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Participants: Melinglor, Paul T.

9/3/2009 Marshall Burns: a possibly true fact about pirates
"When pirates are put to death, it is because they have been out on the high seas violating Admiralty Law, whose jurisdiction extends only to the high-tide mark. The implacable…
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Participants: Marshall Burns, Arturo G..

9/2/2009 BWA: [Storming] The Temple of Nine Bells
I've started a Storming the Wizard's Tower game, which I think is turning into a genuine campaign. We're two sessions in, and everyone really likes it. An AP of the…
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Participants: BWA, Paul T.

9/1/2009 Narmical: [DitV] Part 2 of Interview with Vincent Baker about Dogs In The Vineyard
I have just released part 2 of the interview with Vincent Baker on Dogs in the Vineyard. We continue our discussion with him asking more questions. Thanks so much to…
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Participants: Narmical.

8/31/2009 enderbean: [DITV] Healing conflicts bogged down
At the end of my last session I went through all the questions in the section of the book on reflection fallout. When I asked the players where the action…
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Participants: enderbean, Noclue.

8/30/2009 Paul T: Dogs with Star Wars Sauce, Or: How Do You Make a Town into a City? Dogs & Genre
I ran a Star Wars-flavoured session of Dogs a few weeks ago, with great success. I didn't modify the rules in any way, except suggest that the accomplishment/initiation conflict deal…
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Participants: Paul T, James_Nostack.

8/28/2009 Arturo G.: [Poison'd] Some fight questions and a remark about brinkmanship
Hi, I had a very fun starting session of Poison'd the other day. One player was not coming for our regular TSoY game, and I brought Poison'd with me. There…
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Participants: Arturo G..

8/26/2009 Shenron: Where do I buy/find?
Alright after lurking around these forums for awhile and waiting to play Dogs in the Vineyard (When my GM gets around to it, ugh lazy bastard) I have come across…
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Participants: Shenron, lumpley.

8/25/2009 Lance D. Allen: Pre-planned Character Concepts
Vincent, Over here you said the following. The game doesn't treat strong pre-planned character concepts with much respect. Don't invest too heavily in it, you'll just be frustrated when the…
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Participants: Lance D. Allen.

8/25/2009 Mantisking: [Mechaton] How Often Do You Play?
As the title reads.  I know that I don't get to play as often as I'd like, in fact it might be just twice a year.  How about you?
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Participants: Mantisking, mike_the_pirate, Noclue, David Artman, lumpley.

8/25/2009 Eliarhiman6: [DitV] "I did steal this vest, and people treat me like a dog" and initiation
Hi! For my next dogs campaign, one of the players came up with a "different" Dog concept that I like very much: she want to play a female thief/ former…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

8/25/2009 Shenron: Poison'd Hype?
This game looked awesome, pirates are always fun to play but there is never enough RPG's for them. Anyway, I googled this game and I found a lot of harsh…
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Participants: Shenron, lumpley, agony, jefgodesky.

8/25/2009 Shenron: An Odd Character idea?
Hey, soon I will be playing in my very first Dogs game and I am really excited. After bouncing around like hundreds of character ideas in my head I have…
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Participants: Shenron, lumpley.

8/22/2009 Narmical: [DitV] Interview with Vincent Baker about Dogs In The Vineyard
I have just relesed part 1 of a two part interview with Vincent Baker you may be interested in. In the interview we talk with Vincent about the design of…
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Participants: Narmical, mike_the_pirate.

8/17/2009 noahtrammell: [IAWA] Anthology Engine
  While reading around about In a Wicked Age, I came across mentions of a "Shamed" condition.  I was surprised that the Anthology Engine wasn't exclusive to IAWA.  Are there…
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Participants: noahtrammell, lumpley.

8/11/2009 RARodger: Dogs in the TARDIS
Since my first reading of Dogs I’ve wanted to use it to run a Doctor Who game. But I haven’t been able to come up with a planet progression for…
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Participants: RARodger, lumpley.

8/7/2009 gyulakov: Number of Players?
Hi everyone, I just got Dogs in the Vineyard and am eager to run a game or two. One question that I have, though, revolves around how many players the…
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Participants: gyulakov, cra2.

8/7/2009 Simon C: [Dogs] A couple of questions
I ran a pretty intense game of Dogs last night, and it was super fun, but a couple of things came up that I didn't quite know how to deal…
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Participants: Simon C, cra2, Noclue, Lance D. Allen.

8/5/2009 cra2: The Law: Territorial Authority vs Steward vs Dogs
I've done a search on Territorial Authority and still haven't quite come to a concrete picture in my head. Was hoping someone could help me... In terms of "law enforcement"…
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Participants: cra2, Lance D. Allen, lumpley, jburneko, Noclue, Danny_K, hix.

8/3/2009 cra2: Organizing Conflict
Hi, Am reading over the rules again trying to get comfortable before I run my first game. Could some of you experienced Dogs GMs chime in and sort out how…
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Participants: cra2, lumpley, Noclue, jburneko, Eliarhiman6, Web_Weaver.

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9/11/2009 scottdunphy: [IAWA] Oracles for Convention Play
I reformatted some Abulafia Oracles for easy convention play and thought I'd share. I combined some similar Oracles to get to 52, split others up into multiple Oracles, and add…
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Participants: scottdunphy, DainXB.

9/25/2009 Shenron: Starship Troopers?
I could have swore someone had a link for a homebrew Starship Troopers game they did based off of the DITV. Am I going crazy?
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Participants: Shenron.

9/27/2009 Simon C: [Dogs] Taking the Blow and Seeing in Talking Conflicts
I get how this works in the rules, but what does it look like in the fiction?  I kind of get how it could go, but I want to see…
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Participants: Simon C, Brand_Robins, Noclue, lumpley.

10/2/2009 Simon C: [Dogs] What are the demons for?
As mentioned in the other thread (which I found super useful, thanks everyone), we've just wrapped up our fifth Dogs town, and are moving on to our sixth.  We've been…
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Participants: Simon C, lumpley, David Artman, jburneko, hix, greyorm, Paul T, argamemnon.

10/7/2009 robotsunshine: [Poison'd] Starting Bargains
I tell Bad Luck Billy Hammond at character creation that, "You swore to Captain Pallor that you'd sink the Dagger before you see her taken." Who decides the context of…
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Participants: robotsunshine, lumpley.

10/8/2009 Shoo: [DitV] I'm not sure if I'm getting the rules completely
Hi all :) I'm going to run my first DitV game tomorrow, but I still feel that don't understand some parts of the game. If anyone could explain them to…
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Participants: Shoo, lumpley, jlarke, Simon C, Noclue, Warren.

10/8/2009 Klaus_Welten: [IaWA] Five players... wait, wut?
So, in the very first page of IaWA is stated that you can play with "three or four of your friends"; however, you deal only four cards at the start…
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Participants: Klaus_Welten, lumpley.

10/9/2009 Klaus_Welten: [IaWA] Entering in a scene
During our first session, there have been some situations in which a character could conceivably appear in a scene even if presence wasn't stated before; in a situation like those,…
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Participants: Klaus_Welten, lumpley.

10/11/2009 Reithan: [DitV] A couple - hopefully simple - questions
Ok, reading through dogs with a couple buddies and there's a 2-fold question we're stumped on. Part 1: If you're in a conflict against someone/something you're trying to save/help, how…
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Participants: Reithan, 5niper9, ffilz, Noclue, lumpley.

10/11/2009 Supplanter: [IAWA] We Owe List Question
First chapter, I played Antonella, a blood-sorceress in her early 20s trying to save her brother from life as a temple prostitute, and got on the Owe List a few…
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Participants: Supplanter, Brand_Robins, lumpley.

10/13/2009 Klaus_Welten: [IaWA] Making new Oracles: how?
I was going to write down a set of Oracles inspired by The Rose of Versailles, but I ask just to be sure: is there a criterium for writing down…
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Participants: Klaus_Welten, lumpley.

10/17/2009 Klaus_Welten: [DiTV] Is there a reason...
... not to choose all Excellent and Big items? ... not to invoke Demons all the time to get all those free d10s?
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Participants: Klaus_Welten, 5niper9, Brand_Robins, jburneko, Noclue, lumpley, P1NBACK.

10/17/2009 RARodger: [DitV] Was this too gamey of me?
I finally started a Dogs campaign. We only have a few hours each week to play and are in between the second and third sessions of our first town. Two…
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Participants: RARodger, jburneko, greyorm, Noclue, lumpley.

10/18/2009 Shenron: Hey there Lumpley
I sent you an e-mail, just want to make sure you do not overlook it.
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Participants: Shenron.

10/19/2009 Simon C: [Dogs] Healing
This is a much more simple rules question than my previous threads. Sr. Abilene and Br. Caleb (Dogs) have chased down Br. Joshua (a sorcerer), and they've got into a…
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Participants: Simon C, lumpley.

10/20/2009 P1NBACK: [Poison'd] Examples of Play?
Are there any I can read? I usually learn a game better by reading about examples of play. Perhaps a PbP version? Thanks in advance. Mike
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Participants: P1NBACK.

10/21/2009 Klaus_Welten: [DiTV] Entering a conflict?
Suppose that two people are arguing (a verbal conflict) and a third one wants to settle them down. Or that two people are punching each other and a third person…
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Participants: Klaus_Welten, Peturabo.

10/21/2009 Kevin.Weiser: [IAWA] Actual Play on The Walking Eye
Hey everybody, Just dropping a line to let everybody know my podcast The Walking Eye has posted a full 4 sessions of In A Wicked Age... actual play. It, along…
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Participants: Kevin.Weiser.

10/25/2009 RARodger: [DitV] Help with my second town!
One of my weakness as a GM, in general, is coming up with wants for my NPCs. Well, I’m putting together my second town for Dogs in the Vineyard, and…
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Participants: RARodger, Rughat.

10/26/2009 theloneamigo: [DitV] Wisdom Creek Branch
I'll be running Dogs for the first time next month, and I'm not entirely sure what to start with in terms of towns. I imagine throwing the players a town…
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Participants: theloneamigo, Rughat, lumpley.

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