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11/4/2009 Kevin.Weiser: How many Traits/Belongings per See/Raise?
Heyo, Quick question: How many Traits or Belongings can a player bring in per See or Raise? Just one, or as many as they can narrate? It seems a little…
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Participants: Kevin.Weiser, lumpley.

11/2/2009 RARodger: [DitV] Deconstructing Initiation
Long story short: I want to hack the rules for Dogs to play in a setting that looks like Ars Magica. One element of Ars Magica that I want to…
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Participants: RARodger, 5niper9, lumpley.

10/26/2009 Klaus_Welten: [Poison'd] Some questions
Hi! I really love Poison'd, but I have some doubts about its rules: 1) Maybe I'm wrong, but is there any incentive to choose a mutilation or disfigurement at character…
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Participants: Klaus_Welten, lumpley.

10/26/2009 iwazhear77: Can someone explain to me the difference between the editions?
I've actually never played DiTV before so spare me if I sound like a noob. Could someone explain to me the difference between the two editions, if there are any…
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Participants: iwazhear77, lumpley.

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.

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.

10/21/2009 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.

10/21/2009 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.

10/20/2009 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.

10/19/2009 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.

10/18/2009 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.

10/17/2009 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.

10/17/2009 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.

10/13/2009 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.

10/11/2009 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.

10/11/2009 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.

10/9/2009 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.

10/8/2009 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.

10/8/2009 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.

10/7/2009 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.

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11/5/2009 jessecoombs: (IAWA) Different Versions?
I just ordered and received a new copy of In a Wicked Age to replace the one I lost. I noticed that this one doesn't have some rules about ending…
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Participants: jessecoombs, Supplanter, lumpley.

11/14/2009 Dionysus: 3+ characters in a conflict?
Howdy y'all Just had an awesome little pickup game. Been trying to play this forever but only now got some people wanting to play. I'll give the run-down to explain.…
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Participants: Dionysus, Paul T, Paul Czege.

11/16/2009 Supplanter: [IAWA] Another We Owe List Q
I can hardly believe I'm asking this one, but the group expressed some interest in the official ruling on the following matter, and I am the designated person who posts…
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Participants: Supplanter, David Artman, lumpley, jessecoombs, Brand_Robins.

11/17/2009 RARodger: [DitV] This is a fantastic game
Sorry, not a whole lot of meat here, but I just had to share. I am having a blast with this game. We just finished our 6th setting and 2nd…
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Participants: RARodger, lumpley, Supplanter.

11/24/2009 Gareth_Lazelle: [DitV] Dogscover.zip
Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but I recently purchased Dogs, and I can't download the dogscover.zip file (the other two files download with no issues),…
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Participants: Gareth_Lazelle, lumpley.

11/25/2009 Paolo D.: [DitV, hack] Suggestions from the author
Hi to everybody, I like very much this game and these days, after playing (and making) some cities, I'm working on an DitV hack based on Battlestar Galactica. When I…
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Participants: Paolo D., lumpley, Falc, Teataine.

11/28/2009 Supplanter: [IAWA] How Old-School Is It?
[quote]"No one rolls any dice." - In a Wicked Age[/quote] I had a funny thought this week sparked by the final session of our current campaign and something I read…
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Participants: Supplanter, lumpley.

11/29/2009 DrLoBoMan: [DitV] Round Bend Branch
This would be my first time building a Branch, and I went a little nuts and had a lot of fun with it. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I have…
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Participants: DrLoBoMan, lumpley.

11/29/2009 RARodger: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Suggestions for Cult Members
I?m working on my third town for Dogs in the Vineyard?Prairie Hallow, and could use some ideas. Pride: Goody Lutz, a midwife, is proud of her skill at healing. She…
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Participants: RARodger.

12/14/2009 RARodger: Complex Towns
I’m up to town number four, making this one of my longest running campaigns in quite some time. In the first couple we opened all the way with murder. Since…
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Participants: RARodger, jburneko, Falc.

1/9/2010 Solarsaurus: [DitV] Simplifying the system
Vincent, you had me at "kill puppies for satan", but I fell in love when I finally bought Dogs in the Vineyard. The setting, the gameplay, the ideas and themes…
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Participants: Solarsaurus, Falc, Teataine, lumpley, ffilz, Eliarhiman6, David Artman.

1/12/2010 henebry: [DITV] Rolling in more than one Trait on a See or Raise
The game rules for Dogs in the Vineyard describe conflicts in terms of rolling in one Trait or Belonging on a given See or Raise. They don't explicitly allow or…
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Participants: henebry, lumpley.

1/13/2010 Falc: [DitV] The start of conflict
This is sort of a follow-up post to the issue I raised HERE about the start of a conflict. Concretely, I've been playing Dogs instead of running it and we…
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Participants: Falc, lumpley.

1/13/2010 Batarang: [DitV] Possessed NPCs and Sorcerers Question
I've been looking through the rules back and forth and been trying to find an answer on here but am unable to. So, sorry for making an unneccessary topic if…
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Participants: Batarang, Eliarhiman6.

1/13/2010 adjectivemarcus: [DitV] Does this town sound too complicated?
Hi, first post! I recently put in an order for the book, and have been avidly reading the pdf. This is my first attempt at a town - I don't…
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Participants: adjectivemarcus, Falc, David Artman.

1/20/2010 hix: [Poison'd] Strike a Bargain and your Soul is collateral
Hi, I'm going to offer Poison'd this weekend in the Games on Demand room at Kapcon. One thing that's not clear to me is what happens when you strike a…
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Participants: hix, Darcy Burgess, lumpley.

1/20/2010 Ignus: [Ditv] Hacking the Hierarchy of Sin
Well, hack is a very strong word to use. More "replace the words with other words more fitting to the flavour". The brief background is that I have been asked…
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Participants: Ignus, lumpley.

1/23/2010 Corey_at_Keene: DITV: Played our first session.
Hey everybody. So, I've had Dogs for a little while now, and it's been sitting around and tempting me to try it out.  I was convinced for the longest time…
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Participants: Corey_at_Keene, lumpley, Gareth_Lazelle.

2/2/2010 segedy: [Apocalypse World] Playtest Questions
I'm going to be running the first session of AW playtest tonight, and had a few questions I'm hoping others can answer.  Have these issues come up in your games,…
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Participants: segedy, lumpley.

2/4/2010 Kevin.Weiser: [DitV] The Walking Eye reviews Dogs in the Vineyard
Hey everybody, over at The Walking Eye Podcast we've finished up our run of Dogs in the Vineyard. We posted 3 AP's (1 character creation and 2 towns) and just…
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Participants: Kevin.Weiser.

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