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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.

1/13/2010 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.

1/13/2010 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 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.

1/12/2010 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.

1/9/2010 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.

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.

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.

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.

11/28/2009 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.

11/25/2009 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.

11/24/2009 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.

11/17/2009 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.

11/16/2009 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.

11/14/2009 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.

11/5/2009 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.

11/5/2009 Kevin.Weiser: [DitV] The Walking Eye first session thoughts and questions.
We had first session of Dogs in the Vineyard last night for the podcast. It went pretty well, considering we unfortunately had a 3 week break (due to plague) between…
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Participants: Kevin.Weiser, lumpley.

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.

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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.

2/8/2010 stefoid: help with IaWA
Hi, I rolled a Nest of Vipers 6H: A tower of silver and alabaster, which rises from the sea under the new moon. 7H: A squat town on the banks…
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Participants: stefoid, Falc, lumpley, jrs, jburneko, Noclue, David Artman, way, Paul T, RedPissLegion.

2/8/2010 P1NBACK: [DitV] Introducing Murder to the Dogs
What's the best way to introduce Hate and Murder to the Dogs? Should the Dogs witness the murder, should they stumble upon it through talking with the NPCs, should they…
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Participants: P1NBACK, lumpley, jburneko, Brand_Robins.

2/9/2010 RARodger: DitV made me a better GM
My Dogs game ended a few weeks back when the Dogs were killed trying to evict some railway men trying to get the rights to put a line through town.…
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Participants: RARodger, lumpley.

2/15/2010 Kevin.Weiser: A couple Poison'd Questions
1: Do the effects of multiple Wear and Breakages stack with one another? There are multiple ways to acquire the condition, what happens if you get it from two different…
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Participants: Kevin.Weiser, lumpley, Ben Lehman.

2/19/2010 RedPissLegion: [IaWA] What is the scope of resolution
Hi, I was playing In a Wicked Age the other day and this question came up. Can a character action in a round of conflict resolve the statement that initiated…
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Participants: RedPissLegion, Noclue, way, Brand_Robins, stefoid, jburneko, lumpley, JoeBeason.

3/18/2010 exploding_brain: [DitV] Confused by choices for fallout
Hi all, Brand new member here.  Hope my first post doesn't make me sound like too much of an ignoramus. :) I'm trying to wrap my head around the choices…
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Participants: exploding_brain, lumpley, jburneko, Omar_Ramirez.

3/20/2010 jburneko: A Very Dogs Like Quote
A couple of weeks ago I was watching the film Doubt.  As I was watching there was a line uttered by Meryl Streep that made me jump up and get…
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Participants: jburneko, Simon C.

3/20/2010 yellowparis: [poison'd] cruel fortune cards
I'm looking at formatting the Cruel Fortunes list into a deck of printable cards, so I can deal them out to my group (skipping the 'copy onto 3x5 card' step). …
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Participants: yellowparis, lumpley.

3/23/2010 Artanis: [Poison'd] Ambitions and 2on1 fights
Hello Vincent We had a very uncouth session of Poison'd the other week, and I have some questions as this was our first time playing. 1.) So this guy Flint…
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Participants: Artanis, yellowparis, lumpley.

3/24/2010 Neil the Wimp: [DitV] Non-pathetic Stewards
I've run a few DitV towns, but I'm always having problems with what to do about the Steward.  If he's on the ball, he'll intervene with things going wrong in…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, Artanis, Eliarhiman6, David Artman, lumpley, Noclue, Paul T, Rughat, Motipha, Eero Tuovinen.

3/24/2010 SAW: What happened to the Mechaton Community?
So, I just recently discovered Mechaton, however, when I started to read the various blogs, they all seem to have died out around the same time (between like March and…
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Participants: SAW, Mantisking, Simon C, Zeek, David Artman, Ar Kayon.

3/26/2010 Paul T: [Apocalypse World] Questions
Vincent, Just a few minor things here, before I run the game. When seducing someone (another PC, specifically): "If they refuse, it's acting under fire." I'm not sure what this…
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Participants: Paul T, lumpley.

4/7/2010 Paul T: [DitV] A wife by any other name, + two rules questions
Having some fun with Dogs! But a few questions came up during our first session: 1. How do the Faithful refer to two wives who are married to the same…
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Participants: Paul T, VAgentZero, Noclue, lumpley, David Artman, Eliarhiman6, Welkerfan.

4/11/2010 Neil the Wimp: [DitV] Why are relationships so specific?
I like playing with new people: it gives  me a refreshing new perspective on my play assumptions.  The latest occasion what a play-by-mail game of Dogs.  One player posted a…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp, Noclue, Paul T, Motipha, Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

4/11/2010 rubberduck: [DITV] Crow's Ridge
I got to GM dogs in the vineyard for the first time today, and had a blast. I had two players this time around, but a few more will probably…
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Participants: rubberduck.

4/15/2010 legion329: Escalatin'
I had a question about escalation: If you start out talkin' and escalate to fightin', and one person draws a gun but the other refrains... what does the fallout look…
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Participants: legion329, lumpley, Paul T, dindenver, Noclue.

4/17/2010 Paul T: [DitV] Questions! 1. About tradition among the Faithful
I just wrapped up the first Town of my first non-one-shot Dogs game, and a few things came up in the game I have questions about. The first few are…
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Participants: Paul T, Noclue, lumpley.

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