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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.

3/24/2010 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.

3/23/2010 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.

3/20/2010 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.

3/20/2010 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.

3/18/2010 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.

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.

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.

2/9/2010 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.

2/8/2010 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.

2/8/2010 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.

2/4/2010 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.

2/2/2010 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.

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.

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.

1/20/2010 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.

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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.

4/17/2010 Paul T: [DitV] Questions! 2. About rules
In the same game I was talking about here (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=29684.0), a few funny rules niggles came up. I'd like your input on these various points, if you have any to…
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Participants: Paul T, Noclue, Filip Luszczyk, lumpley.

4/17/2010 Neil the Wimp: [DitV] Wave game: player wanted
Hi folks!  We're just about to start our second Dogs town on Google Wave.  We've got three players, but there's room for one more.  If you're interested in joining in,…
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Participants: Neil the Wimp.

4/19/2010 Filip Luszczyk: [DitV] Hacking healing conflicts
I've been thinking today how for every strong healing conflict, I've seen two repetitive ones. Sometimes they just feel like a formality on the one hand, but on the other…
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Participants: Filip Luszczyk.

4/26/2010 Kevin.Weiser: [DitV] Order of operations for applying fallout.
Is there a specific order to apply changes to your character as a result of Fallout? We just had this situation come up Friday: Esther took long term fallout. She…
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Participants: Kevin.Weiser, Falc, Filip Luszczyk, VAgentZero, Noclue, lumpley.

4/30/2010 Paul T: [DitV] Rules question: A mob of possessed people led by a sorcerer
A very quick question, but one that I can't quite figure out, and I wonder if different people are doing this differently: You have an angry mob in your game.…
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Participants: Paul T, lumpley.

5/5/2010 Paul T: [DitV + Afraid] Healing: rules differences
Just a quick question: Healing, fallout, and how they're different in Dogs and Afraid. When the healer Takes the Blow: * In Afraid, in a healing conflict, the person being…
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Participants: Paul T, Noclue.

5/8/2010 Ayyavazi: Looking for DitV play aids
Hello all, I'm about to start a DitV game, stock setting, and I was wondering about a couple of play aids I had downloaded that I can't find anymore. They…
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Participants: Ayyavazi, Noclue, watergoesred.

5/10/2010 steffen: [IAWA] Difficulties with the rules
Hello! Yesterday, we played some IAWA and while the session was quite fast-paced and interesting, we had a few difficulties with the rules. So here they are: 1. How do…
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Participants: steffen, RedPissLegion, Noclue, yellowparis.

5/13/2010 Maestro: DitV Conflict Tips?
Hey all. I mentioned in another thread, I am a huge fan of this game and the system. However, and I'm sure this has been written about before, does anyone…
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Participants: Maestro, Noclue, RedPissLegion, Paul T.

5/15/2010 yellowparis: [IaWA] NPCs After Chapter 2
So tiny a question that I'm almost embarrassed to make a whole thread for it, but: The text says that from chapter 3 on, new characters can start with a…
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Participants: yellowparis, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

5/19/2010 PeterAdkison: [DitV] Reconciling False Doctrine to No Moral Judgment
Call me late to the party but I’m finally playing Dogs in the Vineyard.  I’ve been wanting to play for years but I have a lot of trouble running a…
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Participants: PeterAdkison, Eero Tuovinen, Noclue, lumpley.

5/20/2010 Dionysus: [Apocalypse World] New players...
Howdy all. I wasn't 100% sure where to put this. Is this playtesting or actual play? In here is probably the best for the moment - if it should be…
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Participants: Dionysus.

5/22/2010 Ayyavazi: Passing on your turn?
hey all, I've recently played my first ever game of DitV, and it was a blast for all involved. I'll be posting the actual play a little later today for…
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Participants: Ayyavazi.

5/22/2010 Ayyavazi: First Session ever, need help and critiques please
Hello all. This was my first ever session of Dogs, and we didn't finish the city. Actually, we never got into a conflict after the initiations. But I wanted to…
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Participants: Ayyavazi.

5/24/2010 WJ MacGuffin: [DitV] Delta Green town - Alexandria (long)
Hi folks! I'm running a Delta Green/Dogs in the Vineyard crossover game in a few weeks and wanted to know what y'all thought of my town. It was a little…
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Participants: WJ MacGuffin, Paul T.

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