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5/18/2011 Eliarhiman6: [DitV] Escalating in dice but not in the fiction
I was reading this recent thread:  questions on Raises and Sees, and that made me think again about the "seeing a specific arena means escalating to it" rule (it's…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley, Noclue, Artanis.

5/17/2011 Nocker: [DitV] questions on Raises and Sees
Hello there, First question : Can you confirm that when someone Escalates on his Raise, you have to Escalate just to be able to See this Raise ? It's either…
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Participants: Nocker, Artanis, lumpley.

4/24/2011 two_fishes: Dogs in the Vineyard Modern Cop Drama
It occurred to me that DitV would be a great vehicle for a Detective Drama RPG, like The Wire, Lethal Weapon, or maybe even the Dirty Harry movies. Two players…
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Participants: two_fishes, Josef Wilhelm.

4/18/2011 Vanoj: [Poison'd] Hugely successful first session
I was a bit anxious about running Poison'd. I'd read a lot of threads in which seasoned indie folks expressed befuddlement. But, from reading those, I figured that there was…
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Participants: Vanoj, lumpley.

4/12/2011 Josef Wilhelm: [DitV] Play-by-Post
I recently picked up DitV, and ran a couple of RL sessions, which were fantastic. Now I'm planning to attempt to run one over on http://www.myth-weavers.com/forumhome.php, and was wondering if…
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Participants: Josef Wilhelm, Eliarhiman6.

4/4/2011 abjourne: A Noobs Impression
I've recently played a few games of Dogs (as a player) & found the concept & setting to be fascinating but, I noticed that the systems decidedly vague trait mechanics…
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Participants: abjourne, Eero Tuovinen, baxil, Chris_Chinn, Adam Dray.

3/22/2011 Melinglor: Poison'd: cooperative pirates, and fleshing out NPCs?
So, I GMed my first (one-shot) game of Poison'd a couple of weeks ago. I'm planning on running a con game this week, so I thought I'd take a look…
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Participants: Melinglor, hix, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

3/21/2011 SAW: [DitV] A Mod: Tension in place of Demonic Influence
So, I've been making way my through some RPG books lately, including Wolsung and Mouse Guard, and as I've been doing that, I couldn't help but have a couple of…
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Participants: SAW.

3/12/2011 baxil: [DitV] I just murdered the first PC of my 20-year GMing career
I'd be a liar if I said this was the first PC DEATH at my hands. But it was my very first MURDER. The character is gone, beyond possible recovery.…
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Participants: baxil, pkalata, ScottM.

3/10/2011 Narmical: The RPG Theory of GMing Style?
I just started GMing Apocalypse Word. When I was reading through the GMing section I realized something. Apocalypse world isn't "that game about a world after civilization goes to shit"…
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Participants: Narmical.

2/16/2011 robotsunshine: Mechaton Rules Questions
So the book says when calculating VPP, for ties, both people bump. So if we both have the most mechs, we both bump down one. Cool. What about in a…
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Participants: robotsunshine, lumpley, Mantisking, Robert Beckett.

2/2/2011 .:. Lupo .:.: [DitV] Advice for long-lasting campaign
Hi, I am new here. Hello to everybody, and thanks to Vincent Baker for his wonderful game. It was a privilege to be able to buy it directly from its…
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Participants: .:. Lupo .:., lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, dindenver.

1/31/2011 David Artman: [IAWA] Oracle Generator app for Android
I wanted to play with App Inventor, but I didn't want to, you know, actually INVENT an app. So I lobbed, with this: <a href="http://davidartman.com/design/iawa-oracles-for-android">IAWA Oracles for Android</a> Any typos…
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Participants: David Artman, lumpley, Artanis.

1/28/2011 davidberg: [Apocalypse World] uncertainty and immersion
So, my friend Matt has been running an AW for me and 3 other friends.  He's itching to play a character, and mine is nicely poised to retire to safety…
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Participants: davidberg.

1/26/2011 facey: [DitV] need tips on Gm'ing and my town
Hello I played DitV some years ago, and finally bought the book, and I'm looking forward to getting my Rp group started playing this wonderful game. but as i was…
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Participants: facey, Falc.

1/14/2011 The Dragon Master: [Poison'd]Number of Players
I'm expecting to be running a one-shot (or something) of Poison'd for my group soon, and want to be prepared. I'm getting some character sheets printed up, and don't know…
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Participants: The Dragon Master, lumpley.

12/28/2010 Eliarhiman6: [DiTV] NPC healing a PC
Hi! Today in the Italian DitV forum someone asked about a wounded Dog (fallout > 16) healed by a NPC. I quoted the rule at page 65 of the DitV…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

12/26/2010 Eldir: [In a Wicked Age] Setting-Independent Tarot Oracle
As the title says, I made an IAWA tarot oracle (tarocle?) that does not have a specific setting. You can make up or decide on a setting after the cards…
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Participants: Eldir.

12/19/2010 Chroma: [DitV] *Finally* some killin' in Dogs!
I've run about 15 sessions of Dogs, for three different groups of players, and *today* was the first session where a Dog killed someone... actually, two Dogs shot the same…
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Participants: Chroma, lumpley, Falc.

11/24/2010 kendrick_h: Storming the Wizard's Tower?
Reading over the old playtest book again has gotten me very excited for this! Any word on when we can look forward to updates? Are you accepting open playtesters like…
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Participants: kendrick_h, revenant.

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5/29/2011 carshow2: DitV - Rules Clarification - "De-escalate"
Question both for the esteemed designer and those who've done this in the past: Is it possible to start a conflict at physical (or fightin' or gunfightin') and then to…
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Participants: carshow2, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen, Eliarhiman6.

5/31/2011 lumpley: Winterizing: Forum Closed
If you have questions or comments about my games, please bring them to my new forum, barf forth apocalyptica. Thanks! I'll see you there. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley.

6/21/2011 lumpley: lumpley games PDF library sale
Hi! To celebrate this beautiful holiday, I've put the complete lumpley games PDF library on sale for $25. If you're interested, check it out! http://www.lumpley.com/comment.php?entry=597 http://theunstore.com/index.php/unstore/game/105 -Vincent
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6/26/2011 Eliarhiman6: [AW] Hocus cult, PC cultist in stupor and other questions
Hi! This is a question about the effects of being in a cult Character Creation, first session. Snake is a Hocus, his cult contain followers involved in successful commerce, they…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

7/10/2011 Eliarhiman6: [DitV] Relationship dice: a form of content authority?
Hi! I often encounter Internet posts that propagate a specific misconception about the use of Relationship Dice in DitV.  The last case, that prompted me to write this post, was…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

7/23/2011 Eliarhiman6: [AW] No play in the first session.
Hi! My group is slow in creating characters. I am not talking about a single guy or two, no, every time creating characters take a really long time for all…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

8/1/2011 Eliarhiman6: [AW] Hocus and insight
I have some doubts about the "Insight" move. The Hocus player make his roll at the beginning of the session, and he get insight. This is a finite resource (like…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

8/1/2011 Eliarhiman6: [AW] Sex and the Battlebabe
Another question. I think I already did read the answer somewhere, but i don't remember it - it was months ago - and I can't find it now, so I'm…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley, Ron Edwards.

8/3/2011 Eliarhiman6: [AW] No doctor. What can you do?
Hi! In the AW book the "healing" chapter talks about the healing moves and rolls you do when you play an Angel.  Then, it suggest three alternative solutions with NPCs…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

8/16/2011 kkibrick: [DitV] What do you do when a PC's relationship dies
I created a modified DitV where everyone plays really involved NPC's so relationships are important.  At the moment were debating killing off NPC's which is good for story, but people…
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Participants: kkibrick, lumpley.

8/17/2011 Eliarhiman6: [AW] Barter counting?
I am having some difficulties understanding how Barter works in Apocalypse World. I am used to having money (or wealth in general) treated in two kind of manners in rpgs:…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley, Eero Tuovinen.

8/22/2011 Eliarhiman6: [DitV] initiation for the already initiated player?
For various reasons I am reading again the DitV game manual these days, and reading again the chapter about the initiation conflict made me think about the utility of that…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, Eero Tuovinen.

10/3/2011 lumpley: Playtesting Murderous Ghosts
Hey, I've been working on a quick-playing 2-player horror game called Murderous Ghosts, and I've just put out a call for playtesters. If you're interested, come to my blog and…
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Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards.

10/8/2011 Eliarhiman6: [AW] one gun, some guns, all the guns?
Reading the gunlugger playbook.  Page 53 The Silencer option in "serious guns". Says "remove loud from any of your guns" It means "from one gun of my choice"? Or "from…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley, Miskatonic.

10/9/2011 Eliarhiman6: [AW] a blood-crazed NTBFW gunlugger
If a Gunlugger is fighting like a gang (the "Not to be fucked with" move) does he still get the +1harm from "Bloodcrazed"? (4-harm instead of 3-harm)? More in general:…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

10/11/2011 Eliarhiman6: [AW] I want to be what you were
At the start of the game, everyone choose one booklet. No duplicates. OK, that's easy. Let's say that I am playing an Angel, and my friend is playing a Hardholder. …
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley.

10/23/2011 lumpley: Murderous Ghosts!
In plenty of time for Halloween: Murderous Ghosts -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley.

11/10/2011 Eliarhiman6: [AW] leverage: kill me
Hi Vincent! There is a way to use the "Manipulate" move that I used in a example and it was contested, so I am checking it with you to be…
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Participants: Eliarhiman6, lumpley, way.

1/24/2012 Ayyavazi: [DitV] Jedi hack and Help with Town/Colony creation (long, help needed)
Greetings all, I've run a few games of Dogs in the past but never hacked the game to be Jedi-centric. I've read the posts on it here in the forums…
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Participants: Ayyavazi.

2/12/2012 Zjou: [DitV] this town.../back to GM'ing
Cheers from Italy everyone, first post for me after years of reading... :) Also first role-playing-game (of Dogs) in a long long time, coming up next week... Bit of introduction:…
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Participants: Zjou.

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