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10/2/2005 lumpley: Serenity Policy
THE LUMPLEY GAMES FORUM SERENITY POLICY Discussing Serenity is, as you'd guess, on-topic for this forum. However, it's impossible to discuss a movie without casually revealing details of what happens…
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Participants: lumpley.

9/13/2005 lumpley: Swords for Guns?
[quote author=Falc link=topic=16743.msg178443#msg178443 date=1126622081] I must say, it's indeed a bit unclear that the actual final step of escalation is weapons of any kind, and not just guns. That's not…
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Participants: lumpley, Falc, DamienNeil, Sean, nikola, Sydney Freedberg, cdr, epweissengruber, Trevis Martin.

8/31/2005 lumpley: Dogs Review Podcast by Paul Tevis
[url=http://havegameswilltravel.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=16556]Have Games, Will Travel #6[/url]. Coolness! -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley.

8/31/2005 lumpley: [UtB] Good, Disobedient and Heartbreaking
On Thursday night at GenCon I played Under the Bed with Danielle, Paul, Ben and Eric. It was the saddest game in the history of time. We took an extreme…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Meguey, Ron Edwards, Ben Lehman, nikola.

8/26/2005 lumpley: Can the Dogs Define Sin Away?
[quote author=Pôl Jackson link=topic=16439.msg175504#msg175504 date=1124950780] There's an idea in the game that I find problematic: that the Dogs can redefine sin so that it isn't sin anymore. But that's a…
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Participants: lumpley, Eero Tuovinen, TonyLB, Pol Jackson.

8/25/2005 lumpley: My Favorite and Only puppies Demo
So somebody who shall remain nameless* comes up to me on Thursday and is all like, "I got this guy over here wants a kill puppies for satan demo" and…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Clinton R. Nixon, Albert of Feh, Ron Edwards, Shiffer.

8/15/2005 lumpley: We're Onto Something
This weekend I happened to have Under the Bed, The Mountain Witch, Polaris, and Breaking the Ice all at my house. They look good. They don't look like anything I've…
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, Andrew Morris, Matt Snyder, Bob Goat, Ron Edwards.

7/27/2005 lumpley: Question for Chris Engle: Coptic Sewn?
Hey Chris! Place the booklets end up between the boards. Clamp them in. saw acros the spine to make the holes to sew through. Unclamp and sewn.…
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, Andrew Morris, MatrixGamer, Paul Czege, Valamir.

7/26/2005 lumpley: DitV2: New Text
...Well, new to the book. It won't be new to you. This appears at the end of the Conflict & Resolution chapter. GMing Conflicts I think of this as “second…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, John Harper.

7/20/2005 lumpley: DitV2: New Rules!
The second edition upcoming has a new rule and a rule change in it. They're both about followup conflicts. The rule change I'm the GM. My NPCs take a stack…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Technocrat13, bluegargantua, Warren, Uzzah, demiurgeastaroth, Matt Wilson, immlass, mataglap, mtiru.

6/20/2005 lumpley: Turtling Citation
Hey Ron or anybody, which article is "turtling" in? Is it even in an article? I've done an Edit > Find (on This Page)... in every article, no luck. I've…
In Site Discussion
Participants: lumpley, Chris Goodwin, jrs, ethan_greer, Trevis Martin, contracycle, Troy_Costisick, Mike Holmes.

6/15/2005 lumpley: Website Back!
Now with comment previews! And searching! www.lumpley.com -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, ScottM.

4/19/2005 lumpley: Polaris
I've been trying to figure out how to write about this. This is actually my ... fourth try. Meg, Emily, Ben and I played Polaris a second time, a couple…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Ben Lehman, Kesher, Emily Care, Paka, Selene Tan, Miskatonic, Bob the Fighter.

4/14/2005 lumpley: Walt Frietag: the LP in Solo CRPGs?
This is a very narrow, very focused post. I want to hear from Walt before anybody else, if that's possible? Here, Walt Frietag"]Yes, the Lumpley Principle does get in the…
In RPG Theory
Participants: lumpley, Walt Freitag, pete_darby, contracycle, Bankuei, Valamir, Gaerik, John Kim, Paul Czege, Gordon C. Landis, C. Edwards, Wolfen, Noon, kenjib, joshua neff, Ben Lehman, Wysardry, James Holloway, Domhnall, Ron Edwards.

4/12/2005 lumpley: Dogs in the Marketplace
Anybody's curious, I've just put a graph of my online sales up on my blog, here. It's not as slick as Matt's map. I have envy. -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Paka, Chris Goodwin, Brand_Robins, Valamir, Bob Goat, Jasper Polane, nikola, Tobias, matthijs, The_Tim.

4/6/2005 lumpley: The Whole Point
The whole point for me, at least. Over on my blog, me and my friends and readers compiled a great list of things. It's still open, please feel free to…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: lumpley, Gordon C. Landis.

4/5/2005 lumpley: Three Cheers
Happy b-day to the Forge and let's please hear it for Ron and Clinton, without whose enthusiasm, dedication, hard work and smart thinkery none of this goodness would be happening.…
In Forge Birthday Forum
Participants: lumpley, TonyLB, Sean, Lxndr, pete_darby, Tobias, daMoose_Neo, Andrew Morris, Emily Care, xenopulse, Gaerik, Ben Lehman, bcook1971, Dave Panchyk, Paka, Meguey, Anonymous, ironick, Domhnall, Doug Ruff, Harlequin.

3/30/2005 lumpley: Dogs: A Big GM Advice
As GM, you get to help establish stakes. If your player says "what's at stake is this" you can say "no, I don't dig that, how about what's at stake…
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Participants: lumpley, TonyLB, bcook1971, Wolfen, Bankuei, Betsi-G.

3/30/2005 lumpley: [PTA] a very good episode, a very hard session
Previously on Epidemonology: here and here. This time: The Collector. It's Cyrus Dunn's spotlight episode. His issue is grief, particularly for the death of his wife Helen. Emily plays him.…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Danny_K, Emily Care, Ben Lehman, ScottM, Sydney Freedberg, Meguey, nikola, Matt Wilson, Frank T.

3/1/2005 lumpley: Interview at Primeval Press
[url=http://primevalpress.com/articles/interviews/baker]Primeval Games Press Designer Interview: Vincent Baker[/url] So that's fun. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Wolfen, Paka, Ben Lehman, Matt Wilson, nikola, John Burdick, Emily Care, Jonathan Walton, pete_darby.

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10/7/2005 lumpley: Whatever Functional Application of the Rules Text I Please
Spun off from The Role of Fortune What none of you've provided yet is the purely procedural function randomness serves in GURPS.…
In RPG Theory
Participants: lumpley.

11/1/2005 lumpley: Dogs' Sales to Date
On my blog, I've just posted a chart showing the last 15 months' Dogs sales: here. I welcome any discussion or questions, here or there. -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Technocrat13, Brian Newman, Brand_Robins, Neal, Blankshield, Paka, IMAGinES.

11/21/2005 lumpley: Saturday on PTA: Quicksilver
So I had the awesomest weekend ever. This game was part of it. Here's me, Clinton, Judd, and Joshua playing Formula De on Saturday afternoon, and Judd wins, and Clinton's…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Alex Fradera, Paka, nikola, Clinton R. Nixon, rafial, Matt Wilson.

11/25/2005 lumpley: The Very, Very Basics of Pricing Your Game
Hi. This comes mostly out of a conversation I had with my little brother (Drew Baker, and check out me namedropping) when I was deciding how much to charge for…
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, Valamir, TonyLB, Michael S. Miller, Roger, Troy_Costisick, Jared A. Sorensen, inthisstyle, Ben Lehman, timfire, Victor Gijsbers, nikola, Joshua BishopRoby, Levi Kornelsen.

12/9/2005 lumpley: I'm going to be quiet for a bit...
...On account of having a new baby! Tovey Lynn Baker But you all are doing awesome with the forum here, I have no fear for its sake. Carry on! -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Levi Kornelsen, Technocrat13, Eric Minton, Andrew Morris, Brand_Robins, Parsolamew, Keith Senkowski, Blankshield, Tindalos, Gaerik, jasonm, zornwil.

1/3/2006 lumpley: Three kinds of character creation
Me, Meg and Emily. We're like, hey, I know, let's make characters for each of our games in development, see how they each work. So we did. All three were…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Joshua BishopRoby, Victor Gijsbers, Ron Edwards.

1/3/2006 lumpley: Low-key towns for new players?
[quote author=Rossum link=topic=18217.msg192465#msg192465 date=1136322670] I specifically did not want to ramp up all the way to Hate and Murder. This was the first town (and the first game) for this…
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Brand_Robins, Levi Kornelsen, Technocrat13, Arturo G., chriscrouch, Andrew Morris, Iskander, Rossum, Frank T.

1/4/2006 lumpley: Sorcery and the Supernatural Dial
[quote author=Iskander link=topic=18218.msg192569#msg192569 date=1136389143] For me (running my first, a one-shot), the limiting factor was that it seemed that right after [i]False Doctrine[/i], you're getting into [i]Sorcery[/i], and are immediately…
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Participants: lumpley, Iskander, Levi Kornelsen, Brand_Robins, Vaxalon, Warren.

1/12/2006 lumpley: Dogs in the Vineyard's sales
In case anybody's interested, I've just posted a chart showing Dogs in the Vineyard's lifetime direct sales at my blog: Year-end sales chart. I welcome questions and comments, here or…
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Participants: lumpley, MatrixGamer, JakeVanDam, Thunder_God, timopod.

1/12/2006 lumpley: Dogs in the Vineyard's sales to date
Everyone here reads the publishing forum, right? -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, Vaxalon.

1/19/2006 lumpley: Shock: 0.???.0 Playtest
I very briefly summarize my own PC's story and then go into theory, here. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, nikola.

3/3/2006 lumpley: Dogs at IPR
I've signed up with IPR! This is happy and exciting. lumpley games at IPR -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley, coffeestain, TonyLB, inthisstyle.

3/10/2006 lumpley: Co-interviewing
Hey, anyone who's here who doesn't do the blog crawl: Clinton R. Nixon and I are interviewing one another at <a href="http://www.fairgame-rpgs.com/comment.php?entry=43">Fair Game</a>. Check it out, it's a blast. -Vincent
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Participants: lumpley.

3/10/2006 lumpley: A new contest
To go with the Iron Game Chef, the Ronnies, the Bennies, the Matties, the Murkies, the Monkies... The Gamie-Gamies! Discussion welcome here or there. -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, inthisstyle, Ben Lehman, Frank T.

5/19/2006 lumpley: [1001 Nights] Falconer, Midwife, Dancer, Master of Sword
So it's Emily, Julia, me and Meg, playing Meg's game in development 10001 Nights. We've set up and we're just starting play. My character's the Sultan's favorite dancer. He's a…
In Playtesting
Participants: lumpley, Emily Care.

6/13/2006 lumpley: Monsters! Monsters!
I played Monsters! Monsters! with Meg and the kids, at Sebastian's request. Okay, so Sebastian's nine, and he's been devouring my game books, and that's cool but also a problem.…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Meguey.

6/16/2006 lumpley: A funny moment from our Dogs game
J's running. Meg, Julia and I are the players. Meg: So we're agreed, right? We'll all stay back here in this car , get off in a…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Paka, Ben Lehman, Meguey.

6/16/2006 lumpley: Mongoose contacted me
Matthew Sprange wrote me a little while back, offering to publish Dogs in the Vineyard under a new imprint that Mongoose is launching (or considering launching). I'd keep intellectual property…
In Publishing
Participants: lumpley, Valamir, Vaxalon, Andy Kitkowski, Pelgrane, Wart, Thunder_God, Adam Dray, abzu, nikola, Paul Czege, komradebob, Jake Richmond, David Chunn, Ron Edwards.

7/3/2006 lumpley: [DitV] I should stop getting my friends shot
...Because this most recent time, it was scary. They both lived, but if there hadn't been a big, excellent midwife nearby they'd both be dead now, and it'd be all…
In Actual Play
Participants: lumpley, Ron Edwards, Emily Care, Noon, Parthenia, Meguey.

7/28/2006 lumpley: GenCon Booth - Awards Banner
[quote author=abzu link=topic=20622.msg214869#msg214869 date=1154097391] Also, I think we* should put a display together similar to what Vincent had last year -- the hanging panels that described Dogs and its accolades.…
In Conventions
Participants: lumpley, abzu, Clinton R. Nixon, Justin D. Jacobson, Paka, Ron Edwards, Malcolm, Keith Senkowski, Matt Snyder, Ben Lehman, timfire, Nathan P., jasonm, Valamir, btrc, Paul Czege, Dantai, c, Emily Care, TonyLB, inthisstyle.

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