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\"ditv.jpg\"Okay, enough politics! Let’s talk about violence and religion! <\/p>\n

Or, perhaps, about gaming.<\/p>\n

Actually, not much to say, except that I’ve about 3\/4 of the way through the Dogs in the Vineyard<\/a><\/em> rules that Doyce<\/a> loaned us (Margie’s already finished it), and it’s been a while since I’ve been as interested in both a setting (grim and gritty circuit-riding holy paladins in an Old West\/Utah-like setting — think Valdemaran heralds without the magic horses and namby-pambiness) and a rules set. It looks like there’s plenty of opportunity for conflict and character, but in a setting with enough established tropes (every Western film ever shot, with a hefty helping of fire and brimstone) and a rules outlook that neither the GM nor the players have to go to extraordinary lengths to figure out what’s going on (coughNobiliscough).<\/p>\n

I’m still a scosh concerned about how the (nicely built die-bidding) mechanic may get in the way of certain role-playing opportunities or pacing — but I think it will still work better than a similar “frisbee full of dice” workings of Sorcerer. It’s more intrusive, but also more understandable (and, I think, quicker to use).<\/p>\n

The character<\/a> generation<\/a> was relatively painless, yet involving in the setting. Now I’m looking forward to some actual gameplay with “Suzannah<\/a>” real soon now, and with more enthusiasm than I’ve had in some time for a new system.<\/p>\n

It’s not quite<\/em> appropriate, but I feel the need to cue the music<\/a> …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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