Getting ready for Dogs

My first session of [[http://www.lumpley.com/dogs.html|Dogs in the Vineyard]] is Sunday afternoon, and I've spent the last couple weeks letting my brain stew over town ideas, hoping something would pop up. I figured I could afford to wait… there are plenty of towns already written up and I could just grab one of them if I had to.

Unfortunately, nothing just floated to the surface in the pool of my random thoughts, so I sat down this afternoon with pen in hand to force myself to start working on something. It was kind of a rough start, but I think I've got something that I can use on Sunday. Going to let it stew overnight and look at it again tomorrow… that usually works out for me, when my stewing is over something already half-cooked. I need a few more characters with specific agendas, instead of just saying, "the town is resentful of X's good fortune." Need to put some faces on that resentment.

In accordance with the rules, I haven't given much thought to how the Dogs will deal with this town. I can see that they can go a few different ways with it… and I have no idea what they'll do. And no intended outcome. It's really the least amount of prep I've had to do for a game, and I feel that I'm going to be fairly well-prepared. Whew.

Just need to practice on my voices and mannerisms, so the players can tell the townsfolk apart. And I need to buy some of the right country music. Been watching westerns to get in the right mood. Unforgiven tomorrow night. Seen that one before, but it's worth watching again. (Gosh, it's over ten years old. I'm getting old or something.)