#Dogtooth Valley

[vintagerpg]

Dogtooth Valley (2021) is a little pocket zine that…I am not sure now if I bought this or if it was sent out to Patrons. Time makes fools of us all, or something.

Anyway, this is a neat little agnostic collection of hexes, designed to be dropped into any ongoing game. Mechanics are minimally indicated and the challenges are good for lower level characters. You get a nice valley populated with a small outpost, two tombs, a mountain forge, a fungus cave, a swamp and a keep full of coyote soldiers. I read this as “gnolls,” but maybe they are intelligent coyotes, or coyote themed bandits. There are no right answers — I kinda love how open-ended it is. Anyway, the coyote fellows are the major problem in the valley, so maybe save the keep for last.

This reminds me a little of the way the Lowcountry Crawl zines are meant for D&D while simultaneously keeping some semblance of the real world mid-19th century America that inspired the material. Similarly, Dogtooth Valley makes me think Nate took some inspiration from near his home region of Shreveport, Louisiana. I dig that, it makes the D&D bits vibrate differently.

[cinematicmasterpiece]

dogtooth (2009)

[cinemuki]

Dogtooth (Κυνόδοντας) (2009) - dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

[cieuxgris]

Dogtooth (2009)

[hystf]

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[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[porquevi]

"Dente Canino" (Dogtooth) - mubi.

Primeiro trabalho de Yorgos Lanthimos que chamou atenção, ganhando em Cannes 2009. É um filme estranho, divertido, violento. Queria rever há um tempo e estava na lista do Mubi. Como fui avisado que sairia do catálogo, resolvi rever logo. Até acho que esse filme deve entrar no catálogo de outro streaming, já que o diretor grego atingiu bom sucesso em Hollywood.

depois de ver: percebo que o diretor vem aos poucos abandonando seus enquadramentos "fora de quadro". e, nos filmes mais recentes, utilizado mais as lentes angulares exageradas. esse filme continua forte e traz na simplicidade da realização questões humanas complexas.

[mydarkmaterials]

[byneddiedingo]

Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Hristos Passalis, Michele Valley, and Christos Stergioglou in Dogtooth (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2009) Cast: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Hristos Passalis, Mary Tsoni, Anna Kalaitzidou. Screenplay: Efthymis Philippou, Yorgos Lanthimos. Cinematography: Thimios Bakatakis. Dogtooth begins with Mother (Michele Valley) providing vocabulary lessons to her children, except that the definitions of the words are hilariously incorrect: The word "sea," for example, means "a large armchair." And soon we meet Father (Christos Stergioglou), who is bringing home Christina (Anna Kalaitzidou), a young female security guard from the place where he works. She is securely blindfolded during the trip, and when they get there she is shown to a room where she and the Son ( Hristos Passalis) have sex -- a task the Father occasionally hires her to perform. Other than that, the three children, all of them young adults, have no contact with the outside world -- they've been told that they can go outside only when they shed one of their "dogteeth." They live in an expensive house surrounded by a high wall, and are never allowed outside. They have a television set, but it is used only for home videos. When a cat wanders onto the grounds, the Son kills it with garden shears, and on learning of the intruder the Father slashes his clothes and smears himself with fake blood, then tells them that cats are the most dangerous creatures on Earth and has them get down on all fours and bark like dogs, training them on how to respond if another cat should make its way into their enclave. Eventually, however, the world intrudes, largely because of Christina, who gets bored with the perfunctory sex with the Son, who refuses to gratify her orally, so she teaches the Older Daughter (Angeliki Papoulia) the fine art of cunnilingus, setting off some experiments with licking between the two daughters, usually involving body parts like the shoulder or the inside of the thigh. Christina also gives the Older Daughter some videotapes in exchange for her sexual favors. We gather from the Older Daughter's parroting of lines from the movies that they include Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976) and Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975). When Christina's transgression is discovered, she's banished from the enclave and the parents decide that one of the daughters should take her place in gratifying the Son. But the damage has been done: Older Daughter knocks out one of her canines with a dumbbell and, bleeding profusely, hides in the trunk of the Father's Mercedes. The macabre humor of Yorgos Lanthimos's film lends itself to all sorts of interpretations: Is it, for example, a satire of helicopter parenting? A lampoon of homeschooling? A fable about the repressive power of the family? A knock on utopian theorizing? Dogtooth is less crazily baroque than Lanthimos's The Lobster (2015) or The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), but its consistent exploration of a warped worldview is fascinating.

[highlandparanormalsociety]

Dogtooth Valley

The valley is a remote region in the shadows of the Dogtooth mountains—colloquially ‘the Dogteeth.’ While the Dogtooth Outpost is a relatively new settlement, some older civilizations’ ruins are scattered about the region. The Outpost is intended as a starting point players venture out from. Perhaps they are locals, passing travelers, or recent arrivals seeking work. They could have been sent to investigate the graverobbing or put a stop to the Coyote banditry https://natetreme.itch.io/dogtooth

[open-hearth-rpg]

Open Hearth Video Roundup - June 28, 2024

Welcome to the weekly Open Hearth Gaming video roundup!

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Discussions, Panels, and Seminars

GMing Shop Talk: NPCs Lowell Francis runs for Rich Rogers Rich Rogers (Hit the Streets, +1 Forward Podcast) and Lowell Francis (Hearts of Wulin, The Gauntlet Podcast) talk NPCs: creating, presenting & working with them. We discuss these ideas with a small GM group-- getting their ideas and suggestions.

Open Hearth Gaming Calendar

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 1) Lowell Francis runs for Clarisse, Dom, Sherri, and Vertin We begin with a last little bit of series set up: figuring out our character's base and its surroundings. We then move into the first cycle of play: the first obligation phase followed by the first set of downtime actions. We get a sense of the pressures on our protagonists and their web of interactions.

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 2) Lowell Francis runs for Clarisse, Dom, Sherri, and Vertin Out on patrol during a raid, our protagonists come upon a workshop overrun by both fire elementals and a cold snap freezing enchantment. They work to rescue people trapped atop the building and keep volatile materials from exploding. In the aftermath they discover the raid has damaged food supplies for the city, forcing more rationing and belt-tightening, even for them. But a sudden visitor arrives with gifts and clearly no hidden agendas...

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 3) Lowell Francis runs for Clarisse, Dom, Sherri, and Vertin Our protagonists continue their preparations and work of healing themselves after the events of the last mission. They learn a little more about the agenda of their distinguished visitor from last session. A week passes and a new raid fills the night sky. They're alerted to a desperate situation with a collapsed bridge, a large group of bystanders, and two different summoned monsters attacking.

Godkiller (Session 5 of 12) Donogh runs for Madelancholy Wal is a guest in Lord Basphamel's palace, but is she really free to leave - or perhaps the better question is: does she want to? What is this God hiding, and what will Wal do when she discovers it?

Godkiller (Session 6 of 12) Donogh runs for Madelancholy Wal travels with Dogtooth for a while, finding them an incorrigible companion, though forthcoming with secrets and insight she will no doubt find useful in her future encounters. But a return to Newbridge sparks a confrontation that makes everything personal - a brutal divine attention that brings everything home!

Godkiller (Session 7 of 12) Donogh runs for Madelancholy Upon leaving The Cloister, Wal first visits the labyrinth, where she hopes to gain guidance from The Voice of the Cave - finding some dark relic there which affects her more than she feared, and begins a journey westwards.

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Legend of Bad Valley (Session 1) Lowell Francis runs for Ethan Harvey, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack When Bao Shi is kidnapped, our heroes must venture into the den of villainy which is Bad Valley. But there they discover untold truths about these bandits and killers. The agree to aid in uncovering the truth behind the death of the valley's leader. But before they can act further, another murder happens, setting the stage for more violence and death.

Star Wars Saturday

Swoop Gang (Session 1) Rich Rogers runs for Marc Majcher, Marty, and Steven Watkins The Reckless Gundarks swoop bike club makes a deal outside a limmie game and gets a very unexpected prize (or is it a curse?). Later, they rush off to protect a girl from some ex-troopers led by former Imperial official Braka Weiss.

Off-Calendar Highlights

Hearts of Camelot: Prince's Bride (Session 6 of 7) Madelancholy runs for Alex C, Jazy, Jonn, and Noctua So close, and yet so far...such can describe the journey to the Peak, as well as hearts unspoken... Llurywenn decides to run away, unwilling to let anyone else get hurt protecting her. Perin finds out more about the legend and prophecy around Spirit Hawk Peak. Roderick tracks the princess until she receives fae forest aid; Riesling volunteers to help find her when Roderick returns to camp with the news.

Hearts of Camelot: Prince’s Bride (Session 7 of 7) Madelancholy runs for Alex C, Jazy, Jonn, and Noctua Finale - Llurywenn rejoins the escort and then the party meet Archaud’s group at base camp of Spirit Hawk Peak. Romantic feelings are awkwardly revealed. Brother Perin confronts Bishop Semond, and the bishop’s treachery is exposed. After battle, a beautiful ritual ceremony commences amid joy and tragedy.

The Between: Stars and Suns, Season Two (Session 16) Madelancholy runs for Jack, Mike, and Steph "Well-Meaning Visits" - Dame Georgie pays a visit to Dr. Weiss in his lab at Hargrave House, while a certain heartful monarch's Servants attempt to charge through the front, through Sir Atticus. Liat watches a performance of the strange shadowed play that haunts London, and sees a familiar face from her distant past in the audience. As dawn approaches, Sir Atticus keeps his appointment of a duel.

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Κυνόδοντας, 2009

[ulrichgebert]

Draußen vor dem Zaun lauern überall Gefahren! Wie Katzen! Zombies hingegen sind kleine gelbe Blumen. Die außergewöhnlich wohlbehüteten, aber irgendwie auch grausam irregeführten Kinder in Yorgos Lanthimos unerquicklicher surrealer tyrannische-Familiekonstellations-absurder-Komödie wissen es nicht besser. Sie hat offensichtlich die Absicht, das Publikum in den Wahnsinn treiben und ist darin sehr erfolgreich. Der griechische Film gewann sein Selbstbewußtsein zurück und Lanthimos durfte mit bekannteren Schauspielern einige weitere, deutlich teurere, aber nicht minder unerquickliche und surreale Filme drehen, um noch viel mehr Leute in den Wahnsinn zu treiben.

[cieuxgris]

Dogtooth (2009)

[gregor-samsung]

Κυνόδοντας [Dogtooth] (Yorgos Lanthimos - 2009)