I originally posted this article and the accompanying sheets over at the Dragon Age Oracle blog, but wanted to bring them over here as well. I hope someone gets some use out of them, and enjoys their old school look and flavor. I recently got my hands on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon… [Read more…]
If you read Penny Arcade, you might remember Gabe’s post regarding his infamous free-fall encounter and you might have been impressed with his multi-tiered set up. I was, and a while back I decided to create my own version. An upcoming game for my players involved their first combat with a real flying opponent. How… [Read more…]
I was contacted by a reader named Michael, who offered to write a guest post about the way he handles recaps in his game. I had written about recaps before, but his way was a lot more creative than mine. He actually created an in-universe prop for his players. I found it interesting and offered… [Read more…]
We officially started our Dragon Age campaign, and one of the biggest hurdles we are facing is the introduction to a completely new setting. While I’ve played the video game, none of my players have, so it was up to me to introduce them to Thedas. I played all the intro animations from the video… [Read more…]
If you haven’t been following the official news coming out of Wizards of the Coast, they are finally working on the much hyped virtual table they promised before the launch of 4e back in 2007, albeit a bit different from what was originally planned. While the original one they promised was set to feature a… [Read more…]
Some of you may now that I’ve got this side project going called 4e Home Encounters, with Gamefiend from the At-Will Blog, Mark Meredith from the Dice Monkey Blog and Tim Hely working on the cartography (he’s producing the battle maps, not this particular map). I wanted to show you the world map and make… [Read more…]
Well… return is a harsh word, as the Minicast never went away, it was just on a summer break. But it’s back, so all is right in the world now, call off the search and rescue. Really though, I took a break from the Minicast over the summer. I had a lot of stuff going… [Read more…]
There’s been a lot of chatter in the online D&D community about dungeons. Some present the argument that dungeons are a very important part of the game, while others make the argument that Dungeons are so far removed from a players real world experience that they cripple role-playing. As always, I look at this from… [Read more…]
I was messing around on photoshop the other day making tiles I needed for my game. These are a winter themed set, with a snowy field serving as the base. Some of the things you’ll find in the small set include a bridge crossing over a frozen river, a temple out in the wilderness, and… [Read more…]
It seems that D&D unboxing videos are all the craze lately. This here is a very cool one and I’m not sure how they got this. These guys got hold of an Essentials Dungeon Master’s Kit and put it up on YouTube. This isn’t my video, I’m just embedding it here. After seeing this product,… [Read more…]
March 10, 2011 by newbiedm
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