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Win a copy of the Dungeon Tiles Desert of Athas set

June 28, 2010 by newbiedm

EDIT: 7/2/2010 – Well, 226 comments here, and quite a bit on twitter led this to be probably the most successful contest I’ve run with Gator Games yet, and now it’s time to announce the winner. His name is Will, who wrote “I can’t wait to expand my dungeon tile set”. Well Will, you are […]

Eureka! by the writers from Gnome Stew

June 28, 2010 by newbiedm

Back in April, I wrote about Georges Polti’s wonderfully inspiring “The 36 Dramatic Situations”, a writers tool offering 36 types of plots for a story, or in the case of our hobby, adventures. From the moment I read it, I thought “how cool would it be if somebody adapted all these to an RPG?”. I […]

I really like the Monster Manual 3

June 26, 2010 by newbiedm

This past week another edition of the Monster Manual released, this one with a shiny new stat block for the monsters, new math under the hood for some of the monsters, and a new way to present the “fluff” or story for the monsters. Is it a must have? I think it may be, unless […]

Minicast Episode 11 released

June 25, 2010 by newbiedm

I’ve released a new Minicast, where I’m joined by Jeff Greiner, host of “The Tome Show” and creator of the Temporary Hitpoints D&D blog. Here are the show notes: In this episode of the Minicast, I am joined by Jeff Greiner, host of The Tome Show, a long running D&D podcast. Jeff is also founder […]

As the world scales…..

June 23, 2010 by newbiedm

A conversation came up the other day on Twitter about how DM’s treat the world around their PC’s, in as far as the level of threats that surround them. Is every enemy that appears, and every area the PC’s discover at the player’s level? I was fairly surprised at the different responses that came about, […]

Twitter and D&D

June 21, 2010 by newbiedm

Lately there’s been a lot of noise concerning Twitter and Dungeon & Dragons. For example, in Wizards of the Coast’s organized play “D&D Encounters”, the PC’s can gain buffs during the encounter just by following Wizard’s own twitter feed where on game night they tweet all sorts of different things for that particular encounter of […]

Making tokens for Gametable

June 21, 2010 by newbiedm

In this quick tutorial, I’ll show you how simple it is to make tokens for use in Gametable. This tutorial is based in part on my token making tutorial for your face to face game, as it uses the same software, except that this is for a virtual table and nor a real one. Okay, […]

Prepping online maps for Gametable use

June 18, 2010 by newbiedm

Here’s a quick guide for using jpegs of freely available maps on Gametable. It is very simple, and not a lot of experience manipulating graphics is required. I’ve written a bit about my experience with Gametable before, so I won’t get into it here. What I will say is that if you are intimidated by […]

Review Roundup

June 17, 2010 by newbiedm

I’ve had the chance to read and try out a few new products, so I thought I’d put together a quick article with some reviews. Stuff from play aids, to books, and software, so let’s check it out… The Kobold Guide to Game Design 3: Tools and Techniques Before I review this, I’ll point out […]

NewbieDM.com Minicast Episode 10

June 9, 2010 by newbiedm

So I guess this is some sort of milestone, as I’ve produced my 10th Minicast… In this episode, I am joined by Quinn Murphy, author of the At-Will blog. Together, we attempt to help out a DM who has a problem with over aggressive PC’s in his game. I’d like to ask you to please […]