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Dungeons & Newbie DM’s

September 29, 2010 by newbiedm

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 […]

NewbieDM Review: Back to the Future The Card Game

September 28, 2010 by newbiedm

Before I begin talking about the Back to the Future Card Game, I think it’s worth mentioning that this is the first hobby card game I’ve ever owned. I’ve never played Magic the Gathering, and I’ve only had a brief experience with the Star Wars card game from Decipher. Card games aren’t really my thing, […]

Essentially speaking, I’m going back to basics…

September 20, 2010 by newbiedm

Aside from Gencon, I haven’t played 4e in a while, my campaign sort of sputtered and died, I’ve been dabbling here and there with Star Wars Saga, but not nearly enough to say I have a campaign going at full steam either. I like that system, I really do, it’s a great game and I’ve […]

Win a box of Dungeon Tiles Master Set: The Dungeon

September 20, 2010 by newbiedm

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EDIT: After counting all the entries both here and on twitter, random.org has selected TOM ALLMAN as the winner! Congratulations Tom! And on behalf of Gator Games and myself, thank you all for entering the giveaway. More Essentials-themed giveaways are coming up! Here we go with another great giveaway, thanks to the fantastic folks at […]

Has it been two years already?

September 17, 2010 by newbiedm

Wow. How time flies when you are having fun. This week, September 10th to be exact, NewbieDM.com turned two. I completely forgot that the anniversary was this week, and although it isn’t today I thought that I should do a small post about it. It’s been fun, it’s been eye opening, it’s been at times […]

Flipping through the D&D Essentials Rules Compendium

September 16, 2010 by newbiedm

I got my grubby hands on this book, and well, what can I say about it? First, that my poor DMG1 will go off to the back of a shelf somewhere, never to be seen again. This book makes my DMG completely irrelevant. And it does the same for the non-classes portions of the PHB1 […]

Play an RPG today with your little kids with rpgKids v.1.5

September 14, 2010 by newbiedm

Some of you may remember rpgKids, a very rules-light rpg I developed to play with my 4 year old daughter. It was a fairly popular game (based on downloads), and I got quite a few emails and links sent to me about it. It was even included in the latest volume of the Open Game […]

Winter Lands tiles

September 7, 2010 by newbiedm

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 […]

NewbieDM Review: Red Box Starter Set

September 6, 2010 by newbiedm

I’ve been struggling with this review for a few days, and I can’t quite come to terms with how it is I feel about this new Red Box as a starter set to D&D. I’m also struggling to find for whom exactly this set was designed for. Was it for the completely new players who […]