newbiedm

Browsing Archives of Author » «

A look at Heroes of the Feywild

December 2, 2011

One of the things I expected to see one day in the life of 4e was a pair of robust boxed sets for the Shadowfell and the Feywild. While it doesn’t look like we’re going to get that any time soon, we’ve gotten a couple of things that attempt to bring the two 4e additions […]

Classics Unboxed: Hollow World

December 1, 2011

I wanted to continue my series on classic boxed sets, but I had run out of sets. Luckily, readers chimed in and offered to contribute. So today we are going to look at Hollow World, kindly presented by reader (and now contributor!) Christopher. Remeber, if you have an old boxed set you’d like to snap pictures […]

Star Wars campaign idea: You own the Falcon

November 28, 2011

I’ve been jonesing to run a SW game lately. Really, really bad. It isn’t going to happen… at home my players want to keep playing Dragon Age, and I’m running an online 4e game for some nice folks who seem to be enjoying it. Regardless, I’ve been thinking of what I would run if […]

Win a Copy of Heroes of the Feywild

November 21, 2011

WINNER SELECTED: Random.org selected MATT as the winner (sec0nd to last entry). Congratulations to the winner, and keep an eye out for future contests! It’s Thanksgiving and it’s time for another giveaway, and this time we are giving thanks for the great gaming year we’ve had by giving stuff away! We are giving away a […]

Gaming with kids

November 18, 2011

Rpgnow.com had a special event this week revolving around kids and gaming. I figured I should take the time and write a bit about the subject, considering my experience this past year with rpgKids. I don’t want to write a whole essay on the subject (the truth is I’m away on business and don’t have […]

Discussion: Does the game influence DMing styles?

November 15, 2011

Monte Cook’s Legends are Lore articles are a little puzzling to me. They certainly take an old school approach to D&D that isn’t even present in Monte’s own version of D&D (3.0), but that’s a thought for another time… The latest article asks if “the game presents players with challenges that have pre-made solutions?” This is something […]

Win the Dungeon Master’s Guide 2 & Monster Manual 2

October 24, 2011

It’s time for another giveaway, and this time we are celebrating halloween with twice the treats! We are giving away a pair of copies of two D&D books to a lucky reader! Only the cool folks at Gator Games make things like this happen. We are giving away new copies of two 4e classics, the […]

1d12 Questions with author R.A. Salvatore

October 21, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to talk to distinguished fantasy author R.A. Salvatore about his latest novel, “Neverwinter”, one part of the suite of Neverwinter-themed products that WOTC is rolling out this year. Mr. Salvatore has sold over 15 million books in the US, has more than four dozen books to his credit, 23 New York Times […]

rpgKids Adventure Pack now available, and CNN.com featured rpgKids!!!!

October 19, 2011

Wow. What a crazy week. So CNN.com featured me on their Geekout blog talking up kids and role playing games. Pretty cool for all of us rpg bloggers out there, they are noticing us and paying attention to what we have to say. I have to say that being featured on CNN ranks up pretty […]

Star Wars d6 via Maptool

October 9, 2011

The other night I played in a Star Wars d6 game (run by Mark Meredith of Dice Monkey) via Google+ Hangouts. Since I have an older PC, the experience for me was less than stellar, as G+ Hangouts uses webcams, audio, filesharing, and it all hogs too much of my resources. Afterwards I mentioned to […]