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NewbieDM Minicast Ep. 8 is available.

May 27, 2010

In this episode of the minicast I am joined by G. Dustin Snyder, Community Advocate for Organized Play at the Wizard’s of the Coast Community. He is going to walk us through the process of signing up for the D&D DM’s Rewards, which gives DMs free gifts for just signing up and running sanctioned games. […]

Red Box gaming via Skype

May 26, 2010

I decided to experiment a little bit tonight and play a bit of old school D&D. I ran a third level Basic D&D game over Skype, using a classic module, “Horror on the Hill”. We used the online whiteboard Scriblink as our game table, and rolled real dice (honor system). Playing with me were […]

Hindsight is 20/20

May 25, 2010

This question came up on twitter today: “What do you wish you knew before Dungeon Mastering 4th edition?” It was asked by someone about to jump into the DM’s chair for the first time, and he wanted responses from a few of us on there that have been DMing now for a bit. The question […]

Win all 4 sets of PHH: Martial Heroes minis.

May 24, 2010

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EDIT: Congratulations to Josh for winning the contest. Thanks all for entering and look for more contests sponsored by Gator Games on newbiedm.com! What, did Gator Games go crazy? They are giving away all 4 sets of Martial Heroes to one lucky reader. Well not really crazy, but they are celebrating their 18th year in […]

Reader Voicemail: Players Killing for XP

May 15, 2010

This is an interesting question, and I invite readers to chime in as well with their own suggestions for the listener. I think the most important thing to do when you have a situation like this and are finding it hard to judge is to go back an re-read the Experience Points section in Chapter […]

Minicast Poll

May 13, 2010

I’ve produced 7 episodes of the Minicast so far, but I’ve slacked in one important area, the gathering of feedback. I’ll be upfront with you, I see the subscriber numbers for the feed over on Podbean, but I’m not sure how reliable they are. Either way, stats don’t really matter. What I really care about […]

A member of the gaming community is in need

May 12, 2010

I’ll make this post short and to the point. You’ll rarely see me use the blog for anything other than D&D stuff, but this story has affected me a bit, and I want to put it out there in case you haven’t heard. There is a gentleman who has a blog called Vulcan Stev’s Database. […]

A simple tool for online gaming

May 12, 2010

I found this neat website for those of you (like me) who may be interested in throwing down some old school D&D online gaming one day. It’s an online shareable whiteboard for use by up to 6 people. Perfect for a D&D party and a DM. The website is called Scriblink, and it works really […]

NewbieDM.com Minicast Ep. 6

May 10, 2010

Mike Shea from the Sly Flourish blog joins me in the latest minicast, and together we try to answer a listener’s voicemail about interesting houserules that can enhance the game. Both of us provide a couple of houserules, with Mike providing one of the neatest uses for music yet at a D&D table. Mike can […]

Warstories: Worst. Playing Environment. Ever.

May 10, 2010

I’m a firm believer in that where you play, is as important as what you play, when you are looking to have a good time. I’ll be the first to admit that in the case of our gaming group, we have probably the worst playing environment ever. We play in my dining room, and off […]