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NewbieDM Review: Underdark

January 25, 2010

Let me get this out of the way quickly. I’ll start the review with what should really be the last sentence in it: Underdark may very well be the best 4th Ed. supplement written to date. It gets right what to me “Plane Below” got all wrong. It feels like a complete book that doesn’t […]

4e DDI and fluff

January 22, 2010

I had a thought today thinking about the Dragonborn book (see my review, btw), in that that book serves as a perfect companion to a DDI subscription. If you have a DDI account, and you don’t get any of the books because you assume that all you need is in the compendium, character builder or […]

NewbieDM Review: Dragonborn

January 22, 2010

And so the era of 4e softcover splat books begins with the release of “Player Handbok Races: Dragonborn”, a $9.95, 32 page fluff-filled primer on playing as a Dragonborn. As a DM, there’s some good use you can get out of this book, so lets get to that. The good thing about this book is […]

Volcanic Adventure Tiles

January 19, 2010

I write this post with apologies to Paul King, from the excellent Kingwork Creative Blog. The other day I was messing around on Photoshop trying to create volcanic Dungeon,- ahem- *Adventure* Tiles. It was mostly an exercise in learning a bit more on Photoshop, while also designing something I wanted for my game. After posting […]

On rpgKids…

January 17, 2010

EDIT 9/2010 – If you are looking for rpgKids, you can find it here. ——————————————————- I’ve received numerous comments and emails about rpgKids, and I have to say that I’m extremely happy with the response so far. Parents seem to really be digging playing the game with their kids. I stumbled on this guy’s blog, […]

Open Game Table Volume 2 nominations are in!

January 17, 2010

“Open Game Table: The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs, Volume 1” was a book that came out last year in which the best rpg material of the blogosphere was collected and put into print form. It was thought up and put together by Jonathan Jacobs, author of the gaming blog The Core Mechanic and one […]

NewbieDM Review: The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos

January 14, 2010

This is a tough book for me to review, mainly because I have never, ever, in my years of playing D&D have had any sort of interest in planar campaigns. My PC’s have never been to Sigil, City of Brass, nor the Happy Hunting Grounds. The DM’s I’ve played with never took us for a […]

Warstories: Let’s talk miniatures

January 11, 2010

So since I’ve got minis on the brain today, let’s talk a bit about them, and how you use them in your game. I’m the type of DM that doesn’t need to have a mini for every single enemy on the table. I think that’s insane (in a good way), although there certainly are many […]

Win a set of D&D Miniatures Primal Heroes 1 & 2

January 11, 2010

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EDIT: SUNDAY 1/17/2010 – We have a winner! Scott M (comment @ January 13, 5:01pm) was selected as the winner! Congratulations to Scott and thank you all for entering! In 2 weeks, we are giving away the Dragonborn books, so check back! —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Thought we’d start the week with a giveaway, and who doesn’t like […]

Alingment as more than just flavor for the PC’s

January 7, 2010

I’m going to come out of the closet here and admit that I am a fan of the classic D&D alignment system. Maybe fan is a strong word, but I certainly never felt a strong dislike for it. While some see it as restrictive, I see it as a good framework for a character’s […]