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Calling the DM Hotline

October 8, 2009

When I first heard about the DM hotline, I thought it was a joke. I mean, really, operators are standing by to answer your DMing questions? But it wasn’t a joke, and it wasn’t lame, it was actually pretty cool. The DM Hotline, operated by the folks at Wizards of the Coast will run from […]

Warstories: Second-guessing the DM

October 8, 2009

“Warstories” is the name I’m giving to a series of short, quick articles that I want to do that involve DM’s sharing exactly that: warstories from around the table. I see it as an avenue for griping and venting and as a way to share solutions and answers to little things that may creep up […]

The Library of the Ancients – A 3d Dungeon Tiles Map

October 7, 2009

As I wrote about a few days ago, I plan on running the last major encounter of the heroic tier in my home campaign with a bit of 3d thrown in for good measure. Here now is the map of the Library of the Ancients in the City of Rahesh, based on the article in […]

Steal Smart: The Series

October 2, 2009

The other day on Twitter I put a call out looking for reader written articles for the blog. I figured I’d let other gamers who may not have a blog of their own have a place to present their ideas and writings, and hopefully help all of us new DM’s in the process, by giving […]

Quick lessons from the Heroic tier, and looking ahead…

September 29, 2009

As my campaign progresses, we are quickly approaching the conclusion of the heroic tier of adventuring. In fact, on our next session, I expect the pc’s to be almost at the threshold between tiers, and if that’s the case, I’ll just bump them up to paragon. My justification in doing so is simple: one, because […]

Adding a new (third) dimension to Dungeon Tiles

September 23, 2009

Today I have another post on Dungeon Tiles, following yesterday’s article. This one will be short, as I haven’t quite tested it out in actual play. I posted a few pictures on my twitter account, which I’ll post here, where I try to add a 3d element to my Dungeon Tiles. Next gaming session I […]

Playing with my Dungeon Tiles

September 22, 2009

I’ve been taking a look at my box of Dungeon Tiles lately, and realizing they aren’t getting much use. Normally, I tend to find maps I like online, be it from Wizard’s Map a Week archive, Dungeon magazine, or published modules, scale them up in Photoshop and print them out at a 1″ scale. This […]

What’s cool about the DMG2?

September 19, 2009

The Dungeon Master’s Guide 2 is a great book. Go get it. Go buy it today. That’s my review. There you go. Now, if you want to read about what to expect in the book that’s of benefit to new DM’s, well, then you’ve come to the right place. This book is in many ways […]

Something Old, Something New: Great DM’s

September 18, 2009

The other day on Twitter, Phil the Chatty DM suggested a series where we each write about a topic and we’d see how our views compare, taking into account my one-year experience as a DM versus his twenty-five years. I though it was an interesting idea, because I’m inclined to believe that many of the […]

1d12 questions with James Wyatt

September 14, 2009

I took the ol’ d12 out for another spin, this time to interview Mr. James Wyatt, D&D Design Manager at Wizard’s of the Coast, as well as an author of several Eberron novels. Tomorrow sees the release of the Dungeon Master’s Guide 2, and who better to interview from the D&D team than the author […]