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The 5e Overland Travel Montage

March 9, 2015

One of the things I’ve had to deal with in the 5e game that takes place in the 2nd Ed. era of the Forgotten Realms is overland travel. That map is huge! And there are quite a few empty spots along the way (one of the reasons why I’m switching to the 3e map actually, […]

Rethinking Initiative

January 28, 2015

“You enter a room, the smell in here’s musky. The ground is covered in a fine dust, and you can see footprints, along with a few drops of fresh blood.” “The creatures must have come through here. I want to roll perception, maybe to see if I hear something… 15… Anything?” “You do, you hear soft […]

NewbieDM Minicast Episode 14

November 12, 2014

As I prepare to relaunch the NewbieDM Minicast, this time focused on 5e, I am making the 14 original 4e episodes available as originally produced. In this, the final episode of the original run of the Minicast, released in February of 2011, I was joined by Dave “The Game” Chalker, Editor-in-Chief of the Critical Hits website. […]

NewbieDM Minicast Episode 13

November 12, 2014

As I prepare to relaunch the NewbieDM Minicast, this time focused on 5e, I am making the 14 original 4e episodes available as originally produced. In this episode of the minicast, I was joined by Tracy, author of the SarahDarkmagic.com blog, and together we answered a question regarding whether a new DM is better served by […]

NewbieDM Minicast Episode 12

November 12, 2014

As I prepare to relaunch the NewbieDM Minicast, this time focused on 5e, I am making the 14 original 4e episodes available as originally produced. In this episode of the Minicast, I was joined by Mark Meredith, writer of the Dice Monkey blog. Together we offered advice to a DM whose players are rolling a […]

NewbieDM Minicast Episode 11

November 12, 2014

As I prepare to relaunch the NewbieDM Minicast, this time focused on 5e, I am making the 14 original 4e episodes available as originally produced. In this episode of the Minicast, I was joined by Jeff Greiner, host of The Tome Show, a long running D&D podcast. Togethered we offer advice to a video game player […]

NewbieDM Minicast Episode 10

November 12, 2014

As I prepare to relaunch the NewbieDM Minicast, this time focused on 5e, I am making the 14 original 4e episodes available as originally produced. In this, the 10th episode of the NewbieDM.com Minicast, I was joined by Quinn Murphy. Together, we attempted to help out a DM who had a problem with over aggressive PC’s […]

NewbieDM Minicast Episode 9

November 12, 2014

As I prepare to relaunch the NewbieDM Minicast, this time focused on 5e, I am making the 14 original 4e episodes available as originally produced. In this ninth episode of the minicast, I was joined by Mike Shea of the Sly Flourish blog. Together we attempted to answer a listener’s question about monsters and how they […]

NewbieDM Minicast Episode 8

November 12, 2014

As I prepare to relaunch the NewbieDM Minicast, this time focused on 5e, I am making the 14 original 4e episodes available as originally produced. This episode featured Dustin Snyder walking us through 4e’s organized play website for DM rewards, etc. This material is probably obsolete and outdated. I am making the episode available for […]

NewbieDM Minicast Episode 7

November 10, 2014

As I prepare to relaunch the NewbieDM Minicast, this time focused on 5e, I am making the 14 original 4e episodes available as originally produced. In this episode I was joined by game designer and Editor-In-Chief of Critical Hits, Dave “The Game” Chalker, and a listener called in asking how to encourage players to learn […]