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Warstories: Player vs. Player at the table.

October 22, 2009 by newbiedm

This is the third installment of a series titled Warstories, which consists of short post meant to inspire discussion and dialogue amongst DM’s. Warstories deal with the many different issues that come up in a D&D game from time to time, and tend to affect Dungeon Masters in particular. I had an unfortunate situation to […]

NewbieDM Review: Sinister Woods Dungeon Tiles

October 22, 2009 by newbiedm

I’m a huge fan of Dungeon Tiles, as I feel that they open up creativity that maybe wasn’t there before as you build your maps. I don’t necessarily feel that every encounter area deserves to be plotted out with multiple tile sets, but certainly you can devote the big fight of the night or a […]

1d12 Questions with 4e cartographer Mike Schley

October 20, 2009 by newbiedm

If you’ve played any of the published adventures in 4th Ed. D&D, then you are familiar with the work of Mike Schley. In my opinion, Mike’s visual style is very closely tied to the overall palette of 4th Ed. and clearly WOTC feels the same way as his work is a part of many of […]

Calling the DM Hotline

October 8, 2009 by newbiedm

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 […]

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

October 7, 2009 by newbiedm

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 by newbiedm

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 by newbiedm

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 by newbiedm

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 by newbiedm

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 by newbiedm

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 […]