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1d12 Questions with author R.A. Salvatore

October 21, 2011 by newbiedm

I recently had the opportunity to talk to distinguished fantasy author R.A. Salvatore about his latest novel, “Neverwinter”, one part of the suite of Neverwinter-themed products that WOTC is rolling out this year. Mr. Salvatore has sold over 15 million books in the US, has more than four dozen books to his credit, 23 New York Times […]

Cheap poster map printing

October 3, 2011 by newbiedm

This past week I decided to seek out other ways to print out poster maps besides just using up all my ink at home. It turns out that printing some posters at the bog box stores wasn’t too expensive. Check it out. I grabbed the map for the Neverwinter region that the artist Mike Schley […]

Review: Lair Assault – Forge of the Dawn Titan

September 27, 2011 by TheSheDM

Here there be Spoilers: Players wanting to be surprised when they play Lair Assault should steer away now! The other weekend, I sat down to judge my first session of Lair Assault – Forge of the Dawn Titan. In a sort of “slot zero” session, I had arranged for many of the DMs at my […]

Win a copy of Madness at Gardmore Abbey

September 19, 2011 by newbiedm

Time to pick a winner, and random.org decided that “mbeacom” was the winner! Congratulations and thanks for entering our giveaway! Look for more in the near future! —————————————————————————————————— It’s time to bring back the big giveaways here at NewbieDM.com, and thanks to Gator Games, this week’s entry is huge, it’s deluxe, it’s super, it’s… Madness! […]

Madness at Gardmore Abbey unboxing

September 18, 2011 by newbiedm

I wanted to do a quick unboxing of this adventure, as there seems to be some interest in seeing what’s inside the box. This is not a review, just a very, very quick glance inside the box. I haven’t read the contents of the adventure yet, so don’t expect that out of this video. Also, […]

Planning Neverwinter

September 9, 2011 by newbiedm

One of the strengths of the Neverwinter campaign setting, as I stated in my review, is the inclusion of character themes. Character themes were first introduced in the Dark Sun setting as a way to tie the PC’s into the world, with a ready to go plot hook for the DM to build stories around. […]

Getting back on the 4e horse

August 24, 2011 by newbiedm

This week I got back to Dm’ing 4e. No, I haven’t dropped Dragon Age, in fact that’s going quite well, but rather I added a game to my schedule. I’m running this game online, and I made it Essentials only, so it’s an experiment of sorts. One, I wanted to see what Essentials brought to […]

NewbieDM Review: Neverwinter Campaign Setting

August 20, 2011 by newbiedm

I’ll start this review by telling you that I’ve never been a huge Forgotten Realms guy, although I love the older Forgotten Realms products. I’ve owned the boxed sets, source books and a few novels from the 2e era of the Realms. I even own the 3e forgotten Realms book, even though I played very […]

Poaching Encounters

August 12, 2011 by TheSheDM

The Dark Legacy of Evard season is finally over. After running a table this season, I also ran a table for the World Wide Game Day event for the Neverwinter Campaign Setting at my local store. I had a lot of fun and I’m stepping down as a DM this season while looking forward to […]

The Easiest Combat Map You’ll Never Make

July 15, 2011 by TheSheDM

Like a kid playing with Legos, I derive a childish glee from clearing off my coffee table and laying out dungeon tiles. I also have vinyl grids and wet-erase pens. When tiles can’t help me, carefully drawing vinyl maps is a close second in the glee department. I’m a busy DM though, I don’t always […]