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Ye Old Map Maker

March 4, 2009 by newbiedm

I stumbled accross this webpage and thought it was worth pointing it out. It’s called YeOldMapMaker.com and that’s just it. You’re given a blank grid to play with, and a small collection of symbols, including outdoor stuff as well as indoors. You can then place the symbols unto the grid and make a battlemap. I’m not […]

Modifying the way I track conditions

March 2, 2009 by newbiedm

So after using my paper condition tokens, I switched over to Alea Tools because they are probably the best thing out there right now for the 4th ed. DM looking for a solution to the game’s bookkeeping. I also use them for Ranger’s Quarry’s, Paladin’s Divine Challenges, etc… But last session I did something different with […]

Photoshop and Dungeon Tiles redux

January 15, 2009 by newbiedm

So I’ve said before that I have every dungeon tile set that Wizard’s has put out. I think they are cool, and useful. I even have multiple sets of some of them, for the big 8×10 tiles. But I’ve also said that once I buy something, it’s mine to do with as I please, as […]

NewbieDM Tutorial – Printing Battle Maps to a 1″ Scale

January 13, 2009 by newbiedm

So you’ve made yourself some kick ass tokens, but now you want to make yourself some kick ass maps to use them with. Well, you’ve come to the right place! Taking a map from the Wizard’s gallery, and converting it to a 1″ playable map isn’t very difficult, and it looks better than some Dry-Erase […]

NewbieDM Tutorial – Counters, Tokens, or Pogs

November 22, 2008 by newbiedm

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Welcome to what is by far the most popular post on NewbieDM. More than 20000 (!) of you have made your own tokens for use in your games, and I’m thankful that I’ve been able to help DM’s out there run a better D&D game. I invite you to take a look around the […]

Newbie Dm’s Bestiarum Vocabulum

November 18, 2008 by newbiedm

Ok, so tonight I want to introduce what I hope is a semi-regular feature here at NewbieDM, some home-made monsters. Just as a warning though, I don’t claim to be a great monster designer, nor am I 100% comfortable with the monster making mechanics in the DMG, I’m just doing what I have to do […]

Dungeon Magazine maps

October 29, 2008 by newbiedm

A lot of people on the Wizard’s boards have been asking for Dungeon Magazine to include high resolution maps suitable for printing at scale. I think the powers that be are listening, because Wizard’s has put out both marked and unmarked maps for the latest issue of Dungeon. And better yet, they aren’t hidden behind […]

Gaming with Sound Effects

October 26, 2008 by newbiedm

This is something I did the other day in a game I ran and found it pretty interesting. I’m not sure if it’s something I’ll continue doing, mostly because it adds to the already short prep time I have available to my gaming, but I throw it out there as an idea for others to use […]