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Downloadable Delves is open for business…

April 10, 2010 by newbiedm

I few months ago I blogged about having a one stop place where 4e DM’s could go to download adventures for a night of gaming. Many people chimed in, and the idea seemed to be a hit, after all, a place to find 4e adventures would be very handy to have. Well, there’s a great […]

“The 36 Dramatic Situations” by Georges Polti

April 8, 2010 by newbiedm

“The 36 Dramatic Situations” is a 19th century book by french author Georges Polti. By analyzing Greek texts and contemporary French writings, Polti attempted to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story. This list of 36 situations remains, until today, very popular among writers and storytellers. Here now are the situations: 1. […]

Win a copy of the Star Wars Legacy Era Campaign Guide

April 6, 2010 by newbiedm

Congratulations to the winner, Mike, who posted a message on April 8th at 4:05pm. I am sorry for not posting these results sooner, my bad. COngrats to the winner and be on the lookout for more contests from newbiedm.com and Gator Games. ——————————————————– I love Star Wars, and I love the idea of a SW […]

Trying other games

April 1, 2010 by newbiedm

We’ve been hitting 4e for almost two years now, and the guys and I have decided to try other games out for a bit. A lot of names were thrown out… Mutants and Masterminds is one that were are dying to try, but we just haven’t been able to wrap ourselves around the superhero concept, […]

NewbieDM Review: Martial Flavor

March 31, 2010 by newbiedm

This review is a long time coming, and for that I apologize to Hannah Lipsky, of Chaotic Shiny Productions. She had sent me her work, Martial Flavor, for review some time ago and I put it in the proverbial backburner and it sat there longer than intended. Again, my apologies. So, with that out of […]

How To Be An Effective Dungeon Master

March 29, 2010 by newbiedm

The following comes from the classic “Keep on the Borderlands” module, by Gary Gygax. It’s a very accurate description of Dm’ing, and one worth reading every so often. How To Be An Effective Dungeon Master As Dungeon Master, the beginner is faced with a difficult problem. The DM is the most important person in the […]

NewbieDm.com Minicast Episode 4 is now available

March 29, 2010 by newbiedm

Quinn Murphy from the At-Will blog joins me in the latest minicast, where a reader asks about scaling encounters for more than 5 players. Remember to call the voicemail at 305-349-3026 and leave a question for both the minicast, and the upcoming Dungeon Master Guys hosted by Phil the Chatty Dm, Dave Chalker and myself. […]

D&D Encounters Twitter Effects

March 25, 2010 by newbiedm

D&D Encounters is an organized play thing Wizards is doing on Wednesday nights at game stores around the country. On Twitter, they post certain effects that DM’s can grab and use at their table during the session. While I am not playing in D&D Encounters, I thought it would be kind of neat to collect […]

Ways You Can Help Your Players

March 22, 2010 by newbiedm

Chris Heard, of the wonderful, actual play Icosahedrophilia podcast, and I were talking via twitter the other day on ways a DM can help his players, and he suggested somebody should write a blog post about it. So I did. Sometimes there are things your players may forget to do that you can remind them […]

Win a set of Dungeon Tiles Harrowing Halls

March 22, 2010 by newbiedm

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The winner of the contest selected via random.com, from a pool of both the comments and twitter entries is… Jimwise said this on March 22, 2010 at 12:43 pm Congratulations…… ———————————————————————————————————————- DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, WE ARE WXENDING THE CONTEST FOR ONE MORE DAY, UNTIL SATURDAY MARCH 27th AT 11:59pm EASTERN/8:59PM PACIFIC. ———————————————————————————— Once again, […]