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About the 4th Edition Forgotten Realms…

November 15, 2008 by newbiedm

Before you read… yes, this is a rant. 🙂 The Forgotten Realms has been the only published setting I’ve ever played in… if I wasn’t playing in the Realms, I was playing in someone’s home brewed campaign setting… I have fond memories of pulling out the poster map in the old grey box and plotting […]

Keep on the Shadowfell final thoughts

November 9, 2008 by newbiedm

So we managed to finish KOTS today, and I must say, a good time was had by all. I’m also proud, because as a DM, I’ve finished my first module. Today we ran the last 3 encounters in the adventure, and I had a player die in the penultimate one. One of the berserkers walloped […]

Running Skill Challenges is a skill challenge unto itself

November 7, 2008 by newbiedm

So this month’s Dragon has an article about running skill challenges, but I don’t subscribe to DDI. (I think this should have been free to everyone, but I digress.) So I ask all of you now, how do you handle this part of DMíng? Every 4th Ed. DM is technically a newbie Dm when it comes […]

Flesh eating Zombies overrun Barbarian hordes…

October 29, 2008 by newbiedm

Okay. When I want gaming news, I’ll turn to the RPG Bloggers Network, EN World, and the sort. When I want real world news, I turn to other sites, with a wide variety of opinions and sources. I wasn’t expecting to find this when I was looking up real-world news this morning. Happy early Halloween….

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 […]

Goodbye DDM, I hardly knew ye

October 23, 2008 by newbiedm

I’m not breaking any news here by saying this, but if you’re reading this I’m sure you know the DDM game has been cancelled. I have recently gotten into the game a little bit, thanks to my brother (and gaming partner), and found I quite enjoy it. It scratches, albeit briefly, my D&D itch in […]

My homemade condition tokens

October 22, 2008 by newbiedm

I made this for my game, I hope someone get use out of them. They are not flashy, but they are practical:

National Gaming Day at your local library

October 22, 2008 by newbiedm

http://ilovelibraries.org/gaming/ From the website: On November 15, 2008, libraries across the country will participate in the largest, simultaneous national video game tournament ever held! Kids will be able to compete against players at other libraries and see their scores in real-time online while playing at their local library. But gaming in libraries isn’t just about […]

Non-Randomized D&D Miniatures

October 21, 2008 by newbiedm

A lot of people’s requests have been answered today. Here is the full post from Wizard’s website: — We have received a tremendous amount of feedback from fans regarding the D&D Miniatures line, and have made some exciting changes for 2009. Here’s what’s coming to a shelf near you! Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures — Player’s […]

Sharing a DDI subscription

October 20, 2008 by newbiedm

I am contemplating asking my players to cough up and split the bill on a DDI subscription. Between the 9 of us, it shouldn’t be too much. I am concerened about the technical aspects of it though. Can one account name log in twice? What if they catch two of the same account names trying […]