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Ye Old Map Maker

March 4, 2009 by

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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 […]

Colored condition tokens

December 8, 2008 by

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Reader “Nariah” was kind enough to take my rather bland condition tokens and create colored versions of them, to really make them stand out at the table. Nice work! If you aren’t sure how to use these, they are meant to be placed under your miniature or token when a condition affects them.  Very simple […]

NewbieDM Tutorial – Counters, Tokens, or Pogs

November 22, 2008 by

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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 – The Airship Pirate Captain

November 21, 2008 by

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I am bored in a hotel room, reading a copy of Adventurer’s Vault, so bear with me.  I read the entry on airships and thought of pirates.  It’s late, so he may not be all that well designed, but a bad pirate trumps a non-existing pirate in my book… 🙂 He’d rather fight only if […]