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Regarding the 2010 Ennies

July 11, 2010 by newbiedm

Although still in my European vacation, I am now sitting in front of a proper computer and can give this post the attention it deserves. I wrote a post acknowledging the Ennie nominations from my blackberry in my hotel room in the dark after a whole day of walking through London, and it came out […]

I really like the Monster Manual 3

June 26, 2010 by newbiedm

This past week another edition of the Monster Manual released, this one with a shiny new stat block for the monsters, new math under the hood for some of the monsters, and a new way to present the “fluff” or story for the monsters. Is it a must have? I think it may be, unless […]

As the world scales…..

June 23, 2010 by newbiedm

A conversation came up the other day on Twitter about how DM’s treat the world around their PC’s, in as far as the level of threats that surround them. Is every enemy that appears, and every area the PC’s discover at the player’s level? I was fairly surprised at the different responses that came about, […]

Twitter and D&D

June 21, 2010 by newbiedm

Lately there’s been a lot of noise concerning Twitter and Dungeon & Dragons. For example, in Wizards of the Coast’s organized play “D&D Encounters”, the PC’s can gain buffs during the encounter just by following Wizard’s own twitter feed where on game night they tweet all sorts of different things for that particular encounter of […]

Making tokens for Gametable

June 21, 2010 by newbiedm

In this quick tutorial, I’ll show you how simple it is to make tokens for use in Gametable. This tutorial is based in part on my token making tutorial for your face to face game, as it uses the same software, except that this is for a virtual table and nor a real one. Okay, […]

NewbieDM Minicast Ep. 8 is available.

May 27, 2010 by newbiedm

In this episode of the minicast I am joined by G. Dustin Snyder, Community Advocate for Organized Play at the Wizard’s of the Coast Community. He is going to walk us through the process of signing up for the D&D DM’s Rewards, which gives DMs free gifts for just signing up and running sanctioned games. […]

Red Box gaming via Skype

May 26, 2010 by newbiedm

I decided to experiment a little bit tonight and play a bit of old school D&D. I ran a third level Basic D&D game over Skype, using a classic module, “Horror on the Hill”. We used the online whiteboard Scriblink as our game table, and rolled real dice (honor system). Playing with me were […]

Win all 4 sets of PHH: Martial Heroes minis.

May 24, 2010 by newbiedm

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EDIT: Congratulations to Josh for winning the contest. Thanks all for entering and look for more contests sponsored by Gator Games on newbiedm.com! What, did Gator Games go crazy? They are giving away all 4 sets of Martial Heroes to one lucky reader. Well not really crazy, but they are celebrating their 18th year in […]

A simple tool for online gaming

May 12, 2010 by newbiedm

I found this neat website for those of you (like me) who may be interested in throwing down some old school D&D online gaming one day. It’s an online shareable whiteboard for use by up to 6 people. Perfect for a D&D party and a DM. The website is called Scriblink, and it works really […]

Warstories: Worst. Playing Environment. Ever.

May 10, 2010 by newbiedm

I’m a firm believer in that where you play, is as important as what you play, when you are looking to have a good time. I’ll be the first to admit that in the case of our gaming group, we have probably the worst playing environment ever. We play in my dining room, and off […]