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Reader Contribution: The recap newsletter

January 27, 2011 by newbiedm

I was contacted by a reader named Michael, who offered to write a guest post about the way he handles recaps in his game. I had written about recaps before, but his way was a lot more creative than mine. He actually created an in-universe prop for his players. I found it interesting and offered […]

A handout on the Dragon Age world for DM’s and PC’s

January 14, 2011 by newbiedm

We officially started our Dragon Age campaign, and one of the biggest hurdles we are facing is the introduction to a completely new setting. While I’ve played the video game, none of my players have, so it was up to me to introduce them to Thedas. I played all the intro animations from the video […]

RIP Dragon, Dungeon, and D&D minis

January 13, 2011 by newbiedm

Dragon magazine first saw print in 1976, giving readers of a pre-internet age tons of rules, spells, items and information regarding Dungeon & Dragons. It gave the world the Forgotten Realms, and it gave Elminster a place to teach readers about ecology. It was a source of information for players who craved more than their […]

4e: Easy to run, but is it as easy for players?

January 5, 2011 by newbiedm

My 4e game is dead. It has been for a while now. Yep. Elvis dead. JFK dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. There are a few reasons for this, some personal on my end, but mostly logistical and scheduling. Then there’s burnout, but not the ever popular “DM burnout”. Not that, as I’m willing to run a […]

Ring in the New Year with a free set of the D&D Essentials Wilderness Dungeon Tiles Master Set

January 3, 2011 by newbiedm

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A big congratulations to granger44, who was selected via random.org as our winner. This included both comments left here, and twitter entries. Thanks for entering, and keep looking out for future contests from the fine folks at Gator Games! ————————————————————————- Happy New Year everyone. And to ring in the New Year, how about a giveaway, […]

Running Dragon Age

December 23, 2010 by newbiedm

My group and I jumped back into the fantasy genre this week, and did with a new game, no less; Green Ronin’s tabletop version of Bioware’s video game, Dragon Age. Now I can’t write this post without doing a little bit of explaining as to why we didn’t pick up and jump back into our […]

Playing with the D&D Virtual Table

December 13, 2010 by newbiedm

If you haven’t been following the official news coming out of Wizards of the Coast, they are finally working on the much hyped virtual table they promised before the launch of 4e back in 2007, albeit a bit different from what was originally planned. While the original one they promised was set to feature a […]

NewbieDM.com Minicast Episode 13

December 11, 2010 by newbiedm

There’s a new episode of the NewbieDM.com Minicast out today, and my guest this time around is Tracy from the Sarah Darkmagic.com blog. You can check it out on itunes, or through its feed. Remember you can call in and be featured on the show at 305-349-3026.

Win a D&D Essentials Monster Vault!

December 7, 2010 by newbiedm

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And a little late here with the winner of the contest, but here goes….. Drum roll please…… out of all the comments posted here, and all of the entries on twitter….. the winner (via random.org) is………….. Deadorcs!! ta-da!! (submitted on Dec 7, 2010 @ 8:54). Congrats to deadorcs, and this was one of the most […]

4e Home Encounters is open for business!

December 1, 2010 by newbiedm

Some of you may remember this post, which was written over the summer… Well, it’s a reality. After months of hard work, we’ve launched the 4e Home Encounters project. You won’t find it here though, you have to go to that projects’ blog for it: 4ehomeencounters.com