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Has it been two years already?

September 17, 2010 by newbiedm

Wow. How time flies when you are having fun. This week, September 10th to be exact, NewbieDM.com turned two. I completely forgot that the anniversary was this week, and although it isn’t today I thought that I should do a small post about it. It’s been fun, it’s been eye opening, it’s been at times […]

Flipping through the D&D Essentials Rules Compendium

September 16, 2010 by newbiedm

I got my grubby hands on this book, and well, what can I say about it? First, that my poor DMG1 will go off to the back of a shelf somewhere, never to be seen again. This book makes my DMG completely irrelevant. And it does the same for the non-classes portions of the PHB1 […]

Play an RPG today with your little kids with rpgKids v.1.5

September 14, 2010 by newbiedm

Some of you may remember rpgKids, a very rules-light rpg I developed to play with my 4 year old daughter. It was a fairly popular game (based on downloads), and I got quite a few emails and links sent to me about it. It was even included in the latest volume of the Open Game […]

Winter Lands tiles

September 7, 2010 by newbiedm

I was messing around on photoshop the other day making tiles I needed for my game. These are a winter themed set, with a snowy field serving as the base. Some of the things you’ll find in the small set include a bridge crossing over a frozen river, a temple out in the wilderness, and […]

NewbieDM Review: Red Box Starter Set

September 6, 2010 by newbiedm

I’ve been struggling with this review for a few days, and I can’t quite come to terms with how it is I feel about this new Red Box as a starter set to D&D. I’m also struggling to find for whom exactly this set was designed for. Was it for the completely new players who […]

Essentials Dungeon Master’s Kit unboxing video

August 31, 2010 by newbiedm

It seems that D&D unboxing videos are all the craze lately. This here is a very cool one and I’m not sure how they got this. These guys got hold of an Essentials Dungeon Master’s Kit and put it up on YouTube. This isn’t my video, I’m just embedding it here. After seeing this product, […]

The importance of a ship in your Star Wars game

August 23, 2010 by newbiedm

The ships in a Star Wars RPG serve a real clear purpose beside just getting your party from point A to point B. And yes, that’s a very important purpose, considering that unlike D&D, where the party marches for a few hours, and arrives at their destination, in SW a party has to cross the […]

A quick look at the Dark Sun Creature Catalog

August 19, 2010 by newbiedm

I was pretty surprised at the Dark Sun Creature Catalog. Aside from being in essence a Monster Manual, it also includes Monster Themes, Fantastic Terrain and Hazards, which have historically been part of the DMG’s. I guess this may come as a result of the Dark Sun setting being combined into one book, rather than […]

Dark Sun for the new DM

August 17, 2010 by newbiedm

So you’re a newbie DM, and you’re trying to decide whether or not you are going to run a little bit of Dark Sun for your group. Here are a few things you’ll need to keep in mind if you do, as the standard fantasy fare won’t really apply to the world of Athas. And […]

DMing Your First Game In Public

August 11, 2010 by newbiedm

One of the things I was looking forward to doing at Gencon was DMing my first game in public. You see, I’m not a great public speaker, in fact, I’m pretty terrible. I don’t do well in public arenas, and I’m very self conscious about my DMing abilities. Sure, I’ve DMed for some online friends […]