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Mapping For Me

April 20, 2010 by newbiedm

I’ve decided to not complicate my life with the mapping of my world. You see, ever since I started DM’ing I’ve wanted a kick ass map of my homebrew world, Elderyn. The graphic on my old header was a map I created using Autorealm and a Photoshop plugin that created the elevation and relief on […]

Analog Initiative Tracker for Heroic Tier

April 18, 2010 by newbiedm

If you are a newbie DM, and are having problems tracking and getting the hang of initiative management, this may be of some help. I created this “calendar” type initiative tracker to work with tokens, where you would just place a token representing characters and monsters in their appropriate squares, based on their roll. You […]

Warstories: The Unprepared Player

April 16, 2010 by newbiedm

I'll assume that at some point in our collective gaming careers, we've all been guilty of this. Heck, I know I have on more than one occasion. I'm talking about the player who shows up to his game with no pencils, 2 dice, a barely legible character sheet he scribbled on a napkin, and a few pages from a scanned copy of the rule book.

NewbieDM Review: Kobold Quarterly 13

April 16, 2010 by newbiedm

A review copy of Wolfgang Baur’s Kobold Quarterly dropped in the old inbox, and I took it for a spin. First thing worth mentioning is the very randy and very sexy cover by Malcolm McClinton, it was worth a double take, and I’m sure it’s there to complement the article on sex and romance in […]

Reader Voicemail: Presenting Your Adventure

April 14, 2010 by newbiedm

I thought this voicemail would be better answered as a post, rather than on the minicast. So here goes… How a DM prepares or presents adventures is something that I am sure varies from table to table. In my particular case, and how I mentioned in our new “Dungeon Master Guys” podcast, I constantly seek […]

The Dungeon Master Guys Podcast

April 13, 2010 by newbiedm

I am pleased to announce that our new project launched today, “The Dungeon Master Guys” podcast. By we, I mean the guys from critical-hits.com (Phil the Chatty DM, and Dave “The Game” Chalker), and myself. This is a longer podcast than my minicast is, it’ll run about a 1/2 hour per episode, and will deal […]

Downloadable Delves is open for business…

April 10, 2010 by newbiedm

I few months ago I blogged about having a one stop place where 4e DM’s could go to download adventures for a night of gaming. Many people chimed in, and the idea seemed to be a hit, after all, a place to find 4e adventures would be very handy to have. Well, there’s a great […]

“The 36 Dramatic Situations” by Georges Polti

April 8, 2010 by newbiedm

“The 36 Dramatic Situations” is a 19th century book by french author Georges Polti. By analyzing Greek texts and contemporary French writings, Polti attempted to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story. This list of 36 situations remains, until today, very popular among writers and storytellers. Here now are the situations: 1. […]

Win a copy of the Star Wars Legacy Era Campaign Guide

April 6, 2010 by newbiedm

Congratulations to the winner, Mike, who posted a message on April 8th at 4:05pm. I am sorry for not posting these results sooner, my bad. COngrats to the winner and be on the lookout for more contests from newbiedm.com and Gator Games. ——————————————————– I love Star Wars, and I love the idea of a SW […]

Trying other games

April 1, 2010 by newbiedm

We’ve been hitting 4e for almost two years now, and the guys and I have decided to try other games out for a bit. A lot of names were thrown out… Mutants and Masterminds is one that were are dying to try, but we just haven’t been able to wrap ourselves around the superhero concept, […]