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NewbieDM Review: Martial Flavor

March 31, 2010 by newbiedm

This review is a long time coming, and for that I apologize to Hannah Lipsky, of Chaotic Shiny Productions. She had sent me her work, Martial Flavor, for review some time ago and I put it in the proverbial backburner and it sat there longer than intended. Again, my apologies. So, with that out of […]

How To Be An Effective Dungeon Master

March 29, 2010 by newbiedm

The following comes from the classic “Keep on the Borderlands” module, by Gary Gygax. It’s a very accurate description of Dm’ing, and one worth reading every so often. How To Be An Effective Dungeon Master As Dungeon Master, the beginner is faced with a difficult problem. The DM is the most important person in the […]

NewbieDm.com Minicast Episode 4 is now available

March 29, 2010 by newbiedm

Quinn Murphy from the At-Will blog joins me in the latest minicast, where a reader asks about scaling encounters for more than 5 players. Remember to call the voicemail at 305-349-3026 and leave a question for both the minicast, and the upcoming Dungeon Master Guys hosted by Phil the Chatty Dm, Dave Chalker and myself. […]

D&D Encounters Twitter Effects

March 25, 2010 by newbiedm

D&D Encounters is an organized play thing Wizards is doing on Wednesday nights at game stores around the country. On Twitter, they post certain effects that DM’s can grab and use at their table during the session. While I am not playing in D&D Encounters, I thought it would be kind of neat to collect […]

Ways You Can Help Your Players

March 22, 2010 by newbiedm

Chris Heard, of the wonderful, actual play Icosahedrophilia podcast, and I were talking via twitter the other day on ways a DM can help his players, and he suggested somebody should write a blog post about it. So I did. Sometimes there are things your players may forget to do that you can remind them […]

Mike Shea from slyflourish.com on the minicast

March 22, 2010 by newbiedm

Episode 3 of the NewbieDM minicast has been released. In this episode of the minicast, Mike Shea, who runs the wonderful DM blog Sly Flourish helps answer a voice-mail from a listener asking for tips on what to do when players loot an NPC carrying far too many magical items. You can find the minicast […]

How I’ve improved my DM’ing

March 17, 2010 by newbiedm

I thought I’d join in on the RPG Blog Carnival craze this month, as it deals with a subject near and dear to my game, dm’ing. Let me tell you about how I’ve improved my game since I started as a DM back when 4e was released in the summer of ’08. Avoid the Railroad […]

Wolfgang Baur joins me on the minicast

March 15, 2010 by newbiedm

Episode 2 of the NewbieDM minicast has been released. In this episode of the minicast, Wolfgang Baur, editor-in-chief of Kobold Quarterly helps answer a voice-mail from a listener asking for tips on how to encourage role-playing from players. You can find the minicast on the Itunes store by searching for newbiedm.com, or just subscribe directly […]

Minicast now available on Itunes

March 12, 2010 by newbiedm

Just a quick post to let you know that the NewbieDM.com Minicast is now available on the Itunes store. You can find it here. Also, you could just do a search for Newbiedm.com in the Itunes store. There’s only one episode so far, but there’s more coming. Also, we (Phil the ChattyDM, Dave Chalker, and […]

The NewbieDM.com Minicast

March 10, 2010 by newbiedm

I’ve decided to toss my fear of public speaking aside and go ahead with the launch of the minicast. As of now, it is active, with an rss feed, and an upcoming link in the Itunes store. The first episode runs just under 6 minutes, and features Phil Menard, The Chatty DM as my guest. […]