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NewbieDM Review: The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos

January 14, 2010 by newbiedm

This is a tough book for me to review, mainly because I have never, ever, in my years of playing D&D have had any sort of interest in planar campaigns. My PC’s have never been to Sigil, City of Brass, nor the Happy Hunting Grounds. The DM’s I’ve played with never took us for a […]

Warstories: Let’s talk miniatures

January 11, 2010 by newbiedm

So since I’ve got minis on the brain today, let’s talk a bit about them, and how you use them in your game. I’m the type of DM that doesn’t need to have a mini for every single enemy on the table. I think that’s insane (in a good way), although there certainly are many […]

Win a set of D&D Miniatures Primal Heroes 1 & 2

January 11, 2010 by newbiedm

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EDIT: SUNDAY 1/17/2010 – We have a winner! Scott M (comment @ January 13, 5:01pm) was selected as the winner! Congratulations to Scott and thank you all for entering! In 2 weeks, we are giving away the Dragonborn books, so check back! —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Thought we’d start the week with a giveaway, and who doesn’t like […]

Alingment as more than just flavor for the PC’s

January 7, 2010 by newbiedm

I’m going to come out of the closet here and admit that I am a fan of the classic D&D alignment system. Maybe fan is a strong word, but I certainly never felt a strong dislike for it. While some see it as restrictive, I see it as a good framework for a character’s […]

The best 4e experience yet

January 5, 2010 by newbiedm

Fights take too long. There’s no roleplaying. It’s a videogame on paper. Blah blahblah blah blah blahblah. I had a wonderful time on Sunday night with 4e, and I feel like blogging about it. Why? Because that session reinforced the true strength and selling point of 4e: simplicity to run. I was asked to run […]

A system for playing D&D with my kid

January 1, 2010 by newbiedm

EDIT 9/2010: The new version of rpgKids is available here. ———————————————————————- If you are anything like me, your little kids are curious about D&D. I know that when game time comes at my house, my 4 year old daughter loves hanging around the table seeing what we’re doing. She’s full of questions about the minis, […]

NPC Tracker cards

December 29, 2009 by newbiedm

I was talking to one of my players today, and he casually mentioned that sometimes there were too many NPC’s to remember in my game, and note taking is not their thing… so I decided to come up with npc cards. These are simple to use. The Photoshop version has a “hole” where the portrait […]

Warstories: Eat, Drink, and be Merry….

December 29, 2009 by newbiedm

First, I’d like to wish all readers of this blog a belated Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. If you celebrate something else, then I hope you had a great time doing it as well. This time of year is always special no matter what you celebrate. It’s time for friends, family and fun, […]

Is the encounter worth it?

December 23, 2009 by newbiedm

We recently played our last game of the year, I can’t believe it’s been 1 1/2 years already with 4e. I feel I’m getting into a nice groove with my Dm’ing, both on the table and off. My prep time is going quicker than ever thanks to all the digital tools at my disposal, and […]

Win a copy of The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos

December 21, 2009 by newbiedm

EDIT: @aliothefool was selected as the winner, through a random number drawn via random.org. Congratulations! “Hey Boss… Da Plane, Da Plane. No Tattoo, it’s not an airplane, it’s The Plane Below. You see that man over there? His name is NewbieDM, and his fantasy is to give away free books. Today he’s partnering up with […]