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NewbieDM Tutorial: The Battlemap, a guest post by Jonathan Roberts

November 9, 2009 by newbiedm

With this website, I’ve tried to give new DM’s out there tools, resources, and tips to run a better D&D game with. One of the things that I’ve never been able to offer before today, simply because I have no skills at it, is a robust mapping tutorial or series. So I reached out to […]

Warstories: The Game Recap

November 6, 2009 by newbiedm

Here’s a quick thing I’m sure all DM’s do in one form or another, whether it’s via email, wiki, pen and paper, or some other form: the game recap. In my particular case, we don’t get to game as often as most of us would like, so as game recap is a great way to […]

“Dragon Age: Origins” releases today!

November 3, 2009 by newbiedm

Yes, I know this isn’t technically tabletop RPG content, sorry RPGBN, but I think this game looks too cool for me not to blog about it. Plus, it is getting a tabletop treatment courtesy of Green Ronin, so there. Dragon Age was developed by Bioware, and they see it as the spiritual successor to the […]

To Fudge or Not to Fudge, That is the Question

October 31, 2009 by newbiedm

I brought up a topic on Twitter recently that spawned a number of replies and let to an interesting discussion. I asked if DM’s mostly rolled out in the open, or behind the screen. A good number of DM’s seem to roll their dice in front of their players, which is what I personally do. […]

NewbieDM Review: Dungeon Magazine 171

October 29, 2009 by newbiedm

Before I get to the review of the magazine, let me point out why I’m choosing to review Dungeon Magazine now. It occurred to me that I wasn’t seeing any reviews of this magazine (or Dragon) on any of the blogs that I typically read. If I’m wrong, please correct me, so I may add […]

Pre-Campaign Player Questionnaire

October 28, 2009 by newbiedm

Many times, we as DM’s do not have the luxury of playing with a group of people we’ve know for a long time and are comfortable with. I happen to have that luxury, playing with a group I’ve known and have been friends with for over 20 years in some cases, and haven’t had to […]

NewbieDM Review: Kobold Quarterly 11

October 24, 2009 by newbiedm

I had a chance to read Kobold Quarterly, a D&D magazine believed by many to be the spiritual successor to Dragon Magazine (in its print version pre-4th Ed.) and I can see why that is. It is a nicely put together mag with tons of D&D content, whether you’re playing 3.x, Pathfinder or my system […]

Warstories: Player vs. Player at the table.

October 22, 2009 by newbiedm

This is the third installment of a series titled Warstories, which consists of short post meant to inspire discussion and dialogue amongst DM’s. Warstories deal with the many different issues that come up in a D&D game from time to time, and tend to affect Dungeon Masters in particular. I had an unfortunate situation to […]

NewbieDM Review: Sinister Woods Dungeon Tiles

October 22, 2009 by newbiedm

I’m a huge fan of Dungeon Tiles, as I feel that they open up creativity that maybe wasn’t there before as you build your maps. I don’t necessarily feel that every encounter area deserves to be plotted out with multiple tile sets, but certainly you can devote the big fight of the night or a […]

1d12 Questions with 4e cartographer Mike Schley

October 20, 2009 by newbiedm

If you’ve played any of the published adventures in 4th Ed. D&D, then you are familiar with the work of Mike Schley. In my opinion, Mike’s visual style is very closely tied to the overall palette of 4th Ed. and clearly WOTC feels the same way as his work is a part of many of […]