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A sort of Eureka! moment in regards to Skill Challenges

April 28, 2009 by newbiedm

I don’t hide the fact that I can’t wrap my head around skill challenges. I find it hard to conceptualize narrating them at the table without the exercise simply becoming a series of rolls. The irony though, is that I’d love to run them at the table to break up the monotony of combat/combat/combat. This […]

A D&D Birthday party

April 27, 2009 by newbiedm

My birthday was a few days ago, but my job took me out of the country and I couldn’t celebrate with my family. So Mrs. NewbieDM asked me what I’d like for my birthday when I got back, and I asked for a D&D marathon with the group. We played yesterday from 12 to 8pm, […]

1d12 questions with….Mike Mearls

April 15, 2009 by newbiedm

I’m rolling out an interview section to the website titled “1d12 questions with…” where I’ll roll a d12 and ask that number of questions to the subject of the interview, who today happens to be the very gracious & approachable Mike Mearls, lead designer at Wizards of the Coast. It’s meant to be a reflection on […]

On game balance…

April 12, 2009 by newbiedm

I tend to frequent gaming forums, mostly to find new things to use in my games, like monster cards, software, maps, and the like. One of the themes that often pops up is that of game balance. “Such-n-such class is broken” “X Power is unbalanced” type arguments seem to be the norm amongst those types […]

About the RPG Bloggers Campaign Setting

April 11, 2009 by newbiedm

And we’re off…. 32 bloggers working on a shared campaign setting. This should be cool. The map is ready, the land grab has begun, and in a few months a living, breathing campaign world will be available from some of the best minds in the RPG Blogosphere. Although I brought up the concept, I am […]

Vin Diesel’s Melkor the Drow

April 9, 2009 by newbiedm

Here’s Vin hitting the talk show circuit, promoting Fast & Furious, and shares with Jimmy Kimmel the story of Melkor the Drow. Enjoy this little bit of geekness on late night tv. The D&D stuff hits at 2:27.

Masterplan – Software for the 4th Ed. DM

April 9, 2009 by newbiedm

I recently came across a nice piece of software for DM’s of 4th Ed. who need a little bit of help organizing and keeping their campaign stuff in order. The program includes flowcharts for your adventures that link to encounters, maps, and all sorts of stuff. You can even use Dungeon Tiles to plan and […]

WOTC halts sales of D&D PDF’s

April 6, 2009 by newbiedm

From RPGNOW’s website: Wizards of the Coast has instructed us to suspend all sales and downloads of Wizards of the Coast titles. Unfortunately, this includes offering download access to previously purchased Wizards of the Coast titles. We are in discussions with Wizards about their decision to change their approach to digital sales of their titles […]

I got my copy of Open Game Table!!!

March 27, 2009 by newbiedm

It’s in my hands, it’s full of awesome, and it’s fricking cool as hell to be published in something other than a traffic ticket!!! A resounding Hell Yes! to Jonathan over at The Core Mechanic for his hard work with this book. Guys, this book is gaming goodness created by fans of the hobby, for […]

The RPG Bloggers Network Campaign Setting

March 25, 2009 by newbiedm

I want to announce a project that I think would be wonderful for the RPG Community as a whole. Jonathan Jacob’s “Open Game Table” proved that when the RPG Blogging community works together, the results can be immpresive. So here I’m proposing that we band together once more, and offer the gaming community the “RPG […]