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Improved Initiative

September 4, 2009 by newbiedm

I finally had the chance to sit down and play some D&D this week, my first post-Gencon session. We had a blast, and as my players are quickly approaching the end of the heroic tier, events in my campaign are coming to a head. A good time was had by all, even if all we […]

Imposing a :30 time limit on 4th ed. players

August 24, 2009 by newbiedm

This posting stems from my previous one, where I highlighted some items bought at Gencon for my game. One of them was a :30 hourglass, which I plan on implementing at my table as a house rule. Each player, on his turn, will have to decide what his action will be in :30 or less. […]

Gencon knick knacks for 4th Ed. D&D

August 22, 2009 by newbiedm

I wanted to share with you some of my purchases from Gencon for my 4th Ed. D&D game, with the hopes that it may help someone out there starting to play the game. 4th Ed., above all others, is in my opinion a game that lends itself very well to this type of thing, and […]

A reader written tutorial on making your own Dungeon Tiles.

June 5, 2009 by newbiedm

I received an email from one of my readers suggesting an idea for a tutorial. Rather than have me blog about the topic without really knowing much about it, I suggested he write it and I just host it. So, here now is reader Alex, with a pretty kick ass tutorial about making your own […]

Change in attitude regarding ability scores throughout different editions…

May 5, 2009 by newbiedm

While I seem to be an unabashed fan of 4th Ed., the truth of the matter is that I am probably more of a fan of the game I happen to be playing at the time. Right now, it’s 4th Ed. I like it. I’m into it because it lets me roll dice with my […]

Portable Dungeon Tile playing surface

March 12, 2009 by newbiedm

This weekend I was going to play somewhere other than my house, and I intended on using Dungeon Tiles. Now, these things are prone to sliding around a lot on table surfaces, so I came up with a little something I plan on using whenever I take my game to someone elses house. It’s a […]

Modifying the way I track conditions

March 2, 2009 by newbiedm

So after using my paper condition tokens, I switched over to Alea Tools because they are probably the best thing out there right now for the 4th ed. DM looking for a solution to the game’s bookkeeping. I also use them for Ranger’s Quarry’s, Paladin’s Divine Challenges, etc… But last session I did something different with […]