Back in RPGaDay 2024: Day 26, I mentioned I was looking forward to the release of The World's Greatest Screen: The Half Screen. I am happy to report that its Kickstarter project has launched and is doing well, with delivery estimated for mid- to late May 2025. If you are looking for a fully customizable, portable, durable GM screen with a low enough profile to enable you to fully interact with your players and the playing space, this is the GM screen for you. Learn more about it here. The deadline to back it is 17 April 2025.
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03 April 2025
26 August 2024
RPGaDay 2024: Day 26
26. Superb screen
I own a four-panel, landscape-oriented, customizable GM screen with clear plastic pockets on both sides of every panel so I can slide in reference sheets or art appropriate to whatever game I am running. It's called The World's Greatest Screen from Hammerdog Games. It's nearly perfect. The World's Greatest Screen: The Half Screen (soon to be launched on Kickstarter) might be even better (and I certainly plan to get one).
Another good option is the three-panel, landcape-oriented, Savage Worlds Customizable GM screen from Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
When I was a teenager, I used the typical cardboard, three-panel, portrait-oriented screens that were produced for various role-playing games by their manufacturers. They were already too tall for my purposes, but the situation was worsened by the fact that I ran my games from a desk that was taller than the card table at which my players were seated. To overcome this lack of visibility (a problem for me as I communicate nearly as much with gestures and facial expressions as I do with speech when I GM), I tended to sit on the back of my office chair. And tilt it backwards (a habit, not a strategy). I strongly discourage both activities. Fortunately, landscape-oriented screens (and playing at the same actual table) eliminate the need for such stunts.
Buy a better screen or make one yourself. It's worth it.
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