I was just musing on this<br /><br />First strand of thought:<br />I saw one post somewhere where a game master used the plastic cases from CD to create a screen that he printed art work to face toward the players and tables to face toward himself. the idea being that he liked the lower screen as it created less of a barrier between him and the players. it sounded like a good idea and in particular for science fiction games as well.<br /><br />Second Strand of Thought:<br />but this is about a dream "Dungeon Masters" screen which means fantasy game which ties into a vague memory of from my days on terragenesis.co.uk where the terrain builder was constructing a terrain piece to look like a castle on one side toward the players and have a shelf on the back side for him to hide figures as well as panels for charts. i thought that sounded like a good idea too.<br /><br />Third Strand of Thought:<br />I've come across dice towers in wargame magazines and terragenesis and particularly admired the ones that looked like a terrain piece for the wargaming table ie a European building for a WW2 wargame or wizards tower for a fantasy game.<br /><br />Putting it together: a low paneled DMs screen that looks like a castle fascade with two flanking dice towers at either end that lets a player drop dice in the top of the tower and they come out in a catch tray behind the screen for those secret rolls that only the DM should see. panels for charts yes and a little shelf/shelves for prepped miniatures to come out when bad guys turn up.<br /><br />Since this is a Dream screen a nice carrying case would be nice as well.<br /><br />Same thing could of course be done in a sci fi motife as well.<br /><br />EDIT: for insane level of bells and whistles:<br />1.) a cup holder on the DMs side that would secure a cup of coffee (or a beer if gaming with my friends who like having adult beverages at the gaming table) against spills.<br />2.) LED lighting on the DM's side and perhaps a few arrow slits that might allow a little light to spill through to the player's side.<br /><br />
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