Stratagem The Master's Tome 4-Panel Customizable GM Screen with Free Inserts – Dry Erase, Dungeon & Game Master Accessory for Tabletop RPG Campaigns (Red)

The inserts it comes with are completely useless to me. Reference-sheets are cool and for someone new to D&D it might be nice, but I’m not new so they aren’t. Some people like to make to make things awful for themselves and DM more than 4 players so it’s frustrating that the player reference sheet only supports 4. I do not see myself ever using these sheets ever, I’d rather make my own. Save for the “tome” covers, those look nice and I was expecting those to be baked onto the screen itself. To see that EVERY side is customizable is very nice. Especially when you can use dry erase markers.That said, the dimensions of the sleeves are also strange and while the given inserts fit them just fine (after some effort), regular letter-size (8.5”x11”) paper will leave room on the sides while exactly hitting the top of the sleeves, which looks very strange. If you can somehow get something closer to 9.5” x 10.5” it might look significantly better. But I find it ironic that despite having sleeves like this they aren’t that well-suited to the most common printer dimensions. It’s not as friendly for the DIY crowd as you’d think.Oh and you have to fold this up in a VERY specific order. It does not like being folded the wrong way and you’ll know when you get it wrong within seconds of trying to pack it up. To be honest though, these are nitpicks at best. It’s still the best I could find and is legitimately good for the price.If you do like doing DIY stuff and want a similar “vibe” of fantasy-styled paper for your own inserts, look into Homebrewery. If you are willing to learn its specific flavor of markdown you can get inserts that look VERY close to these but with more customizability.

Perfect gift for my husband. The slip pockets have made it easier for him to keep things organized for his campaigns. Easier to show us what he needs to on the slide that faces us and the info on his side keeps his ideas organized. Very cool idea!

OK - So a DM/GM screen needs to look good and hopefully help you to organize your information. This screen does the job, but it does have it's flaws.PROs- It is solid enough and it looks good on the player's side once the graphic inserts are slid into the clear plastic pockets. You can easily put pictures, notes or maps in over the inserts, which keeps the table much less cluttered.- The clear pockets are very useful on the DM's side to keep whatever information you need the most. No need to look at the same useless tables and annoying art for the next 3 years! The provided inserts are not great, but if you take the time to put your own information in these pockets, you really boost the usefulness of this screen. I suggest (1) Campaign details - Geography, City, Street, Shop and NPC Names. (2) Main stats and spells for the 'bad guys.' (3) Initiative Order.- Clear plastic cleans easily with dry erase markers. Great for initiative order & combat/health tracking.CONs- The inserts, which are light gauge glossy paper, are difficult to get inserted into the pockets. You may not get the inserts all the way to the bottom of the pockets without creasing them, if at all. I suggest using card stock (or flat cardboard) on one or both sides of the insert to get it all to the bottom.- For the price, you're not getting a super heavy duty product. Be gentle putting too much stress on the folds.- Content on the DM-screens are never good, no matter who makes them, so no fault here - Don't assume you'll use the premade inserts to help you with your DM tasks too much.ALL IN ALL - Glad I got this. It helps our game.

Greetings my fellow adventurers,I left the tavern shortly after our cheery group of adventurers finished up the initial quest and unlocked several tantalizing side plots (Seriously guys that goblin attack wasnt a random encounter it actually leads to a dungeon craw with countless, well ok 12 , but countless caverns filled with horrible green evil goblin groupies to kill! take the Damn lead! seriously, but I digress. ) and jogged on over to the interwebal mercantile under the giant lowercase a sign and evil orange grin, looking for a DM screen. i found this one quickly and after some deliberation, admittedly placing it my wishlist and then stopping by the local game shop to see if I could give them my slightly difficultly earned 1s and 0s in exchange for a screen for which I could make my own charts and edit monsters and generally hide notes from my eager adventuring friends. ALAS, no dice, well they had plenty of dice but no customizable screens like this one. So back to the story, I told you I digress.It arrived via the typical mysterious brown box on my door step in a very short time, I immediately opened it to find this treasure! its a high quality device of (red in my case) plastic. yep just what I ordered. The quality was what i expected. its essentially a quad folded binder cover type device. the outward facing tome looking graphics were of high quality and the whole unit seemed quite durable. the DM or GM inserts were also on high quality paper and the printing was crisp and clear.Sliding the pages into the sleeves is best done slowly as clear plastic isnt loose but seriously go slow and the pages wont wrinkle. It stands up nicely on the table and in the next game session i will snap a few soul captures of it and post them. I am pleased with the purchase and cant wait to use it to add more mystery to the next adventure. If you are looking for a DM screen you want to be able to customize buy with confidence.Happy Adventuring Friends