D&D (2024) New DM Screen Revealed By NZ Retailer

[pukunui]

I feel the need to point out this was already revealed a couple weeks ago when the Core Books went up for Pre order on Beyond.

2024 Dungeon Master's Screen - Marketplace - D&D Beyond

<p>The Centerpiece for Adventure!</p> <br/> <p>Create fantastical worlds and bring epic quests to life with the 2024 Dungeon Master's Screen. This four-panel screen features a spectacular panoramic scene depicting every core class of fifth edition DUNGEONS & DRAGONS.</p> <br/> <p>Surprise Your...

marketplace.dndbeyond.com

I couldn't find a thread about it here, though.

 

[R_J_K75]

They never seem to have any relevant information on them.

Yeah, it really sucks when you buy one only to be disappointed. 2E had the best DM screens. They've never matched that quality since.

 

[Echohawk]

Yeah, it really sucks when you buy one only to be disappointed. 2E had the best DM screens. They've never matched that quality since.

Are you sure? There have been an awful lot of screens released since 2nd Edition, and some of them have been pretty decent.

Fun fact: This will be the 82nd screen released for D&D.

Spoiler: Screens

Dungeons & Dragons screens

Dungeons & Dragons
Judge's Shield (1977) [JG28]
AC2: Combat Shield and Mini-Adventure (1984) [TSR9099]
AC7: Master Player Screen (1985) [TSR9156]
Dungeon Master's Screen (and folder) (1991) [included with The New Easy to Master Dungeons & Dragons Game, TSR1070]
DMR1: Dungeon Master Screen (1993) [TSR9437]
Dungeon Master Screen (1994) [included with The Classic Dungeons & Dragons Game, TSR1106]
Dungeon Master Screen (Two-panel) (1999) [included with Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game, TSR11450]
D&D Diablo II DM Screen (1999) [included with D&D Adventure Game: Diablo II Edition, TSR11548]

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeon Master's Screen (1979) [TSR9024]
REF1: Dungeon Master's Screen (1985) [TSR9146]

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition
REF1: Dungeon Master's Screen (1989) [TSR9263]
Ravenloft Screen (1990) [cover of Feast of Goblyns, TSR9298]
SJR3: Spelljammer Dungeon Master's Screen (1991) [TSR9313]
Dragonlance Dungeon Master Screen (1992) [included with Tales of the Lance, TSR1074]
Al-Qadim Screen (1992) [included with ALQ1: Golden Voyages, TSR9366]
Fighter's Screen (1994) [TSR9457]
Priest's Screen (1994) [TSR9462]
Thief's Screen (1994) [TSR9463]
Wizard's Screen (1994) [TSR9468]
Planescape Dungeon Master Screen (1994) [included with the Planescape Campaign Setting, TSR2600]
First Quest Dungeon Master Screen (1994) [included with First Quest: The Introduction to Role-Playing Games, TSR1105]
Ravenloft Dungeon Master Screen (1994) [included with Ravenloft Campaign Setting, TSR1108]
Masque of the Red Death And Other Tales DM Screen (1994) [included in the Masque of the Red Death,TSR 1103]
Birthright Dungeon Master Screen (1995) [included with the Birthright Campaign Setting, TSR3100]
Dungeon Master Screen & Master Index (1995) [TSR9504]
Introduction to AD&D Dungeon Master Screen (1995) [included with Introduction to AD&D, TSR1134]
Dungeon Master Screen (1995) [included with The Complete Starter Set: AD&D Game, TSR1167]
Dark Sun Dungeon Master Screen (1995) [included with the Dark Sun Campaign Setting Expanded and Revised, TSR2438]

Dungeons & Dragons 3.0
Dungeon Master Screen (2000) [WOC11639]
Ravenloft Secrets of the Dread Realms and Dungeon Master's Screen (2001) [WW15001]
Forgotten Realms Dungeon Master's Screen (2002) [WOC886860000]
Kingdoms of Kalamar Dungeon Master's Shield (2002) [K&C1006]

Dungeons & Dragons 3.5
Dungeon Master's Screen (2003) [included with Dragon #310, PZO82310]
Deluxe Dungeon Master's Screen (2004) [WOC885960000]
Kingdoms of Kalamar Dungeon Master's Shield (2004) [K&C1023]
Dragonlance Dungeon Master's Screen (2004) [SVP4901]
Eberron Deluxe Dungeon Master's Screen (2005) [WOC950060000]

Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition
Dungeon Master's Screen (2008) [WOC218307400]
Dungeon Master's Screen (2010) [included with the Dungeon Master's Kit, WOC244640000]
Deluxe Dungeon Master's Screen (2011) [WOC280590000]
Dungeon Master’s Keep: Ultimate DM’s Screen (2011) [GF9 72720]

Dungeons & Dragons Next
Murder in Baldur’s Gate (2013) [A45370000]
Legacy of the Crystal Shard (2013) [A45380000]

Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition
Dungeon Master’s Screen: Tyranny of Dragons (2014) [GF9 73701]
Dungeon Master’s Screen (2015) [A96050000]
Dungeon Master’s Screen: Elemental Evil (2015) [GF9 73702]
Dungeon Master’s Screen: Rage of Demons (2015) [GF9 73704]
Dungeon Master’s Screen: Curse of Strahd (2016) [GF9 73705]
Dungeon Master’s Screen: Storm King’s Thunder (2016) [GF9 73707]
Dungeon Master’s Screen, Reincarnated (2017) [C36870000]
Dungeon Master’s Screen: Tomb of Annihilation (2017) [GF9 73708]
Dungeon Master’s Screen: Waterdeep: Dragon Heist (2018) [GF9 73709]
Dungeon Master’s Screen: Waterdeeo: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (2018) [GF9 73710]
Beadle & Grimm's Waterdeep: Dragon Heist (2018)
Dungeons & Dragons Core Rules Gift Set, Special Edition (2018)
Dungeon Master’s Screen: Of Ships and the Sea (2019) [GF9 73711]
Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit (2019) [C70080]
Dungeon Master’s Screen: Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus (2019) [GF9 73712]
Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty (2019)
Dungeon Master’s Screen: Eberron, Rising from the Last War (2019) [GF9 73713]
Beadle & Grimm's Ghosts of Saltmarsh (2019)
Beadle & Grimm's Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus (2019)
Curse of Strahd Revamped (2020)
Dungeon Master's Screen: Wilderness Kit (2020) [C9185000]
Dungeon Master's Screen: Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (2020) [GF9 73714]
Beadle & Grimm's Eberron Rising from the Last War (2020)
Beadle & Grimm's Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (2020)
Beadle & Grimm's Curse of Strahd (2020)
Dungeon Master’s Screen Dungeon Kit (2021) [C99400000]
Beadle & Grimm's The Witchlight Carnival (2021)
Dungeon Master's Screen: The Witchlight Carnival (2021) [GF9 73715]
Rules Expansion Gift Set (2022)
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space (2022)
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space [Alt. cover] (2022)
Beadle & Grimm's: Spelljammer: Adventures in Space (2022)
Beadle & Grimm's: Phandelver & Below: The Shattered Obelisk (2023)
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse (2023)
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse [Alt. cover] (2023)
Beadle & Grimm's: Vecna: Eve of Ruin (2024)
Beadle & Grimm's: Quests from the Infinite Staircase (2024)
Dungeons & Dragons Adventurer Magazine (2024)
Dungeon Master's Screen (2024)

 

[aco175]

Fun fact: This will be the 82nd screen released for D&D.

It appears that the DM Screen should be on the wandering harlot table, being so carelessly tossed around so much. I know they are cheap, but do people even get their money's worth if a new saucy tart is coming out with the next book.

 

[Hatmatter]

I never really used a DM screen. They get in the way and build a wall between me and my players. Which is a shame, because they are so pretty!

It's fun to play with pretty players.

 

[R_J_K75]

Are you sure? There have been an awful lot of screens released since 2nd Edition, and some of them have been pretty decent.

Actually, the 3E Kingdoms of Kalamar screen was very good too, but it was almost too much info and had so many panels that folded/unfolded in so many ways that it was unpractical to use at the table. IMO the 2E ones were a good balance between being too much and not enough information. They were the ones I got the most use out of. The 3E ones were decent but not quite as good from what I recall

 

[UVAtom]

I like having the ones that match the adventure to “set the mood” for the players. But I don’t need a whole panel on my side that just has pictures of one of four possible big bads. Looking at you PoA

 

[pukunui]

One thing I liked about the first 5e screen was the “Something happens!” table. It was unique to the screen, and it was a fun little thing you could roll on during a lull in the game.

EDIT:

Also, as a father of three daughters, I appreciated that the player-facing art featured a bevy of female heroes front and center (with a token male off to the side):

That being said, it didn't have all the tables that I would have wanted to reference regularly,* so I swapped it out for the "reincarnated" DM screen when that came out, which dropped the unique "Something happens!" and "Quick Finds" tables.

I got the GF9 Tomb of Annihilation screen and used that while I was running that adventure, but otherwise I haven't used a DM screen in a long time.



*Early in 5e, I made myself a reference sheet with the other tables that I wanted to reference regularly, things like the Conversation Reaction, Weather, Wilderness Navigation, Foraging, Mob Attacks and Targets in Areas of Effect tables from the DMG.

 

[R_J_K75]

That being said, it didn't have all the tables that I would have wanted to reference regularly

*Early in 5e, I made myself a reference sheet with the other tables that I wanted to reference regularly, things like the Conversation Reaction, Weather, Wilderness Navigation, Foraging, Mob Attacks and Targets in Areas of Effect tables from the DMG.

I think what makes a good DM screen is very subjective. I'm surprised WotC hasn't created a screen that includes most, or all of the relevant tables from the PHB, DMG, MM that are magnetic so you can pick and choose which tables/information you want, and even customize them for a specific adventure.

 

[Argyle King]

I know (or at least I think I know) that it's not the intent, but there's something vaguely sexual and pervy about what those dragons are doing to the d20. The lines eminating from the center don't help.