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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Messageboard Golem" data-source="post: 2009635" data-attributes="member: 18387">HackMaster is an RPG that almost requires a GM screen.  There are so many tables that you need to reference during a typical play session that being forced to find them all without the benefit of a screen could reduce a GM to tears.  Well, dry your tears because Kenzer has released the HackMaster GameMaster’s Shield and it is unlike any GM screen you have ever seen before.The GameMaster’s Shield has a total of 32 panels (you heard me right) of gaming delight.  The base is four sturdy cardboard sections with four additional sections that flip over vertically as needed.  There are eight additional sections stapled inside that can be folded out horizontally inside the shield.  All sections are color coded and fully laminated so that you write on them with overhead markers.You use the Shield in-game by setting it to one of several ‘modes’.  There is standard combat mode with to-hit tables, saving throw tables, etc.  There is dungeon mode with random dungeon generation tables.  There is City/Town/NPCs mode with city/town encounter tables and the all-important bartender generation tables.  There is even a post-game mode with experience point tables, the alignment graph, etc.  You set the various modes by simply flipping panels to the proper configuration.  Color-coding makes this a simple process.  You can keep the panels open to the chosen configuration with binder clips or even by gluing Velcro tabs onto the screen.  The Shield is sturdily built and besides a potential weak point where the staples attach the horizontal panels to the base screen, I think it should stand up to many years of gaming use.If you are a HackMaster GM, go ahead and put down your twenty bucks.  You need this Shield.  Even if you play 1st/2nd Edition AD&D, you should give it a look.  Many of the tables can be used in your game with little or no modification.  If you are still unconvinced, however, check out the <a href="http://www.kenzerco.com/rpg/hackmaster/webtour/gmtour01.php" target="_blank">clickable web tour</a> of the shield on the <a href="http://www.kenzerco.com" target="_blank">Kenzer and Company</a> website.If you play Third Edition D&D, don’t despair.  Kenzer has released the <a href="http://www.kenzerco.com/rpg/kalamar/dmstour/dmstour01.php" target="_blank">Kingdoms of Kalamar Dungeon Master’s Shield</a> so that you can join the party as well.</blockquote>

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