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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 7008603" data-attributes="member: 19857">I use a screen flat on the table for the reference charts in it for my regular group, but I haven't had an upright screen in front of me for a long time.&nbsp; I roll my dice out in the open but frankly I could cheat on my die rolls and my players likely wouldn't notice unless it was an outrageous cheat (like claiming a crit or something like that).&nbsp; Likewise they don't try to look at my maps or notes or anything even though they're sitting right out where people can see them.&nbsp; We're all a fairly trusting group.However in the group I run for kids, I have to use a screen.&nbsp; The kids like to peek at notes and generally haven't figured out yet that most of the fun of the game is NOT knowing what's coming next and being surprised by it.&nbsp; So for them a screen and more of the rolls are hidden instead of in the open (mostly because I just roll right in front of myself and that's blocked by a screen, not because I'm taking care to keep the rolls hidden).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jer, post: 7008603, member: 19857"] I use a screen flat on the table for the reference charts in it for my regular group, but I haven't had an upright screen in front of me for a long time. I roll my dice out in the open but frankly I could cheat on my die rolls and my players likely wouldn't notice unless it was an outrageous cheat (like claiming a crit or something like that). Likewise they don't try to look at my maps or notes or anything even though they're sitting right out where people can see them. We're all a fairly trusting group. However in the group I run for kids, I have to use a screen. The kids like to peek at notes and generally haven't figured out yet that most of the fun of the game is NOT knowing what's coming next and being surprised by it. So for them a screen and more of the rolls are hidden instead of in the open (mostly because I just roll right in front of myself and that's blocked by a screen, not because I'm taking care to keep the rolls hidden). [/QUOTE]

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