After 3 years and one EPIC final battle that lasted well over 20 rounds, our D&D campaign finally concluded on August of this year. The feels were real and the ending was bittersweet. And during that time we've made some really special life-long friends. I originally drew this as a holiday gift for the group in December of 2021, but it also works as a great stand-in for the times we spent together playing this remarkable adventure. Thank you Danelle, Robyn, Leila and Gareth for being the best humans <3

The Combat Shield and Mini-adventure for Basic and Expert D&D served the same role as AD&D's DM screen, with art by Jeff Easley facing the players along with the PC experience tables for level advancement, and important tables for the DM on the opposite side (TSR, 1984). This was for the 1983 3rd version of Basic D&D and 2nd version of Expert, to which TSR added Companion in 1984, followed by Master and Immortal Rules in the following 2 years to complete the "BECMI" D&D set.

The 8-page adventure "The Treasure of the Hideous One" by David Cook includes a full page scroll of backstory in tiny italic text, which seems an unnecessarily tedious way to begin a short adventure.

Arguably it's still a WIP, but here's the DM screen I've been working on for myself! I completely free-handed the woodburning and essentially did everything else by hand. The veins were first carved out and then filled in with lab-made turquoise, gold leaf, and resin. It's got five magnets along the top and spans about 4ft long when fully splayed out.

The frames have acetate on them to mimic glass, then a "frame" of thin cardboard with a black cardstock backing. I can actually insert photos into them and intend to do so of my players' characters!

I made this a while ago, but thought I’d show off my DM screen here!

It’s made from a disassembled cardboard box, the outside is painted with acrylics and the inside is lined with black fabric. I also put velcro strips on the inside, so that I can rearrange things instead of permanently sticking them on the screen.

It was originally supposed to be a different design, but then the cardboard started to buckle as I was priming it, and I ended up with kind of a dragonhide texture. Which, to be fair, is cooler than what I originally had in mind.

(also, the little rods are metal weights to keep the screen open)

Dm screen done! I'm pretty proud of myself for this one😊 the drawing was kinda hard to get right but I think most of it is correct

My very own one of a kind dm screen! Designed by me ehehe I'm so happy

Sketch vs final

New DM Screen is ready for some dungeon crawling.

The art is from the AD&D Player's Handbook, Monster Manual and Dungeon Master's Guide. There's also art from Deities and Demigods and the Fiend Folio.

It’s finally here!!!! So, in secret I designed a new DM screen (I only did the art and design, someone from etsy did the engraving and building part) for my husband for his birthday and I featured the world he created, The goddess of death and the grave Mytho, and the God of life and Justice, Othym. In his lore, they danced the world into existence. So in the main panel, it features symbols from both of their frames! As well as the three guardian beasts of the sky, earth and sea (he didn’t have designs for those so I just guessed based on small descriptions) And when the screen is closed it looks like theyre just breaking away from a dance! It was so hard to design it in secret since our desks are right next to eachother (only separated by the snack table) but I managed! And he loves it! I had to sneakily draw and design the two gods before I could do this (so I would have canon dm approved designs to work off of) but he didn’t suspect anything he was just delighted I was designing and illustrating them!

Kicking off World Space Week, here are some more official WotC Spelljammer Art pieces.

I love the #Neogi #Nightspider ship, and the two DM Screen Covers by Julian Koch and Jedd Chevrier are stunning.

Did I just create another masterpiece?

Yes

One hand-made, foldable for transport, whiteboarded and 3 pocketed dm screen!

I think the DM is out to get us (Didier Guiserix, referencing Dave Trampier’s AD&D DM screen, Casus Belli 2, November 1980)

I love this silly little idea

…I also have this smaller screen for travel and/or non-D&D oneshots, which is literally just the cardboard base from a calendar with gold ribbons pulled through where the spiral was and patterns drawn with a metallic gold marker. This one doesn’t have velcro, so I do have to glue on new stuff every time.

The most satisfying part of Dungeon Mastering is having your own little area to hide your secrets.