#RPGaDay2024 - 26 - Superb Screen

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The RPGaDay2024 graphic. Three columns of prompts for discussions about RPGs. You can find a full text list atP https://www.autocratik.com/2024/07/announcing-rpgaday2024-for-august.html
This year's RPGaDay (full text list here)
Q. Superb Screen?

A. The a|state table tower


I do tend to pick up screens, but often find that they need modification to fit what I need. I wrote a blog post last November about how I use screens, which goes into more detail on what I look for.

Photo of the a|state table tower - a GM screen - stood on a glass topped table in a garden. The screen is set up as a square in the middle of the table with guidance on how to run journeys facing the camera. There is a map of the City, which is a set of concentric circles where canals cut through it, keyed with the local boroughs.
The a|state table tower showing the map side.

However, this entry asks about a 'superb screen', so I'm going to call out the a|state table tower. This is an intriguing design from Handiwork games intended to be used in multiple ways. It's also suggested that it can be placed in the centre of the gaming table that folks are gathered around so that the can all reference it during play. The screen covers different phases of the such as missions and downtime, and it's suggested that what's showing on the screen is changed dependent upon what your group is up to.

I like this screen because it's clearly laid out, looks fantastic and presents the procedural elements as well as the usual flat lists that you get commonly get on screens. I also think the idea of dynamically changing what is shown and putting the screen mid-table is superb.

26 August 2024

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