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Dungeon Crawl Classics #39: The Ruins of Castle Churo DM Screen and Adventure (OGL)
Goodman Games

An adventure for character levels 1–3, plus two DM screens

This 8-panel DM screen, designed especially for 3.5 rules, includes all the reference panels a DM needs during his game. It is illustrated with gorgeous art from the Dungeon Crawl Classics line, and comes packaged with The Ruins of Castle Churo, a new adventure for character levels 1–3.

The heroes have to bring justice to marauding bandits who have taken refuge in castle ruins—but this castle was long ago destroyed by a magical accident whose effects still linger!

The DM screen comes in two parts. The first screen includes table reference for armor, weapons, and poisons, and bulleted rules reference for combat actions and modifiers. The second screen includes skill reference and combat terminology. The reverse of each screen features beautiful full-color art from the Dungeon Crawl Classics modules.

DM Screen Design: Todd Rooks
Adventure Writer: Alex Anderegg
DM Screen Rules Editor: John Cooper
Front Cover Artist: Leo Winstead
8-panel DM screen plus 16-page adventure

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Great Screen, Basic Adventure!
Reviewer: DENNIS A PASCALE
Sat, Jul 4, 2009, 09:55 AM

I would have to agree with the other review. This DM screen is the best one I've seen for the 3.5 rules set. It is bigger than most, so be aware that you may have to lean over at times, but the charts are full of useful information the DM needs at his fingertips. It's helped to make my games run a lot easier. The adventure, "The Ruins of Castle Churo" is okay. It's a very basic adventure, geared towards a first level group of PC's and a novice DM. Experienced players will probably find it a bit too simple. But, in keeping with the "Old School Feel" of the DCC product line, the adventure is just what you'd expect if you opened your basic D&D screen all those years ago. A great product and a great line of games. I highly recommend it. The only complaint? I'd have liked the cover information to have been on a seperate sheet of paper that you could discard when you were ready to use it. I like the old style artwork, (it's taken from the various DCC modules) but could have done without the game info starring at the players. A very small complaint to an otherwise awesome product!

This is the best DM screen for 3.5
Reviewer: Craig Shackleton (Contributor)
Tue, Oct 7, 2008, 07:08 AM

This screen is the most useful and organized DM screen for 3.5. It is large, but I usually just nest the two screens in front of me and switch to the ones I need. It actually has stuff that is useful to have access to, like conditions summaries and skill use DCs. The outside has excellent old-school art, but it's the interior that's important. It is also very heavy duty material, and relatively spill-resistant.

I haven't actually read the adventure, so I can't comment on it, but it's worth the price just for the screen.