Fifth Cycle Gamescreen

Fifth Cycle Gamescreen contains a three-panel cardstock gamemaster's screen and a 24-page booklet.^[1] The screen has various tables on the gamemaster's side, and a list of spells from two colleges on the player's side.^[2] The booklet contains game aids, character sheets, a spellbook page, an archaeology sheet, 6 combats sheets, 6 non-player character sheets, two "spell trees", and a short adventure titled "The Whispering Temple".^[2]

In the adventure, novice players can begin their adventures in Dolphinia, where they encounter Aristophene, who entrusts them with a dangerous mission: to go to the site of a temple abandoned since the third cycle, where several expeditions have already disappeared.^[2]

The fantasy role-playing game Fifth Cycle was published by Shield Games in 1990. The supplement Fifth Cycle GameScreen was published the same year,^[1] and cost $9.^[3]

In Issue 179 of Dragon, Lester W. Smith called the included adventure "nicely defined." He also liked that the screen contained "the most important tables from the basic game."^[3]