Building a portable projector setup for RPG mapping

[falcarrion]

sorry to hear about the table. You could put felt under the base to help it from scratching the table or the floor. What I like about the barbell weights is that they sit evenly and put all the weight down on the base. I use about 50 to 75 pounds. It would take alot of effert to tip it over. Are you getting a ceiling mount?
Other wise if you have enought weight you can always extend another piece out over the table more.

 

[OnlineDM]

The projector in action!

I figured that anyone who had been following this thread might be interested to see how it all turned out. I finally put the portable RPG projector rig into action last night, running a Living Forgotten Realms game at my friendly local game store. The details are on my blog.

Everything went beautifully! The only things I'd change are:

• Make sure I have contrasting colors on the map - it did get a little washed out under the bright halogen light above the table at the store, and it was hard to distinguish a black altar from the brown wood it sat upon.
• Find a bigger piece of foam board for the map - I currently have two 20" by 30" pieces that I set next to each other. I'd like to get a single 30" by 40" piece of foam for the background if I can find one.

 

[falcarrion]

If you put a peice of plexiglass on top of the foam boards the foam boards will stay more in place. Also you can use dry erase pens on the plexiglass. Or even get a whiteboard in the size your looking for.
Elmers makes a trifold foam board when unfolded is 48x36. I got one from Hobby Lobby.