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<blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 3492442" data-attributes="member: 8944">Queen_Dopplepopolis and I are all moved into our house, I've got all the RPG stuff out of its boxes, and things are finally settling into a routine. However, I no longer have a gaming table. As a result, I'm planning to build a new one.&nbsp; At the moment, I'm thinking about an approximately 4x6 table built somewhere between &quot;kitchen table&quot; and &quot;counter&quot; height. I'm planning to have a small lip around the edge of the table to catch dice and help me slot in larger terrain pieces, but for the average session, I'd still like to have a grid (squares or hexes) that I can draw on...something that's part of the table. As far as I can tell, my options include: 1. Getting something like a Chessex Mondomat and just cutting it to size. However, this will limit me to wet erase markers (which experience tells me is a dangerous, potentially surface-ruining proposition). 2. Acquiring a gridded dry-erase &quot;white board&quot; to use as a table surface. Easy to use, but I have no idea where I would acquire such a thing...especially not one with 1&quot; squares or hexes. 3. Laying down some other gridded surface (but what!?) and covering it with a 4x6 piece of acrylic/plexiglass. I also have no idea where I would acquire this, but it would allow me to draw on paper &quot;poster&quot; maps, since I could slide them under the clear table &quot;cover.&quot; So where should I be looking for this kind of thing? Have any of you had any experience searching for this kind of thing before? Any common pitfalls and mistakes? Is there some other, better option that I should consider? Help me out! I'm eager to start building, but I'm still trying to figure out what I actually need!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The_Universe, post: 3492442, member: 8944"] Queen_Dopplepopolis and I are all moved into our house, I've got all the RPG stuff out of its boxes, and things are finally settling into a routine. However, I no longer have a gaming table. As a result, I'm planning to build a new one. At the moment, I'm thinking about an approximately 4x6 table built somewhere between "kitchen table" and "counter" height. I'm planning to have a small lip around the edge of the table to catch dice and help me slot in larger terrain pieces, but for the average session, I'd still like to have a grid (squares or hexes) that I can draw on...something that's part of the table. As far as I can tell, my options include: 1. Getting something like a Chessex Mondomat and just cutting it to size. However, this will limit me to wet erase markers (which experience tells me is a dangerous, potentially surface-ruining proposition). 2. Acquiring a gridded dry-erase "white board" to use as a table surface. Easy to use, but I have no idea where I would acquire such a thing...especially not one with 1" squares or hexes. 3. Laying down some other gridded surface (but what!?) and covering it with a 4x6 piece of acrylic/plexiglass. I also have no idea where I would acquire this, but it would allow me to draw on paper "poster" maps, since I could slide them under the clear table "cover." So where should I be looking for this kind of thing? Have any of you had any experience searching for this kind of thing before? Any common pitfalls and mistakes? Is there some other, better option that I should consider? Help me out! I'm eager to start building, but I'm still trying to figure out what I actually need! [/QUOTE]

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