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<blockquote data-quote="Radiating Gnome" data-source="post: 5969138" data-attributes="member: 150"><p>Grew up playing on dining room tables or in basement's at one friend's house or another. Back when your gaming stuff arrived in one hand and your sleeping bag was in another. </p><p></p><p>As an adult gamer, played on a lot of folding tables in a lot of basements. Some dining room tables. </p><p></p><p>Got married a little over 6 years ago, and took over a not-quite-finished room in the basement. And that's when the real improvements started. </p><p></p><p>For several years we played in that basement (we called it the Grotto). I built a rig for a projector, with a mirror to direct the image down onto the table, and that was our method for a long time. </p><p></p><p>For a while we had a period where I tried running the game via maptools, but with everyone in the room -- I have enough old laptops and computers that I could set up a terminal of some sort for every player and the DM (yeah, I'm that guy). But it didn't work very well -- no one liked it, everyone felt like the screens/monitors were getting in their way. But the computer-driven maps, via projector, are a HUGE timesaver for the DM. </p><p></p><p>Now my wife and I have moved into a new house -- a big ranch with no basement -- but a big family room that has become the game room. I'm not allowed to hang a projector from the ceiling, so we're using a temporary solution (a pole, basically) while I work on other options. </p><p></p><p>I looked at the Geek Chique Emissary long and hard -- it's a much more presentable table than the Sultan is, and I have a chunk of money saved that I can spend on this, but it doesn't suit our needs -- we're very much dedicated to having the computer-assisted surface to play on. I actually just started talking to a local custom furniture maker in town about a table that, I hope, will suit our needs much better than the Emissary. </p><p></p><p>-rg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Radiating Gnome, post: 5969138, member: 150"] Grew up playing on dining room tables or in basement's at one friend's house or another. Back when your gaming stuff arrived in one hand and your sleeping bag was in another. As an adult gamer, played on a lot of folding tables in a lot of basements. Some dining room tables. Got married a little over 6 years ago, and took over a not-quite-finished room in the basement. And that's when the real improvements started. For several years we played in that basement (we called it the Grotto). I built a rig for a projector, with a mirror to direct the image down onto the table, and that was our method for a long time. For a while we had a period where I tried running the game via maptools, but with everyone in the room -- I have enough old laptops and computers that I could set up a terminal of some sort for every player and the DM (yeah, I'm that guy). But it didn't work very well -- no one liked it, everyone felt like the screens/monitors were getting in their way. But the computer-driven maps, via projector, are a HUGE timesaver for the DM. Now my wife and I have moved into a new house -- a big ranch with no basement -- but a big family room that has become the game room. I'm not allowed to hang a projector from the ceiling, so we're using a temporary solution (a pole, basically) while I work on other options. I looked at the Geek Chique Emissary long and hard -- it's a much more presentable table than the Sultan is, and I have a chunk of money saved that I can spend on this, but it doesn't suit our needs -- we're very much dedicated to having the computer-assisted surface to play on. I actually just started talking to a local custom furniture maker in town about a table that, I hope, will suit our needs much better than the Emissary. -rg [/QUOTE]
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