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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8127341" data-attributes="member: 6796661"><p>I had such a long gap in my gaming life that I don't have a neat, slow evolution. My gaming career has gone something like:</p><p></p><p>1. Junior High: red box D&D, pencils, and graph paper</p><p>2. High school: lots of books and modules for at least six systems and a lot of my summer job money spent on war hammer minitures. Had time back then to paint and was good enough to win some painting awards that local gaming shops put on.</p><p>3. College. Traded all my gaming stuff with a local couple active in the SCA for a few crates of homemade wine and mead. They auctioned it all at Gen Con. I stopped gaming.</p><p>4. 1990ish to 2014ish. * chirp * chirp . No gaming</p><p>5. Decided to try running a 5th edition game with friend. Got bit hard by the gaming bug. Went nuts buying terrain, minis, and various doo-dads from kickstarted. </p><p>6. Holy s**t! Too much stuff! I don't have time to paint minis. Stop buying so much stuff.</p><p>7. Last expensive purchase, a case around a TV to create a digital gaming surface. Used minis and sometime terrain decoration on digital battlemaps with software for fog of war.</p><p>8. COVID - spent a lot of time and money playing around with various VTT tools. Now have settled into a pattern. Wondering whether I'll ever go back to minis. </p><p></p><p>GAMING ROOM: Have a dedicated gaming and activity area. But the stupid design of my house makes it not ideal for larger groups. Am planning on moving to a new house in the spring. Having a proper gaming room is a prereq. But "gaming room" also means craft and activity room. </p><p></p><p>GAMING TABLE: Have yet to see a fancy, expensive gaming table that really meets my needs. I just got a used conference table and conference room chairs off of craigs list from a company that was downsizing. I also have a number of heavy plastic banquet and workmen tables of various sizes. Also bought some comfortable fold up banquet chairs (metal with good quality cloth padding) for overflow seating. I don't worry about scratching it, scuffing it, water rings. I increase seating capacity by bringing out more tables, put them away when I don't need so many. </p><p></p><p>For more important than a fancy table is having proper playing space where we can spread out and enough separation where we can be loud without bother family members who are not involved in the gaming activity. And I want to be able to easily move things around and rearrange things for different events and activities. And I want people to feel comfortable and not worried about damaging the furniture. My nirvana is:</p><p></p><p>A large room with good sound insulation and off to the side so non-players don't have to walk through it.</p><p>Bright lighting.</p><p>Good vinyl plank flooring (don't worry about spills, scuffing floor with moving furniture, etc.</p><p>Multiple, stout tables that can be moved around and folded up. </p><p>A fridge, sink, and long counter. </p><p>A well-behaved dog.</p><p></p><p>By my reality is playing from a tiny work-provided apartment, thousands of mile from friends and family, on a laptop with a VTT. </p><p></p><p>Someday COVID will end, I'll move, and be able to host games again....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 8127341, member: 6796661"] I had such a long gap in my gaming life that I don't have a neat, slow evolution. My gaming career has gone something like: 1. Junior High: red box D&D, pencils, and graph paper 2. High school: lots of books and modules for at least six systems and a lot of my summer job money spent on war hammer minitures. Had time back then to paint and was good enough to win some painting awards that local gaming shops put on. 3. College. Traded all my gaming stuff with a local couple active in the SCA for a few crates of homemade wine and mead. They auctioned it all at Gen Con. I stopped gaming. 4. 1990ish to 2014ish. * chirp * chirp . No gaming 5. Decided to try running a 5th edition game with friend. Got bit hard by the gaming bug. Went nuts buying terrain, minis, and various doo-dads from kickstarted. 6. Holy s**t! Too much stuff! I don't have time to paint minis. Stop buying so much stuff. 7. Last expensive purchase, a case around a TV to create a digital gaming surface. Used minis and sometime terrain decoration on digital battlemaps with software for fog of war. 8. COVID - spent a lot of time and money playing around with various VTT tools. Now have settled into a pattern. Wondering whether I'll ever go back to minis. GAMING ROOM: Have a dedicated gaming and activity area. But the stupid design of my house makes it not ideal for larger groups. Am planning on moving to a new house in the spring. Having a proper gaming room is a prereq. But "gaming room" also means craft and activity room. GAMING TABLE: Have yet to see a fancy, expensive gaming table that really meets my needs. I just got a used conference table and conference room chairs off of craigs list from a company that was downsizing. I also have a number of heavy plastic banquet and workmen tables of various sizes. Also bought some comfortable fold up banquet chairs (metal with good quality cloth padding) for overflow seating. I don't worry about scratching it, scuffing it, water rings. I increase seating capacity by bringing out more tables, put them away when I don't need so many. For more important than a fancy table is having proper playing space where we can spread out and enough separation where we can be loud without bother family members who are not involved in the gaming activity. And I want to be able to easily move things around and rearrange things for different events and activities. And I want people to feel comfortable and not worried about damaging the furniture. My nirvana is: A large room with good sound insulation and off to the side so non-players don't have to walk through it. Bright lighting. Good vinyl plank flooring (don't worry about spills, scuffing floor with moving furniture, etc. Multiple, stout tables that can be moved around and folded up. A fridge, sink, and long counter. A well-behaved dog. By my reality is playing from a tiny work-provided apartment, thousands of mile from friends and family, on a laptop with a VTT. Someday COVID will end, I'll move, and be able to host games again.... [/QUOTE]
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