If IKEA Made a Dedicated Gaming Table, Would You Buy It?

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Perhaps. Depends on cost and features.

My wife and I go to IKEA from time to time. They have a lot of neat stuff, but somehow we never find anything we actually need.

 

[frankthedm]

Have no fear, there's an IKEA in the Chicago area - Schaumberg to be more exact. And they're looking at putting one in Milwaukee.

There is one in Bolingbrook, IL now.

I'd buy depending on durability and price. If the battlemat is build in as a mosiac tile top, that would be cool. {a clear peice of plexiglass now becomes a wet erase surface over the tile].

But the amount they would charge would be higher than what i would be willing to pay. So i'd DIY.

 

[Jdvn1]

I'd buy depending on durability and price. If the battlemat is build in as a mosiac tile top, that would be cool. {a clear peice of plexiglass now becomes a wet erase surface over the tile]

Though, with that table, if darker colors were used to represent different altitudes, that'd be cool.

 

[the shmoopie]

I would buy one under a few conditions.
1.) Gamer niches. I want everyone to have table area on both sides of them, possibly with pencil or dice areas. Imagine how cool it would be to have a dice rolling area beside each PC.
2.) More table surface around the DM, lots of areas with "pop-up" sections for hiding notes or dice rolls (I hate DM screens, they make me feel to isolated)
3.) A Dungeons and Dragons logo in front of everyones area.
4.) A single color, large gaming area. We plan on doing the "over head projector onto a table top" idea found here:
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=122099

 

[Seeten]

I voted yes. I meant it.

 

[Remathilis]

Heh, nurd.

I'm at a loss though as tot what you could put on a "gamer" table that would make it worth it?

whiteboard 1" grid?
dice-holding groove?
cup holder?
Slit to hold up the gm screen?

 

[ssampier]

Depending on price and available space. I'd like to see a small shelf below the table for book storage. Also, dice and mini slots.

Like most things, the devil is in the details.

 

[Deekin]

NO, just out general hate for Ikea.

 

[BOZ]

heheh...

 

[Jeff Wilder]

What, for (hopefully extended) example, would differentiate a "gaming table" from my "table upon which we game"?