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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ashy" data-source="post: 2330792" data-attributes="member: 312">We just moved from the dining room to the front room as our primary gaming area, but there was one big requirement: all of the gaming stuff had to vanish once gaming was over (you see, our front room is also our "visiting and entertaining space" <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).The solution was far simplier and cheaper than I had hoped.  First, after some shopping around, I finally found (at Big Lots) some 2' x 4' tables for $20 each.  I got three.  These tables are then arranged to form a 4' x 6' rectangle which becomes the player's area.  There is plenty of room for a battle mat in the center of the space as well as room for player books, sheets, dice, handouts, etc around the outer edge of the table.  However, I still needed space for myself, as the DM - this was solved by snagging a 4' x 4' card table at Target ($30 - for some odd reason) which abutts one end of the 4' x 6' player table area.  This gives me more than enough room for my laptop, DM screen, minis, speaker system (I use SFX and music in my games), a scanner (one of my group is an artist and constantly sketches during play - the scanner allows for me to quickly bring his pictures into play) and all of my other junk.  A small coffee table (which lives in this room) holds some frequently used books and snacks for both DM and players.  Also, this setup allows a perfect layout for me to make digital recordings of our sessions (I run a couple of stand mics out from my laptop and record everything that's said at the table - <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ). Chairs are brought in from the dining room, or there is ample space on the couch or a couple of living room chairs, so you can have your choice betweem comfy or non-comfy chairs.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The really great thing about this is that all of the tables and gear are folded up and tucked away at the end of the session, so my wife gets her front room back!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />We love it and so did my pocketbook!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Now, I just need to find a cheap flatscreen monitor (which I will use as a part of my DM screen to show the players pics of creatures, handouts, etc.) and a digital map projection setup and I'll be golden!   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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