What kind of room do you want to game in?

[Patlin]

I voted living room, but my living room is the equivalent of a dedicated basement gaming area. My wife and I agreed that one of our criteria for a house was a "gaming pit." It just happens that the gaming pit is on the first floor, in the space a non-gaming couple would consider a living room.

 

[D+1]

I would ideally combine two - dedicated gaming gazebo. Normally I'd go for the dedicated gaming basement; it's great to have all your books, minis, etc. at arms length while in a comfy chair noshing on hot food. But the most pleasant environment I've had for gaming has actually been under a canopy during the summer on a couple of not-even-well-balanced utility tables with folding camping chairs. This was during summer in the Pacific NW. When it got dark we broke out the hurricane lamps and played by oil-light until midnight. We only migrated back to my dedicated gaming room basement or to a living room when the wind and rain set in for the 7 month frost and monsoon season.

Now I live in sunny California but haven't had time or opportunity to run/play a game in a year.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

I didn't vote because there was no other. I like our current situation where we have a dedicated game room that isn't a basement. We have a giant gaming table with a lazy susan battlemap in the middle so everyone can reach thier miniatures without getting up. It was originally a den but not any more. It also has a door to the backyard where a few bad dice have been thrown for punishment. You don't get that in a basement.

I have a dedicated room in the basement for gaming, and while it's true you can't throw dice out into the backyard through the door, we've found that the window works well. However, bad dice are generally punished by being crushed with a large sledgehammer (several sets have met this fate over the years).

 

[Agamon]

The best place isn't in a home. I've enjoyed playing in an office boardroom. Huge table, comfy chairs, and nothing to bother you. Though, at home, I prefer a basement gaming area.

 

[Taelorn76]

Right now we game in a livingroom/den, but I would idealy like to play in a dedicated gaming room, be it in the basement or spare bedroom

 

[WayneLigon]

Dedicated gaming room, all the way. The best place I ever played was at a friends' where he had this marvelous split 'basement'; the house was on a steep slope, so the 'basement' actually was the way out into the backyard. So we have this large room equal to a little over 1/3 of his entire house (there was a laundry room/utility room between this and a mirror of this room), with a glassed-in wall with sliding door leading to the backyard, so we have tremendous lighting during the day. The walls had shelving to hold game books and minis, he had his computers and music equipment there, and lots of chairs. Very pleasent, and not in the least 'basementy'.

 

[Prothall]

Eh, I'd prefer a room with a flat table long and rectangular enough for ample room, with bare white walls and no windows. No distractions.

 

[Cyrik Skylark]

Thus far, in all my years (erm, so that's not many) of gaming, I've come across one nearly perfect gaming set-up. It was a basement room... and oh, what a basement room it was. First off, it was finished. Of course, "finished" doesn't quite do it justice. It was, for lack of a better word, the quintessential tavern that everyone always meets up in. Dark wood everywhere, a bar in the back of the room, a few tables scattered. The table that we played at was a bit cramped, but the ambience in that room... best. Gaming room. Ever.

 

[Kershek]

I voted for a kitchen because the kitchen island gives us plenty of space to eat and the fridge and trash are close. Plus, our kitchen table is very large and great for gaming.

 

[JiffyPopTart]

I just moved into a house recently and got to set up a dedicated "game room". Its great that it lets me keep the gaming stuff out of the dining room and actually lets me eat food on the dining room table once in awhile, to boot.

Its eventually going to get a bunch of shelving, because right now the gaming stuff is living along the sideboards, but its really handy to keep all the toys in one area.

Here is a picture of the aftermath of last nights adventure.

DS