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Hi all,
I am looking for some advice.
My father has built me a modular gaming table, and, now that he has finished it, he was wondering if there was a market for them.
I will describe the table (once I get my camera set up I will post pictures)
The table surface is 4'8" by 4'8", but, it has a piano hinge down the centre of the table so that the surface colapses into a 2'4"x 4"8" surface for storage.
The extra 4 inches all around the table top is a ledge for rolling dice/holding miniatures.
The gaming area is designed to hold nine (9) 16"x16" tiles (for a 3x3 layout) 3/4" of a inch above the table surface. This allows for rivers and trenches below the gaming surface while maintaining a modular feel.
Below the gaming surface are holes allowing a person to put their hand under a tile and push it out of the way for placement. This allows for a tight fit against the edges and no fear of the tiles shifting during game play, but it makes it easy to remove/change the tiles.
The table top rests upon two cupboards, 4' long, 18" deep, 26" high. The cupboards are identical, and are designed to hold tiles and miniatures in safe storage.
The cupboards have adjustable height shelves to handle weird height tiles and the tiles just slide in. If you space the tiles out by 1 every 4 inches, the cupboards can hold 18 tiles each, but I am currently getting 36 tiles to fit into each. The miniature storage area is 12" wide by 161/2"s deep by 24 inches high with adjustable shelves - I will leave it to you to consider how many mini's will fit into that space, and both cupboards have just such a space.
The cupboards are on furniture casters and have doors with locks (I have young children so this was a must).
The whole table was designed to be rolled around the middle of the gaming room, but, be able to be disassembled, and pushed against a wall.
The unit is made out of mahogany and pine. I just stained mine, since I like the look of finished wood, but it can be easily painted.
My wife likes it because it looks like a nice piece of furniture and when I am not gaming, it folds up and pushes against the wall and looks like a hutch. (only coming 18" away from the wall)
My father is building a second one for me since the unit was designed to allow multiple units to join together with joining tiles that latch into the ledge on the table. Two tables joined like this give a playing surface of 9'4" x 4" and supports 21 modular tiles.
So, the question is, does a gaming table like this interest anyone?
The next question is, what is a fair price for such a table?
If there is interest, let me know.
If you have questions, let me know.
And Finally, if people are looking to trade for tables like this, I think I can come to an understanding with my father.
best regards
Dalton
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...and component cost (castors, fittings, locks etc).
