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So after years of wanting a gaming table I finally built one.

I was lucky enough to get to use the wood shop where I live and help from a carpenter with lot's of shiny tools that helped cut down the time, bleeding and mistakes.

I found tutorial online and it looked simple enough.

I ran out of paint (wife didn't believe me when I told her I needed more, I knew I should have bought more) so I used some extra sand to make a beach and green flock as a tie-in.

Let me know what you think.

Awesome dude!

I wish I had space in my house for something like this.

Brown Looks Little Bit like poo...

Getting past the ever so useful bit of commentary...

Looks good, especially for the first go around. One thing I would point out, given what is there...you should have no shortage of terrain. Bits of scrap wood quickly can become fortifications. Saw dust from the dust collector make a superior texture material to sand and gravel (the wood chips actually will adhere properly and won't fall off with use). If you set yourself up to separate fines (from sanding machines) from coarse (from things like planers and table saws) you have even more options as the fines make a reasonable substitute for ground foam grass.

Given that I see no legs - I assume this will be used as a top over a table as opposed to a stand alone table...you might want to cut that panel in half and use alignment pins along the joint with draw latches on the edges to pull the two panels together. This will make storage easier when it needs to be stowed as well as help cut down on the weight (looks to be a 1/2" MDF top...which means you are probably looking at 60-75 lbs or so of table top - not impossible to move, but heavier than I like to move around at one time without good reason to).

ScootyPuffJunior wrote:Awesome dude!

I wish I had space in my house for something like this.

Thanks man. I love having a massive basement. It's very very cool.

winterwind85 wrote:Brown Looks Little Bit like poo...

Um...Thanks for sharing?

Sean_OBrien wrote:Getting past the ever so useful bit of commentary...

Looks good, especially for the first go around. One thing I would point out, given what is there...you should have no shortage of terrain. Bits of scrap wood quickly can become fortifications. Saw dust from the dust collector make a superior texture material to sand and gravel (the wood chips actually will adhere properly and won't fall off with use). If you set yourself up to separate fines (from sanding machines) from coarse (from things like planers and table saws) you have even more options as the fines make a reasonable substitute for ground foam grass.

Given that I see no legs - I assume this will be used as a top over a table as opposed to a stand alone table...you might want to cut that panel in half and use alignment pins along the joint with draw latches on the edges to pull the two panels together. This will make storage easier when it needs to be stowed as well as help cut down on the weight (looks to be a 1/2" MDF top...which means you are probably looking at 60-75 lbs or so of table top - not impossible to move, but heavier than I like to move around at one time without good reason to).

Sean,

All good points and seriously where were you 12 hours ago?

It's 3/4" MDF and yea its pretty darn heavy. I have 3'x4' table in the basement that this is going to sit on and not move. The table top is only 4'x4' if it were a standard 4'x6' yea i would have done it in two pieces.

Now to recruit new players in the area as I now live out in the country the closest FLGS is about 45 minutes away. (gonna be weird asking folks if they wanna come play in my basement..... probably gonna have to lose the gimp mask...)

I was actually recalculating air flow needs for a local cabinet shops dust collection system.

Was sort of a toss up between the 1/2" versus the 3/4". The 3/4" is probably on the 75 lb end of things (50 lbs for the sheet, another 25 for the stretchers, paint and flock...)...even for a 4x4 table. I have an aversion to working hard when I don't need to...but if it will be staying put - then you shouldn't have any issues once it is place.

 Sean_OBrien wrote:
I was actually recalculating air flow needs for a local cabinet shops dust collection system.

Was sort of a toss up between the 1/2" versus the 3/4". The 3/4" is probably on the 75 lb end of things (50 lbs for the sheet, another 25 for the stretchers, paint and flock...)...even for a 4x4 table. I have an aversion to working hard when I don't need to...but if it will be staying put - then you shouldn't have any issues once it is place.

Ok, thats a pretty cool answer, I couldn't begin to figure out the math on that stuff.
Once the table top is is place it should be solid and not move. I am going to have one end up against the wall and have two bar stools sitting out in the mud room I am going to clean up and use for the whole set up. I figure if a 40lbs kid bumps up against it it should be fine.