<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "In the game room..."]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/7.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net In the game room... Im interested in the following:
What table layouts and sizes does your gaming group use?
How does your gaming group operate usually...ie: you all meet at one spot on a regular day or simply call? is their a defined leader or "shot caller"?
What non-gaming objects enhance the game room?(mini-friges,stereo..etc)
What gaming objects enhance the gaming room?
Any suggestions on your dream game room....
thanks for helping out
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Semi-circle tables FTW!! They allow you to talk to makes without having to turn your head much (I'm Lazy I know!)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/368894/2802891.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/368894/2802891.page GMT Re:In the game room... thanks for helping.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/368894/2808561.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/368894/2808561.page GMT In the game room...
lonedrow02 wrote:
What table layouts and sizes does your gaming group use?

Because I live in the US where we all live in sprawling mansions (I think that's how Killkrazy phrases it), I have a spare bedroom that is the 'nerd room'. It's about 12' x 14' with a closet along one wall, bookshelves along another wall, and the shelves for terrain/vehicles on the third wall. Assuming you're interested in real feng shui and not simply referring to aesthetics, the closet is on the east wall, the bookshelves are along the south wall, and the other shelves are on the west wall. The north wall has windows, and you enter the room through the door also on the south wall. The table is a homemade 6'x4' deal I came up with that uses a melamine (dry erase) surface with a 1"x1" grid scored into it. We use that for D&D, with the option to toss a board or mat over the table for 40k. The table itself stands taller than ordinary tables do. I forget the exact measurement, but the idea was to make it comfortable for standing at. Between 36-40" maybe?

How does your gaming group operate usually...ie: you all meet at one spot on a regular day or simply call? is their a defined leader or "shot caller"?

Typically most of the gaming is coordinated through me, mostly due to the fact that before I moved, all the gaming stuff was in my place and I had the only key, but also partially because my friends get kinda type-B on me, and I have to end up setting this stuff up otherwise it won't ever get done.

What non-gaming objects enhance the game room?(mini-friges,stereo..etc)

There's a minifridge we're eventually going to replace with a kegerator. I have a space on the terrain shelves for a laptop and speakers. Posters of Star Wars/LOTR/Watchmen and the print of A Friend in Need I scored in college all adorn the walls. Nothing says pure class quite like Coolidge, and I'll fight the man who would argue otherwise.

What gaming objects enhance the gaming room?

This ones a bit harder. I guess you could say we have spare dice, measures, and blast markers laying around. Not sure what you're looking for.

Any suggestions on your dream game room....

Dedicated real estate. The one thing I've learned from playing this game and hosting the location to do so is that you can NEVER have enough room. Stuff constantly bumps around, and if you have more than 4 people in the room, it's outright painful to cope with.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/368894/2808654.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/368894/2808654.page GMT Re:In the game room... http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/368894/2808713.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/368894/2808713.page GMT Re:In the game room...
A lot of our issues came from playing too often and getting too competitive over it. Prior to my aforementioned move, I was under a lot of stress due to various lifestyle related things, which, in retrospect, I think I tended to take out on those around me a little more than I realized at the time. We now play less and agree to be more friendly. Something else I came up with was the idea of talking over each game as we're playing; explaining upfront what we were planning on doing, why we were making each individual move, and how we felt the game was going so far. So far everyone has agreed that it's done a lot to take the competitive nature out of the game, letting us enjoy it more.

Sometimes I actually think that the blowing up can be constructive as well. (Cue longwinded anecdote.) There's been constant bitching about how stupid crazy GK are, and it's been really getting on my nerves lately. I played a 2v1 game where my GK were pitted against IG and SW. I did some experimental stuff with Mordrak and a handful of other units I infrequently use. They freaked out over Mordrak and the Librarian, as well as the rest of the stuff I brought, but between all the plasma and the IG heavy weapons, they picked me apart. I ended up killing off one of their units and getting tabled in the process. Afterwards, I was angry and demanded that the tell me where the cheese was. I asked them if the cheese was the interceptor squads they chased off the board, or Mordrak's unit that the SW player ripped apart due to stopping the librarian from casting Shrouding. I then repeated my demand. Afterwards, I suggested that perhaps we not sit around whining about other armies that come out due to a special rule one or two of their units because looking at a unit (or even an army) in a vacuum does make any of us better players. There's been less whining since and it's been amazing.

All things considered, I think if I had to sum up my experience with the nerd rage, it would be to deal with it on a case by case basis. Some things can be worked through, some things can't. Either way, it's important to clear the air afterwards because at the end of the day, it's only a game. Not very helpful advice though.
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