I have been playing around with different configurations for a custom table and wanted to note some things I’ve landed on that I really like. A main one thing is having the map mounted so that it can slide around as needed on top of a bigger playing area. My table is 65” x 95” in total with a 5.5” arm rest around the outside and the middle is a recessed neoprene surface. I have the OOB Global map mounted on 1/2” rigid foam with a 1/2” aluminum frame around it. This allows the map to slide up close to whoever’s turn it is, but then be in the middle so both players can roll dice In front of them without disturbing the map and in easy view of the other player. (Plus we like lots of room to roll the bones). This ability to adjust the surface along with a standing height, makes it comfortable for long uses because you can move around more and don’t feel as tied down.
Things I’ve learned and changed from original design - I originally used too big of a frame for the map and mounted it on too high of a foam block (you can see these pictures at the bottom) - it made it hard to see the other player’s dice and the big frame took up too much real estate. My global map is mounted on much thinner foam (the framing is bad, you can see if you look closely) but I also used much thinner aluminum angle for the frame. This gives just enough grip when needing to move the map around (I use furniture slides on the bottom, which glide very nicely on the neoprene) but doesn’t make the whole thing too bulky. Having it an inch or so off the surface keeps the dice off, but isn’t so heigh that you can’t see the other player’s dice rolls. When playing other versions (such as Zombies) the board is much smaller, but it can easily swap in and out on the same table since it can move around where ever it is needed or be pushed aside.
I originally made it normal table height, but found long reaches while sitting were harder and it just felt cramped. Standing height with a bar stool is a great way to have the best of both worlds.
The 5.5” rim around the table itself gives you a nice arm rest that doesn’t interfere with the gaming surface. I’m playing with how to best add some cushion to this part - open to suggestions. Sometimes I just lay a piece of leftover neoprene on it.
Dice bounce nice on the neoprene and stay off the floor. It also feels nice and has enough give to allow things to slide but be picked up easily. Wouldn’t definitely go with neoprene again as a surface covering.
I made the drawers open to the inside of the table so you can stay hunched over the action while accessing and stowing stuff away. 50/50 on whether I would keep this if I were to do it again. If I were doing it again, I might try to build customer drawers form scratch using actual drawer glides, but that was beyond my ability when I first did this, so I just used clear plexiglass boxes with aluminum pulls mounted on them. It’s nice having them clear, and I was happy with how the pulls came out, but without glides they can be a little fussy sliding in and out of their slots.
I originally designed the table so that I could put a cover surface back on top when not in use, but find I don’t really ever do that, so if I were to do it again, I might not mess with that part (I never even finished staining those as you can see in the pictures).
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Global Gaming Table Threads and Pictures
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http://flic.kr/p/dEaMiNthats it. First game will be on thursday with some great buddys.
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Nice Table Rob!
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Excellent table Robson,
Great attention to detail, and you really know how to spoil your fellow players. Looks like you have the 2nd edition board, I can’t believe that WOTC didn’t fix the dark convoy symbols…. crazy. Are you playing some kind of house rule using Canada as a separate nation?
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Thanks YG glad you like it
The Canadian units are just for a better look, they are used as normal on UK turn :-)
For the same reason I use the finnish and neutral units, oil markers, canadian roundels, hellcat fighter and the red mongolian units. Now the only thing missing are the combat dice from fmg and some strict neutral units. -
…oh I forgot, yes thats the second edition board. I was also hoping that they worked on the symbol issue. Perhabs they use it as a argument for the 3rd edition. Thats WOTC style :-)
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Sweet, I like what you did.
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Robson,
Awesome looking table. I was wondering where did you find the two tiered storage thingies. Me and a couple of buds are building a table and are looking for something like that. We are stationed overseas so maybe you could point use to an online retailer?? Thanks. Again good looking table -
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Elzario’s G40 Table
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@CWO:
New link added:
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� � � http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=29643.0Hey CWO Marc,
Could we update the first post in this thread to include pics of all the tables that have been built recently. It seems a little dated.
Thanks in advance.
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@Young:
Could we update the first post in this thread to include pics of all the tables that have been built recently. It seems a little dated.
I’m not sure what you mean by dated. If any of the links in the first post are no longer valid or have changed to new URLs, let me know what the correct new links are and I’ll be glad to make the necessary corrections. (I’m hoping it won’t be necessary because, due to the board’s current software, this will introduce a whole bunch of black diamonds into the text of the post.) If you mean that the first post only lists the small number of table picture threads that existed at that time, this was always the original intention. The first post was simply meant to be the starting point for the overall thread, with new links for new gaming tables being added to the thread afterwards as separate posts. In other words it’s the overall thread itself that was meant to collect links, not just the first post.
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@CWO:
@Young:
Could we update the first post in this thread to include pics of all the tables that have been built recently. It seems a little dated.
I’m not sure what you mean by dated. If any of the links in the first post are no longer valid or have changed to new URLs, let me know what the correct new links are and I’ll be glad to make the necessary corrections. (I’m hoping it won’t be necessary because, due to the board’s current software, this will introduce a whole bunch of black diamonds into the text of the post.) If you mean that the first post only lists the small number of table picture threads that existed at that time, this was always the original intention. The first post was simply meant to be the starting point for the overall thread, with new links for new gaming tables being added to the thread afterwards as separate posts. In other words it’s the overall thread itself that was meant to collect links, not just the first post.Â
OK, understood…. I thought other links would be added to make post #1 a one stop shop for all the different table pics.
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Here is the link to my build thread. Hopefully this helps someone in the future get started on their own. We will be playing our first game this weekend on it. I will post pictures when we are done.
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how do I post an image here? do you have to get permissions from the admin?
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You need a certain number of posts to post pics unless a moderator helps you out.
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Posted on behalf of Kcheu:
Kcheu’s custom G40 table
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Table that I’ve been wanting to build since 1984 dreaming as a kid… I have seen pretty impressive tables at gencon and a lot of tables in this forum gave me some inspiration. Young grasshopper’s table I liked the most and it follows his design with the map he worked on. Hope you like as I will be breaking it in with my two boys and some friends this labor day weekend.http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6248828/20140824_172807.jpg
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6248828/20140824_172832.jpg
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6248828/20140824_172848.jpg
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6248828/20140824_172922.jpg
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@CWO:
Posted on behalf of Kcheu:
Kcheu’s custom G40 table
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Table that I’ve been wanting to build since 1984 dreaming as a kid… I have seen pretty impressive tables at gencon and a lot of tables in this forum gave me some inspiration. Young grasshopper’s table I liked the most and it follows his design with the map he worked on. Hope you like as I will be breaking it in with my two boys and some friends this labor day weekend.http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6248828/20140824_172807.jpg
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6248828/20140824_172832.jpg
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6248828/20140824_172848.jpg
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6248828/20140824_172922.jpg
Awesome job! I can see you have some real woodworking skills - nice idea making it fit on top of the pool table.
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WOW!!!
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Incredible! That is fantastic.
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thanks, i look forward to many many games on this table.
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If you wanted to make about 5 of these, I bet they could fetch at least $1600 > $1900 each.