Saturday, 24 February 2018

A Gaming Table





I saw an old school table being thrown out and decided to build a gaming table. It will mostly be used as digital battle map for miniatures. The 32” HD TV came from a recycling dumpster, and has a burn mark on the screen, but it doesn't show under most conditions.


12 inch pine shelving was the cheapest lumber. It took 4 boards cut to size or ripped. 




 I borrowed clamps and glued everything up.

After a lot of sanding and some polyurethane, it was done. You can see the brace that will hold the TV in place.  An important tip is to make sure the brace doesn't block peoples' legs.



I tried Maptools and Mote to run the table, but will probably just use Roll20.

The total cost was under $100.


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