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The Ultimate Gaming Table
Johnzo writes: "Wow. Dude's built himself a
super-deluxe custom gaming table,
with built-in coasters,
dice pits, a sound system, lamps for each player, glass inlays for handouts,
books and paper storage, an elevated miniatures battlefield, privacy screens for each player,
and (best of all) an under-table tube network using hollow gravity-fed balls to
deliver secret messages to players. The only way this could possibly be cooler is if he used pneumatics to
deliver the messages."
I've always fantasized about a table that would have a small console with a keyboard and screen for each player where there could be messaging between players/GM. I've also wanted to be able to send images/maps and other important information over the consoles on this, my fantasy gaming table.
Of course, cool holograms ala Star Wars Chess Table would rock for the battle map. The problem... I know the technology exists for all of the above, but the cost is far too prohibitive to make a gaming table this cool.
-Steve