A gaming table for tabletops

(Deutsche Version) For tabletop games you need some kind of base to play on. For the beginning, a small table or simply the floor is sufficient but if you start to have large battles, something bigger is needed. The usual size of tables for 28 mm tabletops is about 6 x 4 feet, this is about 183 x 122 cm. Such a table is quite large and needs a lot of space, it can take up to a whole room. Therefore I created a table which can be set up and dismounted within 2 minutes.

The basic idea is simple. A large plate of wood is layed onto an existing coffee table. My coffee table is about 110 x 70 cm, so a plate of 183 x 122 cm would hang down. Therefore, the gaming table required to have feet. The result was a gaming table consisting of two plates of the size 183 x 61 cm which you can plug together easily. One side of the table is layed down on the coffee table whereas two feet are placed below the other side. I will now explain the single parts of the table.

The complete table.

The plates
For the plates I used 8 mm thick chipboard. A thicker plate is more stable but also heavier and more expensive. 8 mm works pretty fine for me but you shouldn't sit on top of the table.

The feet
At the end of each plate there is a foot mounted via a hinge. If the table is dismounted, you can easily fold up the foot and it does not take up much room.

The feet of the table.

Plugging together
At Obi, a local hardware store, there are special locks for closets which you can easily plug together. I attached them to both plates so you can plug the plates together.

The connection between the plates.

Positioning on the coffee table
Finallz, I glued some small pieces of wood below the table so the plate fits perfectlz onto the coffee table and cannot move anz more.

On the left the coffee table with the piece of wood below the plate.

On the table, you can now distribute the terrain or a grass mat. Alternatively, you can also put grass directly onto the plates, attach a piece of cloth or paint the plates which can be useful for large areas of water.