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Offline VonAkers

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #15 on: 21 August 2021, 12:00:10 AM »
Hi Harry
Finally got my Games Room sorted.
I have a 14 x 6 main table ( expandable to 18 x 6 ) at a push , that is 2 x table tennis tables ,surounded by 16 inch back tables ..
Going to be moving soon , new table is planned .
This will be a 16 x 7 with back tables .
I know ...I like to game in the grand manner .. Im sick .. very ill
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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #16 on: 21 August 2021, 08:32:13 AM »
Back when I started in the 1960's the battle area was the floor or garden of whichever room/home we played in.  A few of Napoleonic, WW2 and ancients games took place in the school gym. 
Then at university it was the table in the kitchen if at home or a table tennis table.  So the size varied.  One WW2 naval game was on a factory floor. 
Then we formed a club and the tables were 6x4 or 4x4.  At home I had a 6x4 piece of hardboard that sat on top of the dining table.  At the club I made a good friend.  He and I have wargamed almost every week since 1971 on his 8x6. 
Since getting married I first had a 7x5 until the kids occupied the room so it was back to the hardboard on the table.  Then back to 7x5.  Now I have a permanent 6x4 because that is best suited to the grandchildren.
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Offline AKULA

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #17 on: 21 August 2021, 08:48:58 AM »
I know ...I like to game in the grand manner .. Im sick .. very ill

Seems perfectly normal  8)

Offline SJWi

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #18 on: 21 August 2021, 09:23:50 AM »
I currently have a 6 x 4' table with room for rules and other paraphernalia on the edge so I guess I could squeeze it to 8 x 4. I am plotting to make some form on 8 x 6' table as I find 6 x 4'  really too small for anything involving 20th century armour. Not enough manoeuvre  room!

Offline majorsmith

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #19 on: 21 August 2021, 09:59:50 AM »
4x4 that’s all I need since my games are all skirmish based , haven’t put my gloss toy soldiers out for a game yet they will definitely need a much larger table!!
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Offline Norm

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #20 on: 21 August 2021, 10:25:11 AM »
Max 6’ x 3 ½’ it is what it is for an average UK home. I use 3 x portable decorator aluminium tables, that sit on square plastic downpipes (from gutter systems) and that gives me a height of 40”. The combo of that height and the shallow width is a great help to a back sufferer!

Offline has.been

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #21 on: 21 August 2021, 11:58:55 AM »
When I started in the 1960s it was my Mums kitchen
table, 4'x3'. Then one wonderful day my Father brought
home two boards. each was four & a half foot square.
Following the advice of Phil Barker, in WRG's ancient
rules, I used the same colour (Brunswick Dark Green,
gloss) for them & my figure bases. That way my
opponent (at the time classmate Stephen O'Leary, aka
Oscar) would find his units standing out like the
proverbial sore thumb.
I still have them. though they now reside in the garage.
Replaced by two 4' square boards. This allows a bit more
room around the table. None of us are it seems getting
any thinner! :D

Offline Shahbahraz

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #22 on: 21 August 2021, 12:19:06 PM »
Somehow, despite having a study and a spare room, I am relegated to two pieces of 4x 3 mdf on felt based battens that can be laid over the dining table to create a 6 x 4. It feels big enough for most of my games.
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Offline sultanbev

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #23 on: 23 August 2021, 10:14:52 PM »
Currently 10' x 5' in the lounge, for our weekly gaming group, which I want to make 10' x 6', with another 6' x 4' table set up in the cellar, currently covered in junk but will be cleared in September for solo play.
Getting the loft boarded soon so that'll be a third table....

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Offline CapnJim

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #24 on: 24 August 2021, 02:34:09 AM »
I have four 2.5'x6' tables I can deploy at my gaming building.  So, 5'x12' or 6'x10' are as big as I can go.
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Offline Diablo Jon

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #25 on: 24 August 2021, 05:31:48 AM »
I have a very modest 4x5 foot table, which is as big as my wargames room will allow. It does have built in storage, a built bookcase and adjustable sides to clamp my terrain tiles in place though


Offline steders

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #26 on: 24 August 2021, 09:58:45 AM »
7ft by 5ft. I used to have a larger table but it ended up covered in crap and I used to have to paint on it. Now I have somewhere to paint and can set up games a lot easier.

Offline bluewillow

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #27 on: 29 August 2021, 04:16:47 PM »
The wargames "salon de guerre" table is 3.6m x 1.5m playing area, this is the main table for the business currently, but can push out to 4.8m. I also have a small 2.5 x2.5 for board fakes or asymmetric skirmish games , gladiator, gun fights, dungeon adventures.

 I can also make a T, F, E or t with the table with additions on e sides. On the first floor downstairs I can set up a 16m x 1.8 if I move to the grand Salon which we have done twice for a bigger game. We have Accomodation for 5 couples, 2 Super King ensuite rooms, plus two Queen self contained ensuite apartments and a double bedroom.

 When I complete the renovations of the stable and carriage buildings I  will be able to take a 30m x 1.8, with T, E, F, t, 3E an X configurations, less than two years away. I hope to start renovations in the stable block in the new year, it will also offer barracks accommodation for 4 single beds and bathroom on the ground floor(modeling a ww2 German barracks room), plus a kitchenette, lounge, bathroom and Queen self contained couples apartment on the first floor.

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Matt
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Offline Malebolgia

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #28 on: 30 August 2021, 11:42:36 AM »
My biggest mat is 1.80x1.00 meter...but I think that is still too big for my taste. I prefer to play games on a 3'x3' or 2'x2'. Anything bigger and I tend not to have that much interest in the rules set. I just prefer a small gaming space with fast combat and lots of scenery.
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Offline DS615

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Re: What's the size of your's???
« Reply #29 on: 31 August 2021, 05:33:40 PM »
I have a 6' x 4' table.  Honestly, I rarely use more than 4'x4', the extra two feet is normally used for dice, books, etc.

Lately I've been doing a lot of solo Five Leagues and such, and those are good on a 2' x 2' board.
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