It has been a really big week! Big in the sense of getting a lot done but still feeling like there’s a heck of a lot left to do. The great news is that I finally have a new game room, my old game room will become our TV den and we’ll actually be able to use the fireplace. Yesterday my Ikea order arrived and this is the larger shelving space which I have dedicated to larger boardgames. There are about 30 or so large games up at the cottage that will eventually have a home here (at least when they visit). I have another unit that is half this size which is currently full of role playing accessories and small games. It looks disorganized right now so I’m thinking I’ll put doors on most of the cubbies to clean up the look. I also have a book shelf that is full of role playing games, everything from indie RPGs to Dungeons and Dragons (3.5 and 4th).
The only thing I do not currently have space for is all my Injurious games terrain and miniatures, I will have to get creative for that challenge. I am thinking that I could build a bench with storage that will pull double duty as seating at my gaming table. The other idea is to build an insert that will slide into the back of my desk, I might even build both because storage is an issue at this point. Even if I purged my boardgame collection I will not have logical space for big pieces of terrain in the gaming room. Also I need to think about where to put our big Dominion box (currently on top of the RPG shelf). Sharon thinks I should build something to let us hang it on the wall, after all it is our favourite game. For now I’ll make due and enjoy building a solution in the summer.
So tonight we will try out the new gaming room. I am looking forward to hosting my bi-weekly Dungeon World game that has been on hiatus for far too long. I still need to clean up some of the painting supplies that Sharon left out, take out the boxes from the shelves, and clean up my old gaming table so that it can be brought downstairs. Oh yeah, and I still have a tonne of marking to do for school. But that should be doable for the day. I’ll post pictures when the room is all set up.
Let me know your thoughts...