This blog will will contain my rather pedantic ramblings on my experiences within the miniature war gaming hobby. There will be informative how-to’s, thrilling battle reports and thought provoking editorials. I fully expect that history will one day view the contents of this blog on par with Homer’s Illiad or Newton’s Principalia. Or it's a complete waste of time.
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Friday, April 8, 2011
Game Room Design
Follow this link to a blog post about my friend, Ernie's game room - he has a very cleverly designed game room which focuses as much on the player experience (light, sounds) as it does on the table top scenery. Ernie has an amazing setup and there's a lot one can learn from his techniques. Take a look and prepare to be jealous!
Very, very jealous, what a set up, have you ever played there?
ReplyDeleteI play there very often - it's an amazing sight. The Nappy game in my april 3rd post was played there.
ReplyDeleteIn fact my very first miniature war game was a big napoleonic game in Ernie's game room - lets just say I started in the "deep" end of the wargaming pool!
That's a fantastic setup, how the hell can you compete with him??
ReplyDeleteI suppose it's not about competing with him but learning and building on what you see and hear. What an amazing room i just said to my wife if i won lotto i'd want to build a room like that.
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Galpy
Jealous...yes that sums it up. Superb!
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Christopher
I don't think it's a competition with ernie, as he has a 20 year head start and an army for just about any occasion. Rather it's a learning opportunity to see how stage a great gaming event. Playing at Ernie's is like going the the theatre - it's a full immersion environment and doing so has really improved my game hosting abilities.
ReplyDeleteOf course that will now be put to the test as I've agreed to GM a "Hail Caesar" demo game at Historicon this summer.
Now THATS a great Man Cave!
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ReplyDeleteLooking at your friend's game room is a bad idea. It's fueling my jealousy. Kidding aside, I think he's the only person I've seen with that kind of game room. Collecting all of those must be hard.
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