I have been lusting after the furniture on www.geekchichq.com for almost a year now. (that's right, lusting. As is staring at open mouthed and fantasizing about all the things I'd like to do with it...) I really, really want one.
The Emissary (http://www.geekchichq.com/furniture/emissary) seems like a good choice - It can double as a dinner table and the leaves can be installed over nearly any game I'm likely to play.
The Hoplite (http://www.geekchichq.com/furniture/hoplite) is really,really cool as well. It could go in my living room and double as a coffee table. But If not sure I can use a small table like that for very long comfortably.
Oh, heck! As long as ignoring the fact that my kids would destroy it and ignoring my financial reality, I might as well get a new house with a room dedicated to The Spartan (http://www.geekchichq.com/furniture/spartan). Then not only can I play, but then every time I open it up I can yell, "THIS IS SPARTA!"
...or not.
I actually got to check out these pieces at PAX East 2011 and in 2012 I managed to get my wife to want one too. They are very, very well made. The craftsmanship is very high and is probably better than anything I currently own. The price seems a bit high until you realize that each unit is custom built and that $50 table you bought from Kmart won't do a tenth of what this one will. Once you consider the usefulness and quality of the item, the price is actually quite reasonable. If it wasn't for the fact that my kids would destroy it,* I'd use my tax return on it. In the meantime, I'll just keep checking the site and dreaming.
Maybe when the kids are older. Like 20.
*My 3 year old destroyed his own bed. It was a metal frame toddler bed and he was doing cannonballs off the dresser. He was using the drawers as a ladder. I shudder to think what he'd do to a beautiful table like this!
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