This past weekend, I started building a table top for Warhammer. My friends and I had previously just marked out a four foot by six foot space on the floor and played, but I decided it was time to actually make a gaming surface. So I went out last weekend and got all the supplies I needed, shanghaiing a friend with a truck to haul it all over to my dad's place. Dad has all the tools.

Warhammer is usually played on a six foot by four foot area, so the table top itself is a sheet of 1/2 inch thick MDF cut down to that size. I framed the whole table with 2x2. To make storage easier, since I don't have a space where I can just leave it out, I cut the whole thing in half and set it on hinges so it will fold up and I can put it away.

I still need to put some kind of terrain on the table top. I'm thinking of making this table for my Tau army, so this will be a snow covered table. Eventually, I'll make a second one for my Empire (fantasy) army, which is the more typical grassy terrain. I also need to get some legs made for the table, so we can stand up and play. Right now I'm thinking of keeping them separate, so I can swap out table tops. But that's all a project for another day.

Here are a few pictures showing the table.




This all took only a couple hours to make. It's a fairly simple design, and Dad had all the appropriate saws and drills and other tools. He's something of a handy man, so he's collected quite a few along the way. It made for a good father-son project, and of course we celebrated by going out to happy hour. It's good to be able to build things yourself.