The Raft

In the last years, it seems that (board)gaming furniture has become de rigeur for the urbane and affluent nerd, with companies such as geeknson offering bespoke gaming tables and other appurtenances. Now, I’m not sure how urbane I am, but I know that I’m not affluent, so although I found the idea alluring, this was always beyond my reach.

However, I once saw a sewing box on wheels that would be perfect for storing gaming paraphernalia. Unfortunately, it was not for sale, but since then, I’ve been looking for such a piece. This week, I finally found one for a reasonable price!

As you can see, it’s from the 50s and it still looks ok. I threw out the old and musty sewing threads and gave it a good cleaning, and the wheels will get a drop of oil, but on the whole, it’s in a very good condition. Of course, I couldn’t wait to fill it with my stuff:

The top drawer contains the dice, the second diverse cards and cotton to mark smoke, and the bottom drawer holds the measuring implements as well as a variety of counters. The newspaper rack beneath the drawers will be useful to hold QRFs or smaller rulebooks.

This, of course, are not all of my gaming utensils. For Sharp Practice counters, dice and cards, I’ve got my own box which I made out of a book-style box I found at a flea market:

Stuff for specific board games is stored in the games’ boxes.

The trolley contains general wargaming stuff as well as all the dice needed for wargaming and roleplaying. It saves me the work of carrying lots of boxes to and fro – I now have everything handy and, if I need an obscure counter to mark some special event or status, I can just grab it from one from the drawers.

So, don’t discount flea markets and antiques dealers – you never know what gaming furniture you might find!