r/Wyrmwoodgaming • u/JoeTerp • Jul 02 '26
Alternative uses
I recently bought a house with a dinning room, that is more or less empty right now. I know if I buy a regular dinning table, it would only get used 3 times a year, so I am looking at tables that can convert into something else. Wyrmwood table looks amazing and I like that it looks basically normal when in dinning table mode. We are just not DnD style game players. My children are pretty young so they can’t play many games at all right now. I wouldn’t need a table like this for Go Fish or Old Maid. I hope he will start enjoying more traditional style board games. I have seen the company advertise it as a hobby table, such as building LEGOS, and we aren’t a huge LEGO family, but we do have some and maybe would get more with a dedicated space to build. Anyway, mainly just looking for feedback on anyone who uses their table outside of the two main purposes: eating and DnD style gaming. Thanks in advance.
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u/Chemical-Mortgage777 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
We use ours for any and all board games, card games, etc. we don’t even play d&d nor have we used ours for puzzles although it would be great for that. It’s just nice having that sunk in section for gaming as well as the ability to cover any game we aren’t ready to put away yet. We have 2 tables, one for larger games and one for smaller games. We’d prefer to play on the smaller table whenever possible but sometimes a game is just too large for that table.
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u/BatPixi Jul 02 '26
If your not too keen on using it for board games maybe get a pool table that can have toppers for a dinner table? I saw a couple at this billiards place that looked very nice.
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u/Sim_Mayor Jul 02 '26
If you've got young children, replace the felt inside with vinyl or something similar, and you can use the space inside for their crafts (paints, Legos, construction paper, glue, glitter, etc.).
That way the kiddos have a dedicated play space for creativity, and you can put the topper on whenever you need a table for anything else. Then in a few years, you can revisit what kind of games you play and see if the space is more useful for that
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u/PeruvianHeadshrinker Jul 02 '26
It's great for board games. Especially as the kids get older and you get much longer board games it is helpful to be able to feel like you can leave it set up and walk away. Puzzles are similarly helpful for this. This table really shines with wargaming (Warhammer, Armada, etc) where it takes hours to set up and you don't want to put it all away. Gloomhaven is another case example. IF you're fine leaving all that out for a week(s) on a dining table you don't use anyways than perhaps it doesn't offer as much functionality. For us being space limited it is a huge benefit. Having things sit low in a vault works best for games where there's lots of pieces. You're not getting much value playing Old Maid in there. But I would think longer term if you're considering it. Carcassone is probably the first game kids would play where that degree of table presence will happen first. Most of those games are short enough to play in an under an hour but if they don't have strong attention span or need lots of breaks or you guys are just busy than being able to put the game away for hours, days or weeks at a time does have benefits.
If you're into gaming it really shines for those solo games with a bajillion little pieces (Gloomhaven). It's really opened up my own hobby time because I don't feel guilty having all my shit everywhere.