Update 8/11: The campaign is now live (and is halfway to its goal within the first 3 minutes)

Update 8/4: Wyrmwood has delayed the project by one week to “refine things.” The new launch date is 8/11/20.

If you’ve been pining for a gaming table but have either been put off by the quality or price of what’s on the market, Wyrmwood Gaming’s latest Kickstarter for their Modular Gaming Table is exactly what you’ve been waiting for.

Wyrmwood Gaming is a leader in handcrafted wood gaming accessories and high-end gaming furniture. Like, really high-end. Like, so high-end, the price of configuring one of their Prophecy tables looks more like the price of your first car.

They may make the Lamborghini of gaming tables, but the fact remains that most of us are stuck driving Toyotas. Wyrmwood wanted to create a table for those gamers as well – something affordable, that could grow with you over time, and still outperform the rest of the market.

What Is It?

The Modular Gaming Table is a gaming table that can be converted, at home, from a small 24×44 end table to an 8-person dining room table. It has a deep gaming vault covered with a felt play surface that can be covered by magnetic toppers and a wide variety of gaming accessories that click in to side rails  running the length and width of the table.

As your furniture needs change, the Modular Gaming Table can change with them. You can get taller or shorter legs. You can switch out the side rails (or “stretchers” as they call them) to make the table longer. There’s even a war game-sized base at the top end of the stretch goals (which they’ll hit within hours of launch, for sure), so you can make a giant square table for your Warhammer 40K or Star Wars: Legion battles.

This isn’t a “hardwood” table that’s really a thin veneer of wood pressed onto a chipboard core. This is solid wood, all the way through. And, yes, self-assembled furniture brings with it a certain stigma (think countless lost afternoons cursing at IKEA instructions), but Wyrmwood is doing things differently. Each table comes with special bits for your drill (no flimsy Allen wrench here) with the goal of the final assembly being as solid as if it were put together in Wyrmwood’s workshop.

I watched the Wyrm Lyfe episode where they first revealed this project and was highly amused at the assembly tolerances they rejected. We’re talking tiny gaps and misalignments that would make any flat-pack manufacturer envious. It’s readily apparent that this is a piece of furniture you’re going to be able to use for a very long time.

The only caveat is that this isn’t a “pull apart” table where you slot in additional leaves just for the holidays. If you need to change the table’s size, you’ll need to partially disassemble the table and add new stretchers and a new bottom piece (and possibly new legs if you’re also changing the height), then reassemble and add new leaves on top.

It’s more work, definitely. Then again, the idea that you can change a gaming table at all after delivery is a completely new concept.

There’s a cornucopia of accessories to choose from for the table – cup holders, accessory trays (that can be flipped and nested together), a wireless charging platform, battle grid, dry-erase overlays, card shelves, GM desks, and player desks! I wouldn’t be surprised to see even more accessories to enhance your game pop up before the end of the campaign.

One thing you won’t see is the Prophecy’s unique wheel system that can raise and lower the entire play surface. Firstly, it’s expensive. Secondly, it’s difficult to package for home assembly. But, if it means you can get a Wyrmwood gaming table starting at $300, it’s worth it.

It Costs How Much?

That’s right, while the Prophecy starts at $5,000, the Modular Gaming Table, at its most basic configuration, is only $300. Of course, that’s in maple without a topper, but it’s still a considerably lower point of entry than Wyrmwood has ever offered. As with all things Wyrmwood, as you add table toppers, accessories, and more expensive woods, that price will rise exponentially. But if you just want to get your foot in the door and buy more pieces for your table later, that’s totally doable.

Speaking of woods, if you’re looking for an inexpensive dark wood table, Wyrmwood will be offering maple stained with an espresso finish for the first time ever. They’ve always let the natural finish of their woods shine but wanted to offer a dark wood option for those who didn’t want to pay for the considerably more expensive dark walnut or wenge. It’s an extremely attractive option (and one I’m hoping to get hands on with sometime soon). In addition to the woods I’ve already mentioned, the Modular Gaming Table is also available in cherry, padauk, and purpleheart.

Seating won’t be a part of the campaign (Wyrmwood can’t offer low cost options to go with the lower cost table…yet), so keep in mind you’ll have to come up with your own chairs if you’re getting a dining room table option.

Where Do I Pledge?

Launching next Tuesday, August 11, I’m excited to see where this campaign goes. It promises to be Wyrmwood Gaming’s biggest Kickstarter yet. With their increased manufacturing capacity, there’s zero chance you won’t receive what you pledge for. But if you want to get your table in time for Thanksgiving or Christmas, you’ll need to act fast. There are only 400 tables shipping this year, and those early slots will fill up fast.

Once it’s live, head over to the Kickstarter page to pledge and learn more.

I’ll have a full review of the Modular Gaming Table in the coming weeks, so keep your eyes peeled.