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The Lego / D&D Project: Part 2

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Last post we looked at some simple Lego ideas for chairs. As a companion to that posting, let's look at the next logical piece of gaming scenery -- the table. A table can be just as simple as a chair, all you really need is some size brick and a slightly larger plate (or tile). You can make small tables using just 1x1 bricks and 2x2 plates, and thankfully these pieces come in almost every possible color you could want, but I find this structure is usually top heavy and doesn't stand up well to the casual dings a gaming table can take during a game session. If you really need a small table like this, consider using a Scala Base brick , as the "feet" on the bottom of the piece provide a bit more stability. But more common tables are 4x4, 4x6, or 4x8. And with these, you have some options for the table base, either just a simple brick (like a 2x2 or 2x4 underneath the tabletop, or 1x1 bricks for legs, 1x1 round bricks, archs, or even stacking 1x1 round p