Our New Custom Dungeons & Dragons Game Table

[@johncampea]

For those of you asking about the price of the table. Not sure. Like I said my friend designed it and had his people do the construction and the main part was a TV I was recycling. Overall I just had to pay for materials which didn't actually end up costing much since I already had the TV (Cheaper than a regular dining room table of that size).

[@UnderTheBlue]

have u ever thought about filming ur sessions of d&d and uploading them

[@carpetsnake83]

Record a session

[@thecollectingconnoisseur6345]

Ive never seen d and d played. I smell a new video idea coming on. Make it happen. If you build it they will come.

[@fettkane]

Nerd but I love it lol

[@sumustangs17]

John Campea jealous !!

[@mariomovies9260]

Never played Dungeons and Dragons, but always awesome to see someone excited and passionate about something they enjoy!

[@Stansman63]

Amazing!, this would have blown my D&D groups minds back in 1983.

[@Bhutchin09]

That’s so sick man, congrats on getting it built. Funny how things like that work out in life sometimes

[@Darthimpakk]

you are OFFICIALLY a sweaty, John! nice table!

[@jamesvaldez9467]

That is AWESOME!!! Now all we need is a streaming session from you!

[@timebandit1266]

Absolutely Perfect!!!!!

[@DaveVersteeg]

I love your table. Congratulations to you for this fantastic dungeons and dragons tool. I am so jealous at you. When my daughter is ready to leave the house i take her room and make myself a table like that. It is awesome.

[@AdvancedBattlemaps]

Nice table, awesome work!

[@spiderguy20]

That looks awesome. I would love to have something like that someday. Have a great time.

[@williamdaniels9728]

That is really cool John. It really can't be improved upon. It's perfect. But if were to suggest anything you should get some led rope lighting or those backlights people put behind their TV's that change colors to mount underneath the table (out of sight) to broadcast light ambience onto the ground. Hook up the the ole dry ice fog machine during parties and you got LIGHTS and FOG. Ultimate mood setting. Perfect for MTG too. Have fun with your friends. Just keep drinks away from it, lol. And no monoply because we all know how those games end.

[@mmmc5122]

Fantastic table! It's good to see you so ENTHUSIASTIC😂😂😄😄

[@vegetabletube7061]

This table is incredible. So jelly.

[@ironvlogger9712]

Ugh, i would love that thing!

[@talsine]

I'm not a D&D guy, i play other RPGs, but that is a sexy table. Life Goals right there

[@kajetandziuda6190]

This is the best role playing game table I've ever seen... I want one.

[@vincentcleaver1925]

I was thirty when I saw niskas work desk in train job and I have wanted this tech forever

[@agentmcgoober702]

That's pretty cool.

[@RossPitSharkHunter]

That looks pretty rad, dude. I've only barely played D&D with some friends, and I wanna get into it a bit more with my friends, but that doesn't seem like that'll be happening any time soon. But it would be pretty rad if you streamed your campaigns, at least a bit.

[@feslenraster]

Whoa!!! So cool, John. No wonder I patreoned you and subbed lol...fellow DnD guy(and gals) !! Love repurposing things, well done to Spencer and you guys!

[@detectivemarvel8036]

Fricken awesome bro👌

[@socalnick]

Holy crap! That is cool! Geek Chic has nothing like that! Nice 👍

[@tomiwaaina5499]

So how was playing on it? Also... you should film a D&D oneshot so we can see that bad boy in use!

[@nathanboatright236]

I don't play D&D but i want this

[@AwsomVirus]

Maybe stream you and your pals playing D & D?

[@rlp98]

Critical role should get this!

[@coopergreen7961]

That's beter cool man

[@deathsdoor07]

Why did I picture the kitchen bigger?

[@Phulesmith]

Dang man, pretty styling

[@SsAnime1988]

The wood around the screen needs to be twice as big. This table is to small for my group. We need a lot of space, since out tabletop tble is where we also play Arkham Horror etc. So yeah... Besides as a GM that small space is so not enough for me, I could not even have my GM screen there. If twice as wide it would be great. I do wonder why there isn't more space underneath....

[@Rehd66]

1:22

[@Amazingsloth]

love it when you flaunt your wealth in our faces... just great.

[@johncampea]

What part of "my friend made it for me" was too hard to understand?

[@bfgboy2]

Copyright, copyright, copyright & Kickstart this right now with your friend John! This is a potential million dollar idea! I can see this not just for D&D, but a whole new take on tabletop gaming....& A LOT more! ALSO, imagine playing some of the best known mobile games on this large screen? That'll be like a whole new form of gaming! Plus, have you ever thought about DIRECTLY ingraining a touchscreen control unit? Of course, it'll be way too expensive to make the whole panel touch screen, but you could easily attached cheap $40 Kindle touchscreen tablet panels around the sides of the table as multiplayer touchscreen remote controls. I know your wife works for Hasbro so I'm sure she'll have really good ideas too...lol, just think about it!

[@iDJiphone]

Tables with TVs in them is not new buddy. I have made a few myself. 😉

[@user-bb3kw8gx1n]

Yeah this is a rather common thing - very well done as well

[@AngHellicIntuitionz]

John, it would be nice if you guys could stream your games on twitch critical roll style.

[@alialkhamis]

Do a live game campaign, see how viewers react, this could be your new thing. I hope the guys at Critical Role invite you over for a one shot.

[@SamIAm-kz4hg]

My build: www.dropbox.com/s/ypzf2i6b8w697gz/20200225_211912.jpg?dl=0 Minimalist approach. 3 built in USB connectors under the lip of the table. 50" TV.

[@RainUnbox]

John: Had a 65 inch tv for 6 years, upgraded to 75 inch with 4k Me: 32-40 inch tv😩

[@valiantloony8336]

Awesome, do a video of you all playing Dungeons and Dragons tonight, I want to see that D & D tv table in action. 😀👍

[@khymaaren]

I'm not a player but would be ideal for my TV dinners...

[@robertmachnica9100]

Great table John! Soooooo jealous, lol.

[@papamccheese6501]

Wait, No cup holders?? Just kidding.. Nice Table!!👍🏻

[@chelskichamp11]

I just totally geeked out! That's hella dope.

[@xiansaysana]

Just started playing on roll20 with my friends all over the country which is cool. We just left the town of phandalan after bring peace and prosperity to the town. Cool freaking table setup. You should try to get into joe manganiellos game.

[@MasterApoc81]

Awesome John!!! How did you go about having it built? I'd like to eventually, get one set up like that.

[@dr.omaralenezi1059]

You’re a Geek And I love it

[@senorashish]

John 6 years ago: 65" LED TV John today: 75" 4K Smart LED TV Me 6 years ago: 1992 17" Sanyo Analog Tube TV with digital converter box and rabbit ear antennae with UHF and VHF splitter. Me today: Still Me 6 years ago.

[@TheDenofNerds]

Dude! This is amazing! I must get one eventually. - Josh

[@ZachsMind]

I recommend not allowing drinks on the gaming table. Or perhaps only spill resistant cups with tops on them. This looks like an accident waiting to happen. As for filming sessions of D&D and uploading them, for a table like this that would require multiple cameras and frankly a big hassle. There's some very exciting work in this area over at Geek and Sundry. Critical Roll comes to mind, but how it addresses the table is essentially to remove it. Instead we get a kind of panel discussion like you'd see on a news show. Still looks like they're around a table but.. kinda? This has its pros and cons. Putting the screen in the center of the table is a great idea for the players in the game, but this set up is not conducive to turning their home RPG sessions into John Campea's next KZbin project. I don't think that's his intent here. Tho I wouldn't be surprised if he's thought about it already and dismissed it. Or maybe.. just maybe.. Deborah Ann Woll could prove me wrong about the table. She kept the table and it works for her, but she's a rather unique little bird. I highly recommend Relics & Rarities for anyone interested in RPGs as video entertainment. No one's quite cracked the nut yet, but Geek & Sundry has gotten close. Their recent merger with Nerdist will either make or break that idea. Not sure which way the wind's gonna blow there. There's also many other projects on KZbin and Twitch and elsewhere that deserve more attention, but not sure if John Campea would want to venture into that territory right now.. unless he can find a better way to build that mousetrap. It's still not being presented in a way that mainstream audiences will embrace. There's been a strong niche following over the years but she's not gonna fly without more air under her wings. If Campea can find another, better way to make RPGs work for the camera on a shoestring.. well if anyone could figure that out it'd be Campea.

[@Eskolol]

Planning on upgrading my own TV soon and yeah. I'm thinking of turning the old one into a D&D table. I'm looking around for different designs and such, but the main problem is that the table has to be portable and that you can easily assemble and disassemble it. I've only seen one decent design for a portable table, but so far that has been the only one. Looking for more.

[@matthewjoslin9461]

Fantastic! Another KZbinr I am a fan of is a D&D gamer! Been a fan of Critical Role and the other D & D streaming shows (Waffle crew!) for years. I always enjoy learning of other KZbin personalities out there being D & D gamers, like the Nerdist crew and Trisha Hershberger. I know Matt Mercer, DM extraordinaire, is friends with your old Collider associate Ken Napzok. I hope accomplished actor Joe Manginello (not sure how its spelled) gets his dream of a D & D movie. Also I believe the lovely and talented Deborah Ann Woll has a D & D streaming show over on Geek & Sundry. Love the table!

[@kronicthegreat2413]

I literally just started my D&D journey a few days ago! This is awesome! And gives me an idea of how go design my own table! What program does your DM use for the table? Is it a bunch of programs? Great video!!😃

[@jeremanninen4650]

Really amazing looking table. I saw something similar in one of the tabletop rpg design websites, where they interviewed a guy who makes tables like this as work/hobby, but yeah these tables cost a lot of money. I think he was able to make the table without the tv of course for 200-300 USD or something and sells them for 400-600usd I think. Of course it depends on the size and material a lot, so really large ones with excellent material might go for over thousand easy.

[@angelgonzalez14]

That’s pretty sick John! I just hope you bought a good replacement 4K TV being in A/V myself 😅

[@mcfaning]

I been using a 32 inch TV as a digital board sense Nov 2018. Best $100 i have ever spent save so much time with dungeon maps. Hope it is working out for you as much as it did for me.

[@lesserz6310]

Not saying you stole my idea, but we are thinking the same way. I'm still building mine. Do you use figurines? Because I'm making grid maps of dungeons so the crew can travel through dungeons.

[@MRDARRENGER]

Dude..!!! Thanks for sharing! Brilliant idea. It's nice to have smart friends. 😁

[@Lukas-ez2fy]

i am on my own way to build my own D&D Gaming Table i am myself an Technical illustrator and cutting machine operator so i do the planning myself and get over different ideas how to build it like shown on your version of table with space under the main plate to put stuff into it or to lay cables for electronics there i even thought about getting a "Bigger" table so i can also do like prepare for 6 players another Fixed hole with an tablet in it to use already cabled or stuff like that connected with DnDBeyond or anything similiar . But what i wonder or just wanna know do you guys use any special tool or Programm for the TV that is build into it to open maps with grid and i guess you use some kind of a thin layer plexiglass over the tv?

[@Brandon-vy6uw]

Fucking sick dude! I don’t play DD but I’m pretty sure we’re cut from the same clothe so I can definitely appreciate this. So cool.

[@MichaelNewmanII]

Thats pretty damn cool Campea!! Can you connect anything to the screen or is it strictly D&D? Its a smart TV so could you add an app (i.e. interactive Monopoly)

[@Classical474]

Nice !!!!!!!

[@briceking669]

Great design. Does Ann find that the laptop blocks her view of the tv? I’ll be building one soon and trying to look at different designs. Thanks!

[@MorsecodeZ]

i know you've said you'll never film one of your gaming sessions, but maybe a 10 minute demo, even if it's scripted for safe viewing? ^_^

[@Galadmere74]

John.. The table is the bomb..! I've been playing D&D forever.. And this setup is amazing.. Nuff said..!

[@MrBreaker333]

I started playing DnD this year and it fucking saved my life. Its fucking awesome

[@cyruscain6551]

That table is impressive, not a D&D gamer but i wanna learn and maybe just maybe i'll have my table designed like that, can't wait to watch your game later!

[@wbowman1556]

So now that you have used the table a while. What are the pros and cons, and what would you have done differently in the table build?

[@leodouskyron5671]

You really must like that table to have been to irresponsible as to touch another gamer’s dice 🎲. Nerd gamer ticket 🎫 for ad touch on the way!

[@Bobcat173rd]

It’s funny, building one of these tables for my friend got me interested in the game. Now I’m a DM about to start a homebrew.

[@BrianWorhatch]

Y'all should do a Live Stream of a DD game! I'd enjoy watching that.

[@dannyblau3850]

Congrats. Not a D&D guy but that is DOOOOOOOPPPEE. Not to mention all the other things you can do with it.

[@undrtkr77]

What software is used to run the D&D games? The fact that you can display maps and characters is amazing.

[@blaze7774]

Just so people know the name of that campaign is lost mines of phandelver and it's a great adventure for new players.

[@jacksonwillbert1352]

I've always wanted to play D&D but I don't have any friends who are into that sort of thing :(

[@mrspookyspare312]

Wow that looks insane

[@ZipManGem]

Kickass table John! Love it. Should get a video of playing on the new table.

[@jeffreybarker357]

Ask your designer friend to be a bro and at least sell the plans he used so the rest of us can shamelessly copy his amazing abilities.

[@TheMoonKingdom]

It would be awesome if you guys upload a video of one of your games sometime:)

[@DCUOMultiverse]

That is cool. Good job.

[@tparm]

This is very, very cool. Never played this game but it really does elevate the experience.

[@FatalJapan]

65 inch....75 inch tv! Must be good to have money

[@johnreacher3756]

Awesome! But who picks who sits in the Dungeon and has to view the screen upside down?!

[@BigS4mu_]

post a video about the game or something. That will be really fun to watch.

[@MovieFactsVideos]

Haha. That's incredibly cool. Nice job.

[@PassportGaming]

Looks amazing

[@theomegaman3489]

So when its time to replace the tv. 65" inch tv is sold everywhere ? right?

[@ernie2762]

Not a D&D fan but why do I want that table. The envy is real. Have fun.

[@HowtoRPG]

Very impressive.

[@mrb00gedyb00]

I miss AD&D so much, haven't played in decades.

[@DevilOfRoses]

This looks amazing! What do you use to project to it?

[@MightyTANK1]

Dont play D&D but this is fucking awesome!

[@Asian_Movie_Enthusiast]

That is sweet!

[@feryache]

OMG! I am having wild ideas of what to do with my old TV now!

[@ImaginationStudios123]

Congratulations John he did a great job

[@barrackobama5470]

Do people play dnd online? Like through voice/video chat? I'd love to start playing but I live in a rural area in my country and don't know any that plays it, so if I joined a club I'd have a couple hour drive.

[@SamIAm-kz4hg]

Barrack Obama "Do people play dnd online? Like through voice/video chat?" Roll20 for maps. Discord for voice.

[@rayemooney6341]

I need this in my life!

[@sisterharrow1886]

People still playing D&D. Who knew !!!

[@DARKDURELL2]

That could've been good for The Big Bang Theory

[@jeanguerrero6915]

I don’t play D&D but I want one!!!! Take my money now!!!!

[@the_ONE1891]

What program do you use on your laptop for the sessions?

[@Ahreman_egy]

i cant get any DnD groups, can you adopt me plz lol