No matter how much effort I spend getting my gamesroom shipshape I know it's never going to be as cool as the "ultimate Dungeons And Dragons gamesroom" of Devon and Shawn Hibbs, of Indianapolis.I know these pictures did the Interweb rounds last year, but they deserve revisiting... often; even if only to give all us other geeks something to aim for.
And as if portcullises, props from the first Dungeons & Dragons movie, shelf-upon-shelf of D&D box sets and books, skulls, swords, fancy artwork, stained glass windows and faux stonework walls weren't enough to fuel our envy, over at The Acaeum (the Dungeons & Dragons Collecting Forums), Devon explained, back in 2009:
I have been working on and off for about 2 years building our 'D&D ROOM' to hold most of our collection and give us a cool place to play. I did 99.9 per cent of the work myself with just a bit of help in the attic from my brother Shawn. All lighting is controlled by the DM via a dimmer/control box mounted under the table. When you walk in the lights automatically come on via a contactor mounted in the closet. There is also hidden strobe and fog machine for effects. I also mounted speakers in the beams and have a sound system in the closet.
The brothers' room also features in issue five of Big Iron Vault magazine, which goes into great detail on the behind-the-scenes history of this mind-blowing project.
Coincidentally, the brothers also trade as Die Cast Games, producers of the slightly controversial old school module TSR1-INSIDIOUS. Devon is interviewed about this over on RPG Blog II.
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