When we first moved in to this house back in July and I realized I would have space for a dedicated game room, I placed an order with Geek Chic for one of their excellent GM Valets. While most Geek Chic furniture is overkill for my style of gaming (being extremely miniature light), I frequently put some kind of surface to my side for holding extra books when DMing. So why not have a dedicated piece of furniture customized for the task?
It wasn’t the fastest process, I suppose custom furniture never is, but it finally arrived yesterday. I’m so excited, it really is an awesome piece. I can’t wait to run a game with it. The only hiccup was that the removable bin that should live on the right side was missing, making it look a little lop-sided with the two cup holders on the left, but I was assured the error would be rectified quickly.
The very first thing I did was run out to Staples to buy some hanging folders for the filing compartment in the back, and experienced a wonderful bit of serendipity while there. Right out front was a table of bargain items, and I noticed as I passed a pile of cardboard magazine containers, marked down from 5.99 to 50 cents each. I immediately bought them all.
You can see in the first picture of the GM’s valet on the bottom is a big white box, which contains all my old D&D modules. I put it there as the valet needs some weight in it to be less tippy when opened. It used to be on one of the bookshelves, but it’s always been a pain to pull out to get at the modules. You can see in the later pictures the white box has been replaced by a big group of magazine holders, much nicer and easier to access, and with plenty of room for more modules in the future!
Anyway, on with the pictures:
I am going to call it Bates.
That looks great!
So when are you coming over to play?
Alas, I’m not sure when I’ll next be out east.
One way or the other, though, I’ll be looking forward to gencon!
Thank you for the write up and photos of the GM’s valet. I was considering this for my husband and I think he would be really into it. I just need to see if they can do a cord cutout for his laptop charger!