TIANLICHUJU — PERSONAL VERIFICATION WORKSHEET
A Dining Room That Also Welcomes Board Games
https://tianlichuju.com/journal/a-dining-room-that-also-welcomes-board-games/

PROPOSED CHECKS — NO MEASURED RESULTS SUPPLIED
Date: __________________  Units: __________________
Room / product reference: __________________

1. Real game layout
Where: Across the actual tabletop with the largest game regularly played.
Record: Set out board, cards, personal areas and drinks; measure the occupied arrangement with units and note which central elements each seated player can reach.
Your observation: ______________________________________________
Interpretation: A large tabletop can still be awkward if its shape or depth creates inaccessible play positions.
Alternative: Try a different layout or suitable table rather than relying on the advertised seating count.

2. Second-hour seating
Where: At every regular chair during a meal followed by a representative play session.
Record: Note session duration, comfort, arm and table interaction and entry or exit conflicts; include the spare place rather than only favored seats.
Your observation: ______________________________________________
Interpretation: Comfort at a short meal does not establish suitability for a longer seated social activity.
Alternative: Repair or replace unsuitable seats and reduce places rather than assigning an inferior perch.

3. Light and pack-away
Where: At each player's view and between the table and actual game-box storage.
Record: Record glare, shadows on small text, box dimensions with units and the destination of a game left unfinished when the next meal is due.
Your observation: ______________________________________________
Interpretation: Storage and lighting must serve actual pieces and household timing, not a symbolic box on a shelf.
Alternative: Change useful light or storage and agree a protected alternative surface for ongoing games.

PRACTICAL TRIAL
1. Serve a meal, clear it, set out the chosen game and pack it away to expose transition problems.
2. Test a proposed protective surface with actual pieces, checking stability and the tabletop's care requirements.
3. Walk around occupied chairs and retrieve a game without disrupting other players or blocking the kitchen route.

COMPARE THE SAME SCOPE
- A suitable standard dining table with comfortable chairs
- Targeted lighting and box-sized storage improvements
- Specialized game furniture only for features the household uses
Cost drivers: Long-session chair comfort and useful table dimensions; Actual collection storage and suitable surface protection; Specialized features, delivery and maintenance obligations
Choose another route when: The arrangement is unsuitable when players cannot sit, reach or leave comfortably or an ongoing game permanently prevents necessary meals.

EVIDENCE BOUNDARY
An actual-game trial establishes household usability only; it does not certify a table for every game or every player's physical needs.

PHOTO REFERENCE
A low pale partition separates a stair and open dining area, with several tables visible beyond.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:COMEDOR.jpg

DECISION CONDITIONS
choose: Choose an adaptable dining table when the largest regularly played game fits with personal areas, comfortable reach and useful lighting from every occupied seat.
alternative: If one occasional game overwhelms the table, compare a different setup or play location before buying a specialist table whose recessed surface compromises ordinary meals.
stop: Do not infer play capacity from tabletop area alone. Revise the plan when components sit beyond comfortable reach, drinks threaten the layout or the changeover repeatedly displaces furniture into the route.

PUBLISHED REFERENCES
Stonemaier Games Canada: Wingspan components
https://canada.stonemaiergames.com/products/wingspan
Stonemaier’s Wingspan product page lists separate player mats and shared components including a bird tray, dice tower and goal mat. As an exact-game example, it shows why a dining-table trial should include personal and shared areas together rather than checking only the dimensions of a central board or game box.
Scope: The publisher’s component list describes Wingspan only; editions, accessories and other games vary, and no universal table-size or reach requirement follows from this example.
Photographer: Kikorro
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Notes: ________________________________________________________