[REVIEW] Geeknson’s Kickstarter Woes — The Troubled Taylah Gaming Table
[Originally published on www.tabletoptribe.com]
[Disclaimer: The Taylah was the result of crowd-funding and designed for mass-production. As such it should not be viewed as representative of the quality or service provided by Geeknson with the purchase of any of their premium custom gaming tables.]
For most tabletop gamers, a bespoke gaming table is on everyone’s wish-list, but something few can ever afford… if for no other reason than they spend the money on games instead.
Therefore when not one but two. well-established gaming furniture manufacturers announced low-cost (relatively) gaming tables launching on Kickstarter, people sat up and took note, and started auctioning off children and figuring which of their kidneys they could do without.
Duchess vs Taylah
The first to appear was the Duchess from BoardGameTables.com, in a very ‘traditional’ style, with a wide arm-rest area, slide-out drinks holders and an optional topper to turn it into a dining table. It looked the business and the backers flooded to it — 3,364 of them in fact, pledging…
