Gamin on Ya!

Hey there all you renters, landlords, property owners and managers. This week on the Hometown Rant, we ain’t playin’. Or actually, we are. We’re talking games and gamerooms, their place and function, and how they relate to your house, apartment, condo, duplex or other domicile.

Some of you may be thinking gamerooms? That all sounds a little fancy, a little rich for my blood, but we’re not necessarily talking about full-sized snooker parlors with fully stocked bars. The truth of the matter is that games are egalitarian. The point is to bring people together around a fun activity, playing an invaluable role in any functional household. So don’t worry, the Hometown Rant has the guide for you to be playing in no time, no matter if you’re rent a studio apartment or a party mansion.

As a landlord or property owner looking to rent out a property, think about spaces in said property that you’re not quite sure what to do with, or what to call. In your ad, you might term that space as a potential gameroom. It makes your property seem more classy, and appeals to a broader market of people, people who want something less boring than a regular old study or den. If your rental property has something like a pool table already in it, definitely advertise that, because there’s pretty much no moving one of those things once it’s in place.

As a tenant in a rental property looking to spice the place up, think about the games you like to play and the space that you have to work with. A good multi-purpose game room is really as simple as a good table with a few chairs around it and a deck of cards.

If you’re the poker type, you could look into getting an actual card table or a roll out cover host your weekly game, just make sure your buddies don’t stink up the place with their cigars. If poker isn’t your game, we’ve got some recommendations. If you and your friends all think you’re pretty funny you could go for apples to apples or it’s crass older brother, cards against humanity. If you like making words, scrabble is always great, and if you want scrabble but more freeform, go with bannanagrams. If you really want to get your nerd on, a game like Settlers of Catan is a classic, and has a host of expansions for when you get a bigger table.

If you want a game table that’ll really be the centerpiece of a room, you can always browse craigslist for people selling things like foosball or ping-pong tables, which can often be found for cheap or even free, if you’re willing to get it out of somebody’s life on the double. Just make sure when it comes time to move you’re not the one desperately trying to pawn the foos off on somebody else.

Whatever your game is, play it hard and play it well. We will.

Do you have rental questions of your own? Comments? Concerns? Love letters? Hate mail? Get your head in the game: Hometownrant@hometownrent.com

 

 

 

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