Great topic..I'll be playing this game also in the spring.
Right now I have 2100 SQ of unfinished basement. I moved the furnace under the stairs last winter and have first floor laundry...so none of that stuff is in the way. I have a TV area with a couch...about 15 pins...a Big Ball Bowler...Skee ball machine...Chexx and Atari Football....and probably 10 vids.
The wife 'bought' me a pool table for my b-day (all though I haven't picked it out yet) I honestly don't know where I'm going to put it.
Now we plan on buying a different place in the spring and i completely understand that I am not getting a 2100 SQ basement. I find it (and i could be COMPLETELY wrong) darn near impossible that 25 pins..a pool table...and bar would fit in 1000SQ and you would still have room for more than a couple people in there)
I know I have a couple of big space takers (Big Ball bowler and Skee ball) but those 2 game get played..by far...more than any other games when we have guest over.
Real interested on hearing others SQ to game\bar ratio
Quoted from vex:playing with the thought of moving into a place with a bigger area for a games room.
how many square feet would be optimal for a collection of say 25 pins, a pool table and maybe one arcade machine?
i especially like the places that are new with an unfinished basement.
i am thinking 1000 square feet?
what do you guys recommend when looking?