Game Tables
19th Century British Regency Antique Game Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Game Tables
18th Century and Earlier American Antique Game Tables
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Game Tables
Rosewood
19th Century English Antique Game Tables
Rosewood
1810s American Federal Antique Game Tables
Brass
18th Century French Baroque Antique Game Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
Early 20th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Cotton, Mahogany
1780s English George III Antique Game Tables
Mahogany
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Game Tables
Wood
1780s American Hepplewhite Antique Game Tables
Brass
19th Century American Antique Game Tables
18th Century and Earlier American Antique Game Tables
18th Century English George III Antique Game Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 20th Century French Game Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Game Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Game Tables
Wood
Early 1800s English George III Antique Game Tables
Brass
1770s English Chippendale Antique Game Tables
Mahogany, Patent Leather
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Game Tables
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Directoire Antique Game Tables
Brass
19th Century American Antique Game Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Late 20th Century American Game Tables
19th Century British Regency Antique Game Tables
Marble, Brass
19th Century Antique Game Tables
Felt, Wood
1720s French Régence Antique Game Tables
Walnut
19th Century Austrian Antique Game Tables
Leather, Mahogany
20th Century French Game Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Game Tables
Bronze, Brass
19th Century English Regency Antique Game Tables
Rosewood
18th Century English Antique Game Tables
Satinwood
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Game Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Game Tables
Baize, Elm
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Game Tables
Mahogany
1820s English Regency Antique Game Tables
Slate
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Game Tables
Metal
1950s Vintage Game Tables
Brass
1840s British Antique Game Tables
Walnut
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Linen, Wood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Game Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Goatskin, Glass, Paint, Parchment Paper
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Game Tables
Fruitwood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Wood
20th Century Danish Game Tables
Rosewood
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Game Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century European Antique Game Tables
Ebony, Walnut
Early 20th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Game Tables
Walnut
1940s French Vintage Game Tables
Iron
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Game Tables
Rosewood
2010s Canadian Modern Game Tables
Metal
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Game Tables
Mahogany
2010s Canadian Modern Game Tables
Hardwood, Lacquer
Vintage, New and Antique Game Tables
Bring drama and duels of dexterity into your home with vintage, new and antique game tables for every kind of game.
Who doesn’t love a little competition? Historians estimate that early versions of games such as backgammon were played by members of ancient civilizations at least as far back as 3,000 B.C. Chess, which likely originated in India as a game called chaturanga, is a timeworn test of skills and strategy as well, and the modern era’s iteration of the game was enjoyed by nobles at least as early as the 16th century.
While the upper classes in Europe were among the only chess players who could afford the game’s decoratively carved ivory pieces, the game eventually became accessible to the general public. In the late 19th century, the game’s first official chess championships took place, a realm that eventually produced celebrated players such as avowed Eames Executive chair enthusiast Bobby Fischer. Today, antique chessboards have seen an uptick in demand owing to a successful Netflix series in 2020 called The Queen’s Gambit, which chronicles the life of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon.
Modern versions of chess boards and other home game tables may have evolved to accommodate the variety of games for which they’re used but are still versatile pieces of furniture. Not every card table with chairs is the ideal dining table, but you certainly don’t have to limit a game table to recreational use.
Antique trictrac tables, for example, were products of 18th-century France, wherein furniture makers created what looked like multipurpose neoclassical writing desks and card tables that when their tops were removed revealed trictrac, chess and checkers surfaces. Other game tables, in a complete commitment to fun, merely support good old-fashioned competition. Contemporary Ping-Pong (or table tennis) tables, which have origins in 1880s Victorian England, can be quite sophisticated in form and are made from a variety of materials today. A billiards table is an iconic piece for any game room or living room, but your pool table is really going to be used for only one thing, right?
Antique or new Regency-style game tables, mid-century modern tables or Art Deco–style card tables, perhaps fashioned from rosewood or mahogany, might be equipped with convertible tabletops to shift from meals to game time in a snap. If you prefer poker or opt for a card table topped with a checkerboard, convenient drawers and other compartments can be found in new and vintage game tables that fit poker chips or other types of game pieces perfectly.
Find a range of top-quality vintage and antique game tables on 1stDibs that can help you introduce a bit of class to every competition at home.