Game Tables
19th Century English William IV Antique Game Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Game Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Game Tables
Glass, Walnut, Pine
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Game Tables
Ebony, Mahogany
1870s Victorian Antique Game Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Game Tables
Maple, Spruce, Walnut
1880s English Antique Game Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Game Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Game Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique Game Tables
Ormolu
1860s English Louis Philippe Antique Game Tables
Kingwood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Game Tables
Nickel
Mid-19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Antique Game Tables
Mahogany
1880s French High Victorian Antique Game Tables
Walnut
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Game Tables
Hardwood
19th Century Syrian Islamic Antique Game Tables
Stone
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Game Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Antique Game Tables
Fruitwood
1820s English Regency Antique Game Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Game Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century British Antique Game Tables
Satinwood
19th Century French Antique Game Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Game Tables
Rosewood
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Game Tables
Rosewood
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Game Tables
Brass, Bronze
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Game Tables
Leather, Wood, Maple
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Game Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Game Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Irish George III Antique Game Tables
Satinwood
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Game Tables
Wood
1820s Chinese Georgian Antique Game Tables
Wood
1820s English Regency Antique Game Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Game Tables
Other
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Game Tables
Wood
1810s English Regency Antique Game Tables
Hardwood
1810s English Regency Antique Game Tables
Macassar, Rosewood
Mid-19th Century American American Empire Antique Game Tables
Hardwood, Mahogany
1880s Hepplewhite Antique Game Tables
Satinwood
1880s English High Victorian Antique Game Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
Early 19th Century American Antique Game Tables
Brass
1820s Russian Antique Game Tables
Wood
1930s Argentine Louis XVI Vintage Game Tables
Birch, Kingwood, Tulipwood, Felt
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Game Tables
Bronze
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Game Tables
Bronze
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Game Tables
Walnut, Giltwood
19th Century Victorian Antique Game Tables
Oak
19th Century English Antique Game Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
1860s Antique Game Tables
Rosewood
19th Century English Regency Antique Game Tables
Leather, Satinwood, Walnut
Late 19th Century French Antique Game Tables
Satin, Kingwood
1880s French Antique Game Tables
Leather, Walnut
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Game Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Game Tables
Wood
1880s Antique Game Tables
Fruitwood
19th Century American Antique Game Tables
Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Antique Game Tables
Bronze
19th Century English Regency Antique Game Tables
Hardwood, Satinwood, Walnut
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Game Tables
Bronze
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.