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5) Keep your gaming trinkets and tools off the table as much as possible. A board that is covered in dice, books, measuring tools, tokens, dice trays and your snacks will always instantly look worse to the eye. Obviously for some games you'll need tokens or dice to track status effects, but try to limit this as much as possible and remove them whenever they're no longer necessary. Investing in a side table or under-table shelf to put your books and tools on is a wise idea.

6) Less can be more. You don't always need to make a cramped Mordheim or Necromunda style table for it to look good, making a nice table doesn't need to be expensive either. Something as basic as a grass mat with hills and trees, or a wasteland board with nothing but rocky outcrops and formations can be perfectly pleasing to look at if the colours match the board