Player Table Guidelines

  The CCG Player's table was created by Praetor Terrill to reduce the number of card tables required per game and to increase the potential of new players able to play within the same space.

The table is simply a 4' x 4' piece of particle board that sits on top of an existing card table.   The effect is that up to 4 people can play at a single card table with little or no wasted space.  Prior to the invention of the game tables, the guild could only have up to 8 -10 members.  With the addition of the game table tops, the guild could potentially accommodate up to 28 members in the same space.

The lines are not haphazard.  Up to 4 players can play around the outside edge of the inner square (see above).  When the table is only being occupied by 2 players, the center line of the table between the two players is the spaceline.
As you can see from the original plans (above) the table was supposed to be 4.5' x 4.5'.  This measurement was determined to be the least confining.  This measurement proved to be  impractical and the current 4'x4' design was adopted.

Draw deck and discard spots are in the same areas of the table as they always have, however, people with large decks may find their cards encroaching upon the play area of the table.

The picture on the left estimate how two players with large decks may still be able to play against each other.
This mishmash of cards is the problem I was talking about.  The Romulans (Yellow) have a large amount of seeded doorways and partway through the game, most of his events have come up as well.  The Borg (Green) have a ton of seeds including an objective stack and assimilation overlays.  This is a big reason why you should keep your dilemmas neat and orderly.
On this table there is plenty of room for docking and undocking as we can see this Borg probe is clearly undocked while the cube sits at the outpost.
There is clear division between each of the outposts.  Currently, there are no ships at the second Borg outpost.  The hand is the only item occupying the second outpost.  When only one outpost is available, both halves may be the one outpost.
Here is the Borg draw deck and side decks.  Once again, space is at a premium.  But this is the preferred way to keep your cards organized.  Any deck you draw from and any doorway you frequently use should be around your draw deck.
On the Romulan side, we can see the space line corner as it would appear in a 4-player game.  Even with the numerous events that are laid out there is still plenty of room for docked ships, equipment and personnel. Notice how the events have been stacked so that the effect of the event can be seen.  This way the player can quickly assess his events.

Also, notice how there is just a tiny bit of space between the yellow and the bottom edge of the card?  This is how best to display an outpost so that is stands out.
Normally, this is how the discard area should look.  And obviously there are a few people waiting for a ship at the other outpost.