If you have a home billiard room, then, no doubt, you want to show it off regularly with pride, showing everyone who enters a great time.
But having the nicest billiard room in your neighborhood goes way beyond a fancy billiard table and nice pool cues.
It even goes beyond such things as building a corner bar or having an adequate amount of bar stools for observation and relaxation.
One area of a continuously exciting pool room which is often overlooked is the complementary gaming you have available to both you and your guests.
Let's face it.
Most of the time you will not be alone in your home billiard room.
On many occasions, there will be individuals in there that are not actually shooting pool.
Maybe they are waiting for their next turns, or maybe they are engaged in separate conversation.
Likewise, there will be times when some guests, and even you, want an alternative means of excitement besides your billiard table.
Before you get all excited about buying that ping pong or foosball table, you must first examine your billiard room and determine how much extra space you have to host complementary gaming units.
Once you have that figured out, you can determine what alternate games are best suited for your personal home pool room.
Also, keep in mind that if you have a particular interest, such as a love for old school video games or pinball machines, and you have the necessary space required, then think of yourself first, and go with it.
Remember, a pub table with bar stools fits next to a billiard table nicely, and a corner bar adds great aesthetic value, but neither provides any alternate gaming options for your guests.
More common complementary billiard games include: • Darts and a dart cabinet, or an electronic dart machine • Air hockey table • Ping pong table • Pinball machine • Sit down or coffin style video game • Foosball table • Table shuffleboard • Slot machines (play money) • Poker or alternative card table Although a bar or a pub table with matching bar stools is more standard in home billiard rooms than most complementary pool room games (other than darts), they fail to provide any alternate gaming options (except maybe for quarters or a place to use a deck of cards).
Alternative gaming not only increases the excitement level in your pool room, but provides a nostalgic value, as well.
If you want to maximize your home billiard room experience for you and your guests, complementary games are a must.