MarauderIIC

Yeah - my first thought was literally “that will look dirty quick”

I like mentoring, but my skill set is deep and narrow. DM me and we’ll see if they overlap and if I can match the time commitment that you are looking for, if you are interested. No fee.

Todo with ticket number

What’s an ECS?

Yup, pretty much this. I have a small touchscreen Arduino device that I keep plugged into my PC. When I hit a button on the touchscreen it sends some text over serial (which is really a USB wire). I have a Python script on the PC that continuously reads from the serial port and parses the received data to figure out what to do. Specifically it tells my Discord bot to play a sound :)

I have four total at an oval-shaped table, so I dunno. Check out a few things; see what might work for your particular situation. You may even have to try a couple different things.

You could get a foldable card table if you need something larger, for example.

You put so much effort into your post but my simplistic answer is: we put TV trays next to the players. Like the kind you use while sitting on a couch, not lap trays - the ones that have legs down to the floor.