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Tennis the menace “Why does a sport that people are so passionate about always have to look the same?” asked table tennis champ-turned-bar-game entrepreneur Michael Zaretsky in a call to his office, 11 Ravens, in Los Angeles. “Why can’t we apply our design aesthetic to something we love?” questioned creative director Bernard Semerdjian. The answer has now materialized in the ghostly, carbon-black shapeliness of the company’s Stealth table tennis table, inspired by the bomber of the same name. $70,000, www.11ravens.com
He shoots, he scores Architect-turned-table game entrepreneur Gregg Brodarick divides his time between Milan and the U.S. He commissioned the celebrated brothers behind Adriano Design, Davide and Gabriele, to create an innovative billiard-table design for his luxury lifestyle brand Calma E Gesso. Calma, says Brodarick, refers to that moment of reflection a player takes before a difficult shot, carefully considering his next move while rotating chalk — “gesso” — on the tip of his cue stick. Filotto eight-foot pool table, $66,000, including accessories, www.calmaegesso.com
Game changer
Designers are taking table games to the next level and creating a power play for you and your guests, says Louis Postel.
Who ya gonna call?
Can you picture your dream team of friends and family engaged in a brutal soccer battle? How cool would it be to set some against the others — not in a malicious way, of course, but just to see what would happen? Well, now you can more than picture it, you can actually play them with The Opus table. Just send in some photos of whoever you choose and, voilà, Eleven Forty Co. will micro-cast all your player heads using its exclusive Doppelganger computer technology. From £15,000, www.elevenforty.com
Never shuffle bored Why design custom homes, office buildings and retail stores and then fill them with dull furnishings — especially games that lie idle most of the time? In response, Miami-based architect Lee Benson sketched his first billiard table, The Predator, 20 years ago and never stopped. His Force 12 Shuffleboard table in birch wood with black accents and hand-finished aluminum comes with programmable LED lighting and custom pucks. $22,000 to $30,000, www.hurricanebilliards.com
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Back in the rough and tumble of Chicago in the 1930s, Sam Stern helped launch the pinball industry. One of Stern Pinball’s latest offerings, along with “Star Trek,” Elvis and “Game of Thrones,” is “Ghostbusters.” The tricked-out Premium Edition should satisfy the most competitive of parapsychologists. It features a moving interactive Slimer toy target, traditional two-way ramps, magnetic diverters, scoring switches along with ghost hologram animations, a “paranormal” magnetic action slingshot and more. $7,595, www.sternpinball.com