28 year old web applications developer Ian Martin had been playing holochess with his wife and brother on a small replica board using a set of rules that someone had developed and posted online. But once he moved into a house with a garage he decided to make a full-scale Dejarik table, complete with working control interfaces, sound effects, and programmed gaming aids. Oh and the alien figures. It looks amazing.

The table has 10 working knobs, 54 functional buttons, 26 lights, and two LCD display screens. It can play the unofficial game using a program that he wrote. Ian is a genius. It looks absolutely perfect.

via Makezine