On each side of the raised platform, the card tables form an extension measuring 19 inches wide by 33.5 inches deep. These wings serve as multi-purpose working surfaces during game play. The duplicate Pacific 1940 panel on the left side of the platform can serve as an additional working surface, since its only function is to show where units end up when they cross the 90W line of longitude; the main game action takes place entirely on the section of the platform occupied by the four-panel Global 1940 map.
Under the card tables are some stackable shelving units (the flat-packed kind that you assemble yourself with a screwdriver), which I use to store sculpts and related equipment. The basic national sculpt sets (consisting almost entirely of OOB A&A units) which are shown in the photos reside there full-time, along with other trays containing roundels, special markers (such as those made by HBG), small wooden blocks in a range of colours, an assortment of plastic miniature poker chips, and miscellaneous goodies such as industrial complex sculpts of various types, tiny triumphal arches (good for marking victory cities), a few precious atomic bombs and a handful of little nuclear mushroom clouds. Whenever they’re needed for customized game purposes, there’s free space in the shelving units for trays of additional sculpts (not shown in the picture) such as the combat pieces made by HBG.