Re: North Texas Meetups
I've only been in Brix but it's basically one big room. I doubt the coffee shop has more than one room.
If you brought a few props in a backpack to take out and show at the table I doubt they would care, maybe show the manager first. I couldn't see any place letting us use an entire table to lay out multiple props on a Saturday night when that table could seat paying customers. I would imagine any props brought would be reserved for our own table.
Plus laying out props at a table invites lots of on-lookers who want to pick up (and accidentally drop) your blaster while they make pew-pew noises, and I know from working in restaurants most places only have private rooms when you get to 10-12 people and up, and everyone is ordering food.
I think we'll be lucky to have more than 5 people.