A dining table sport

Your Tabel
journey starts here.

The unwanted child of padel, table tennis, balloon keepy-uppy and backgammon, conceived on the dining table after one too many zero-alcohol beers. Now available for delivery to your home.

See it played

Watch & follow

The basics: scoring, the glory hole, how a rally plays out.

Recovery shots: off the wall, off the floor. No captions needed; it's fairly self-explanatory.

Official-ish rules

How to play, in short

Hit the ball onto the other side, off the net or the flaps, however many bounces it takes. First to 16 points. That's the version you need before you order. The full scorecard, serve rules, and the doubles draft live on their own page.

Read the full rules
Working prices, not finalised

What you get

The kit

£90
Included

Two flaps, two flap spreaders, one net, printed rules, stickers. Packs down flat enough to slide under a sofa, so it doesn't have to live in the garage.

Glory hole

+£20
Optional add-on

Ask us. Or don't. Find out when it arrives.

DIY plans

Price TBC
Download

A PDF cut diagram: take it to a plywood supplier, cut it yourself, fit your own flap spreaders.

Beer holder

Price TBC
Optional add-on

For the sport of it.

Merch

Price TBC
Optional

Mugs and that kind of thing, with the logo on.

The net is solid plywood; the flap spreaders are currently Lego, and the for-sale version is close but not quite finished, so expect small changes before it ships. Flaps tilt and slide apart to change how the ball comes off them. Nothing's fixed to your table, it just sits under its own weight. Fits any standard 6–10 seater rectangular dining table without a second thought; bigger 10–12 seaters can run past our recommended length. If you've got a metre of clear space at each end of the dining table, that should be enough to play in. It also packs down flat, so it can slide under a sofa instead of taking up garage space between games. More on how we got here →

What our customers are saying

Reviews, unedited

“I wish I'd never heard of Tabel.” James, father of three
“The product is amazing! The team is very responsive.” Jake, CEO, Tabel Inc
“I'm never playing this again.” Henry, retired
TABEL
TINY BALLS. MASSIVE FLAPS.