Network Printers, laser, just get one for cheap quick prints for people at the LAN.

3D Printers are always fun to have around. People's imaginations will run wild, and you can connect one to the network like MakerBot 3D printers.

A spare table or two for people to put their stuff on and/or play board games, card games, building cosplay stuff, is a huge plus and having a few games around like Chess, Jenga, Legos, a deck of cards is huge too.

Keeping a spare keyboard(s), mouse(s), headset(s), Power Cable(s), 20′ Ethernet Cable(s) and a small monitor(s) is great for those that might be a bit forgetful. With all the people and testing we have done on keyboard and mice combos, the Logitech K120 keyboard/mouse combo is $20 and as durable as a tank. We never had one break or stop working from food spillage on/in it.

Razer Kraken Headset

Logitech K120 keyboard/mouse combo

Power Cable

Ethernet cord 20′ long because most festivals and conventions require bringing your own 20′ ethernet cable.

Monitor

Having 1 or 2 extra PC’s stored away is great for newbies that just want to experience the LAN or regulars that can’t bring their PC due to whatever. I have called them “loaners” with no windows on the cases, top tier hardware and they were not preferred. A case with a window and low to mid grade hardware was preferred. Lastly, calling them “Extra’s” or “Spares” was preferred over “Loaner” or “Rental” PC. The window cases with maybe an LED light on the right side of they player so they can look in and see the PC working while they are gaming, makes for the best experience!

ASUS NUC Highly recommend to use Gaming NUC’s as they are small, powerful, energy efficient, easy to store, portable and just straight AWESOME! We LOVE our NUC’s!
TIP: I still use slim NUC’s to run the game servers and use one as a stream pc!

Keeping an Art Tablet on hand for people to plug into their PC’s to create/draw digital media is recommended too. The Favorite for us was the Huion Kamvas art tablet.

Head over to Resources for a list of compiled software and websites collected and utilized in my LAN.