Back when I was into Pokemon TCG, during 2003, debut of Pokemon anime in India, I had a custom board designed by myself, and printed it out, pasted on cardboard, to play the TCG game in a better organized manner. Usually people just spread the cards all around the desk, but this would make the game feel neater. Just found this recently dumped away somewhere, so sharing it.
(The "Arena" part wasn't always flat, was supposed to be rounded and bulging out, to give it a 45 degree angle on both sides of "Active Pokemon" so the cards are facing slightly towards you.)
Even the TCG cards I had were all printed by me from images off the web, because it was too early for any cards to arrive in India, and even when they did later on, they were all dupes. Wasted a lot of ink on them, but anyhow it was fun playing them with friends. Forgot to pic them.