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Any Board/Tabletop Game Players Out There?

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emporerdragon:

--- Quote from: pzeke on May 07, 2021, 11:13:07 am ---that collection is teetering on the edge of clutter.

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Hence the remodel.

Unfortunately, a board game collection will never look anything but chaotic, especially when compared to a video game collection, as there are no such things as universal sizes or colors. I try to consolidate when I can, as I've gotten the big boxes (specially designed boxes to hold the base game + all expansions) for Smash Up, Scythe, Raiders of the North Sea, Space Base, Carcassone, and Red Dragon Inn, but some of the games that really need one like Catan, Dominion, or Ticket to Ride just don't have good options.

telly:
For Dominion I think the best option is to buy a custom-made big box on Etsy or something.

pzeke:

--- Quote from: emporerdragon on May 07, 2021, 11:57:02 am ---
--- Quote from: pzeke on May 07, 2021, 11:13:07 am ---that collection is teetering on the edge of clutter.
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Hence the remodel.

Unfortunately, a board game collection will never look anything but chaotic, especially when compared to a video game collection, as there are no such things as universal sizes or colors. I try to consolidate when I can, as I've gotten the big boxes (specially designed boxes to hold the base game + all expansions) for Smash Up, Scythe, Raiders of the North Sea, Space Base, Carcassone, and Red Dragon Inn, but some of the games that really need one like Catan, Dominion, or Ticket to Ride just don't have good options.
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This is the type of collection where custom shelving is the best option. However, I think the bookshelves you already have are more than adequate, all you have to do is work around them and organize by size, or maybe even by favorites [1] [2], while perhaps getting a shelf specificallty for bix boxes. [3]

emporerdragon:
The collection will be reorganized once I get my new shelving, but I'll never store my games vertically. Too much mess on the inside and too much wear on the boxes that way.

pzeke:
Having everything bagged and organized accordingly should prevent any messes (for most boxes at least). Even for board games, the pros for storing vertically outweigh any that storing horizontally would have, like ease of access and less wear and tear, for example. Gravity doesn't work particularly well when stacking and piling, especially for big collections, or for any other type of item, really.

Just my two cents, of course, we're all a world apart after all; but I can see now what you meant when you said that "a board game collection will never look anything but chaotic".

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