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 These store the cards vertically. But thank you.I know this because they literally have videos that walk through them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whGywKXb-Cs Rockin' guitar, dudes.  Seriously thinking about giving up on portrait, they don't seem to exist. I'll have to redo my dividers but such is life.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:
What, exactly, do you think the term "portrait" means?
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Oct 21, 2015 23:47
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Whoops, I've been typing portrait when I meant landscape. Sorry. Long day.
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Oct 21, 2015 23:49
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Why not just get some of the regular long boxes and carry more than one of them? They fit more easily in bags if they're one not big box.
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Organizer stuff really depends on the game you are playing. We love Caverna and Argent, and we cut significant amounts of time from playing using the special inserts. We also play those game frequently, so it's been a no brainer for us. That's the thing, you want to be playing, not finding. The problem with Plano is a lot of times the size of Plano you need is too big to fit in the box, so then if you go places to play like we do, you have to carry around two boxes for the game. This is not good because I'm old and could forget a box, and while the insert may be expensive, it's cheaper than a new game  .
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Oct 22, 2015 00:23
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I'll deal with ziploc baggies over spending any amount of money on a custom insert.
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Scyther posted:I'll deal with ziploc baggies over spending any amount of money on a custom insert. Aaannd you won't get as many games played as we do. However we play games in long sessions so it may not matter. If all you do is play a couple of games at a shot, they aren't worth it.
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Scyther posted:I'll deal with ziploc baggies over spending any amount of money on a custom insert. Think of it as amount of time and frustration saved for an often-played game. Multiply it by the number of people playing.
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Just bought the Mage Knight Broken Token insert with a Visa gift card I had and I'm super excited for it. I got the BSG one a few weeks ago and it's awesome. I already had a plano solution for both of these games but these inserts are much better. I definitely agree that they are pretty pricey and you could just buy a game instead, but I also like my games being super organized so 
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I'm am idiot, so I dropped around $1700 on a CNC mill to make stuff like game organizers with.
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Oct 22, 2015 00:48
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Dirk the Average posted:I'm am idiot, so I dropped around $1700 on a CNC mill to make stuff like game organizers with. That's a little ridiculous, but also where are the pics at?
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^^^ not for remotely decent cnc poo poo it aint I'll buy organizers before I spend another penny on sleeves.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I need a good card box to store my Doomtown Reloaded cards, portrait-style. They are sleeved. I already have dividers. I would prefer the box be about 1inch deeper than the cards. Does anyone have any recommendations? I use this case for Dominion, may be a bit more DIY than you want and may not meet the specs you need but it's an option that's worked well for me.
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Radioactive Toy posted:That's a little ridiculous, but also where are the pics at? I'll post them once all the parts arrive and I get it up and running. It's actually not as bad as I made it sound; I'm an engineer and want to get into making stuff, so I already have the skill set to run it and a ton of projects to do my self and work on with others.
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I used a plano box for warhammer fantasy roleplay 3e and I found trying to dig the stuff out of the box was more trouble than it was worth. Never bought another plano. I have counter trays for some wargames and they're shallow enough that it's not a problem but otherwise it's baggies. I make everyone participate in setup and it takes very little time.
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cenotaph posted:I used a plano box for warhammer fantasy roleplay 3e and I found trying to dig the stuff out of the box was more trouble than it was worth. Never bought another plano. I have counter trays for some wargames and they're shallow enough that it's not a problem but otherwise it's baggies. I make everyone participate in setup and it takes very little time. You realize it's not just set up, right? You end up rummaging through bags, stuff falls on the floor, gets mixed up, etc. This is why I use organizers, they keep the stuff where it belongs and everyone knows where it is. Baggies are always the preliminary option until I can determine that I'm keeping the game. Then if not an insert (most times not) I'll do something like this https://www.consumercrafts.com/store/details/catalog/storage-jewelry-organizers-and-bead-storage/1150-08 I've posted that before, but it's probably time for a reminder. Works better than Plano because it's shorter and you can use the container during the game as well.
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Lorini posted:Organizer stuff really depends on the game you are playing. We love Caverna and Argent, and we cut significant amounts of time from playing using the special inserts. We also play those game frequently, so it's been a no brainer for us. That's the thing, you want to be playing, not finding. The problem with Plano is a lot of times the size of Plano you need is too big to fit in the box, so then if you go places to play like we do, you have to carry around two boxes for the game. This is not good because I'm old and could forget a box, and while the insert may be expensive, it's cheaper than a new game Yeah, I can't say I'd buy custom inserts for everything but the default Argent insert sucks and just throwing everything in ziplocks wouldn't make it appreciably easier to set up and take down. I do ziplocks for Kemet but Kemet isn't anywhere near Argent's level of bits and pieces and need to parcel stuff out during setup, and if I can simply pull a tray out and set it on the table and bam, everyone's tokens are ready to go then hell yes it's worth the $30 to me, because it means more quicker games of Argent.
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I use cheap tupperware for all my games; makes packing and unpacking really fast as everyone just grabs a different box and gets cracking. They're also really handy throughout the game keeping stuff organised: money tubs, reinforcement tubs etc, rather than unruly piles of tokens. Really makes the difference when people have multiple piles of stuff or the game has 5+ token types, like Game of Thrones or Dogs of War
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I plano everything or use the dividers you can get in ACE hardware stores and it works pretty well. Agricola takes under 3 minutes to set up this way, Mage Knight about 5, longer if we're doing a co-op scenario. Caylus, about a minute.
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Lorini posted:You realize it's not just set up, right? You end up rummaging through bags, stuff falls on the floor, gets mixed up, etc. This is why I use organizers, they keep the stuff where it belongs and everyone knows where it is. You realize people have different preferences, right? I've never rummaged through a bag, stuff gets dumped into piles on the table. Things fall on the floor during handling regardless of what the storage device is, boxes don't have magic forcefields three feet around them. As for mixing stuff up that just never really happens. I especially like baggies for stuff like player-color pieces or putting all one character's pieces together in Mage Knight because you can just toss people what they need. I mean I'm glad you like your boxes but you're being weirdly dogmatic about this. I just said I prefer baggies due to experience because I hate clawing stuff out of little compartments. It's difficult for me.
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Lorini posted:Aaannd you won't get as many games played as we do. However we play games in long sessions so it may not matter. If all you do is play a couple of games at a shot, they aren't worth it. If you play like ten games in a session sure, otherwise you're freeing up room to play maybe one more filler game in a night. Woo.
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Scyther posted:If you play like ten games in a session sure, otherwise you're freeing up room to play maybe one more filler game in a night. Woo. Clearly everyone is different. We do cram a lot of games into our time. It's just how we play. Naturally not having any ownership positions in board game organizer companies, I get no benefit from how people organize. I just spent a lot of frustrating years with baggies and Planos before moving on.
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Lorini posted:You realize it's not just set up, right? You end up rummaging through bags, stuff falls on the floor, gets mixed up, etc. This is why I use organizers, they keep the stuff where it belongs and everyone knows where it is. That looks ridiculously useful, thanks!
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Mega64 posted:I use this case for Dominion, may be a bit more DIY than you want and may not meet the specs you need but it's an option that's worked well for me. Perfect. I owe you one.
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I'm in the "95% of my games are in bags but I do prefer a good insert" camp. Recently, I've just been burnt out on teaching people games, remembering the rules for something I haven't played in a while, and setting up/cleaning up games. We play a lot of the same game back to back or cards when we get together. I think it's a phase, like Picasso or something
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Scyther posted:If you play like ten games in a session sure, otherwise you're freeing up room to play maybe one more filler game in a night. Woo. Or ensuring that people get to have fun faster instead of sitting around for 10 minutes while you sort out all the bits and another 10 at the end while you put them away. Sure, you don't need to organise something like Catan or even Five Tribes, but the games Lorini is talking about have many, many bits.
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Jedit posted:Or ensuring that people get to have fun faster instead of sitting around for 10 minutes while you sort out all the bits and another 10 at the end while you put them away. Sure, you don't need to organise something like Catan or even Five Tribes, but the games Lorini is talking about have many, many bits. Have the game you want to play set up before the guests arrive. Your house, your choice of game.  More seriously, having a game decided beforehand and already set up is a good idea if you only have a short (2-3 hours) time to play.
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Jedit posted:Or ensuring that people get to have fun faster instead of sitting around for 10 minutes while you sort out all the bits and another 10 at the end while you put them away. Sure, you don't need to organise something like Catan or even Five Tribes, but the games Lorini is talking about have many, many bits. I am looking at pulling the trigger on one of the Der Weltkrieg games and am breaking out in a cold sweat at working out how to organise 1000+ counters after I have clipped them all of course
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Get some counter trays, the GMT ones are pretty good. They are sized to fit in any GMT box, though.
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i have a stack of craft/bead organizers that I got at the dollar store, and they work p great for replacing a lot of inserts.
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Aghama posted:I'm looking to break out Pandemic Legacy this weekend, and I'll be playing 2 player pretty much exclusively. We play base Pandemic & OTB with only 2 pawns, but I often feel like we're handicapped by only having two abilities at our disposal. To be honest, the game is harder the more players you have. This is pretty much just a known quantity of Pandemic. It spreads out your cards further and makes it harder to get the cards you need to where they need to be.
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Speaking of storage, Blood Rage showed up. Are CMON minis sturdy enough that they'll stand up to just being bagged and thrown in the box or do I need to foamcore something that guarantees no pressure on the minis?
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Was that the one where the designer was standing on the minis to demonstrate how tough they were?
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No idea. They seem decently sturdy but it's the only CMoN game I've got so I can't really get a feel for it and I don't want to damage 'em. Kemet had bendy minis, so I'd rather avoid more strangely-angled weapons.
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Andarel posted:Speaking of storage, Blood Rage showed up. Are CMON minis sturdy enough that they'll stand up to just being bagged and thrown in the box or do I need to foamcore something that guarantees no pressure on the minis? There's a video from gen con of Eric Lang throwing the sea monster at the floor several times (quite enthusiastically) without damaging it. I'm pretty impressed, the plastic holds a good shape without being brittle. I've just chucked mine into the box in tubs without any special treatment. The Supreme Court fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Oct 22, 2015 |
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All my Arcadia Quest minis are loose in a box and have no bending/damage. They're the thicker strong plastic type like Kemet monsters instead of the Kemet troops.
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A new preview is up for combat in the new edition of Fury of Dracula. Having heard that combat was the biggest pitfall of the earlier editions, how does this seem to stack up for those who played the earlier versions?
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Need some thoughts on Dicetown and also Bang vs Bang The Dice Game? Couple of games my wife thinks looks interesting.
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I have no interest in hidden movement 1 V all games, but holy poo poo that art is incredible. I remember seeing the board at Gencon and how great it looked. So good.
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Radioactive Toy posted:A new preview is up for combat in the new edition of Fury of Dracula. Having heard that combat was the biggest pitfall of the earlier editions, how does this seem to stack up for those who played the earlier versions? The original combat system was "Both players play a card, reveal them, then roll a flat d6 (maybe there was occasional rare +1 modifiers) against each other. Higher roll wins and resolves their card. Each card has 2-3 different effects/levels of damage depending on what your opponents card was" This new setup looks signifigantly better.
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