So with heart of the empire being released I now realise that my long term storage solution has no been surpassed. (plays last post for long term storage solution)
I am thinking of splitting it down into campaign and skirmish for the cards and have already broken down the tiles into their groups (core 1-9, core 10-19 etc, twin shadows, hoth 1-9 etc) but I'm not sure if its still efficient.
does anyone have any other good ideas?
Keep all large pieces together, all medium pieces together, all small pieces together, and xsmall piece together in seperate bundles or containers. I keep them all in a toolbox.
I basically use something like this:
Each color group denotes a different box. Then I have those broken down so each folder has 5 different tile types in it.
So based on the above pic, red is the core and then the first folder has tiles 01-04, the second one has 06-09, third 10-14, etc. Then the green group is Twin Shadows with the same layout. This has worked really well for me, even though it does take up a bit more space than I might like.
Currently I have all the larger tiles simply divided by expansion, packed in ziplock freezer bags. And all of those are in the Jabba's Realm box.
The two by twos are all together, so are the 2 by x corridors and the 1 by 2 joining tiles or end tiles. All of those are in a box with dividers, together with the doors, dice, damage tokens, power tokens, and skirmish components.
I have a breakdown at BGG in response to similar thread that popped there up recently;
https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1897175/storage-all-expansions-and-many-boosters
To elaborate a little more on the tile storage, since that's what you're looking for specifically, each pouch is labelled with which range of tile numbers it contains. So looking at the Core, numerically, there's a series of larger tiles, followed by a series of really small tiles, then larger ones again, then smaller ones again.
So I have the two sets of larger tiles each in their own pouch with the number ranges labelled, and a third pouch for the smaller tile sets, each in their own little bag with the number rangers for that labelled on them.
Small boxes like Bespin can fit in one pouch, with the smaller tiles in the bag.
I put these pouches in large binders, and it's made it pretty easy to play campaign that way in terms of setup, and also easy on the app for the same reason.
Binder 1: Core+Twin Shadows
Binder 2: Hoth+Bespin+Jabba
Binder 3: Heart+room leftover for whatever FFG produces next
On 12/10/2017 at 11:31 PM, thestag said:I basically use something like this:
Each color group denotes a different box. Then I have those broken down so each folder has 5 different tile types in it.
So based on the above pic, red is the core and then the first folder has tiles 01-04, the second one has 06-09, third 10-14, etc. Then the green group is Twin Shadows with the same layout. This has worked really well for me, even though it does take up a bit more space than I might like.
Yup.
I use something similar, and it works great for FAST access to map tiles, which I discovered the hard way can really be a problem.
Actually, just zip lock bags work best and is cheap.
19 hours ago, Mep said:Actually, just zip lock bags work best and is cheap.
I tried this, and it still took me longer than i liked to assemble the tiles for maps. To each their own!
I have 3 boys who like to play IA, and we love the skirmish game. For that reason, we have 2 copies of most expansions and A/V packs (so that it's easier for everyone to build a solid tournament squad).
For skirmish : I set aside the tiles for all 3 of the current tournament maps, and keep each map's tiles in their own separate Ziploc bags, and I keep all of that in a simple cardboard box that I bring with me to every tournament. This box also contains the Rulesheets for those maps (which show the starting zones in blue and red, the locations of terminals, etc) and my Puzzle Guides ( Skirmish Map Puzzle Guides ). This makes it easy to pick up and go to a tournament or to throw down a map for skirmish pretty quickly.
For campaign (we play lots of this too): I've built several different foamcore trays, which all fit inside of one of my Core Set boxes. Each foamcore tray holds a separate expansion, so it's pretty easy to pull out the right tile set and then get the tiles we need for the next mission. I really like the hanging-file system that TheStag and Conviction have, though; I may have to look into doing that myself. Just looking at it now, I'd probably want to hold the smaller pieces (2x2s and smaller) in Ziploc bags and then store those bags in the hanging files with the rest of their expansion set...I wouldn't want to deal with the annoyance (or possibility) of having the smaller tiles slip out the side of the folder when I'm moving or using the system. But with that adjustment, I really like what they've come up with!
I only have IA and some of the ally packs, but I've got a really good tile holder that deals with the small tile problem!
I got individual CD/DVD sleeves that are clear, double-sided and hole-punched, and a couple of 3-inch (I think) binder rings from the dollar store. I threaded the sleeves on the rings like a little book, then wrote the tile numbers and how many pieces should be in each sleeve on the front of each sleeve.
It's so easy to flip through the tile book and grab pieces while someone else reads the numbers from the missions, and it's superfast to clean up as you can see the empty sleeves and how many pieces are missing when one falls under the table. You don't have to look up which pieces are "small" or "grass" or anything like that to find a color folder that they are supposed to be in. If I got intense, I'd always put the tiles away with the A side facing out for quicker tile deployment.
A couple of tiles (01, 19) are too big to fit so go loose in the box. I keep their "spots" empty so the "page numbering" isn't messed up. There is one awkwardly shaped "T" piece that I sliced the seam on the outer edge of its envelope to stick out the side, but it doesn't stick out too far. The larger pieces to poke out the top as well, but again, not too far. The plastic protects the tiles from rubbing against each other and banging against things in the box, and is really thin. To make sure that everything fits tight, I clip the small "hallway" and "end" tiles together into a larger mass so they don't accidentally stack on top of each other and make my tile book thicker. If I got REALLY intense, I would glue some of the plastic together on the sleeves for the smaller tiles so the tiles would be forced to the left or right alternating and save a little more on thickness. As I've got a separate box for my minis, I don't have to completely minimize the thickness at this time.
It is a little floppy, as the rings are separate from each other, but that makes it easier to put in the box as the rings can be pushed to the side. If I was to make it sturdy, I'd use a "Two Hole Clipboard" with "Arch rings" and cut the backing down to a size that fit in the box, or just pry the arch rings off the clipboard altogether as they're attached together.
You might be able to do this with smaller rings and a 2x2 double-sided disc binder page, as it would be thinner, but I've been happy with mine as-is and I'm not sure if the pages would fit in the box.
For expansion tiles, I bought a huge box of sleeves, so I can make separate binders when I do get them. If you had multiple copies of tiles (like thereisnotry) you could make tiny-binders that included the ruleset appropriate for the tiles in a sleeve. Or maybe you could put the tiles all in their sleeves in an order that made sense to build out those maps (left-to-right, top-to-bottom?) so you didn't even have to check the rules, which would be impressive. Most impressive.
I can get pictures if people are interested!