After buying the core set, there's really only thing that bothers me - there's nowhere to keep the cards!
The bays that the cards sit in while cellophane wrapped are no good because once unwrapped they slip through the gaps at the bottom and I dislike my cards rattling about in the box, does anyone else find it a problem? How do people keeps their cards together?
Maybe there's a gap in FFG's supplies market for some kind of deck box?
Regards
K xx
There used to be a card coffin available, which helped. Maybe there still is some stock here:
www.dacardworld.com/gaming/fantasy-flight-games-call-of-cthulhu-card-coffin-box
Since the card sizes are standard, any deckbox will do, though.
I like going to import sites and buying anime-themed deckboxes and sleeves. The cuter the characters, the better. For a game with such an emphasis on tentacles, nothing else makes more sense to me as a way to organize my decks.
For storing unsleeved decks, the old 40 card AP boxes make exceptionally good deck boxes. I use those for storing all of my decks. Sleeved decks, however, I've been storing in the cheapest deck box that I could find.
For housing all of my Cthulhu things, however, I've gone to using a artist's supply box as recommended on an Arkham Horror thread. I actually house most of my FFG games this way, expansions or not: BSG, AH, Civ, and CoC. They're ~$15 (at Hobby Lobby), they're compartmentalized very well for tokens and cards, and they're fairly rugged.
Ultra-Pro Deckboxes also work really well, even if your deck is sleeved (which it should be; I mean, sleeves are pretty and everything).
Rook is cool. Their briefcases and deck boxes and bullet cases. All kinds of color. The older ones got too short.
Though anything you choose will do, you are not your dad. Mickey Mantle in a shoebox is vastly shortsighted and the lesson should be learned. Use the equipment available for the game. Sleeves, deck boxes. Many choices. Ultra pro with that silly silver star that covered the mythos sanity cost. Silly prints, and a couple cthulhu prints. Deck Shield. Zaphods holder of cheese. Lots of choices. But shuffle once an unsleeved deck and your head will spin full round like linda blair.
I buy crates of UltraPro plastic boxes, the soft ones in all sorts of colours. REALLY cheap, will break easily if you don't fill them with cards. They keep the sleeved decks I've built safe so far, at least
Ultra pro makes some good stuff, lots of it plastic and velcro. I use a bunch. My best decks are Rook steel. The company is just awesome.
I love the Rook "Band-aid" cases. But my son is concerned that sometimes a card can get caught in the lip. It hasn't happened to me, but it did to him once.
And Kellen is correct. Forget the shorter rook deck boxes, so passe. Even the new ones will pinch the top of your 50 sleeves. They do really affect the corners. A contradiction here.The bottom of an FFG protector is mint, while much of your deck protectors over time, on both top corners have this 1.3 mm 9 degree refraction. Note, the cards are mint for miles.
Give your deck a few flicks. shuffle up and go.
Rook is awesome. They're a great company, sent me a bunch of free bees with my order. They've got selections like crazy. But basically you rock the black, white, or gray, 4, 8, or 16 deluxe cases and choose some cool deck boxes.
And still there are many companies we have not mentioned.
I use fishing tackle boxes made by PLANO to store my CoC LCG cards. They have this fishing tackle box with yellow latches that you place your cards in. It even comes with plastic dividers so you can organize your cards. The plastic dividers can be removed and moved to different slots.
For my Arkham Horror game, and other board games (WotC -Ravenloft, Ashardalon), I was able to fit all of them in a PLANO heavy duty fishing tackle box. I find tackle boxes the best to store board games and cards because they are very secure and well covered, and it comes with a handle that you can carry around with you.
I've taken to using the Dragon Shield sleeves for my decks. www.amazon.com/Dragon-Shield-Standard-Sleeves-Count/dp/B000P0S54I ) The 100 count boxes are perfect for storing a deck in and a few "idea cards" while I'm still tuning the deck. In fact, most of my decks will have the 50 cards, then usually like 9-15 replacement cards to tune as appropriate.
The individual deck boxes are pretty solid, and they all fit very well into one of those normal white cardboard card boxes. I have one box that I carry around that holds the 5-6 decks I have build, the story cards, a baggie with the story tokens, and 3-6 cthulhu domain figures depending on if I have 5 or 6 decks.
Also, buying the 100 is nice since you'll have left-overs in case you ever split a sleeve. To date, I've split 3 total sleeves I think, and I play / shuffle a LOT. Then, after setting aside like 5 to 10 of a given color for backups, you still have a ton left over to sleeve all your other games.
I have a weird wish. I'd like some sort of sealing tool that seals the top bit of a sleeve with heat and chops off the excess. Or maybe I should just look for some sort of vacuum wrapping machinery
It would be the ultimate in protection, though.
I just ditched all that extra cardboard balogna that comes in the core box when you buy it, and stand all my Asylum packs on their sides in the box. For the cards that came in the core set, I use the boxes that come with dragon shield card sleeves.
For actual decks, Rook cases all the way. I noticed that the corners of some sleeves do bend overtime, but its been only with the really cheap sleeves that feel fat and vinyl. Dragon Shield has worked fine in Rook cases, and I havnt had a problem with them. With those cheaper sleeves, you just have to remember to press your cards together before you close lid and you won't have the problem of the lid grabbing and bending your sleeves' corners.
Here's a "before" picture of my Invasion stuff:
In the meantime I've added a "few" packs + the latest expansion,a few more plastic deckboxes. But the unused cards are still all over the place due to a shortage of storage. I'm waiting,have been waiting for several months, for a shipment of corrugated cardboard boxes that fit 800 cards at a time. Boxes which hold fewer than 200 cards just won't cut it anymore when you need whole factions sortedonly separated by card type
So, anyone know other places in Europe where they've got those dead simple cardboard boxescan actually ship in reasonable time? Example link: javascript:void(0);/*1301033644908*/
There is also a card house product which holds 12 of those. Can't find it at any place which ships a slowcheap way. The house itself is massive, but cheap, while the shipping is a killer. I can in fact get a cheaper bookshelf from Ikea
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