Gloomhaven Storage Solution 2.0 - Still under $25

[@jasonshearman2797]

Just watched this video after grabbing the game from a sale new in box. Read description, went to game theory in Raleigh as well just to keep the tradition going! Moved to Durham a year ago and loving the nerd culture in this triangle Thanks for the video.

[@jasonburke9144]

This is by far the best solution I've found anywhere. The only addition I would include is a organization folder for the tile pieces. While they can't be kept in the box, it makes setup and finding pieces you need a lot easier.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

I think the reason I did not place the tiles in a folder is because I play a little game of tretris every time I put the game away, that way I can spread the tiles out across the large surface area. A folder would condense the tiles into a smaller footprint and you would probably get some lid lift. Up to you though. It is a slight pain to pull out all the tiles each time in order to get to the rest of the game.

[@homebug22]

Hey thanks a lot, just ordered the Gloomhaven kit from Chico and Jo. Good on them for reaching out and wanting to help us out. It's pretty awesome that a company would respond to a niche community request to repurpose, of all things, pizza boxes!

[@AlisonBurtt]

This is genius! We just got Gloomhaven and as it exploded all over our table, we were like, uh, how the hell do you keep track of all these pieces? I watched like ten videos and this one was definitely the best. New subscriber! Thank you so much!

[@DriedMoss]

I had been watching learn to play videos for Gloomhaven from Dice Tower to JonGetsGames when this video auto started. I Watched your previous video (1.0) and now this one. Nice work. User created storage solutions are so entertaining to watch. I love trying to make Fantasy Flight Games' cardboard box inserts, which are useless for storage, cutting and taping and gluing them up to make storage for $0 + time. Keep it up!

[@naughtymonkey1563]

I honestly cannot believe, for a $220+ game, that a storage organiser is not included. Ludicrous. Thanks for the video.

[@hawk992]

Jesus Christ! How did you pay 220 dollars for that game?

[@GeryonM]

When it was new it was selling for 300 at my FGLS so don't bash I'd you don't have the facts.

[@Mortifine]

@@GeryonM You know what they say about suckers... It's a $100 game, and a great price at that, but if you paid over $200 you're a moron.

[@curelou4]

This is fantastic, thank you! My family and I just started playing and organization was obviously one of the first things that came to mind for setup and storage ease. Spending another $75+ on some of the options out there didn’t really appeal to me. Great solutions!

[@kenholland1116]

Chica and Jo have the kit for $10 directly from Etsy, but the shipping to California was $14! Yikes. (They don't sell them through Amazon. ) Michael's had the 2 bead boxes for $7.50 with coupon. Avery labels were $6.60 for 2. Deck boxes were $4 for 2. I had some folders. Total was about $42.

[@Abeynmrl]

Did you buy a storage solution - this one or did you go with something like broken token? I'm debating as $45 (in my case) isn't cheap for a solution like thus

[@chicaandjo]

Hi Ken, Chica and Jo here! We do the best we can with shipping costs on Etsy, but because the kit we put together weighs over 1 pound, and we are located far from CA, the shipping is unfortunately higher than we'd like. Wish we could do better, but that's how postage is these days! We do sell the boxes on their own on Amazon in 8-packs (kraft: amzn.to/3CkTEDG white: amzn.to/3MeLW2u ) but the custom Gloomhaven kit we put together is only available in our Etsy shop. Feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions!

[@BradShreds]

Hey thanks for bothering to make this video. Had these boxes not fit, I would have been out $20 after watching your first vid

[@krislindman3073]

Thank you for the information. I love the LOTR background music. Great work!

[@stevengiunta7082]

Michaels off capital Blvd has a killer deal on the 16 pack of picture cases in the vid. You’ve got some good ideas and I’m using some of them. Thanks mate.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

I am always on the look-out for sales at Michael's. If your willing to give them your email address, they send you all sorts of coupons. I almost always have one for at least 40% off if not more. I picked up that same 16 pack of photo cases at Michael's on Black Friday for $10. I use those sizes a lot for games with various tiles (dungeon crawlers) like Descent and Imperial Assault.

[@mariospeachey]

@@TheMeepleMarathon the 16 pk are 4x6" but the ones in this video are 5x7" right?

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

@@mariospeachey Yes, 5x7 cases will hold your hero board plus all your cards and tokens ... and the mini.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

@@mariospeachey I stand corrected. I double checked and what I have in my storage solution are 4x6 photo cases

[@mariospeachey]

@@TheMeepleMarathon found these at Walmart, the clear ones are found in store and for $14.95 you cant go wrong. www.walmart.com/ip/seort/401900475

[@alberttrombone]

Very good storage solution!!! I'm trying to find the mini pizza boxes here in Barcelona and it's impossible... Do you think that de photo boxes could do the job that the pizza boxes are doing? I mean, does the monster material fit inside the photo boxes? Thanks!

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Hi Albert, yes, the photo boxes are wider than the pizza boxes, so the monster tokens should fit inside the photo boxes easily. The only issue you would run into is that turned sideways, they would stand taller than the pizza boxes. If you filled in the gap on the opposite side with all the long rectangular map tiles, then you would probably be okay. The pizza boxes just happen to be the same height as the character tuck boxes (included in the game) and my two plano boxes, creating a nice flat surface for the map to go.

[@alberttrombone]

@@TheMeepleMarathon Thanks for the response Ryan! And the monster stat sheets fit inside the photoboxes?

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Albert Costa Vendrell It should yes. Since they fit in the pizza boxes easily.

[@carolyamate]

Hey! Are you doing one for Frosthaven too? Out of all the storage solutions, I thought yours was the best. I adapted ours a little bit, but it was possible to setup the game and play in 10min!

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Yes I am. I'm still waiting on my copy though. 😭

[@carolyamate]

@@TheMeepleMarathon cool! I just got my shipping notification 😊 should arrive on Thursday!!

[@carternelms5324]

Love this solution, but how is it under $20? For two jewelry boxes with Honey's discount codes, 8 pizza boxes, 20 business card sheets and a set of dice boxes, I'm looking at nearly $30. Still need to get some 3-prong folders, and maybe some plastic bags for the remaining stuff in the box.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

The pizza boxes cost around $9 I believe and the two storage boxes I got on sale at Michael's Craft Supply for around $2.50 a piece (you can find a 40% off coupon almost every week for Michael's). The Avery sleeves were around $3 and I had to buy 2. So that all comes out to right around $20 plus tax. I already had the folders on hand. Still, $30 is much cheaper than a broken token organizer ;)

[@carternelms5324]

@@TheMeepleMarathon Agreed, love the solution. I'm going to be stealing your ideas! That appraisal doesn't include the cost of the deck boxes, nor the cost of the folders, which does still apply to the price of the storage solution. I was left wondering if I was overpaying for something by about $10 when I tallied it all up. (Honey found the Michael's coupon for me, great to see that option.) I'll drop $30 for this over a minimum of $80 on a Broken Token option any day. Worth noting though that the cost here is higher than advertised, by about half. Wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything before I pulled the trigger and bought the supplies for this. Fantastic job discovering this, and thanks for sharing it with us.

[@BradShreds]

Lol you sound anxious pulling your tile pieces out of your box unorganized 😂

[@jamesfeury4754]

Hey, great video! How do you get the business card sleeves to snap into the folder like that? What is that type of folder called? I can't seem to find it.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

This is what I search for on Amazon ... Two-Pocket Folders with 3-Prong Fasteners . This is probably something that you can get really cheap at a Walmart/Target/office supply store where you can buy just one or two at a time, but here is a link to a set on Amazon just to get you started. There are way more here than you need though. www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Pocket-Folders-Fasteners-25-Pack/dp/B0734V7GRB/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2IU731NOADKZX&dchild=1&keywords=folder+with+prongs&qid=1615215523&sprefix=folder+with%2Caps%2C554&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyWU5GRjBSQ1lWU0RRJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDk1NDM0V0k5SlZPNEZNN1g0JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAzNjQ0MDhTNjVBTzIzVDRGSjYmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

[@djleroyjames]

How are you organizing the bead boxes? I would like to see what you have in each of the slots in the bead boxes.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

I have gotten this question a lot, so I went ahead and made a quick video showing how I organized the bead boxes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/imnZh5SnqLh8Z6M

[@djleroyjames]

@@TheMeepleMarathon Dude, you rock! I appreciate your videos on GH. I started popping all my pieces today. Waiting on the pizza boxes to finish putting everything together like your setup. Thanks again!

[@creampuff282]

How did you fit all the item cards in that orange folder (the secret items are significantly fewer, so I could understand)? Did you only fit the ones you are currently using? Thanks for the clarification

[@Arcadious10]

Sweet vid! I’m glad they contacted u about the boxes lol. U should do one for mansions of madness too.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

I put together one for Mage Knight Ultimate Edition, but Mansions of Madness can be my next project.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

As requested, here is my storage solution for Mansions of Madness kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2Ouc3d-iq6shpo

[@donclemson8959]

Hi Ryan! Great video for the DIY storage. I did have a question as I have not been able to pause the vid (this or the previous one...) to see exactly what is in the deck boxes? Are you just putting the Road in one and City in other? And lastly, how are you dividing up the huge stack of item cards for the folders? I followed your purchases to a T, just not following that part. I see two folders, but not sure how they were distributed. Thanks in advance.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Hey Don ... Yes, the two deck boxes contain my Road events in one and my City events in another. I use a divider to keep the ones we have unlocked separate from the others. I also have the Random Dungeon cards that they provide for one off missions in one of the boxes. The two folders of item cards are for regular items (red back) and then unique items (blue back) that you unlock via treasure chests and scenario rewards. The red items I have turned the pages around backwards for any items we have not unlocked yet via the reputation track. Hope this helps.

[@donclemson8959]

@@TheMeepleMarathon Excellent, thank you. Switching gears, I assume that the file folders are broken up by what is in play and what is not for the items?

[@TheLightcarrierTTV]

Just put together this kit! Thanks so much!!! Is there a list of which order you put your items and what numbers are in the second “special” folder?

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Dustin Wagner If you look at the prosperity of your city, you can see what items unlock at each level. As for the two folders, the blue card backs are the craftable items and the treasures. They got their own folder.

[@TheLightcarrierTTV]

Ryan Chaffee thanks!

[@SpiderWaffle]

Could you fit all the character stuff or monster stuff in smaller photo boxes, 4.3x7x1.2" ? there's a 12 pack of these on amazon for $17

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Im pretty sure the monster cards (large square cards) are too big. I can't remember but I think the hero stuff should fit. I'd measure a hero board first, to make sure.

[@jasonhussey8226]

Can you itemize what you’ve got in each bead box? Just unboxed my copy of Gloomhaven for the first time and want to compare how I slotted my tokens!

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

I made a quick video covering just that topic... kzbin.info/www/bejne/imnZh5SnqLh8Z6M Hope that helps.

[@jasonhussey8226]

@@TheMeepleMarathon Perfect, just what I was looking for!

[@mariospeachey]

Great, great solution!!! Where did you get the dice?

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

I bought them at Game Theory, which is my local game store. Pretty sure they are Chessex Dice though which can be found on Amazon. www.amazon.com/Black-White-Dice-Block-12mm/dp/B008C0KWWG/ref=sr_1_4?crid=32MVAUND6KPE&dchild=1&keywords=chessex+dice&qid=1590667897&sprefix=chess%2Caps%2C420&sr=8-4

[@HIDragonstar]

Has anyone found any alternatives to those bead storage boxes? I am having problems getting those.

[@phryas]

How does everyone divide up monsters amongst the pizza boxes? I have one for setup, one for archers and guards, one for bosses. Having only played a few scenarios I don’t know how best to divide up the rest

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Hey James, If you expand the video description above and scroll all the way down past the links, I have typed out how I organized all my monster boxes. Hope that helps.

[@ModernPlague]

Would cards with thicker sleeves (like Mayday Premiums) still fit in those card-holding sheets, or do only penny-sleeved cards fit? Helpful video!

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

I would guess that thicker sleeves would probably work. I don't have any items sleeved inside the folders. When I pull an item out, I place it in a sleeve then and if I put it back, I take the sleeve off. I just keep a couple packs of sleeves in the box. I didn't sleeve everything from the start, just as I have needed a card. That being said, the cards without sleeves are very loose inside each little compartment, so I'm guessing there is plenty of room for a sleeved card. The card sleeve may make it tricky to pull out though (the friction between two pieces of plastic).

[@JonFromWA]

Woot. Can get everything from michaels crafts

[@phryas]

Is there a link to the photo boxes? Few different options at Michaels....

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Here is the one i used ... www.michaels.com/5in-by-7in-photo-case-by-recollections/10272121.html

[@joshfoss7407]

Shipping on Etsy from KY to TX is $10.40. The product costs $10.00...

[@mariospeachey]

Agreed!

[@chicaandjo]

Hi Josh, Chica and Jo here! We do the best we can with shipping costs on Etsy, but because the custom Gloomhaven kit that we put together weighs over 1 pound, it means that higher Priority Mail shipping rates are our only option. The further you are from us in KY, the more it will cost, and the shipping is unfortunately higher than we'd like. Wish we could do better, but that's how postage is these days! Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

[@LordMigit]

You provide a link to the business card holders, but do you have a link to the binder you were using to hold them?

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

I had the folders I used on hand, but I have seen them for sale very cheap at places like WalMart and Target (in the school supplies section). Here is a link for a reasonable set on Amazon www.amazon.com/Bazic-3145-Two-Pocket-Portfolio-Three-Prong/dp/B00KGFFXQU/ref=sr_1_17?keywords=pocket+folders+with+prongs&qid=1556215443&s=gateway&sr=8-17

[@Mr_Putts]

12:24 What are those elastic bands called?

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Those are hair bands. My wife buys them for herself and my daughter. I think you can get them just about anywhere that sells hair products (Target, Walmart, Amazon). Usually you get several hundred in a bag for just a few bucks. I just go and steal a handful whenever I run out and keep them in a baggy in the box. They don't leave a residue on the cards like rubber bands do.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Something like this ... www.amazon.com/EAONE-Pieces-Elastics-Braiding-Ponytail/dp/B0773H3P8X/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=invisible+hair+bands&qid=1603203572&sr=8-3-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExSUNWTk5TOUc4NUVSJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDExMzQzMThFOUZCOU5FUlAzSiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNTQ1MTE5MUlMMkVSM0FYWDVQVCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

[@Mr_Putts]

@@TheMeepleMarathon Thank you for the very quick reply!

[@byteheist]

Watch at 1.5x speed

[@solomonkane408]

Where did u get those clear bands around the small cards

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

They are clear hair tie bands you would normally find in a ponytail or braid in girls hair. They don't last forever, but they don't leave any residue on the cards and you can buy like 300 for a couple bucks at Target, Walmart, anywhere really that sells hair bands.

[@justindavis7400]

Do you have a more specific breakdown of the second plastic box.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

The second plastic box contains all the "scenery" cardboard pieces. I have them sorted by size and then type, so two large sections contain the double tiles (one has the coffins and tree limbs and the other has the ground pieces). Then all the remaining single hex pieces fill the remaining slots. I have these organized by color and type. For example, all the "pillars" are together in one section and all the traps are together in another. All the free form green pieces are in one and I think I put all the bushes together in one. Hope this helps. I am getting Gloomhaven back to the table Thursday, so I can do a quick video of that box if you'd like.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Hi Justin. I am getting ready to post a video showing how I organize my two plastic storage boxes in more detail.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Here is a link to the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/imnZh5SnqLh8Z6M

[@ReoAard]

Thanks

[@KittyMike21]

Can anyone provide a link to the photo boxes for the characters in use?

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Here is a link to the photo boxes I purchased from Michael's www.michaels.com/clear-photo-storage-case-by-recollections/10468953.html The picture does not look right, but the dimensions are correct. Basically you are looking for a plastic photo storage box for 4x6 photos. Here is another option on Amazon www.amazon.com/ArtBin-Inch-Photo-Supply-Box/dp/B00769GTZI/ref=sr_1_21?keywords=4x6+plastic+photo+box&qid=1556650459&s=gateway&sr=8-21 Hope this helps.

[@morimementos]

Would 4 photo boxes fit with enough room?

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

Yes, I currently only have 3 but there is enough room for one more to fit in there.

[@GameBrigade]

the larger boxes create a bit of a bulge, especially when you have 9. still works well though.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

They do, but I don't feel like it's hurting the integrity of the box. You can try and turn the boxes sideways. If you go with just 8 boxes, you could turn them sideways and do two columns of 4 and you get half an inch back. You could move the "SetUp" box into a photo storage box. It works if you only run with 3 characters or less, but if you keep 4 characters active all the time, you'd have to come up with something else for your "Set Up" items.

[@killswitch3005]

You said that you did not want to store your maps tiles in a separate folder as you wanted everything together in the one box, and next breath tell us that you have taken all of the unused characters out of the box to create more space!! Does not make sense to me. Great box organisation though.

[@TheMeepleMarathon]

KillSwitch The character boxes that I removed, I don’t need on a game to game basis. If I play at my brother’s house, I don’t need to take them with me. I do need the map tiles though. So when I travel with Gloomhaven, everything I need to play still fits in the box. But yes, I have moved on from “everything fits in the box.”

[@geordi49]

Great video, ditch the background music