How To Store And Sleeve Arkham Horror: The Card Game

[@xironbeastx8677]

For my investigator cards, I put them into those really thick and durable hard plastic case type sleeves, so it's next to impossible to shuffle them into my deck and I can write on the sleeve with a dry erase which is useful for many reasons.

[@crippledfoxgaming]

This is great, guys! I just dove into the deep end of this game and the sheer amount of STUFF is a bit overwhelming. This really helped me get a handle on just how to organize all this chaos.

[@Zelllor]

For me, I store them with the box of the campaign with dividers. One side of the box is for the player cards and upgrade cards, and the other side is for encounter cards. The little space is for senerios for that campaign. The Card sleeves I use is Dragon Shields (Matte except the clear classic). Clear for double sided. Black for encounter cards. Blue, Yellow, Green, Purple, Red and White for the deck player in game. The order of the cards I do is: 0 level cards: Assets, Events, Skills, Basic Weaknesses. First Colors - Blue, Yellow, Green, Purple, Red and Natural. Then Cost and the last one is A-Z. Then higher level Cards, Same as level 0 cards but with points like: Assets 1 point 2 points and so on by colors, cost and A-Z, then Events and Skills same idea. Investigators (with their specials cards and weakness): by Colors and A-Z Blue, Yellow, Green, Purple, Red, Natural (White). Campaigns: by the order with Senerios Locations and Special Cards (For the senerio like Gathering - Lita Chantler) and then Encounter Cards (For the senerio like Gathering - Ghoul Priest) Encounter Cards: well I dont care the order by the symbol of them... But I do care that the same symbol together by order enemies and then treachery by A-Z. Love your channel guys thank you !

[@deanthomas2561]

My group has dispensed with the investigator cards and we just use meeples in the 6 colours. They have also gotten custom printed hardback books for scenario sheets, I have not gotten that far yet.

[@PlayingBoardGames]

I like the meeple idea.

[@CopperLontra]

I only sleeve player cards. Encounter cards dont get shuffled enough to justify the cost and time of sleeveing all of them imo. There are a few encounter cards I do sleeve, but its the ones that need shuffled multiple times per scenario like that Pandemic one in The Circle Undone.

[@cristaniancatembung1160]

Bryn using PINK card sleeves is ADORABLE!

[@travis3571]

Personally I leave locations and agenda/act cards unsleeved because they rarely get handled significantly and almost never get shuffled and sleeve the encounter deck with gamegenic clear grey size since you need to shuffle them all the time. They're like 200 for $12, possibly $10 if you can find the value back versions and they have a good thickness to them and feel great shuffled vs peasant penny sleeves. Makes it easy to tell what needs shuffling and what just needs to be just spread out on the table and that's it

[@Kindlesmith70]

All my cards are sleeved: Legion Standard Card Game, Board Game Sleeves 50 pack 67mm x 92mm clear sleeves. Cheap and easily replicable (not that they really need to be if you aren't treating them like garbage). Cheap cardboard boxes for 400 cards. I bought them in bulk, so I have 1 box for each color with text written on the box (guardian, seeker, etc.) so I know what cards are within. The boxes look like that in 6:10 bottom right pic of video. All level 0 are put into the right side of the box facing left. The rest are sorted by level put on the right side facing right. This is so I can easily get all the cards I seek easily. With the multi-class cards I do the same trick but place them to the right of the neutral cards as both of these don't have that many cards to them. The investigators along with the cards specific to their deck are placed by color in stacks into the main box. I should note the insert was turned up-side-down so there's space on left, right and under the bump in the middle. There's adequate space for 2 stacks of investigators (plus their cards) on one side of the cardboard insert so that in between I can place tokens in baggies. On the other side I have stacked the basic weaknesses, and cards that don't go into decks except under specific instruction (like certain bonded cards and weaknesses), along with the Bless and Curse Tokens and space of baggies for any other tokens. The space under the bump of the insert is reserved for all of the other chaos tokens. Should mention my chaos tokens are put into Lighthouse Coin Capsules - Round 25mm. For the scenario cards specific to the scenario (eg. Extracurricular Activity, The Gathering, etc.) go into the Return To boxes in order. with a divider for all the Return To scenario cards as well. The rest go into those cheap cardboard boxes with the provided card dividers in alphabetical order so as to be able to quickly find the cards when needed. That's a bit of extra money spent on organizing and protecting the game components, but if you value the stuff you buy, and/or don't have the money to just throw at replacements, and/or the patience to wait for restocks, it is well worth it.

[@matthewmacomber6278]

For us, we also have folder set apart by class. Within the folders we sort by the card numbers so we know exactly where to find something. We sleeve anything that could get shuffled into an encounter/investigator deck, otherwise we don't bother.

[@spoonman2084]

to save a bit of storage space and a bit of money I put everything in KMC perfect fit sleeves, then I double sleeve my player deck in premium FFG sleeves.

[@ChenowethGames]

I 100% sleeve everything. Encounter Player Cards and Scenario cards are in Ultra Pro sleeves. Player Cards are in Black. Treachery cards are Red. Double sided cards are clear. Decks I use Dragon Shield sleeves cause I like how they feel. I used foam board to turn my two Core Set boxes into storage for player cards.

[@Zelllor]

Whats the size of ypur cards sleeves is it 63x88 mm ?

[@玩物喪志-v5w]

I just use boxes to store the player cards just like you guys do for encounter cards(with dividers of course on levels etc of course…) I see quite a number of people using binders but I think while that is a good way to see all the cards…it’s actually quite time consuming each time to build a new deck pulling 30/60 cards out to form a deck…especially when you even have multiple binders… For tcg we do use binders but the reason for that is because there are high rarity cards that need protection that would probably never go into a deck

[@ponkarta2012]

Thanks for sharing , looks Amazing 😊🎉❤

[@jackfs4]

I have mine in three Plano Trading Card Storage Case Box Jammers (Core, Dunwich, Carcosa, and Insmouth). I put all my tokens in a smaller Plano box and cut one of the dividers to accommodate the hinge. I printed divider PDFs from BGG on cardstock. The larger compartments hold one full cycle with a little spare room and I use the smaller compartments to hold player decks. I am a solo player so nothing is sleeved.

[@Kramek63]

Let me first say, I love this channel and you guys are the most informative and entertaining for Arkham. Really enjoy your videos. I have a question on the size of the binders you guys are using for your player cards. Also, how may pages can the binder that size hold? I was sleeving all my cards but I have to agree this is a better approach. I was storing the cards originally in the core boxes with a 3D print box insert with adjustable dividers that I found on Thingiverse. I then outgrew that and make my own 3D printed insert for the Hobby lobby cases. But in the end those cards sleeves would be best served for my other board games. Thanks was very informative.

[@blinxy511]

I believe I'm using 1-inch binder for the player cards, and 2.5 inches for the scenario pages. I don't know how many pages they hold, but I can tell you I still have a ways to go before they're full.

[@anaphysik]

Justin's review of BCW boxes, surely to be on their website soon: "You could kill someone with it."

[@Steve_Keen]

I was one of those chumps that bought the FFG sleeves and was left flat-footed when they were discontinued. I'm probably going to have to restrict my location/agenda/investigators/maybe encounter cards to those, and go about resleeving my player cards with something like Dragon Shield.

[@zevshields590]

As someone with multiple cubes as well, I feel so seen. My fiancée is worried that we will run out of space in our apartment since I have so much cardboard.

[@Myaora]

Personally: I sleeve everything encounter-related in penny sleeves, they're cheap sleeves where you get 100 for a buck. They're a bit flimsy but since they're really cheap, I don't mind having to replace the occasional one that wears out. Though, granted, I've rarely had to replace one. Even the investigator cards from encounter sets get sleeved in those. If I need to put them in a player deck, I take them out of the penny sleeve and put them in a sleeve I use for that investigator's deck. The empty sleeve goes back in the box as a reminder for myself that something should go there. Investigator cards are stored unsleeved in Magic fatpacks sorted alphabetically and grouped with lvl 0s and lvl 1-5s. I rarely look at the cards because we use ArkhamDB for everything. Having the cards sorted this way means I can quickly pull them out when I need them. I used to use binders but found that sorting them was a pain in the butt, so I went with boxes instead. I sleeve my investigator cards in Dragon Shields. I recently bought Dragon Shield packs of 100 sleeves in each of the investigator so I can sleeve each investigator's deck in sleeves of the appropriate colour. This is just something we decided was funny. Finally, encounter sets are stored the same way you guys do. If they have a Return To box, they go in there. If they don't have a Return To box, they go in MTG fat packs.

[@Dehalove]

Penny sleeves are a good idea.

[@joshsimons7214]

Savage, I don’t sleeve anything. I never had the idea to sleeve only the cards you’re playing with though. That’s a good idea. For a video idea, how about one rating all of FFG’s Arkham Horror titles? ...and it’s be nice to have a video feed for everyone in the discussion.

[@vj7248]

Using that sleeving guide for my card games in general 📝

[@jasonk9040]

Awesome video - you should get commission :) Where did you get high-res images of the investigator types?

[@DarthStalkers]

You guys say efficiency but are binders really that efficient? Feels like it would take forever to grab all those cards out

[@PlayingBoardGames]

I store the variety of my card games in a variety of ways, and binders have been the most efficient method I've used.

[@DarthStalkers]

@@PlayingBoardGames fair enough! I decided to go get binders and for sure best way. Thanks for the advice!

[@danielecroce8841]

I finally buy my copy of the revised core box, and can't wait to start my journey in Arkham! Since I prefer to not spend a lot of money on storage, and prefer to save money on more expansion, is there a way to organize my game content on the revised core and expansion boxes?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

You can store your player cards in their campaign expansion boxes. That's probably the way to do it without any additional purchases.

[@rodrigoochoa2868]

How do you store customizable upgrades and multi class cards? I store everything in a 5 inch binder by classes and sorted by level. But I don't know what to do with the ones I mentioned.

[@PlayingBoardGames]

I have the customizable cards as level 0's in my binder with 1 of their upgrade cards behind them. The multiclass cards live in my neutral binder.

[@eruchii7200]

Can you put sleeved card into binders slots?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

You can, but I'd only put one sleeved card in each slot.

[@kubawieczorek2562]

If you dont mind cutting the core box, you can make holes in it perfect for storing player cards.

[@biznesstime83]

This is the game that turned me into a sleever. I sleeve anything that will be shuffled. I like to use colored sleeves to match investigator for decks that are in use. What’s your solution for tokens and the chaos bag? Coin caps or 3rd party tokens? I’ve also taken to not using the health, sanity, and resource tokens and just using colored wooden cubes, which I store in a Plano bow with all my other non card accessories.

[@blinxy511]

For the chaos bag, I've used both but prefer 3rd party. I found with how often we played I had to replace the capsules quite often as they'd crack, or open when being shaken in the bag.

[@biznesstime83]

@@blinxy511 I guess I haven’t gotten to that point yet. Still using capsules, but I recently got some 3rd party location connections and am probably going to invest in more accessories soon enough.

[@MikeB-nn4nh]

the small cards are "mini American"

[@Worksy]

I'm really torn on the Return To boxes. I started with two 800 boxes like the ones you mentioned for scenario cards, and one of those easily fits two full cycles and the Core encounter cards, and even a little bit more e.g. standalones, sleeves (I keep the Core encounter cards sleeved but only sleeve the cycles when I play with them). The Return To boxes look great and the dividers are cool, but I actually kind of feel they're more trouble than they're worth? It seems like such a bulky way to store everything when those BCW style boxes fit two cycles and more so nicely. One cycle only takes up like half of the Return To box, so what do you guys do with the extra space? (I think that was only touched on briefly with regards to Travis' RtNotZ box, what about the rest?) (I also store my player cards in binders, I assume the intention for Return To boxes may have been for people to keep some player cards in there too)

[@blinxy511]

Apart from being pretty, I like the return to boxes because I have room for my chaos tokens/bag, the extra tokens, as well as any decks I'm playing for that campaign. If I needed to, I think I could probably find room for the dice/tokens I need to play in them as well. I believe I also mentioned that I keep the newest cycle in the RttNotZ box until it's finished releasing.

[@ChainedDreamer]

I like your storage solutions! Travis, just know I feel your backpack pain xD The worst part is that I'm the only one with cards, so when it comes to deck building I have to bring ALL the player cards, because the people I play with are incapable of online deck building x.x My own setup: I have a Cthulhu green wooden suitcase with a rusted metal chthulu head on it for my player cards. Sorting is, of course, by class. Then divided by level zero and otherwise, which the other levels in ascending order. Level zero and other cards are divided into assets (items, weapons, allies, skills&rituals, spells int that order), events and skills. After level comes cost, and same level/cost is ordered by release date. Campaigns are sorted in their return to boxes, and for those that don't have one yet and stand alones in the same cardboard boxes you do. All my cards, player and scenario, are sleeved in clear perfect sized sleeves, so you can still look at the card backs. That does mean I have to be a little more careful while shuffeling, but I'm doing that anyway so it's not that big of a problem. Liquids of any kind are not allowed near my cards. My scenario sheets I store the same way you do.

[@Terszel]

I tried binders, it was too cumbersome to organize every single time. Went with a card chest with divider cards instead

[@cindykee3719]

How do you store the scenario sheets, RR, Learn to Play guide, etc.? For right now, I have mine all in one of the Core boxes, but I know that can't last.

[@Terszel]

@@cindykee3719 I don't store those. I use Arkham Cards to reference scenarios and just explain to new people how to play myself. The supplementals take up too much extra space. You can also try cutting up the sheets/RR and the important parts of the guide into card-sized pieces and sleeve them like your other cards

[@VinegarAndSaltedFries]

I have taken to Ultimate Guard Katanas (after years of Magic The Gathering as the best sleeve. Unlike Dragon Shield the edges don’t catch. Unfortunately they are very very expensive but I am in the camp it’s completely worth it in my opinion, and You can order bulk cases at a discounted rate. But sleeving everything would be absolutely ridiculous in price haha, I think I’m prolly crazy enough to do it because I have a sleeving problem.

[@charlieolsson4542]

What kind of binders with the different colors do you use and where did you find the logos for each character to print out and put in the binders? 🙂

[@MikeB-nn4nh]

Your scenario sheets are A4? I think what I have here are US letter size .. have to trim a few millimetres off the side(s) and they don’t reach the top of A4 pocket by a couple of inches 🤔

[@JohnnyPaco81]

How do y’all sort the multiclass cards?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

I have them in a section in my Neutral binder.

[@callum_0903]

I'm just getting started with game. Can anyone clarify what the ivory sleeves are for again?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

I believe Travis uses those sleeves to keep any scenario cards that may be included in player's decks or play areas.

[@MJ-ux7mx]

Thanx for a video guys. A quick question. Did you try to put dragon shielded card into ultra pro platinum 9 pockets thingy? I am thinking about rearranging my storage system, but I bought like a bunch of Dragon Shields JetMatte and I love em. Was thinking about putting 2 copies of investigator cards in dragon shields into the album. Will it work?

[@blinxy511]

They will fit, but it'll be tight and stretch out the pocket a little.

[@callum_0903]

So to clarify, do you use the ivory sleeves for the cards that you are told to set a side when you read the scenario sheet? If so, what do you do about the locations that are set a side as they are double sided. Do you take them out of the ivory when they are in play and put them in a clear sleeve?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

No, Travis puts the player cards that are set aside in ivory sleeves. Locations are placed in clear sleeves and encounter cards in black sleeves.

[@callum_0903]

@@PlayingBoardGames thanks, also I'm currently sorting out my cards into binders. When the investigators are sorted next to the assets and weaknesses. How do you manage to get all the neutral assets, events and skills in one slot for each investigator?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

I put the investigator in one slot of a row and then put their signature cards in the next two slots of their row. Sometimes this requires multiple cards in a slot, but I find that each slot can hold four cards pretty comfortably, so it hasn't been an issue yet.

[@dvunkannon]

Coin capsules?

[@blinxy511]

Before I got my third party chaos tokens I was keeping my tokens in 25mm coin capsules so they wouldn't degrade.

[@Zelllor]

@@blinxy511 isn't 25 mm too tight for that tokens ? What about 26 mm ?

[@blinxy511]

@@Zelllor 25mm was quite tight, you could probably use 26 if you wanted

[@alanrobobestia5227]

Hi, a couple questions. Does the Dragon Shield clear and the Dragon Shield perfect fit are the same size? Is the same fit? i want to try the perfect fit, but not sure if they are shorter at the top.

[@blinxy511]

The perfect fits are slight smaller, and a tighter fit. They are designed to be used in conjuction with another sleeve, and a card with a perfect fit will fit inside a regular sized classic sleeve, albeit a little snugly.

[@ryananthony110]

What do you do with he old boxes that you have? I hate throwing stuff away!

[@ryananthony110]

I also got Black & White Matte Dragon Shield card sleeves and I found that I really liked the art on the back of the cards and didn't want to cover them up, soo I bought a bundle of Dragon Shield clear matte sleeves ./.

[@PlayingBoardGames]

I have kept the core box, but I've recycled everything else. They weren't as sturdy to me as the core box was.

[@danieladam1545]

So do you put both copies of every card in 1 pocket? What do you do with your tons of knives?

[@PlayingBoardGames]

I do 2 knives per spot in the binder, so I get the pleasure of looking at a bunch of knives when I look at my neutral page.

[@danieladam1545]

@@PlayingBoardGames Do the pages for playercards have 9 or 18 bags?

[@williamskogen9895]

Cutting the rules at putting each page in a binder seems bad at first, but the more I think about it the more it makes sense.

[@blinxy511]

It's difficult for the first one, but once you commit you won't regret it.

[@goldcreeper7376]

21:44 instructions unclear, cut all of my investigator cards in half

[@anaphysik]

That's trauma for you. Makes you half the person you used to be.

[@tamasnemeth7659]

Question: travis told that he puts locations in clear and trecheries in black. How does he go in TFA and wxploration deck?

[@TribulationsSolo]

Diana may have a big deck but she draws a lot, right ? I haven't played her yet but as soon as Return to TCU is out I think I'll play her a lot ! I dislike Jenny because having no low skill means she has no high skill. I may play her a bit once I have the Return to TCU thanks to Well connected (3). I'm not fan of Joe Diamond: I think his hunch deck is best at 3/4 players and I very rarely play this configuration. For Mandy Thompson, in one hand I really enjoy her play-style but in the other there is a huge balance issue: if you don't use the taboo list she feels WAY overpowered, and if you do you it feels like the taboo list as been designed specifically to forbid you to play the cards the best suited for your deck ... I LOVE Tony Morgan ! I have played him a lot as the single fighter in my duos for TCU in "rich rogue" decks focused on firearms (with the Mauser) and I found him both powerful and fun to play. Skids ... I need to try him once with Ornate bow and Venturer but overall, each time I consider one aspect of him I thinks "well ... investigator A is better in this role". "When you play Jacqueline solo you don't lose". It's the first investigator I player in expert mode and it was fun. And still difficult enough. My own list (in no specific order): - Joe Diamond - Zoey Samaras (and most of the Dunwich investigators because of their deck rules) - Jenny Barnes - Rita Young - Skids O'Toole

[@bearhustler]

I could never afford to sleeve all these cards and I store them in plastic bags. I AM a savage 😁

[@PontusWelin]

Have you considered switching out the chaos tokens for cards? Makes it easier to see on stream and personally I just prefer drawing a card.

[@blinxy511]

I have some nice third-party token we use, and I don't think I'd personally want to be shuffling a pile of cards after every skill test.

[@Kvltmaster]

Can't recommend Sleeve Kings enough. I sleeve my entire Arkham and LotR collections in their 60 micron standard sleeves. They are perfect mid-range sleeves. I've been using them for years now and have never had to replace a single one. I understand that "shuffle-feel" is important for a lot of folks, but if you're on a budget, Sleeve Kings shuffle great (not quite like DS or Ultra-Pro, but still good).

[@John-lf3iu]

Top tip: don’t throw the coloured filler box from the return to boxes; glue them together and use them to store the unreturned sets.

[@drbasseri]

I hope-punch all my papers and cut the bindings so it's like 1 giant story book, with the odd-shaped deluxe boxes separating the campaigns. Now all we need is, "how to store LOTR card game"

[@danacoleman4007]

😂😂😂 boy, I really nailed that one!😂😂😂