My latest Dungeon Tiles storage solution

[jasonbostwick]

I store by theme. I have around 3-4 copies of each set since Ruins of the Wild, so it would be pretty cumbersome otherwise.

The tiles are in IKEA boxes by general theme (Dungeon, Dire Tombs, City, Wilderness, Caves).

Within these boxes, I have the tiles in Ziploc bags based on type.
So, within the Dungeon box, I have a bag of doors, a bag of stairs/ladders, a bag of furniture, a bag of weird elemental tiles, etc.
Tiles bigger than 4x4 are just free in the boxes - they're not too tough to sort through.

So far it has made it very easy to manage the tiles, both for prepping things in advance and improvising encounters at the table if things go differently than planned. We game in a fixed place in my house, so transport isn't an issue, but the tiles are stored well enough that it wouldn't be to tough to put the boxes in a back seat.

 

[Thanlis]

I like the idea of ziplocs by theme.

I'm currently using the Infile hanging boxes, btw -- Target sells them.

 

[weem]

Hmmm... I dig that setup... maybe just grab some of these now that I have an idea of how I can store these, hehe.

 

[Oryan77]

I really need to take pictures of my new setup. It is perfect.

I used ziploc bags but all the tiles bunch down at the bottom of the bag. It wasted a lot of space when storing the bags in boxes.

I got a bunch of those plastic containers that have individual slots in them with dividers that can be removed to make bigger slots. I used a razor blade to cut out some of the permanent dividers and created slots sized to fit each size tile. These plastic containers slide into a bigger carrying box with a handle.

My fingers were sore from all the cutting with the razor blade, and it took me about 2 weeks to create these (I have a lot of tiles). But man was it worth it.

 

[Oryan77]

I really need to take pictures of my new setup.

Ok, so I took a few pics. I also included a pic of how I store my minis

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

Very cool idea!

 

[buzz]

Oryan77, that's brilliant. Much better organized and more scalable than my solution.

Where did you get the containers? Namely, where did you get the bigger carrying box they slide into? That's really cool!

 

[Olaf the Stout]

They look like they could be Plano boxes, but I'm not sure. Either way, it looks like a great way of sorting and storing the Dungeon tiles. I'm still trying to figure out a way to store mine. That could be the answer. The question is though, is something like that available in Australia?

Olaf the Stout

Edit: Where did you get the container to sort the minis from? I'm relatively happy with my current minis storage set-up but there's always room for improvement!

 

[Oryan77]

Oryan77, that's brilliant. Much better organized and more scalable than my solution.

Where did you get the containers? Namely, where did you get the bigger carrying box they slide into? That's really cool!

After reading your first post in this thread, I liked your suggestion and went to Office Max to get some of those hanging storage cases. But those things are $5 a pop, and I figured I needed at least 16 of those to hold my tiles. I just couldn't afford that. Then I remembered that I had these cases sitting in my game room.

I got them from a fellow minis collector that sent me his minis recently. I planned to sell the cases on Craigslist since I had no use for them. But when I got home after leaving Office Max, I opened them up to see if cutting them up would work. It took me a few tries to figure out a good way to cut them up. I went through about 3 razor blades and ended up with sore fingertips. I won't kid you...it was a lot of work and rough on my fingers, but it was well worth it once I finished.

I don't know if anyone would want to go through that much trouble to make these. But I'll see if I can contact the guy that sent them to me and find out where he got them. I'll let you guys know what I find out.

 

[JustKim]

I recognize it. It's a Home Depot product. The brand is WorkForce and the product is called Small Parts Box. I didn't find it on the Home Depot website and it has been a few years so they might be impossible to find now.