How do you store your gaming things?

[Yora]

6 books? I have 6 full-sized shelves worth of stuff.

But is all the stuff worth having?

 

[Thunderfoot]

But is all the stuff worth having?

In a word - Yes.

 

[Elf Witch]

I like the idea of magazine holders for the modules and the thin paperback books.

I also like the idea of numbering them with an index system to be able to find them easily.

I store my gaming magazines in magazine box like I use for my comics. I thought about doing that with the modules but because of my back I would find it difficult to deal with it on a regular basis.

I laughed at the only 6 books. I have three book cases filled with gaming stuff and I really need another case.

 

[DMKastmaria]

The magazine holder idea sounds good. I just rely on knowing "about" where everything's located. But, last night I "lost" my JG Ready Ref Sheets and had to start pulling handfuls of stuff off the shelf, in order to find it.

 

[Elf Witch]

The magazine holder idea sounds good. I just rely on knowing "about" where everything's located. But, last night I "lost" my JG Ready Ref Sheets and had to start pulling handfuls of stuff off the shelf, in order to find it.

My shelves are pretty organized. I separate things by games and then in each game section I separate by edition and then further separate by rule books, campaign settings, modules and adventure paths.

But even with that the small thin stuff tends to be hard to find it is hard to read what is on the spine.

Of course sometimes I swear something is not on the shelf. The other night I was looking for the magic item compendium and I couldn't find it. So I thought my roommate must have it, She said no and I argued that it was not on the shelf. She came over and it was right where it belonged.

 

[Alzrius]

In regards to boxed sets falling open when stood up, I find that this isn't an issue if they're packed so densely on a shelf (either with books or other boxed sets) that they don't have enough space to fall open.

 

[Sebastianelgar]

I keep my Dragon magazines and old adventures in hanging files in a couple of filing cabinets, the boxed sets stacked in an old wooden chest, the minis in rubbermaid containers and the books on bookshelves wherever I can find room.

 

[David Howery]

I don't have near as much gaming stuff as I used to, but what I have left is stored in various ways. Books and boxed sets (with rubber bands to keep it all together) stored upright on shelves, modules and magazines in magazine boxes... and miniatures in a vast assortment of foam lined boxes (I got a whole pile of empty ones from Grenadier back in the day... remember them?), floss container boxes, ornament storage boxes, shoe boxes (for the big dragon ones), empty candy boxes... basically, anything I could find way back then..

 

[Hippy]

My storage of my gaming things is just not working for me.

I have everything on bookshelves which is fine for the books. But the box sets tend to fall open if I put them in like a book and if I lay them on their side they take up a lot of room.

Also the thinner modules and things tend to get lost if I store them like books. By lost I mean I have a hard time locating them on the shelf.

The only thing that works is my miniatures which I store in floss containers to separate types and then I store the floss containers in a bigger storage box.

So I am looking to pick your brains on a better system.

So how do you store your gaming supplies?

I have book cases and cabinets and file folders for the actual storage. I use Microsoft OneNote as my database for indexing of all my materials. Love this! It is by far the best application they have ever developed (I know...insert your own MS quip here ) Seriously if you have not tried it look into it. At any rate, I use my own numbering code to catalog all my materials (I have a lot of PDF material on CDs). That way I can find whatever I want with a quick keyword search and then know right where to find it! I started this method three years ago and it was the best decision for organizing myself I think I have ever made.

Cheers!

Hippy

 

[IronWolf]

Shelves for me. I have what would be called a small RPG collection in comparison to some of the others here. But books go on shelves with some organization by system for the most part. I also have a plastic bin for some of the loose things like dice bags, flip mats, alea tools tokens, certain minis, etc.

My collection probably spans two book shelves at the moment. The books that I feel I need more immediate access to upstairs and the other in the basement in my pseudo office area.