How do you store your gaming things?

[Elf Witch]

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?

 

[Thunderfoot]

One of the things I hated about the "new" format used back in 2end edition was the absence of 3-ring binder holes in the modules. Was a great way to store them.

That being said, magazine binders, those boxes that allow you to store magazines upright on a bookshelf are a pretty good way to do this. And depending upon the number you have, you can number the binders, and then create an index so you know where any module is at anytime. Yes, very librarian, but it works. They work well for box sets too.

Another thing I've seen used for box sets is those large binder bands (think rubber bands that have less elasticity so less corner/edge stress).

I like your floss box idea - I use fly tackle boxes to the same effect.

Another possible module storage device would be hanging folders and a filing cabinet/drawer.

 

[Oryan77]

I just stick them on a bookshelf like normal. My shelves are only about 2 feet wide (I have 2 of them), so I am able to fit enough books on the shelves so the shelf is full enough not to allow a book to tip over.

My D&D magazines are there too and they sort of lean to the side since they are not sturdy enough to stand straight. Besides that, the only thing that I don't like is that I have to pull the thin adventure books out just to find a certain title since there is no text on the spine to read.

 

[Yora]

I have all my 6 books on the shelf, and there's even some space next to them for my bag of dice.

 

[kitsune9]

I currently have them in a bookshelf in the garage. The miniatures and dice are in containers. When my kid is born and he / she learns to crawl and walk, I'm going to have to lock all that stuff up or put them in boxes (particularly the minis and dice as I don't want them to get into the little one's mouth).

 

[Thunderfoot]

<SNIP> (particularly the minis and dice as I don't want them to get into the little one's mouth).

That's why you get them the large fuzzy dice and stuffed monsters. Doesn't completely deter them, but even at a young age they can understand that if their toys look similar to your toys, why bother.

/Not that I advocate lax parenting, just a tip from an old hand (mine are 24 and 18) to help ease the modern "lock and key" method of parenting. Good luck, you're going to need it. /

 

[DragonLancer]

My books either go on shelves or in those cheap plastic storage cases.

 

[Thunderfoot]

I have all my 6 books on the shelf, and there's even some space next to them for my bag of dice.

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

 

[Zelda Themelin]

Books go to shelves. Magazines in boxes for upright storing mostly or shelves too. Boxed sets are mostly stored inside closet. Another side is filled with clothes rather unruly and other side is devoted for boxes and various binders and things I didn't find room to put into shelves.

I have lot of of shelves and still it seems I am running out of room all the time. I always liked books and comics. And you can certainly see it if you walk inside my house.

 

[khantroll]

My books are on shelves, except for whatever my current game is. Those books are in the plastic/padded "notebook" compartment in my gaming bag. Modules are stored in large magazine bags in magazine boxes. Magazines are the same way, but in different boxes. Boxed sets are stored in the "horizontal book" format.