Age and storage methods as well.
I made a terrible life decision…
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Talk like that is what gets librarians to remove people from the gene pool
kronovan
Adventurer
"Alphabetize or die!" That was the motto stapled to the shelves of our shared vinyl record and cassette tapes, when I was in college. 
I typically alphabetize, but I'm down to only 4-1/2 ft of shelf space for tabletop books. Which includes my TT miniature books, but they only occupy half a shelf. About 4 years ago I gave a good portion of my TT books and board game collection to my sons, since they were already borrowing them and being very casual about returning them. With only a small collection now, mine are organized by series and editions, which has worked well.
I typically alphabetize, but I'm down to only 4-1/2 ft of shelf space for tabletop books. Which includes my TT miniature books, but they only occupy half a shelf. About 4 years ago I gave a good portion of my TT books and board game collection to my sons, since they were already borrowing them and being very casual about returning them. With only a small collection now, mine are organized by series and editions, which has worked well.
Flying Toaster
Explorer
I started collecting the battle mats, map tiles, and pawn sets that Paizo makes for Pathfinder and Starfinder. Some of the older Flip-Mats and map tile sets have gone out of print and become hard to find, and some pawn sets are now unobtainable at any price except in digital form (PDF or VTT).
I see you have the Haunted House and Wasteland Flip-Mats, which have become particularly scarce. It took me a while but I managed to get those two from small hobby shops and independent book stores. Desert Ruins was another one that was very tough to find. I even have the coveted Ambush Sites Multi-Pack, which has never been reprinted for the Flip-Mat Classics line despite being used in a number of popular Pathfinder Society adventures. Noble Knight Games is pretty good for buying and selling rare RPG and war game accessories like these.
Now to actually get it together and run a real game...
I see you have the Haunted House and Wasteland Flip-Mats, which have become particularly scarce. It took me a while but I managed to get those two from small hobby shops and independent book stores. Desert Ruins was another one that was very tough to find. I even have the coveted Ambush Sites Multi-Pack, which has never been reprinted for the Flip-Mat Classics line despite being used in a number of popular Pathfinder Society adventures. Noble Knight Games is pretty good for buying and selling rare RPG and war game accessories like these.
Now to actually get it together and run a real game...
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GreyLord
Legend
That poor Edge of Empire Starter Set.
The only item on your shelf I don't think I've seen before was that Star Trek RPG box set. I've seen the books, but never knew they had a box set for the Star Trek RPG.
It may be that I really didn't start being interested as much in Star Trek (extras, such as RPGs and things beyond the show itself) stuff until after 2000, so rather late in my life.
The only item on your shelf I don't think I've seen before was that Star Trek RPG box set. I've seen the books, but never knew they had a box set for the Star Trek RPG.
It may be that I really didn't start being interested as much in Star Trek (extras, such as RPGs and things beyond the show itself) stuff until after 2000, so rather late in my life.
What can I say? That's a hella flimsy box. Some of those boxes have lasted 30 years, but that one managed a few months.
I used to buy them all, but stopped a few years ago. I was really keen on the Starfinder ones, as the TTRPG industry is so fantasy based. Fantasy battlemaps are available in the tens of thousands. I have scores of them, and in digital format I have hundreds--to the point where fantasy battlemaps are near worthless to me, they're so abundant. Sci-fi, much harder to find (which is exactly why we put 30+ poster sized sci-fi battlemaps in the Voidrunner's Codex box set).
Modern? Nigh impossible. They just don't exist. If somebody started making those, I'd be their first customer.
Yeah, it's really not meant as a box for storage. It also opens at one end and you have to "pour out" the stuff, rather than having a typical box lid. Very much a use-and-forget type of box.
