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<blockquote data-quote="Stormtower" data-source="post: 3862913" data-attributes="member: 43631"><p>I'll chime in with agreement for all the suggestions above. The plastic gallon bags work great on a budget, and the large storage boxes from Staples are a sweet option if you have some disposable income.</p><p></p><p>I've found my Dungeon Tiles work best when I divide first by size (a bit) and then by rough, broad categories of utilization, with my bags of tiles labeled thusly:</p><p></p><p>Dungeon Dressing (this is for statues, bookshelves, treasure, sarcophagi, etc.)</p><p>Water (tiles featuring watery terrain)</p><p>Alcoves (the ones with the half-circle architecture surrounded by darkness)</p><p>Doors</p><p>Stairs</p><p>Darkness (all the tiles with just darkness on the flip side)</p><p>Pits</p><p>Magic Effects</p><p></p><p>All of my 10x8 tiles are separated from the others and kept together. All the Wilderness tiles are also separated into their own container, regardless of size. I have two copies of each set (1-5) and this system is working great so far. Before I divided the smaller tiles into categories, I was constantly having to search for the most commonly used tiles, like doors and stairs.</p><p></p><p>Of course, YMMV with the precise categories and meta-organization style you choose to use, but I do recommend trying to sort them by some logical utilization categories. It makes things flow much faster. Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormtower, post: 3862913, member: 43631"] I'll chime in with agreement for all the suggestions above. The plastic gallon bags work great on a budget, and the large storage boxes from Staples are a sweet option if you have some disposable income. I've found my Dungeon Tiles work best when I divide first by size (a bit) and then by rough, broad categories of utilization, with my bags of tiles labeled thusly: Dungeon Dressing (this is for statues, bookshelves, treasure, sarcophagi, etc.) Water (tiles featuring watery terrain) Alcoves (the ones with the half-circle architecture surrounded by darkness) Doors Stairs Darkness (all the tiles with just darkness on the flip side) Pits Magic Effects All of my 10x8 tiles are separated from the others and kept together. All the Wilderness tiles are also separated into their own container, regardless of size. I have two copies of each set (1-5) and this system is working great so far. Before I divided the smaller tiles into categories, I was constantly having to search for the most commonly used tiles, like doors and stairs. Of course, YMMV with the precise categories and meta-organization style you choose to use, but I do recommend trying to sort them by some logical utilization categories. It makes things flow much faster. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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