So sorry for your loss! I truly appreciate you sharing your story about Tinny. I had a similar experience with a cat that adopted our family when we moved into a new house and then passed right before we moved out. A cherished friend! For #QOTW, I used to store all horizontal, but I have started storing some games vertically because it's more space efficient with my current shelf setup. I try to only go vertical with games where the components won't get discombobulated.
Losing a best friend is probably the lowest feeling ever. We continue to make it through by seeing Google randomly bring up collages and Memories based on our past pooches. Having the memories, especially the ones you lovingly shared with us, are the way you survive times like this. Hang in there and play with the ones who want to fill in the space left behind. They know you need it.
QOTW - Aesthetically I like the way vertical stacking looks and the ability to grab a game without moving others above/below it. I tend to store new games shrink wrap vetically and most games opened horizontally. Anything in zip lock bags can handle vertical but trays and inserts means a messy open if not stored horizontally. So a real mixture, but I almost always have a game vertically face out at the front of the kalax for show and to hide any organisational mess behind it!
I am so sorry to hear about Tinny, Jeff…. They really are part of the family. Our little dog is 17 years old, and we know the inevitable is coming soon. I guess I’m comforted by the knowledge that we have given her a loving home, and that every day we have with her is precious. I shelve my games both ways. 😊 It depends on the game. Some are simply components in baggies, so they are fine standing up, but others would end up a nightmare of jumbled parts; so they get the horizontal treatment.
Very sorry to hear about Tinwald. =( But it was very heartwarming to hear and see pictures of the good times spent together. Those little four legged furballs really are companions for life. A quote I've heard that seems to ring true (at least for me), "The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude." And lastly, no amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat. And no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. He'll always be around in one form or another. Take care of yourself Jeff.
Sorry for the loss of your friend :( For QotW: The right way is horizontally. Only in exceptional circumstances (such as lack of shelf space) a board game box may be squeezed vertically beside other horizontal boxes. Also my small games are stuffed into a drawer haphazardly so that I can shut the drawer :)
Sorry to hear about Tinny, Jeff, they give us so much as companions and the goodbye days are the hardest. I know there will never be another Tinny but when you are ready new souls give us something new and unique. Hope you can work through this period okay, can fully understand the mental reluctance and we will be here when you are ready :-)
Hello My beautiful people Welcome back Jeff and I’m sorry for your loss. I’m so sorry I know how it feels a lost one of your friends, I lost one of my cats about 3 years ago and it took awhile, but I got a new cat a few months after and she’s one of the most amazing cats I have been friends with. I hope you get to heal soon. Cherish and remember your pal and his memories. Question of the week - I believe that any way you like its a good way to store your games. It just depends of how you like your games to look. In my head it looks kinda messy when they are storage horizontally it could be just me, and I believe that vertically makes a lot of more sense because of the time I spent at the library and all the time I blew with my friends alphabetically organizing their dvd and cd collection plus one of them is a librarian. We brought Letters dividers and we did the same with my board game collection plus my video game collection at home so in my head it make sense and it’s easier for me to get to things because they are alphabetized, plus if you stored games horizontally what happens when you put a heavy game in the bottom, you will have to hold the top stock while pulling the bottom game at the same time and pray that they don’t land with enough force that could shuffle the contents inside the top games, or viceversa, but like I said before that could be just me. I see my board game collection and I enjoy the looks and level of organization it has, and I know that anyone who has been in a library can find any game alphabetically in my board game library I’m proud of that, and it’s nice and lovely definitely tough to keep it like that, but worth it either way. Blessings Jon
Mostly vertical to make it easier to take games out and put them back. And, I like the "bookshelf" aesthetic. But, there's some horizontal games to fill in spaces here and there, and for some sections of games we don't play much or at all any more (but keep for sentimental reasons).
Having lost our two cats during the pandemic I know how hard that can be, took a few years for us to move beyond it and we just in the last month got two new kittens. Know sharing was hard but hope it helped, and so glad that you little guy found his human and had a happy long life.
QofW - We do both. Most are vertically, but some get a little too disheveled for my liking if we store them vertically, so they are put horizontally. Recently, as we have begun to run out of shelf space, I have begun to rearrange similar smaller sizes (Carcassonne size box, for example) horizontally to allow more boxes to fit on a shelf. (Greg hates it! He votes vertical all the way)
Mostly vertical, but there are definitely games with inserts that do not want to be put on their sides. Have you ever had someone at a game meetup grab one of these games, then flip it upside down to read the back? Oh, what fun!
QotW: I mix it up, both vertically and horizontally. Games in shrink tend to stay horizontal since I don't need to worry about components shifting. I have 2 or 3 gorgeous covers (Amazonia, Santa's Workshop, Destinies) are vertical and front facing. 90% are horizontal.
I stack both ways, depends on the game(s) and its contents. Some games, like Cthulhu DMD, I stack horizontal because I will typically pull the entire stack at once so horizontal is just easier for that. Also, sometimes the game doesnt have the best insert or organization and vertical would mess it all up. Other times, vertical is just easier to get a game out.
wiht the kallax i stack them how ever i can fit the most bits in, verticle is preferred but just not functional at all times. i tend to stack the narrower games vertically.
must have missed your PnP Q, i recently found an amazing PnP version of Glory to Rome, i'd printed it before at printer studio using some files I came across and a project, and recently found someone that traded me their PnP version of the game that is amazing. comes in shrink wrap and everything
So sorry for your loss! I truly appreciate you sharing your story about Tinny. I had a similar experience with a cat that adopted our family when we moved into a new house and then passed right before we moved out. A cherished friend!
For #QOTW, I used to store all horizontal, but I have started storing some games vertically because it's more space efficient with my current shelf setup. I try to only go vertical with games where the components won't get discombobulated.
Losing a best friend is probably the lowest feeling ever. We continue to make it through by seeing Google randomly bring up collages and Memories based on our past pooches. Having the memories, especially the ones you lovingly shared with us, are the way you survive times like this. Hang in there and play with the ones who want to fill in the space left behind. They know you need it.
QOTW - Aesthetically I like the way vertical stacking looks and the ability to grab a game without moving others above/below it. I tend to store new games shrink wrap vetically and most games opened horizontally. Anything in zip lock bags can handle vertical but trays and inserts means a messy open if not stored horizontally. So a real mixture, but I almost always have a game vertically face out at the front of the kalax for show and to hide any organisational mess behind it!
I am so sorry to hear about Tinny, Jeff…. They really are part of the family. Our little dog is 17 years old, and we know the inevitable is coming soon. I guess I’m comforted by the knowledge that we have given her a loving home, and that every day we have with her is precious.
I shelve my games both ways. 😊 It depends on the game. Some are simply components in baggies, so they are fine standing up, but others would end up a nightmare of jumbled parts; so they get the horizontal treatment.
Very sorry to hear about Tinwald. =( But it was very heartwarming to hear and see pictures of the good times spent together. Those little four legged furballs really are companions for life. A quote I've heard that seems to ring true (at least for me), "The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude." And lastly, no amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat. And no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. He'll always be around in one form or another. Take care of yourself Jeff.
@@yellolao I love those - thank you!
So very sorry for your loss Jeff!
Sorry for the loss of your friend :(
For QotW: The right way is horizontally. Only in exceptional circumstances (such as lack of shelf space) a board game box may be squeezed vertically beside other horizontal boxes. Also my small games are stuffed into a drawer haphazardly so that I can shut the drawer :)
Sorry to hear about Tinny, Jeff, they give us so much as companions and the goodbye days are the hardest. I know there will never be another Tinny but when you are ready new souls give us something new and unique. Hope you can work through this period okay, can fully understand the mental reluctance and we will be here when you are ready :-)
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Welcome back Jeff and I’m sorry for your loss. I’m so sorry I know how it feels a lost one of your friends, I lost one of my cats about 3 years ago and it took awhile, but I got a new cat a few months after and she’s one of the most amazing cats I have been friends with. I hope you get to heal soon. Cherish and remember your pal and his memories.
Question of the week - I believe that any way you like its a good way to store your games. It just depends of how you like your games to look. In my head it looks kinda messy when they are storage horizontally it could be just me, and I believe that vertically makes a lot of more sense because of the time I spent at the library and all the time I blew with my friends alphabetically organizing their dvd and cd collection plus one of them is a librarian. We brought Letters dividers and we did the same with my board game collection plus my video game collection at home so in my head it make sense and it’s easier for me to get to things because they are alphabetized, plus if you stored games horizontally what happens when you put a heavy game in the bottom, you will have to hold the top stock while pulling the bottom game at the same time and pray that they don’t land with enough force that could shuffle the contents inside the top games, or viceversa, but like I said before that could be just me. I see my board game collection and I enjoy the looks and level of organization it has, and I know that anyone who has been in a library can find any game alphabetically in my board game library I’m proud of that, and it’s nice and lovely definitely tough to keep it like that, but worth it either way.
Blessings
Jon
Mostly vertical to make it easier to take games out and put them back. And, I like the "bookshelf" aesthetic. But, there's some horizontal games to fill in spaces here and there, and for some sections of games we don't play much or at all any more (but keep for sentimental reasons).
Having lost our two cats during the pandemic I know how hard that can be, took a few years for us to move beyond it and we just in the last month got two new kittens. Know sharing was hard but hope it helped, and so glad that you little guy found his human and had a happy long life.
Also the answer for me is vertical allows you easier access to the games, but just like with gaming how you like, store how you like.
Oh man losing pets during the Pandemic must have been the worst. I'm so sorry!!!
Welcome back! Sorry to hear about Tinny!
QofW - We do both. Most are vertically, but some get a little too disheveled for my liking if we store them vertically, so they are put horizontally. Recently, as we have begun to run out of shelf space, I have begun to rearrange similar smaller sizes (Carcassonne size box, for example) horizontally to allow more boxes to fit on a shelf. (Greg hates it! He votes vertical all the way)
Glad to see Greg is - as always - the source of the problem... :)
Sorry for your loss
Mostly vertical, but there are definitely games with inserts that do not want to be put on their sides. Have you ever had someone at a game meetup grab one of these games, then flip it upside down to read the back? Oh, what fun!
QotW: I mix it up, both vertically and horizontally. Games in shrink tend to stay horizontal since I don't need to worry about components shifting. I have 2 or 3 gorgeous covers (Amazonia, Santa's Workshop, Destinies) are vertical and front facing. 90% are horizontal.
Sorry for the loss of your pet, Jeff. They leave us far too soon.
Too bad the Anno 1800 exp. is not coming to us in English. I really like it.
I stack both ways, depends on the game(s) and its contents. Some games, like Cthulhu DMD, I stack horizontal because I will typically pull the entire stack at once so horizontal is just easier for that. Also, sometimes the game doesnt have the best insert or organization and vertical would mess it all up. Other times, vertical is just easier to get a game out.
I stack my games correctly, although I do put some games vertically in front of a stack of horizontal games to enjoy the cover art.
wiht the kallax i stack them how ever i can fit the most bits in, verticle is preferred but just not functional at all times. i tend to stack the narrower games vertically.
Most games are horizontal. I prefer inserts (I often print my own) over bags and bands and horizontal keeps everything in place.
must have missed your PnP Q, i recently found an amazing PnP version of Glory to Rome, i'd printed it before at printer studio using some files I came across and a project, and recently found someone that traded me their PnP version of the game that is amazing. comes in shrink wrap and everything
Losing your familiar is tough...
QotW - i go both ways.