Father Greg is right, everything each player needs to start the game should be in one baggie or container so you can just give them the bag after they pick their color and you don’t need to mess with the other colors that no one is playing with. Doing God’s work!

Love a good insert (PARKS’ is heavenly!). Extra baggies throw me off every time, but the worst is no not having enough and having to rely on sandwich bags!

Hilarious - I also have a large ziploc bag full of other baggies of varying sizes. My m.o. for unboxing / punching out a new game is to grab my pocket knife and my “baggie” bag and see what’s up. Inevitably I end up swapping out larger bags for smaller ones. It brings my great joy when I find a use for larger bags. It would be nice if an “organization” page was included at the end of the manual detailed the optimal approach for packing the game away.

Baggies are great for player pieces and tiles that I want separated. My favorite storage solution are those small lidded plastic tubs that DollarTree sells in 10 count sets.the rectangle ones are easiest to fit in the game box. I love these, because you take them out , open them and everything is ready and organized on the table in less than a minute! I have purchased slightly larger ones that come 4 to a set occasionally if the regular ones are too small. I usually get everything to fit, and I rarely have to toss the factory insert either. 😃

I bought the Troyes insert and Boy Oh Boy! What a difference!!! I used to scoff at inserts as being a waste of money. But they REALLY make setting up and tearing down a game sooo much faster and easier. I'm a believer now! They REALLY help bring games to the table more often.

Oh man, I hate baggies in games as a general rule. I love a well designed insert where I can just pull it out, set it on the table and go. Favorites are Game Trayz, Game Foundry, and Folded Space. I've also made my own designed foam core inserts for The Grand Carnival.

I hate baggies! Early on in my board gaming hobby I stumbled across a post on bgg featuring someone's custom foam core insert and I was inspired to create my own. Since 2017, I have created close to 50 foam core inserts for my games and friends games. They are created to make setup easier, store vertically, and contain all expansions in the base box. There are times I enjoy making an insert more than I do playing that game 😊

I think I've removed maybe one insert. Unless it's a really good insert, I would much rather it be sent with lots of baggies and then I don't have to go through the struggle of deciding on whether or not to keep the insert. And you have to put each colour in a seperate bag so it's all neat and organized.

I actually enjoy organizing my games. My goal is to make setup as quick as it can. I do this because I play a lot of solo games, and I know that a long setup is big mental hurdle for me, and I just won't play the game. I often using clear deck boxes (Burger Tokens are the best value) and small plastic containers (Dollar Tree 10 for $1.25) for organizing as long as they all fit in the box. The insert usually gets tossed, but I hate throwing away boxes for expansions when I combine boxes; I currently have a 5 foot tall stack by my game table....

So I love organizing everything in little baggies HOWEVER, I love a good insert. I bought a 3D printer partially to print custom inserts/game trays. As long as setting up and packing up after play is fairly easy, I'm flexible. (I too keep replaced inserts and expansion boxes!!!)

Fishing tackle boxes are great for organizing games with a diversity of chits and tokens. It makes it easier to get games to the table.

For the most part I try to work with the insert I have. I bag things separately. I do bag cards. I have a bunch of different sized baggies I can use. Interesting discussion!

Primarily, I use baggies for most everything and toss the insert. However, I have found that vinyl non adhesive tape (Hugo's Amazing Tape) works fantastically for cards if I do want to keep the insert. I still bag other components and put them in the wells of the insert.

My box organization style mostly centers around setup. When I first organize the box, if I haven’t played the game I try to at least learn enough about setup and maybe some gameplay to organize. My ideal would be if every game had a wonderfully organized insert with lids that was just how I liked, but that almost never happens. (Parks is the only one that comes to mind). Since this isn’t the case, I mostly make sure that each player can start with a bag or box of what they need to set themselves up. (I try to even have any starting resources and such in their bags, stuff like that). Then any cards that do separate things or will be in different piles will be sorted as such. Though I am one of those horrible people that uses rubber bands. I’ve never had a problem, I’m careful, but I understand that’s a cardinal sin to some people. Lol. Then resources and what not, I’ll do separate bags if I need to, but my ideal is little containers so they can just be opened and set up. I try to keep a decent stock of dollar store containers in small sizes. And I guess that’s pretty much it. I do label bags on occasion when I think it’ll matter to setup. So stuff like expansions, so they don’t have to be mixed in.

Baggies are the worst for setting up and tearing down. It takes way too long to open all the bags and pour things out on the table. I much prefer well done organizers where you can just put trays out on the table, hand out player trays and get started. I pretty much bought a 3d printer just to design my own inserts that help speed up setup and tear down.

And the reason I label my bags is because sometimes I get to the end of putting things away and I have larger components left and only a small bags…meaning I missed the bag that the larger components were suppose to go into. Once you label…this problem goes away.

SureFresh 2.3 oz spice containers. Work as storage and bowls for play. Just open up et voila! There’s only $1.25 for a ten pack.

Also, what is your worst insert ever? The Barenpark insert would definitely get the prize from me. It makes no sense at all.

I hate baggies. I like inserrs or little individual bead containers arw my favorite. They make set up so much quicker, making me much more likely to play.

No INSERT. None. Notta. Zlich. Labeling Bags is good enough. Ixnay the inserts. Toss all inserts and use baggies. I even tossed the Parks insert (as it didn’t fit the expansion and I like to have the expansion with the base game).

I like a good insert or a bunch of baggies in a box. Mediocre, generic inserts go in the garbage.