Board Game Shelves with Scott

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Scott Nicholson

Күн бұрын

Join Scott as he looks at three shelves from IKEA: BILLY, BESTA, and KALLAX from a board gamer's perspective.

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@FreshTillDeath56 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very very much for the advice even years later. I was pleasantly surprised to also discover you are one of the first KZfaqrs on the site! Hats off to the pioneers!

@stevenfranklin1124 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the money and effort you put into making my decision easier. Very informative and entertaining!

@pad92011 9 жыл бұрын

It is very nice to get a new Scott Nicholson video.

@wilsonw13 7 жыл бұрын

The internet loves your intro's and also thanks you for all your hard board game shuffling around work!

@joethirtle 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great video and many thanks for all your hard work, doing a great physical comparison of each set of shelves. Just the thought of carrying all of those games up the stairs had me out of breath! But thank you for your efforts it really was very much appreciated.

@jahniedez6834 9 жыл бұрын

I love your videos Scott! It's because of you that I've added some great games to my collection. Thank you very much for being you and for your love of the hobby! :-) Good luck with your new life in Canada! :-)

@SauraElanthier 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! We have a whole walk-in closet to store out board games, but we had no idea which shelves to get for them

@scottishzombie 7 жыл бұрын

Great video and thanks! I've been pondering a new shelving unit since I got into the hobby. Thanks for putting in all the work; very much appreciated.

@cedspectre1 9 жыл бұрын

Great video! I have been trying to come up with a choice on these 3 shelves and seeing the same games placed on each model like that really helps conceptualize how my collection would fit best.

@thankukorea 8 жыл бұрын

Hi Gregory ;) hope your adjusting to your new place and country... Thanks Scott for the review Im looking for shelves today and I was thinking about getting the Kallax so I came across this video. I actually thought you stopped doing videos. Glad to see ya back.

@Cris-du4ws 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, i really needed to see this. I'm planning an Ikea trip this weekend.

@thechriscormier 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott. This video was oddly fascinating for a video about shelves. I wish I'd seen this BEFORE I bought my Billy shelves. Good luck with the organizing! 8)

@Morn82 8 жыл бұрын

I like the kallax. I think it is very easy to put together.

@tennesseetexanhousewife5277 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for all the work you did in this video! This is exactly the video I was looking for :-) I am going to try to organize our board games and I have been trying to decide which system to get from IKEA. Thank you thank you thank you!

@lavvgiver 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for carrying 150 boxes upstairs for no reason. - The Internet

@MH44444 9 жыл бұрын

I never thought there was that much difference between those shelves until you moved the same set of games onto each one. Then the differences were very clear. Thanks!

@Letodan71 9 жыл бұрын

Watching this, it brings some nostalgia of the time you were doing your board game reviews!

@PauloRenato23 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the work you did carrying and storing those games for the video :)

@lerinlas 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Been curious about my shelving options. Thanks for putting this together.

@avj317 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome! What every gamer needs! I have the Kallax and it's working pretty well! Was hard to assemble tho but once it's up its good! Definitely need to secure to the wall.

@laughterismed 6 жыл бұрын

Came here from board game breakfast on Matthew Jude's recommendation. Fantastic vid, thanks for the info!

@Pozer714 6 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen a Scott video for years, literally. Good to see you again Scott.

@alanwesley598 3 ай бұрын

Scott is my new favorite person.

@RickKoeppen 9 жыл бұрын

Great video! I just moved my own collection. Getting the boxes and then actually moving them were the worst parts. I went with five 4x4 Kallax units and five of the 4x2s to stack on top. I didn't find putting them together myself too difficult but the left over space after filling them up with games is something that I came across as well. Right now I've just stuck slim card games in there but I want to eventually go over everything with a bit of reorganization.

@DUDEMIKE8 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott! This was a fun watch.

@tepidmunroe 9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Have a fantastic time in Canada. I've been moving with Billy cases for years now. As the board game collection has increased though things are starting to get tight!

@28green 9 жыл бұрын

I store my 100+ games in a small closet using two different sized Billy shelves (TTR-sized boxes on the large, Sheriff of Nottingham, San Juan, etc. on medium) and the GNEDBY CD rack for card games and small box games like Resistance and For Sale. Works quite well. Scott, I'd love to see your shelves once you have everything organized!

@IBAKaspian 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I have only been playing boardgames since January of this year. Good Lord! I did not realized they were so addicting. I'm already shopping around for shelving and your video helped a lot. Thanks again :-)

@Cadillacula 6 жыл бұрын

"Shimmer" is without a doubt one of the greatest pitfalls when it comes to carpentry.

@fiok4756 6 жыл бұрын

I'm currently moving to a smallish apartment in NYC and trying to figure out what to do with my board game collection (much smaller than yours, but I'm hoping to grow it). This video was super helpful. Currently learning towards Kallax. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and doing all that work for us!

@billlau9505 7 жыл бұрын

I used to watch Board Game with Scott when i was in school. (8 Years ago?) I have became a serious gamer / collector of my own now. Can't believe you are still making videos. You are one of my favorite reviewer of all time! Welcome back !

@biscottisunshine 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I am shopping for board game shelving and this helped me pick the one for me!

@jonathandavis4819 6 жыл бұрын

Great comparison, Scott. Neat tip about sewing elastic!

@marshalsea000 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott - been looking for help picking storage, and this (although about games) really helps... Vinyl and hardbacks are equally chunky.

@rebek18 7 жыл бұрын

Thank u for all the info and the extra time to make this video! Hi Gregory!!

@MarkClarkJr 9 жыл бұрын

For a real brief time in 2013/2014ish they had a Billy bookcase that was about 15 inches deep as well as the 11 inch deep ones that they only sell now. Other then the depth they were both the same height and width. We were able to get 3 of those and they are amazing for holding board games. Thanks for this video, between board games and my son's school stuff we're reaching the point where we're probably going to have to expand some more and it's handy to see what other options are currently available at Ikea.

@samaanthag Жыл бұрын

HI GREGORY!!! I was already enjoying this video, but now I REALLY love this video!

@jordanphilip5160 6 жыл бұрын

"Thanks internet" killed me 8:18

@Karadum 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. I ended up optimizing space and use an excel sheet to keep track of the game styles and locate the game in my Kallax matrix.

@YvonneAburrow 2 жыл бұрын

I had an Expedit for books and it was annoying when I wanted to organize my books by topic because they didn’t fit neatly into the boxes.

@Miller3492 4 жыл бұрын

fantastic video

@ksaarto 8 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks! I have Kallax and Billy in my house. I moved all games to Kallax, its way better since I have glass doors in Billies and so most of the games don't fit in. There are little doors available for Kallax, I use those to hide my card games, extra packs of card sleeves and such. Ikea also has boxes that fit in Kallax snuggly, those can be handy for smaller games and accessories as well.

@alicelafrance681 3 жыл бұрын

Very useful info. We have as many, if not more games that need to be stored...

@TheBerkeleyBeauty 7 жыл бұрын

I thought my family were the only boardgames nerds! This was a great video and SOOOO helpful. Thanx Scott!

@itsjustme3924 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. This was so helpful!!!

@BeyondSolitaire 7 жыл бұрын

I am moving right now, so this video was extremely helpful. Also, I very much enjoyed Gregory's cameo!

@jeroendriehuis1740 7 жыл бұрын

Great video Scott. We have a spare Billy (the half size one) and mostly Euro games, should work out perfectly.

@lajeit 3 жыл бұрын

This video is perfect

@markussagen3778 7 жыл бұрын

The video i was looking for! Great!

@amberhall1119 3 жыл бұрын

Super helpful! Thank you!

@lasivianleandros3558 5 жыл бұрын

I am really liking your videos. Thank you. :)

@josephpilkus1127 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding

@travelingpolicebox 5 жыл бұрын

We appreciate you Scott!!!

@HuckleberryStarfish 6 жыл бұрын

wonderful video! so helpful. (currently looking for shelves!)

@alnsubuga 7 жыл бұрын

Really helpful video! I've been trying to decided which system would be the best option for my (too) many books. I think I'll try the Kallax as it's more reasonably priced here in the UK than all the Billy bookcases I'd have to buy for the same storage space.

@blazingdan 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks. I know it doesn't matter to many people, but I also appreciate that back on the Besta in many situations from an aesthetics stand point. But the Kallax also has those well-fitted inserts which can be great for us OCD people too when something just doesn't look right in stacks. :) Anyways, my first Scott Nicholson video. Off to find more!

@wayner396 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I needed to see. So helpful. Once ikea opens again after the coronavirus I'll get me some kallax shelves. Thank you

@SallyJacksonFitness 7 жыл бұрын

So informative thanks Scott! X

@FlightTestDummy 2 жыл бұрын

I ended up going with the kallax. I drilled 5mm holes in all the vertical wood, and added lil shelf pegs splitting the shelf in half and in thirds (options for taller boardgames). Sure it there is wasted space, but no games are stacked or stored on their side. All happy games :)

@TheLauren1113 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this. I just redid my playroom and I am debating which shelf system I need for board games.

@MarkCMG 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@gprosch 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott! My only complaint is that this wasn't available 6 months ago ;-) I ended up going with the Kallax shelves and love them. I did buy another line at IKEA for my books and larger games (forget the name). I ended up buying the doors and drawer inserts for the smaller card games.

@Kipel7 7 жыл бұрын

Great video!! Thanks!!

@jsgbullseyetm 9 жыл бұрын

My first thought when I saw the video posted: "Oh my god!!! There's finally an IKEA in Western NY?!?!" Oh....

@varovaro1967 6 жыл бұрын

I have one important thing to add: THANK YOU!

@astropete100 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! This was excellent :)

@robertosswald5896 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video. I'm in the middle of reorganizing my apartment and find my Finnby (also Ikea's) shelves just too shallow for board games, and sticking out is not an option since the space is relatively crammed and someone (most likely: me) would bump into games constantly. Didn't know that Kallax 5x5 can have some dividers removed, I already considered Kallax for games but didn't know that. Also, for card games, if you don't have old cd racks, there's Ikea Gnedby (tall, VERY narrow and shallow shelf)

@blister4walken 5 жыл бұрын

I'm late to this...but just want to say this video was very helpful. I'm about to 'Kallax' half my house for storing games, books etc. I'm going to use the kallax inserts for smaller, loose items. Swedish storage wins the day.

@debbiecrispin 7 жыл бұрын

Thank u for sharing ! I'm getting some ..

@CDNChaoZ 9 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Canada, Scott!

@snowpuppy77 6 жыл бұрын

I am looking for record storage. Do not have very many board games but still enjoyed your video anyway. Such a nice job.

@maxduro 3 жыл бұрын

thank you!

@jwspiker 9 жыл бұрын

Scott, I highly highly recommend you search for a norrebo for game storage if you find it, there are some listings in CA from the looks of it for a used one.

@Ragelog 9 жыл бұрын

On behalf of my slice of the Internet, thanks for the overview. =)

@FlightTestDummy 2 жыл бұрын

I try very hard not to stack any of my games ontop of eachother. I currently have a closet with sliding doors and I have made a bunch of standalone shelves that each fit 1 game height (2 or 3 side by side). Keeping all games flat and none stacking. The problem is... that closet is now full :( And my overflow space for cheaper games is also full... It looks like the besta is the only one that can hold games like this, but Id pay alot for many extra shelves :( Oh well, thanks for the review. great info.

@gnomencandle 9 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Canada!

@Hapimeses 9 жыл бұрын

I just watched this from beginning to end. I'm surprised how informative and useful that was. I'm more surprised that I watched it all... Thanks, Scott Nicholson.

@AMilesDavis 9 жыл бұрын

expedit/kallax is also a big hit with people who have record collections, since the interiors are the perfect size for LPs. there's also a 2x2 version.

@Hapimeses 9 жыл бұрын

Sadly, there has been no records in my life for a long, long time. Games, on the other hand, are seriously needing some new homes.

@AMilesDavis 9 жыл бұрын

we have a lot of kallax all over the house. they hold games and tons of books. the 2x4 kallax is really nice for me when you put it down longways and then you've got a waist-high shelf space. we've got one like that as our entertainment center (tv on top, games & stuff in the boxes under). another nice thing about any kallax is you can get internal storage dividers: double-drawers, T-divider, and cabinet. so for smaller card games & such, you could turn one of those squares into two drawers or 4 smaller squares.

@m4ttz0r 9 жыл бұрын

Now if I only lived somewhere near a IKEA

@Hapimeses 9 жыл бұрын

Matthew Koelling Or had an awesome hat? Please tell me you saw the hat...

@Reubs1 3 жыл бұрын

The Dice Tower podcast brought me here.

@danielengel4593 3 жыл бұрын

Husband? I just bought 3 KALLAX and some dividers for the small card games (wine diver works perfectly fine with them). Sadly here in Europe they are only available in white.

@djuro20 7 жыл бұрын

i could use one billy shelf sets for my collection; sadly i have no room for that shelf

@jwspiker 9 жыл бұрын

really wish they still made the norrebo. by far the best though. pick it up if you find one

@DanLimbach 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent comparison of the IKEA storage options. Kind of like a good board game. No single optimal path to victory for any given set of variables. Players, er, people, must balance cost, flexibility, and ease of construction based on their specific situation.

@lodestonedavid 9 жыл бұрын

Billys have worked very well for me. I have nine in one room. Some have books. Some games. Some Both.

@cardflopper3307 3 жыл бұрын

All hail Gregory!!!

@ingaabramyan837 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video, I’ve never seen game collector video

@bartattack 9 жыл бұрын

What's this VCR you speak of?

@Luk3d4wG 4 жыл бұрын

Mark Rober reminded me of this video.

@otteydw 8 жыл бұрын

Was any of the three particularly more stable than the others? Any change of "wood bowing" ?

@avj317 5 жыл бұрын

I have a combination, I have the Kallax as my "Regular sized board game shelf" and a Besta for my smaller games. Do you have a way to store those little card games? You mentioned CD rack?

@heikkihegemon493 7 жыл бұрын

I like your videos!

@mlc4050 8 жыл бұрын

Great video. Where were you 3 years ago when I was researching this?

@andybourre1957 7 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Ontario.

@mirakles305 8 жыл бұрын

Hey There!! Gregory. Say hay to the Trailer park boys eh. Good day eh. You got your workout for the week all in one day. Love the black shorts with button top.

@HuckleberryStarfish 6 жыл бұрын

your voice has similar tones to David Lynch. which is awesome.

@silverfang6668 7 жыл бұрын

Buffy The Vampire Slayer!!!! They only made two of those. For years I've been wondering who bought the other one. :P

@OneBrokenDove 6 жыл бұрын

What kind of shelves? The ones I wanted are 180x180 cm

@egortilpunov691 7 жыл бұрын

Was that so hard, gosh who needs that funny stuff, in the beginning?!

@ScottNicholson 7 жыл бұрын

For 5 years, I did the first board game video series on KZfaq called Board Games with Scott. I started many videos with a funny intro, and it was something that many fans told me they missed when I didn't do it. So, who needs it? Fans of Board Games with Scott. Oh, and me. Given that I'm doing this for the fun of it, I do those things because it amuses me.

@egortilpunov691 7 жыл бұрын

Scott, don't take my previous comment seriously. I was just quoting you in the beginning of the video.

@otteydw 8 жыл бұрын

It didn't give m an option for the ad, or I would have let it play.

@ninjaijr 9 жыл бұрын

What Besta model/configuration number did you get... im looking at the ikea site but i do not see those tall versions... all are short... thanks for the video

@ScottNicholson 9 жыл бұрын

ninjaijr I know that their web products aren't always the same as store offerings - looks like 402.638.48 is the tall billy.