Aside from designing games, I also design inserts and boxes for other games. Typically done for storage and organization, these inserts and boxes help to keep the games organized and get them to the table faster and easier.
Railroad Tiles Bits Boxes
Railroad Tiles recently released and I wanted to organize some of the parts to be a little quicker for set up and storage. The easiest solution was a couple of boxes for the point tokens and the standard pawns. Each box has a sliding lid to keep it shut, but also displays what pieces are inside the box.
The print files for these can be found at Printables or Thingiverse.
Ark Nova Laser Cut Insert
Slightly before the Marine Worlds was released I designed this insert for Ark Nova. Luckily the expansion parts still fit inside here, though it hasn’t been optimized for the expansion. It also doesn’t fit sleeved cards, but it does help with quick set up and keeping things organized at the table.
You can find the files at Thingiverse.
Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn Laser Cut Insert
Ashes is one of my favorite card games and after they relaunched the series, I wanted a better way to store and organize all the different decks I’ve acquired. I designed this insert for 3 mm plywood to be laser cut. It features room for 18 decks, two dice trays, a tray for tokens, and a tray to hold all the dice in the game. Files are available on Thingiverse.com.
I’ve made a smaller version for just the smaller expansion boxes to store six more decks. That can be found at this link.
Project L Insert
I picked up the Kickstarter copy of Project L, but missed out on getting the GameTrayz storage for it. So to keep all the expansions and such in line, I put together this 3D printable insert. It stores the coins all in one section, all of the finesse tiles in their own rows by letter, and then the tiles go in their own slots. A general large box can be used to either store the pieces on their own or I tend to put them in the storage bag inside the box. Primarily it’s there to keep the other components in place.
This project does need a slight update now that the last couple promo materials from the Square One campaign are out, but I haven’t had the time to reassess the design yet. You can find these files at Thingiverse or Printables.
Queendomino Insert
To save shelf space, I designed an insert to consolidate Kingdomino, the Age of Giants expansion, and Queendomino all into the Queendomino box. It’s a tight squeeze but it all fits. I did have to exclude the tower from Age of Giants but I’m not personally concerned about that. The files can be found at Printables or Thingiverse.
Note, if printing this, there’s a 5mm gap in the design where things may fall loose. I solved this by cutting a sheet of foam core to fit into the bottom of the box. There’s also an extra 20 mm gap under the pawn tray to get them to sit flush with the top which can be solved with more foam core.
Love Letter (2019) Box
I didn’t like that the bag for Love Letter doesn’t conveniently fit into my game shelf with all the other boxes. So I made one. This is for the 2019 version with discs for scoring rather than the earlier one with cubes. The files can be found at Printables or Thingiverse.