Emily Parker

Picture this. You pull out a beloved game from your shelf and notice the box lid no longer sits flat. A musty smell hits you. The cards stick together and the game board has slight waves along the edges. This is moisture damage, and it is one of the slowest, most common threats to any … Read more

I lost a 70-hour playthrough of a long RPG because I trusted a single cloud save that never synced. That gut-punch taught me that legacy and campaign games need extra care when you pause them mid-run. If you’ve ever dropped a game for three months and worried about whether your progress would survive, this guide … Read more

Learning how to organize a board game shelf so guests can browse and pick easily turns a quiet shelf into the centerpiece of game night. I host around two game nights a month, and the moment a guest walks over to the shelf and pulls out a game on their own – without asking me … Read more

I have moved my board game collection three times in the last six years. The first time, I lost a corner on my prized ticket to ride anniversary edition and shattered the insert on a rare miniatures game. That is when I got serious about packing. If you are staring down a wall of 50, … Read more

I learned this the hard way when my daughter pulled a copy of Gloomhaven off an IKEA KALLAX and watched it hit the floor, box corner first. After spending an hour cleaning up scattered cards and crushed tokens, I spent the next weekend figuring out how to childproof a board game shelf so it never … Read more

I learned this the hard way when I brought home a copy of Twilight Imperium and discovered it would not fit anywhere in my apartment. The box was 16 inches long, 12 inches deep, and roughly 4 inches thick. My standard bookshelf, the one I had used for every other game in my collection for … Read more

If your board game collection has outgrown its shelf, you have probably already lost a game at the back of a deep closet. I built my first rotating game shelf after watching three of my favorite strategy titles sit unplayed for an entire year because they were stacked behind twenty other boxes. This guide walks … Read more

If you have ever sat down to play a game and spent fifteen minutes sorting resource tokens instead of actually playing, you are in the right place. Our team has been organizing tabletop game components for years, and we have tested every method from dollar store containers to custom 3D printed organizers. Learning how to … Read more

Board games have a way of multiplying. You start with three or four favorites, and before long your collection fills an entire closet with boxes stacked on top of each other in a wobbly tower. If you are tired of pulling out six games just to reach the one you actually want to play, you … Read more

A custom foamcore insert turns a chaotic box of cards, tokens, and miniatures into a tidy setup that pops open ready to play. If you’ve ever spent ten minutes hunting for a single cube before game night, building your own foamcore insert for a board game is one of the most satisfying weekend projects you … Read more