5 Tips to Store Oversized Board Games Successfully

What Makes It Difficult to Store Board Games?

Let’s not forget about the weight and awkwardness of large game boxes. Your Machi Koro and Aeon Trespass: Odyssey may experience mishandling due to improper storage. Nobody likes a crushed-edge Anachrony: Infinity Box in their collection. You can also face problems like:

• Boxes may warp and get crushed when you stack them the wrong way

• Large game components can break if you don’t protect them with storyfoam

• Bulky games take up more space than usual (Kallax takes as much space that otherwise can easily accommodate Xia & Rococo Deluxe)

• Finding areas with suitable temperature and humidity can be fairly difficult

• Damaged or weak box corners emerge from frequent lifting

• You risk losing small pieces and meeples if you don’t organize your board games the right way

• Heavy boxes are hard to transport & store without reinforced shelves/supports

But don’t worry; we have some amazing ideas for board game storage that just might work. You will get 5 tips that will help you store your large board games successfully now:

Choose the Right Place to Store Board Games

Let’s start with the basics! If you have Mage Knight Ultimate or Jaws of the Line to store, you need to find the right environment for these collections. This “environment” will be a cool & dry area that prevents warping, fading, mold growth, or other concerns. Keep in mind that direct sunlight can fade the artwork on your game boxes; humidity leads to warping.

If you have something as expansive as Ex Libris or Evolution: Climate, don’t throw them down your basement or up your attic; these areas have fluctuating temperatures that lead to high moisture levels. Instead, you should at least put your game boxes inside a closet. Choose a decent shelf space so your precious board games can rest easy. That’s how you can maintain the integrity of the cardboard and wooden components of your large board games.

For more tips on keeping your collection safe from dust, humidity, and sunlight, check out our detailed guide — 9 Practical Ways to Protect Your Board Games.

Store Oversized Games Vertically

Suppose you’re looking for a decent storage solution for your Too Many Bones (even their name suggests they’re hard to handle!). That’s when you’ll need BoxKing’s GamePillar to make sure that your good group board games are stored right away. Towers are the best way to keep your oversized game boxes safe from environmental elements. Also: 

• Don’t stack all your horizontally, since it can put pressure on the bottom boxes

• Your oversized game boxes should be positioned vertically on their edges (the same way you’d put your books on a shelf)

• Add foam inserts or customized supports inside boxes to keep pieces from shifting

Protect Game Components with Organized Inserts & Bags

Your cards, dice, tokens, and boards also need extra protection. Like A Feast for Odin. If you don’t store these games properly, shuffled cards can lose their edges; tokens start scratching each other; and meeples often get lost. That’s why you should:

• Use resealable plastic bags or custom foam inserts to separate and protect different components

• Sleeve cards to prevent edge damage and keep tokens in individual compartments or bags

• Labeling these storage bags or compartments speeds up setup and cleanup, especially for games with numerous pieces.

Now, doesn’t matter if you are trying to store your Antiquity or 18OE: On the Rails of the Orient Express, game components won’t suffer the usual wear & tear.

Reinforce & Repair Boxes as Needed

If you have life sized board games like Expedit or your Star Trek Ascendancy refuses to fit on the shelf, you should check out our storage ideas that double as game room decoration as well. Also, don’t forget to reinforce your boxes and repair them to keep your collection safe. What you need is a blend of:

• Maintaining Your Boxes: Proper upkeep can ensure that your boxes don’t have wear on corners, seams, lids, etc., over time.

• Making Simple Fixes: You should repair any tears or loose seams right away with clear packing tape.

• Keeping Your Boxes Secure: Use rubber bands or adjustable straps to keep all your boxes closed firmly without warping lids or damaged labels. This way, the contents of your game boxes won’t fall out of their containers.

Use Modular & Adjustable Storage Solutions

Want to keep your Santa Monica stored safely in your game room? Looking for a way to make sure that all expansions of your Pitch Car are good & accounted for? What you need is a stroke of customized storage. As your board game collection grows, adaptable storage becomes a necessity. Modular shelving adjusts to different box sizes to avoid cramped, damaged piles.

Boxking’s board game towers and BoxDuke 24 Shelves offer customizable compartments that accommodate oversized & oddly shaped boxes very easily. If you use these setups, you can keep your precious collections visible & accessible at all times, whether you need to keep your Inis somewhere or your Fireball Island becomes too large to handle. You can add storage as your library grows without losing the good looks of your game space. A win-win situation!

Find Unique Boardgame Shelving Options at BoxKing

Your oversized board games are treasures that provide hours of entertainment. But you also need to find ample storage space for them. That’s where BoxKing comes in! We offer modular shelving and vertical towers that keep your collection safe & always ready to play. Explore our premium storage options to protect and showcase your oversized board games beautifully and effectively. If you have large games to store, leave it to us to help you make enough room!