Hot take: I think a lot of people are way too rough with their game boxes when they store them.

I was at a game night in Austin last week and saw a guy just shove his copy of Scythe back on a shelf, crushing the corner. He said 'it's just a box' but that drives me nuts. I've been collecting for about ten years and I've seen mint condition games from the early 2000s lose half their value because the box looks like it went through a war. It matters because a damaged box makes the whole thing harder to sell or trade, and it just feels bad to pull a beat-up game off the shelf. I store mine upright, like books, and use little foam blocks inside to keep the components from sliding and denting the corners. It takes two extra seconds. Has anyone else found a good, simple way to keep boxes from getting wrecked on a crowded shelf?

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taylor.william21d ago

Can I admit my foam blocks are just repurposed from an old couch I murdered?

owens.blair21d ago

Murdered a couch" is such a good way to put it. I once took apart a recliner and felt like I was performing surgery, but with more stuffing everywhere.

the_jessica21d ago

My couch murder, unlike @owens.blair's, felt more like a messy crime scene than surgery.