That's right ladies and gentlemen, this is not just another Hobby Lobby box. Oh no it isn't. This is
my Hobby Lobby box. It's the Hoppy box, and it is very special. You want to know why? Because it looks the coolest. That's why. And coolness is everything. Those people in Antarctica must be the best people ever. But I digress. Onto the pictures (I apologize for their massiveness, but hey, the box deserves it).
So this is the box
Isn't that awesome? My girlfriend did that. She bought the box for me (knowing it was the one I wanted because she knows people who have it) and she thought hey, this box is too boring, it looks like everyone else's box. So she borrowed my woodburner and voila. I would like to add that this was pretty much the second thing she had woodburned and it turned out amazing.
For those of you who don't know what the hobby lobby box looks like, here's another view of it
And here's a picture of how I organize the box
Ok, it's not as fancy or organized as the AdamH's box, but it still works. Unlike AdamH and some other people on here, I use the bag method of organizing rather than organizing the cards alphabetically, I put each card in its own plastic bag
This way, you can reach in the box and snag 10 random bags and play with those cards. It does get a little annoying with young witch, but then you just pull the 11th card until you get one at the right cost. Really not that bad. It doesn't work if you want to play a specific kingdom, but I hardly do that anyways. But it can be done, just takes a while. Here's a better look at the cards:
You may notice there is something in with the cards. That's just a piece of cardboard. I use that to divide the cards that I have played with from the ones I have not. We play through all the cards before replaying any of the cards, that way they all see the table for an equal amount of time. It would be good to note that this is including all the cards through guilds sans promos. But I'm sure I could shove the promo cards in there if I really wanted them. This box has not been modified in any way as well. I took the two dividers that the box came with and stacked them in one slot and was able to fit all the kingdom cards behind those dividers. I'm not opposed to modifying, but this is easier and it works. And if I'm not mistaken, Spoemeister asked
here for a storage solution that did not require modification. This does require a screwdriver to remove an easel thing the box comes with, but apart from that, nothing. Also, my cards are sleeved with the normal mayday games sleeves (the ones advertised in the Dominion box) and it all fits fine.
For the basic cards:
They are in front of the kingdom cards and divided by some index cards. Yeah it's crude, but I haven't had time to make a more permanent divider or boxes for the cards. But this works for now. For the treasures, since the stacks are larger I have a folded index card that sticks out above them and allows you to lift them out of their slot.
For the tokens:
I use a bead container I found at Michael's (I believe AdamH uses a very similar system for his). It works excellently and even gives you little trays to keep the tokens in so you don't have to spew them all over the table. It holds all the Guilds tokens as well.
As for the other extra stuff, it all fits in the basic cards box (My girlfriend got me those too along with the box. She really is the best
This includes the mats, extra rats, madmen etc. Spoils are in with the other basic cards because they are used more often. I think the prizes might be there too, but not 100%, I don't have the box with me so I can't check.
Finally, I am able to keep another set of basic cards in the box in case I need to have 2 games at once. They just fit next to the token tube
So that's about it for my storage solution. It's quite simple and when you woodburn it, it looks fantastic (at least I think so). Thanks!
