I always see pictures of people’s collections with boxes stored vertically on their edge. Looks nice, but when I do this the pieces inside tend to get jumbled around.
What’s the general consensus on the best way to arrange boxes on the shelf?
I always answer ‘tetris’ to this. Whatever maximises shelf space
Horizontal keeps the games better organized, but vertical keeps the shelf better organized.
The true way is modular shelving so you are eable to store them horizontally but each has their own shelf so you can take them out easily and no stress is on the bottom boxes.
The only one I’m aware of is a Kickstarter solution called LaxRax (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloudpunchergames/lax-rax-the-board-game-shelf-insert-for-ikea-kallax)
Horizontal, I have my games to play with, not for decoration. I don’t mind a little scuffing or denting of the box, and it never damages it so much that the box doesn’t function as a box. And then the upside is I don’t have to reorganize everything every single time, and I don’t have to keep them packed in there to avoid them falling over
Horizontal of course, we are not savages!
