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?
Horizontal of course, we are not savages!
Horizontal keeps the games better organized, but vertical keeps the shelf better organized.
The problem with horizontal is that the cardboard of the boxes on the bottom of the piles will eventually bend and tear over time. Permanent damage is worse than jumbled components so I think the concensus is vertical is best.
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)
Vertically. Pieces don’t get jumbled because everything is bagged well. You can buy a box of hundreds of bags on Amazon.
