Just got the Wessex and Upstairs Downstairs expansions in the mail. Have everything sleeved and was able to pack it nicely. It’s a dream! Thanks for the great game.
Brilliant! I've been anticipating owning this game for over a year now. It appears well worth the wait instead of picking up a used copy of the 1st edition!
I’m looking forward for my copy to arrive. I really appreciate the email and resources you included in it. Also, hearing how proud you are of the game makes me even more excited to play.
Really appreciate the video, helped me to pack my copy away nicely. I need to get more tidying band for the cards as just using sandwich bags for the moment
Hey Dan, just wanted to give you an update on how I reboxed my sleeved cards game. First note that if you use Mayday Premiums, the box will lift slightly. I tried. I then changed to the slightly thinner Sleeve Kings sleeves and it was a better compromise and the box fits perfect. First just like you, I fill the family boxes with the appropriate tiles, servants, and help cards and family cards. Next the Wessex Box I fill with the family board. Next the Useful Box I fill with the solitaire cards, duplicate gentry cards, all extra player help cards, builder's market board extension which is not used, 1 set of objective cards that I don't use (from base game), the larger sized VP and courtship cards, the duplicate building tiles, sleeved promotional gentry cards. Any knick knacks leftover. Unless otherwise indicated, all cards I kept unsleeved to save space. Note any extra cloth bags I took out of the box as there is no space. (Since I am not planning to play solo, I didn't sleeve my solitaire cards, but if you do play Solo, you can probably sleeve it and put it in this box or even with the rest of the gentry cards in the big blue box. Next the first big blue box I fill with the tile and the objectives deck, sleeved with Sleeve Kings 43x65mm. Then put all the building times in the box.. it should just fit all perfectly. Next the other big blue Box, I fill with all of the Gentry cards sleeved with Sleeve Kings 56x87mm. (You can also use Mayday premiums but this will make the box bulge a little. 2 stacks on the box.. Then on the empty end I put the small VP and courship cards which I place inside a small zip bag. Then all the servants I put in the smaller cloth bag and put it the remaining available space on this box. I put the Useful Box and Wessex Box at the bottom of the box.. then on one side the 6 family box, the other side the 2 big blue boxes, and in the middle I put 4 organizers. I put the 5th organizer on the left/right end of the box. The coins I put in a zip bag and I slip it into the space available between the two big blue boxes. I put the score pad, cloth bag, and smaller instructions on the side with the family boxes and that will bring it flush with the big boxes. Then on top goes the bigger game boards and instruction book. Hope this helps. For this project you will need 1 pack Sleeve Kings 43x65mm sleeves and 2 packs Sleeve Kings 56x87mm sleeves.
By the way, can you help to let us know of all the promotional gentry cards, which you can recommend to go into the main deck. And which ones are too unbalanced and should not be used on every game. You mentioned that you will discuss this in one of your future videos but I did not see the video that does go into detail about the promotional cards.. or maybe I missed it.??
Another in a growing list of Thank You's from me. I just tried to pack my stuff in the box (all promos and expansions and failed. This video did the trick.
Wow indeed! I know game designers spending weeks to came out with a box that can fit all the components and didn't make it such a great job like you did! Excellent work Dan!
Thank you for this video! Only have base and Wessex but this helped me store things MUCH better. Especially the Organizational things and player boards. Now my boxtop sits... almost snug. A few more tweaks will get it right (I really want to keep all the tiles in the bag between plays, except for monuments obviously)
I just ordered the 2nd edition of Obsession with all the expansions on Amazon because of 3 videos - this one (I was afraid all the expansions wouldn't fit in one box and how it would all be organized freaked out my OCD, pleased that it all fits nice and neat), the awesome review from @thinkerthemer (my new CZcams gem), and the 2 player play through with @antlabgames (excellent play through as always). Can't wait to play this game and teach my mom. She loves Downton Abby! Thank you for making such a thematic euro!
Are not @thinkerthemer great? I don't say that just becauseThemer lovers herself some Obsession, but their magnetic personalities just shoot through the screen! Thanks for the kind words! Don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
Oops, I threw out my Wessex box already, but that's okay, I put the family boards on top of the boxes, and the game boards on top of that, then then books. Things do indeed fit very well! Well done! (I'm so looking forward to getting the Upstairs, Downstairs expansion!)
There are folks who do it. Check out this thread: boardgamegeek.com/thread/2588602/article/37004634#37004634 There are other threads about sleeving on BGG you can search on.
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If you have all the expansions but still just want to play the base games, can you still play with any of the six families? Or do you need to stick to the 4 first ones?
I do not believe the cards will be an issue. I did not use a good portion of the shelf space, which is where the meeples (in the bag) and coins could go. The tile bag could tuck nicely on one side of the boxes (between the boxes and the right edge of the main box). That leaves a whole purple box for cards; in the video, the cards take up less than 1/2 of that space. If sleeving doubles the volume of the cards, it will still comfortably fit. The tiles will be trickier, and I think that the tile sleevers will have to probably use the family storage boxes--which have a lot of unused space--for holding tiles.
I can't seem to get my organizers to fit in between the house boxes and the purple boxes. Four is the limit. Five seems impossible without scuffing the strips. Ideas?
I haven't had this issue, and I tested it quite a bit. Are you sure the purple boxes are oriented in the right direction? They are not perfect squares...the two diamond symbols have to be close to each other (see czcams.com/video/4lTvQ7iw52g/video.html). If they aren't aligned, then it might not fit!
I'm in the same situation, 4 fits, but not the fifth. It's the Wessex box that's the issue, not the purple boxes. It's easy to fit the fifth divider on the side in the other direction though, so it's really not an issue...
@@niklasdahlen5921 I did not design the organisers to fit in the gap WITH the Wessex expansion. I designed it without. Because some folks asked, I tried mine with and it worked, but that was luck. I should have made this clear in the video.
@@kayentagamesdanhallagan856 Since the last of the organisers fit in the other direction, it's not an issue at all for med, just strange that it doesn't work fit the same way for me as for you. But evertyhing does fit (unless you sleeve the cards :)), and that's excellent. Great job, both on the game and the "inserts"!
I removed the lid of the Wessex box to get the organizers to fit. You really don't need it to keep the player boards securely in place because the two large purple boxes fit nice and snug and keep them in place
No, the 2nd edition base game. I did not send those to you for your upgrade because they would not fit in your 1st edition box, but the family boxes do.
I am not a sleever, but by all accounts they fit: boardgamegeek.com/thread/2482713/article/36349159#36349159 and boardgamegeek.com/thread/2792451/do-you-sleeve-your-cards/page/1
Someone just mentioned it on BGG. Hugo's Amazing Tape: www.amazon.com/Superior-Threads-Hugos-Amazing-Tape/dp/B07ZWG4QMY/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3FG4BT5A0WFE8&dchild=1&keywords=hugo%27s+amazing+tape&qid=1600114242&s=arts-crafts&sprefix=HUgo%27s+%2Carts-crafts%2C172&sr=1-3
@@kayentagamesdanhallagan856 wow this gmae is stacked! what a great way to keep the game clean orga and save ! even the box of this game is fuckign awesome !
Its called bondage tape. Yes, that kind of bondage. If you perfer to keep you search history PG then there is another tape that is more expensive called Hugos Amazing tape.
Apologize for the delay, I was on vacation. I never made metal coins. The ones you'll see in my videos are Nanty Narking coins, which are the perfect coins for the game, so I didn't tackle that project. You should be able to find them online.
Sleeved cards will fit. I think there will be a question of fit for those sleeving tiles. I have no doubt the cards will fit all comfortably in one purple box (the coins and meeple bag would get moved to the shelf), but sleeved tiles may not stand up in the purple box. I have never seen a sleeved tile, so I wasn't able to test that. I am confident, though, that there's enough room OVERALL for both. The one concession a tile/card sleever might have to make is to use the family boxes for storage (rather than family setup). There is a lot of room that goes unused in those boxes.
@@kayentagamesdanhallagan856 i can't wait so long 😉. My Wife and a good friend of me can better english than i. I hope that enogh to enjoying your game. 😎🖖
Just got the Wessex and Upstairs Downstairs expansions in the mail. Have everything sleeved and was able to pack it nicely. It’s a dream! Thanks for the great game.
You are welcome!
Brilliant! I've been anticipating owning this game for over a year now. It appears well worth the wait instead of picking up a used copy of the 1st edition!
This is a very useful video. Thanks for making it. I got everything and I'm loving the game very much!
I am so glad that I did the late pledge, we cannot wait.
I’m looking forward for my copy to arrive. I really appreciate the email and resources you included in it. Also, hearing how proud you are of the game makes me even more excited to play.
Thanks! Email me at hallagan@kayentapublishing.com, and I will send you some tips for getting started with your copy.
A thing of beauty, Dan. It's going to sit prominently on my shelf!
Very nice! I'm glad it worked out!
I cannot remember the last time I opened a game box and went WOW! Very nicely done, indeed!
Thank you!
Really appreciate the video, helped me to pack my copy away nicely. I need to get more tidying band for the cards as just using sandwich bags for the moment
Glad it was useful! Be careful with the bands. I hear of reports that poor quality ones can damage cards.
Kudos! You were clearly at one with the universe!
Looks amazing. Well done.
Hey Dan, just wanted to give you an update on how I reboxed my sleeved cards game.
First note that if you use Mayday Premiums, the box will lift slightly. I tried. I then changed to the slightly thinner Sleeve Kings sleeves and it was a better compromise and the box fits perfect.
First just like you, I fill the family boxes with the appropriate tiles, servants, and help cards and family cards.
Next the Wessex Box I fill with the family board.
Next the Useful Box I fill with the solitaire cards, duplicate gentry cards, all extra player help cards, builder's market board extension which is not used, 1 set of objective cards that I don't use (from base game), the larger sized VP and courtship cards, the duplicate building tiles, sleeved promotional gentry cards. Any knick knacks leftover. Unless otherwise indicated, all cards I kept unsleeved to save space. Note any extra cloth bags I took out of the box as there is no space. (Since I am not planning to play solo, I didn't sleeve my solitaire cards, but if you do play Solo, you can probably sleeve it and put it in this box or even with the rest of the gentry cards in the big blue box.
Next the first big blue box I fill with the tile and the objectives deck, sleeved with Sleeve Kings 43x65mm. Then put all the building times in the box.. it should just fit all perfectly.
Next the other big blue Box, I fill with all of the Gentry cards sleeved with Sleeve Kings 56x87mm. (You can also use Mayday premiums but this will make the box bulge a little. 2 stacks on the box.. Then on the empty end I put the small VP and courship cards which I place inside a small zip bag. Then all the servants I put in the smaller cloth bag and put it the remaining available space on this box.
I put the Useful Box and Wessex Box at the bottom of the box.. then on one side the 6 family box, the other side the 2 big blue boxes, and in the middle I put 4 organizers. I put the 5th organizer on the left/right end of the box. The coins I put in a zip bag and I slip it into the space available between the two big blue boxes.
I put the score pad, cloth bag, and smaller instructions on the side with the family boxes and that will bring it flush with the big boxes. Then on top goes the bigger game boards and instruction book.
Hope this helps.
For this project you will need 1 pack Sleeve Kings 43x65mm sleeves and 2 packs Sleeve Kings 56x87mm sleeves.
Basically the Useful Box I fill with all the stuff that is not so useful or not being used. Lol.
Wow, that is a great resource! Thank you.
@@MightyfireflyAndme The Unuseful Box!
@@kayentagamesdanhallagan856 Yes . That is why I put the knick knacks in this box instead of the wessex box. I thought it was funny too.
By the way, can you help to let us know of all the promotional gentry cards, which you can recommend to go into the main deck. And which ones are too unbalanced and should not be used on every game. You mentioned that you will discuss this in one of your future videos but I did not see the video that does go into detail about the promotional cards.. or maybe I missed it.??
Another in a growing list of Thank You's from me. I just tried to pack my stuff in the box (all promos and expansions and failed. This video did the trick.
You're welcome!
Wow indeed! I know game designers spending weeks to came out with a box that can fit all the components and didn't make it such a great job like you did! Excellent work Dan!
Thank you for this video! Only have base and Wessex but this helped me store things MUCH better. Especially the Organizational things and player boards. Now my boxtop sits... almost snug. A few more tweaks will get it right (I really want to keep all the tiles in the bag between plays, except for monuments obviously)
Dan "THE MAN" Hallagan!!! Love this game.
This is a masterpiece Dan
so beautiful!! I can’t wait 🤗
great work!
The tiny cards are amazing/adorable!
Thank you! Some love them, some hate them. :o
I am really excited to have it!!
I just ordered the 2nd edition of Obsession with all the expansions on Amazon because of 3 videos - this one (I was afraid all the expansions wouldn't fit in one box and how it would all be organized freaked out my OCD, pleased that it all fits nice and neat), the awesome review from @thinkerthemer (my new CZcams gem), and the 2 player play through with @antlabgames (excellent play through as always). Can't wait to play this game and teach my mom. She loves Downton Abby! Thank you for making such a thematic euro!
Are not @thinkerthemer great? I don't say that just becauseThemer lovers herself some Obsession, but their magnetic personalities just shoot through the screen! Thanks for the kind words! Don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
Hi Dan! Just received my game today!! Can’t wait to unbox this baby tonight and teach my mom tomorrow! I’ll let you know how it went!
Oops, I threw out my Wessex box already, but that's okay, I put the family boards on top of the boxes, and the game boards on top of that, then then books. Things do indeed fit very well! Well done! (I'm so looking forward to getting the Upstairs, Downstairs expansion!)
I found the Wessex box in the cupboard and have used it to store the extra bits leftover after integrating Upstairs Downstairs!
Thanks for this. I always sleeve my cards. I wonder how to fit mine cos this is a real tight fit without sleeves…
There are folks who do it. Check out this thread: boardgamegeek.com/thread/2588602/article/37004634#37004634
There are other threads about sleeving on BGG you can search on.
Everything fits beautifully! Congratulations! It seems you have some innate engineering intuition you weren't aware of :)
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I somehow forgot the login password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me.
@Holden Howard Instablaster :)
@Callan Kyree I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out now.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
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@Holden Howard you are welcome :)
Oooh, I hope the family boxes come in the base game.
They do!
If you have all the expansions but still just want to play the base games, can you still play with any of the six families? Or do you need to stick to the 4 first ones?
You can play with all but Family Howard (from Upstairs, Downstairs, which has the Cook as its family advantage).
Try sleeving those cards and see how they fit in the box. Probably will need to be reorganised a bit. Looks like it may still work.
I do not believe the cards will be an issue. I did not use a good portion of the shelf space, which is where the meeples (in the bag) and coins could go. The tile bag could tuck nicely on one side of the boxes (between the boxes and the right edge of the main box). That leaves a whole purple box for cards; in the video, the cards take up less than 1/2 of that space. If sleeving doubles the volume of the cards, it will still comfortably fit. The tiles will be trickier, and I think that the tile sleevers will have to probably use the family storage boxes--which have a lot of unused space--for holding tiles.
Dan Hallagan oh yea, I forgot about the tile sleeves. Thanks! Looks good in the video.
What about those of us sleeving our box, coins (cardboard & metal of course) & start player tokens?
twagoner21 🤣🤣🤣
I can't seem to get my organizers to fit in between the house boxes and the purple boxes. Four is the limit. Five seems impossible without scuffing the strips. Ideas?
I haven't had this issue, and I tested it quite a bit. Are you sure the purple boxes are oriented in the right direction? They are not perfect squares...the two diamond symbols have to be close to each other (see czcams.com/video/4lTvQ7iw52g/video.html). If they aren't aligned, then it might not fit!
I'm in the same situation, 4 fits, but not the fifth. It's the Wessex box that's the issue, not the purple boxes. It's easy to fit the fifth divider on the side in the other direction though, so it's really not an issue...
@@niklasdahlen5921 I did not design the organisers to fit in the gap WITH the Wessex expansion. I designed it without. Because some folks asked, I tried mine with and it worked, but that was luck. I should have made this clear in the video.
@@kayentagamesdanhallagan856 Since the last of the organisers fit in the other direction, it's not an issue at all for med, just strange that it doesn't work fit the same way for me as for you.
But evertyhing does fit (unless you sleeve the cards :)), and that's excellent. Great job, both on the game and the "inserts"!
I removed the lid of the Wessex box to get the organizers to fit. You really don't need it to keep the player boards securely in place because the two large purple boxes fit nice and snug and keep them in place
Do you purple boxes come with Upstairs Downstairs?
No, the 2nd edition base game. I did not send those to you for your upgrade because they would not fit in your 1st edition box, but the family boxes do.
What about sleeved cards in box?
I am not a sleever, but by all accounts they fit: boardgamegeek.com/thread/2482713/article/36349159#36349159 and boardgamegeek.com/thread/2792451/do-you-sleeve-your-cards/page/1
What kind of tape do you have around the cards?
Hugo's amazing tape. However, be warned; some gamers report that tape staining cards.
What is that blue/red material you are using to band the tiles/cards together?
Someone just mentioned it on BGG. Hugo's Amazing Tape: www.amazon.com/Superior-Threads-Hugos-Amazing-Tape/dp/B07ZWG4QMY/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3FG4BT5A0WFE8&dchild=1&keywords=hugo%27s+amazing+tape&qid=1600114242&s=arts-crafts&sprefix=HUgo%27s+%2Carts-crafts%2C172&sr=1-3
Looking great, Dan! I have to ask: what are those bands on your cards? I can't seem to find them anywhere.
I don't know! I traded for Mombassa last year and the game had those in them. I like them, but I haven't found them.
If someone finds them online, could you please post a link?
@@WebMonkey741 Seems as though Hugo's Amazing tape might do this although it doesn't look the same as that used by Dan. Still looking....
@@Xscone I tried 1" Hugo's Amazing Tape and it works great although I wish it had multiple colors.
where you get this cool boxes ?
They come with the game.
@@kayentagamesdanhallagan856 wow this gmae is stacked! what a great way to keep the game clean orga and save ! even the box of this game is fuckign awesome !
What is the tape called that you use for the cards?Just got my game yesterday.Looks great.
Sadly, I don't know! I traded for a game and those were inside. I would love to find them, but I haven't located these. :(
Its called bondage tape. Yes, that kind of bondage. If you perfer to keep you search history PG then there is another tape that is more expensive called Hugos Amazing tape.
@@GlennKarlsenCurlyfied You the real MVP! Thanks!
What happens if you sleeve?
See above. They will fit, but the shelf space will have to be used completely.
Are metal coins available for the game and where can I get them from?
Apologize for the delay, I was on vacation. I never made metal coins. The ones you'll see in my videos are Nanty Narking coins, which are the perfect coins for the game, so I didn't tackle that project. You should be able to find them online.
This probably wouldn’t fit sleeved cards.
I am not a sleever, but from all reports it does. boardgamegeek.com/thread/2482713/article/36349159#36349159
@@kayentagamesdanhallagan856 thanks for the reply! Checking the link now. 😊
Beginning at 11:00: In other words, sleeved cards won't fit. :-(
Sleeved cards will fit. I think there will be a question of fit for those sleeving tiles. I have no doubt the cards will fit all comfortably in one purple box (the coins and meeple bag would get moved to the shelf), but sleeved tiles may not stand up in the purple box. I have never seen a sleeved tile, so I wasn't able to test that. I am confident, though, that there's enough room OVERALL for both. The one concession a tile/card sleever might have to make is to use the family boxes for storage (rather than family setup). There is a lot of room that goes unused in those boxes.
Is there a chance to a German edition? I want to play this, but i think my english is not good enough.
At some future date, yes. But I cannot see it happening in 2021. Perhaps 2022.
@@kayentagamesdanhallagan856 i can't wait so long 😉. My Wife and a good friend of me can better english than i. I hope that enogh to enjoying your game. 😎🖖