Wargame Counter Storage Kits from Cube4Me + $100 Giveaway! | Wargame Counter Trays
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- In this video we explore 10 custom wargame tray kits from Cube4Me for popular wargames. We look at the challenges in making the kits, and things to consider when building them. We also giveaway 2 $50 gift certificates to Cube4Me. Giveaway instructions are in the video.
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Dear Sir,
I would like to thank you for introducing me to the interesting and exciting world of wargaming. At Christmas I finally joined the ranks of wargamers. My first game was Crossing the Line Aachen 1944 by Vuca Simulation. I'm often in Aachen on business, so it was practically a must-buy. And I also bought trays from Cube4me to support it, very helpful.
Thanks for the great entertainment and best wishes from my wallet ;)
I'm so glad you've been able to find fun in wargaming! Welcome! We're glad to have you part of the community! How are you liking Crossing the Line Aachen?
Also, are you okay if I share this out on social media?
@@ZillaBlitz Thank you very much for the welcome.
I like it much and I think it's a good place to start. Even though I've only been able to play it solo so far. Theseus is next and I'm hoping for a reprint of Bug River. The production value of Vuca is outstanding.
And please feel free to use it on social media. 👍
Thanks! And yes, for sure, you've made a great choice in a first game, and such works of art. :)
I LOVE my Cube4me trays. I have so many, I get rid of all baggies and everything goes into my trays and boxes. I am especially proud of my Fire in the Lake setup: each faction in its own card tray, and I've included the Sovereign of Discord extra cards as well. It's a beautiful organization!
It really is a fun feeling when a set/game comes together. So... organized! :)
I LOVED all your storage solutions!!! I thought I was a tad compulsive with arranging the box, but you have me beat for sure! How in the world do you have the time for the gaming, storage, and filming/editing I have no idea. My hats off to you! Thanks, you for make gaming fun. Having complete kits, coming from the land of my father, is an extra bonus.
Glad to be of help, it's an amazing time for boardgaming, I feel fortunate to live in a such a great time for boardgaming.
I made custom 3 comparment paper dividers for cube4me trays. With the dividers, I can store 36(thick gmt brown core)~ 45(white core mmp) per a compartment(8mm trays). I've tried gmt, dvg trays, baggies and all kinds of storage solutions but cube4me is the best solution for me!
I could see the dividers being really helpful for many of the games with 5/8" counters in particular, that's a great idea. :)
They worked really well for Hill of Doves, making setup and takedown a snap!
Yes, I really like them for games with a set up sequence, because you can build the tray to follow along with the set up. Makes it so fast. :)
I have found that Avery return labels for the tips of the Cube4Me trays just right so I type out what's in each compartment and label it which makes putting counters back so much easier
This is a great tip, I'll have to check out those labels. Thanks!
very nice storage for these, you sure have an eye for it. I use zip locks of different sizes for them and I use cheap plastic saucers from the $1 store when I play for the counters. But really like the storage very neat and very organized
Hi Patrick - I'm so appreciative of these things to speed up my gameplay by removing a lot of the tedious sorting and searching tasks. Just a huge fan. :)
Those trays sure beat the heck out of all the ziploc bags I currently use. Very cool!
Reminds me of my school days of building regiments, etc. for Panzerblitz and storing them in film canisters LOL. See? 35mm film WAS good for something!
Wow, film canisters is a throwback in time. But couldn't you not see inside them?
This made me smile. When I was a kid, I stored my Panzer Leader counters in repurposed prescription bottles! Cheers.
I used the Cube4Me trays for Andean Abyss (and covered it on my Channel). So many games can benefit from improved storage organization!
Yes, definitely agree. Time is the key factor and these save so much time for me.
I think I’ve only purchased one custom set (Here I Stand) from Cube4me, but I’ve purchased a LOT of individual trays. I think they are the best trays on the market. The only downside is they can be a little expensive when compared to the GMT trays. Otherwise, I would’ve purchased even more. The idea of having a tray serve as the lid to the tray beneath it is genius. Cheers.
Glad to hear that you are liking them! :)
I have been getting wooden pieces from them for a while now. Now I know that they exist outside of Etsy and that they sell wargame counter trays! Bonus!
Yes, they have a lot of little wooden pieces that can be used a lot of different ways. :)
Thank you for this. I was just thinking about ordering from them after your video of Panzer NA and I saw those trays.
My pleasure! I still can't believe everything was able to fit back into the Panzer NA box. :)
I received 30+ deck trays from Cube4Me just yesterday - I needed to sort out a lot of deck-heavy games like Corsair Leader, B-17 Leader, etc...
They are really terrific trays, I can see me ordering a ton of stuff from them in the near future.
Very nice! I'm actually making a kit for B-17 Leader this weekend. :)
Woohoo just got my shipment in for like 5-6 games. I really appreciate your curated lists.
Nice! Sounds like a fun storage project! I'm glad the lists were helpful. :)
Many recent game purchases are hard to fit back into the boxes once punched. Gmt Panzer sets and Dvg leader games and expansion sets leave little room for storage of the counters. Hobby Lobby sells storage containers in their jewelry dept of three for $3.49 which have a shallow depth about the same as a SPI tray. Typical storage is about 300 per tray dependent on counter size. Hobby Lobby has a vast assortment of zip lock bags. Jeff Wilson
Yes, totally agree on the challenge of getting some of the counters back into the boxes. I've had good luck with these so far. I thought the recent one I did, Storm above the Reich, would be impossible, but then it worked out. :)
I think I've purchased storage from them to cover at least 5 different games - they're really well done. I also like when you purchase trays for a specific game, they put tiny colored dots on the trays if you have more than one set included in your order (so you know which ones to use). Price is great and shipping is surprisingly quick. I've had domestic shipping that takes longer!
Yes, I have visions of the Polish postal service as superheroes in capes. The stuff gets here much faster than I'd think it would.
Cube4Me's full kit for the entire Commands & Colors Ancients line is just amazing. I got mine about 3 weeks ago for the base all 6 expansions and the way everything fits just makes that game so much easier to pull out and set up.
That's a huge set, for sure! Very nice. :)
You seem to have as much fun working out the storage solutions as playing the games themselves!!
Ha! Yes, they are like little puzzles in themselves, and it feels good when it all comes together. :)
Zilla enthusiasm known no bounds 😉
Ha! By nature I'm not very organized, but for whatever reason I like my wargames organized. :)
As an organization nut I can attest that Cube4me are the best storage solution out there.
I know there are other solutions out there that work great too, like custom 3D-printed trays. But for ease of use I do really like Cube4Me, yes. :)
Those cube trays look so nice, keeping cubes separated & ready for immediate use or setup.
Glad you like them! I'm a huge fan. :)
Thanks for the giveaway! Would love to get a couple of trays for Atlantic Chase.
Good luck! I'll be drawing the winners around next weekend (March 14-16). :)
Great video as always, Zilla! We came up with the same solution for Silent War 2.0
Yes, I had a couple of variants but settled on this one in the end. Nothing else worked as well and fit in the box. :)
Thanks for this! I picked up my first couple of Cube4Me tray sets a few months ago and they worked great.
Glad to hear it! :)
These are the best game trays...period. Thanks Zilla
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it. :)
thanks for running the giveaway
My pleasure, it's Cube4Me that's sponsoring it, so they are really the ones giving it away. :)
These trays are perfect! Thanks for the tip.
Glad you found it helpful, I love these things. :)
Looking great, I wonder if something like these would work for Escape From Stalingrad Z. Maybe not for everything, at least for the weapon and maybe round character counters.
For the counters, certainly, but not for the minis. :)
One thing that you can do to eke out that last little bit of space - don’t lid each tray, just the top one. They nest tightly enough, especially if you stack horizontally on your shelf instead of vertically
Yes, I've found that nesting can work really well for some of the games.
Seriously got to get a hold of these! They look great!
Up until I started using them, I've always been someone who would rather get a new game than spend money on trays for existing games. But once I realized how much time they save me, I'm a convert. The time savings in set up and play is so helpful.
The Cube 4 Me you highlighted for Panzer North Africa worked great! They shipped fast and did not take long to get to the US.
Oh, glad to hear that, thanks for letting me know. :)
I really like C4me makes life so much easier, gradually, getting my games trayed, card trays also useful for storing wooden components. Panzer NA & Skies above Britain (sleeved cards)are still an issue and not happy, so will have to re think, although not sure what can be done Game manufacturers please note, use bigger boxes for those with lots of counters & cards. Many thanks.
I'm glad you're liking them Coyi!
Can I ask what is off with the Panzer North Africa set?
And can I ask what is off with the sleeved cards for Skies above Britain? When I make those sets Cube4Me estimates based on the number of cards in non-sleeved trays how many card trays it will take to hold sleeved ones, but they also create storage size issues in the box. It will create a lid lift, which I believe is noted on the public notes for the set.
@@ZillaBlitz Skies is now sorted and lid lays flat. PNA is a senior moment had three trays left which I thought were for the game, having checked the order this morning they were for another game, which has been trayed. Worryingly have never ordered the trays, I had also been punching & traying counters, sleeving cards for about 9 days, should have stopped but just wanted to get them done. Time to head for a darkened room.
Currently looking at what trays I will need for Thunder in the East with counters (1050) out of the box plenty of room from trays, just a question of size and how many.
Ah, good to hear that it got all sorted out! And yes, for sure, organizing games can take a huge amount of time. Time for some well earned rest! :)
Those look great! Need a few them.
Big thumbs up from me. They've changed the way I wargame. :)
I recently purchased a game from Noble Knight Games that had a cube4Me tray in it and I have to say they are really nice trays! I actually need to start getting my counters out of tackle boxes and into trays in the boxes. Starting to get too big of a collection to keep doing that for anything other than the series admin counters.
I think tackle boxes make a ton of sense for things like ASL, for sure. But for the non-series games, having everything inside the game box is really helpful. :)
I used them because they were readily available. I actually made the decision to stick predominately to series games so I can easily pick up rules and play more. I have great battles of Alexander on the table now! @@ZillaBlitz
The "I already know 75% of the rules" is a huge thing with series games, isn't it? So much fun to pick up a new game and being playing very quickly.
You got that right! I like picking up a game I just have to cursory read the rules and can pop it down an go.@@ZillaBlitz
Great timing! I was looking for a storage solution for my "Flying Colors" game and they had it. I also grabbed the ASL tray. I didn't see a 'Wing Leader Supremacy" storage solution but they did have a "Wing Leader Victories" one so I sprung for it too. Looking forward to receiving them. Nice video!
Those Universal tray sets can be a good deal if there are a few games that there aren't sets for, as you can almost always figure something out with one of those. :)
I love their stuff. Shipping can take a while to the US but it isn’t their fault. Usually it is customs holding things up. Cube4me actually send orders out super fast.
Mine have actually be quite fast (to the midwest US). Probably 8-10 days on average?
Excellent work Zilla.
Thank you much.
Thank you for this, I had been looking for counter trays and only found expensive options on Ebay and Amazon.
Oh, great, glad it helped! The shipping from Poland is pretty quick too, and because the trays are light it's reasonable too. I hope you like them! :)
Wow you have been busy. I wish these were available when I younger. For me its bad timing my Russian Campaign is the 1st ED flat box. My ASL is all the 1st original full box ED
At some point I hope to make a kit for Beyond Valor. That would be fun. :)
you sold me... jumped on their website and ordered some...
Enjoy! I think you’ll like them.
I have used cube4me for several games in the last 6 or 8 months. Although i have the cube4me set, I have been holding off on doing my Panzer North Afrika until I can make some kind of key to help find the units on the reverse of the unit counters. I wish GMT wouldn't do that ...
Yeah, the double-sided counters seems a bit ... different. I've not played enough to have it impact things, and I think the units on each side are "close enough" that I can find things quickly, but having said that, I feel like it's a bit odd that those two units on either side could never be in a scenario together. :)
Excellent solution!
Definitely agree. :)
Great initiative!
Thanks!
I like them, need to get more
They do get addicting. :)
I don't use these for all of my stuff, but for some there is no replacement. Some games would be impossible to store without the boxes starting to take up a lot more space.
Totally agree, for the bigger games they are invaluable, for some of the smaller games that don't have a lot of back and forth with counters moving on and off the map, they are less critical. I still find them time savers, but the huge time savings come with the bigger games.
Cube4Me trays are really great! Thin, clear, and sturdy!
Totally agree, thanks for stopping in! :)
Love cube4me trays
Me too. :)
Hi Zilla, watching now, did u order Storm of Steel by Compass?
I did, yes. Sounds like it won't be long now. :)
What cube 4 me would work with The Hunters series?
Deep big 15mm 20c, Silent Victory work perfect, Beneath the Med 8mm 20c.
Here's the custom tray set for Silent Victory:
cube4me.com/product/silent-victory-u-s-submarines-in-the-pacific-1941-45/
Here's the custom tray set for The Hunters:
cube4me.com/product/the-hunters-german-u-boats-at-war-1939-43/
The others I'm not exactly sure but I'm pretty confident that the 8mm, 20 counter trays will work fine. :)