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Storing Catan Extensions and Expansions?

Thought I’d post a new topic branching from the Catan Expansion Buying Guide.

I recently bought the 5-6 Player extension for the base Catan game. However, I’m unsure of the best way to store the extension pieces. Most of the parts are almost identical. I want to be able to avoid sifting through cards and tiles when I only want to play with 3-4 players.

I suppose I could take the base game insert out and put them in the main box, but I don’t want all the cards sliding around.

What do you do in this situation? Thank you for any insight you can provide!

2 replies

Sam SolomonAuthor

No bites?

Well, I’m still exploring this. It looks like the options are either a custom box or some sort of insert for the base game. Most of the boxes are designed to hold several expansions. I don’t think that’s something I need. I just want to consolidate the base Catan game.

@aharris, any thoughts?

Sam SolomonAuthor

OK, I’ve caved. Just mixing all the pieces together in the main box. It’s a bit of a tight squeeze for the hex tiles and cards. It’s good enough though.