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Right now I've got three piles of Dragon and Dungeon magazines near my desk. One pile is Dragon, one Dungeon and the other is a mix of each that I have been referencing. I want to know a good way to store them to keep them from getting too damaged and still be able to read the spine to see which is which.
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On a dedicated bookshelf at the top of my basement stairwell. Out of sight, easy to access, no clutter.
I keep all adventures on the shelf also, so Dungeon mags, Dragon Mags(I stopped reading and getteing them), and all adventures(Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, RHoD, Sunless Citadel, Forge of Fury, Etc.). Easy peasy.
FH
We finally bought cardboard magazine holders from some office store. They each hold a year to a year and a half and keep them nice and organized. I can read about half of the spine, but that's ok because, being the o/c guy that I am, I have a spreadsheet listing all adventures by level and where they came from and am in the process of doing that with all Dragon articles I care about (such as core beliefs) as well.
Those heavy-duty plastic magazine holders from your local office supply store. I have ones for Dragon, Dungeon, maps and ImagineFX (my new favoritest art mag).
for the more recent dungeon & Dragon magazines in my collection - they're on a shelf in my living room. I have about a year and a half's worth of dragon and two and a half worth of dungeon.
Older issues of both magazines that are in worse condition and that i'm not likely to use are stored in a pair of magazine shortboxes (like comic boxes, but sized for magazines).
At some point in the near future, I'll be buying magazine sized mylar bags and acid-free backer boards for all the magazines in the boxes.
Those heavy-duty plastic magazine holders from your local office supply store. I have ones for Dragon, Dungeon, maps and ImagineFX (my new favoritest art mag).
Second that. I have them on a bookshelf in my office that way, high up out of the reach of grabby 4 year olds.....
My wife bought a filing cabinet and devoted a drawer to my magazines and gaming stuff.
I often take them out and don't put them back, though, so I have stacks of Dungeon mags on my desk and on the floor near the bed.
...so I have stacks of Dungeon mags on my desk and on the floor near the bed.
Same here. Next to the recliner in the front room, art table, bathroom, occasionally in the kitchen.
Antique Chest of Draws specifically for D&D and Dragon. A rather expensive way to go...but have you seen the price of this stuff?
I keep my magazines with my D&D books on a bookcase –using the books to act as ‘props’ to keep the magazines from falling over. Dragons live on the top shelf and the Dungeons live on the one below.
I really should invest in some of those magazine holders that someone else mentioned as it sounds like a good way to keep things organised.
I must confess that besides my bed there always ends up this huge pile of magazines and books that although I need close -really annoys me because I’m a bit of a neat freak and hate clutter lying around the place.
It’s not unusual to find a D&D book in our bathroom either as everyone in our house plays D&D and likes to read while on the throne. Slightly gross I know.
It’s not unusual to find a D&D book in our bathroom either as everyone in our house plays D&D and likes to read while on the throne. Slightly gross I know.
Not really. :P It's more fun if there's a switch-up of gamesystems in the bathroom. You'll be thinking about one game in D&D, but there's Palladium's Madhaven next to it...Hmm...
More fun than staring at the ceiling, at any rate. :D
Got them in cardboard foldup magazine holders (the latest batch bought at IKEA) in a bookshelf in our sanctum - along with 20 years worth of rpg stuff (about 6 meters worth of books and magazines, all told - no counting all the stuff I keep in ring binders - thats perhaps another 3 or 4. Oh, and I nearly forgot several stacks of rpg boxes on top of that shelf). The cardboard holders have one side cut low, so you can read the magazine backs easily.
Stefan
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Chief Technical Officer
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We recommend that you polybag each issue against a strong cardboard backing board—using all acid-free archival materials, of course—and then place them lovingly into a nested series of locking steel boxes located in a humidity- and temperature-controlled storage facility in your underground bunker. You know—just in case.
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We recommend that you polybag each issue against a strong cardboard backing board—using all acid-free archival materials, of course—and then place them lovingly into a nested series of locking steel boxes located in a humidity- and temperature-controlled storage facility in your underground bunker. You know—just in case.
Either Paizo sells this stuff or you don't want people to have to order past issues from your website. Which is it?
What Vic SHOULD have said: "Just toss them any old place, they should hold up well and if not we always have more for you!"FH (tryin' to keep you guys in business, baby!)
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We recommend that you polybag each issue against a strong cardboard backing board—using all acid-free archival materials, of course—and then place them lovingly into a nested series of locking steel boxes located in a humidity- and temperature-controlled storage facility in your underground bunker. You know—just in case.
I laser etch them onto 8 1/2x11 carbon steel placards. I won't tell anyone where I store them. There's a map with an "x" in a safe deposit box in Poughkeepsie, should I meet an untimely demise.
I can read about half of the spine, but that's ok because, being the o/c guy that I am, I have a spreadsheet listing all adventures by level and where they came from...Care to share that spreadsheet? That sounds super-helpful.
One of the things I love about these boards is the willingness to help and share, so sure I'd be glad to. It's really simple.
Due to my recent lackofanytimethankstoa3yearold it is currently far more simple than I would like it, but at least it is sortable. Lemme see if I can get it postable/emailable in the next few days since it is currently inaccessible from my current location.