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Today, going to an OP event, I realized I needed to find a solution to the table-full of stuff that I am carrying around.
As someone who has played a lot of PFS I have seen all manner of shoulder bags, rolling carts, milk crates, and pack mules (well, not pack mules) employed to carry all of the books and binders and dice to a gaming table, but PACG offers a different challenge as most bags and backpacks are more book sized.
We have the huge game box that doesn't fit neatly into any shoulder bag that I have as it is too wide one dimension, and too deep/thick.
I have three (so far) deck boxes holding OP characters, and eventually plan on rolling with all seven so that I can run demos with them to get people interested in buying in. These should have their own small case to hold them ideally so they don't pop open and go everywhere.
There is the Case-it 2" zipper binder full of scenarios, extra chronicle sheets, character sheets, and deck lists.
A rolled up play mat that as far as I can tell should be folded on pain of death.
I have a bag of dice, as a single set of 5 dice really isn't effective to try to play the game with.
Likely there is some lunch or dinner, and a couple of energy drinks or beers (depending on the venue) that I also need to haul around.
An iPad for checking on rules questions with necessary charger.
Come January, there will be minis coming out that will likely need their own little sub carrying case to protect them from being squashed.
What I am looking for is advice from someone who happened upon a relatively compact, wheeled or shoulder strapped bag or container that will hold all of this stuff together. I personally migrated to PDF's for PFS as all of the extra stuff needed was getting unwieldy, but PDF's won't work for PACG.
Anyone have a solution for me?
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I use one of these.
I have a big game coming up as well. I have every single PACG card with the exception of a few promos, and it will be difficult to figure out how to get everything there in an organized fashion.
I've just been using tote bags, the vessels of kings.
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If you know what you're running a 500-count card box will probably suffice to store the relevant parts of the base-game, print up some nice little dividers, the card-boxes are long and thin, so should probably fit inside most backpacks.
The won't fit all 1100+ cards for the complete game, but given you only need the specific AP# cards for the scenarios you should be able to condense down.
From what I've seen the prepaints are fairly durable, so shouldn't need much padding, though you can get fairly small miniature cases if you think it needs it, I've got one that stores 16 miniatures, and it's about the size of an RPG book and just a touch thicker.
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I use one of these.WTF .. why didn't I ever consider a liter and attendants.
C'mon... Mike may not be Bulmahn-sized, but he's certainly more than a litre.
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While I appreciate Mike's methodology, I am okay with actually walking with a pack animal than having attendants carry me. Besides, who doesn't like llamas.
I play a lot of Magic, and as such I own a toooooon of cards. A lot of the trouble is transporting everything I want to - sometimes I want to Cube which involves carting around the set as well as lands and this and that... generally speaking it's a rather involved affair. What I've come to do is get some of the (free!) shipping boxes from the local post office and cut them down to an appropriate size. Sure, it's not nearly as pretty as having something professionally printed, but it serves my needs well enough since I can measure them to fit in a backpack.
If the PACG cards are about the 'standard' card size i.e. can fit you regular UltraPros (blugh!) then most card/nerd stores sell these long rectangular boxes for a couple of bucks that can easily hold around 750 cards with sleeves and some room to spare. A pair of those puppies and you'd be set.
Or you could always have a kid. Maybe the return-on-investment won't be too great for the first few decades but at least you'll have another set of hands to lug around your precious cards for a while.
Edit: Yeah, these boxes. Especially good since they're plain white so you can write over them. Can slip in little cardboard dividers too.
I'm actually trying to solve that dilemma locally. I have family that tends to like making various hand crafted items, and they have been interested in making things centered on my gaming stuff. I'll have them take a look at the base set box, and together we'll probably figure out some kind of expanded storage container. Springs might be involved in the dividers, or some kind of stacked luggage thing may be constructed.
I'm not too sure right now, but it might be something I could have hammered out in small quantities to sell at local events. God knows I deal with a lot of card gamers in my area.
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Edit: Yeah, these boxes. Especially good since they're plain white so you can write over them. Can slip in little cardboard dividers too.
That's what I use, both for prototype cards and for play testing sets. You can stick a couple of those in one of these--I might have stolen that trick from a Mike I know.
You can stick a couple of those in one of these--I might have stolen that trick from a Mike I know.
I might have stolen that from a wife I know.
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The question is, can you fit enough cards in one of those 3 section boxes to play and still have room for the bottle of wine...
I found an auction for an oop Timbuk2 Classic bag in an XL size that should be speeding my way, will report back on my findings.
You always find room for a good bottle of wine.
The question is, can you fit enough cards in one of those 3 section boxes to play and still have room for the bottle of wine...
Clearly, the real question is: Which characters pair best with a red wine?
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The question is, can you fit enough cards in one of those 3 section boxes to play and still have room for the bottle of wine...Clearly, the real question is: Which characters pair best with a red wine?
Valeros and Oloch, though I would recommend a long braise on either of them as the meat is likely to be rather tough. For a ROtRL dinner party you might also find a red goes well with Seelah, Amiri, Ezren, and Harsk.