Foam core/board inserts
- A list of the foam core/board board game inserts that I have made.
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- Edited Thu Oct 2, 2014 7:02 pm
- Posted Sat Oct 4, 2014 1:40 am
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This is my first custom insert. I'm really happy with the results, considering it was my first attempt. I got this awesome design from an insert made by bgg user
The main board goes under the inserts and the player boards and rules go on top.
The most awesome aspect of this design is that once you have all of the components inside and the box closed, if you put all of the random tiles face-down in the trays, you can shake the box to randomize them and they will stay face-down, making setup a breeze! Part of the top tray lifts out so that you can keep it on the table to give everyone easy access to the worker tiles and silverlings.
I will definitely be experimenting with other inserts in the future!
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- Edited Sat Oct 4, 2014 1:40 am
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Here is my custom foam core insert for Agricola. This is my second attempt at an insert.
The bottom tray hold the cards and tiles as well as the Bielefeld Deck expansion. I sorted the occupation cards into 1+, 3+ and 4+ player stacks. Since I mostly play only 2 player games, it makes it easier to get to only the cards I need.
The top tray holds all of the individual player tokens and fences, including 2 additional colors I picked up at Gen Con 2014, as well as all of the animals, food and resources.
The resource section of the tray lifts out in order to easily set it on the table.
The box with the player boards.
The box with the bottom tray over the player boards.
The box with the top tray added.
The box with all components.
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I used this design as inspiration for this insert, but changed some things up.
The bottom tray holds the coins (which have a lift out tray), the cards, tiles and dice. Since this game doesn't contain a lot of components, the bottom tray is free to be open for any future expansions.
The top tray holds the board tiles, rubies and player tokens.
The player token trays and the ruby tray lifts out for ease of play.
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My fourth insert. Nothing really special here. I just followed the plans from the Esoteric Order of Gamers: http://www.orderofgamers.com/category/foamcore-plans
The madness before the insert.
All trays created.
The bottom tray with the larger miniatures and the map pieces.
The second tray that goes over the map pieces that contains the smaller miniatures, the doors and the dice.
The top tray that holds the cards and tokens.
Complete.
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- Edited Sun Oct 5, 2014 9:38 pm
- Posted Sun Oct 5, 2014 9:37 pm
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I hadn't found an insert designed for Myrmes, so since I like Myrmes and own it, I thought I'd give it a shot.
Top and bottom trays. The top tray holds all of the individual trays for the player pieces. The bottom tray holds the tiles, dice, insect tokens and resource cubes. This is another game that doesn't have a ton of components, so the center section on the bottom can be used for any future expansion(s).
All trays separated.
All boxed up
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The madness before the insert.
The board goes on bottom.
The bottom insert holds the wanderlust tiles, the tundra tiles, the cards, the element bag and the element tokens.
I made the element token tray removable and one end open, so that it would be easy to pour them into the bag during play.
The top tray goes next, which holds the individual trays of the player tokens.
All inserts.
The species player sheets and rulebook go on top.
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- Edited Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:46 pm
- Posted Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:28 pm
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I decided to combine Munchkin Quest with the main expansion, Munchkin Quest 2: Looking For Trouble.
The top tray. I had some extra room, so maybe a future expansion can go here (if there is any more).
Since the dice and monster bases get handed out at the start of the game, I didn't make those trays removable, but the others are.
The bottom tray. Holds the cards, player miniatures and level counters, the room tiles and the doors.
Since the dungeon entrance is much larger than the room tiles, I cut out a portion of the adjacent trays so that it can fit on top.
All trays come out (except the miniatures and level counters trays), so that they can easily sit at the table, since they are all needed.
All of the inserts.
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Here's my take on making an insert for Bora Bora and the orange god expansion.
The player trays and the tray for the offerings, shells and building materials are removable.
The player boards and the main board go in the box first.
Then, the inserts.
I wanted to experiment with different colors of foam board for this one to give it more personality, so I went with a light blue. I think it goes really well with the Bora Bora theme and the white foam board.
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I decided to try out some coral foam board for Rokoko/Rococo. I really like the color.
In the bottom tray, I put 2 stacks of cards - the player starting cards and the rest. Beside the cards, I put the dress tiles and starting player tile. Next comes, the dress tile bag and player boards. A small removable tray that holds the yarn and lace goes beside these. Next, are the player token trays that come out individually for each player to have their own tray. The lower portion holds the coins and victory point tokens in one long tray. This also lifts out so that you can sit it beside the play area while playing.
Most of the components fit on the bottom tray, so I used half of the top tray for the resource tiles so that they can be mixed up fairly well and picked from during play. The rest of the top tray is empty, but will allow for future expansions.
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I knew I wanted to make an insert for Luna as soon as I got it. I couldn't find any other examples of Luna custom inserts on bgg or online, so this one is completely original (for better or worse). I used some extra blue and coral foam board with the white to make it unique.
For the bottom tray, I used the insert that came with Luna as inspiration. Since the temple border and isles fit in the default insert, I made the bottom tray be as wide as that, but cut out the Luna logo from the original insert and glued to the bottom for a little extra flair.
Here is the finished top tray, just to show the colors:
I have some removable trays in the top tray, so the temple boards go in the top section, the "standies" go in the next section, then the smaller pieces (books, time tokens and favor tokens), and finally, the removable player trays.
I made a tray to hold the temple tiles that fits on top of the temple boards. A tray to hold the influence point tokens goes over the smaller pieces.
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I got this design from other inserts on BGG. It works really well and helps tremendously with setup!
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For this insert, I couldn't resist borrowing the idea for the Trajan tile holder from other designs. It works so well and sits perfectly on the board. I also got the card tray idea from other designs.
This game has so many components, yet seems to not fill up the box as much as I had hoped. I tried to make the bottom tray hold as much as possible.
The top tray is only for player pieces, since everything else fit in the bottom tray.
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I've been wanting to make an insert for Shipyard for a few months, but kept putting it off. Well, no longer. It is done! I went heavily off of another insert (view it here), with just some minor changes.
It starts off with some raised platforms on the bottom. For some reason, most games that have an astronomical amount of components seem to be the ones that have the most unused box space. Go figure.
Next come the tiles.
Now, the rest of the small components.
As you can see, this really helps to streamline setup for a game that normally takes forever to setup if you're using plastic bags.
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Totally original design.
Boards go on the bottom and stay in place.
Top tray has everything else.
Most sections are removable to sit on the table.
In the box.
Player boards go on top for a final flair.
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- Edited Wed Feb 4, 2015 9:57 pm
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I wanted to make an insert for Tzolk'in and the expansion, Tribes and Prophecies.
This one was a tricky one to make an insert for, particularly because of the board pieces.
The board pieces go in the bottom tray, which takes up most of the box, leaving very little room for everything else. There were a few extra resource cubes that wouldn't fit in the top tray, so I have them in a bag with the boards, as can be seen here.
All of the rest of the pieces go in the top tray.
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Lords of Waterdeep + the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion is another one of those that seem to have plenty of content and components, but once you build an insert for, there seems to be a lot of empty space in the box.
I mixed up the insert colors for this one a bit. I used black foam board for the bottom tray and white and navy foam board for the player piece trays and the top trays.
I started with making the bottom tray hold the cards, buildings and player pieces.
I made the card section be just a little shorter so I could put the expansion boards on top of it and it still be flush.
The top trays hold the resources, coins and player mats.
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Village + Village Inn + Village Port
Ideas taken from other inserts.
Bottom holds the board pieces and cards.
Top holds the player pieces and resources.
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I borrowed from another design, but made some adjustments. Now, the red-based enemies all have their own sections and the dragon is the only one that has to be assembled.
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Board Game: Legends of Andor
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I decided to make a quick insert for Patchwork, just so I don't have to mess with bags every time we want to play.
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Small game, but in need of an insert to keep it organized.
I really liked the original box insert art, so I designed a bottomless insert to keep the tiles in place.
I then made a top tray.
All together:
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Custom insert that I made for A Game of Thrones 2nd edition.
The top player trays:
The bottom portion of the insert:
I made the section for the round cards be removable and covers another section.
The section for the power tokens also is removable.
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Board Game: A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition)
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Small game, but worthy of a quick insert.
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I wanted to make a custom insert for Castles of Mad King Ludwig, but I wanted to wait for the expansion. Since I just got the expansion in the mail, I thought it was time.
I started with an insert that holds the barbicans, moats, foyers, cards and starting player marker.
On top of this insert, I have 4 smaller inserts that hold the money, staircases and hallways, swans, secret passageways, player markers and player aids.
Stacked in the box:
For the remainder of the box, I wanted to create an easy way to keep each room size separate (and King's Favor tiles), but allow plenty of room for any other expansions. Although I really like some of the other inserts I've seen of this game, I opted to go for the sideways option. Since the tiles are of different size, I put some risers in the bottom for the smaller rooms so that they will all be at the same level for ease of viewing and access.
All inserts in the box:
Boards go on top:
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- Edited Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:22 am
- Posted Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:21 am
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One of the games in most need of an insert. I didn't even attempt to design an insert for this one. I simply built one based on other designs (here and here). I didn't have 3mm foamcore, so I used 5mm, thus making a much tighter fit for everything.
Bottom layer of player pieces trays:
Player boards go over the player pieces layer:
Tray for terrain tiles:
Next layer:
Favor tiles:
Town tiles (I left room for the extra town tiles that have been released, but I haven't gotten them yet):
Really tight fit, and a few mm above the top of the box, but the lid will fit.
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I decided to make a quick insert for Codenames. It has plenty of room for expansion cards in the future. This one holds sleeved key cards, but not sleeved word cards.
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