Safeguarding Your Boardgames for Life

We all have one; a scruffy board game box, sitting in a sunbleached corner of the house. The box art faded, the square seams of the box splitting away, regardless of the layers of tape attached. This is a well loved boardgame, the one you always toss in your car for games night, or take away to trips on the weekend and it shows. The cards inside have started to fray, their cardboard edges fluffy and soft to the touch… but what if I told you, there was another way? Take heart, dear gamer, for the best years of your favourite board game are not behind, but before you! And here at Vault, we’ll give you some helpful tips and tricks on how to keep all your meeple in the box, at least, hopefully. 

Card Protectors!

Card sleeves are a great first step to adding longevity to your favourite board and card games. This will help preserve the ink so you don’t lose important numbers, titles or instructions off your cards. It also makes them practically spill proof, protecting them from wear and tear, these are a must have item for any set of cards!

Keep up and out of sunlight!

One of the key leechers of colour are UV rays - keeping your boardgames on an elevated shelf away from sunlight helps protect them from moisture front he floor, and box bleaching from the sun!

Box Inserts

Many board games now come with, or you can purchase third-party-created, elaborate Box Inserts, meticulously crafted to store each element of the game from tokens to cards to the five separate token boards included in the game. Check out board game organisers online for a little inspiration! 

Ziplock bags

If box sorters aren’t your style, or your board game pieces are simply too oddly sized, ziplock bags could be the best way to herd up all the little pokey pieces and keep them in one place! Writing the number of pieces included on each bag may also assist with pack up, ensuring no piece is left behind!

We hope you found these tips useful, and we’d love to hear what you have to think - what elaborate ways have you safeguarded your games through the ages? Found good basing coats to help cover tiles and preserve ink and paint? We’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions! :)