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hotseatgames wrote: I store both ways. The shelves of games that actually get played are horizontal, the overflow is vertical. I can't say I do this for any particular reason; maybe I find it easier to see what I want when they are horizontal.
Also, when you pull out a game that is stored vertically, you have the chance that the contents of the neighboring games will push their boxes open a bit into the empty space and the contents will shift. When you try to put the game you pulled out back on the shelf, you have to shift the contents the neighboring boxes back in place to get them to close up completely so you can get the game back on the shelf. Therefore it makes sense to have your frequently played games stored horizontally as it makes it less of nuisance to put them away.
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Well, the real worst ones were those old FFG coffin boxes or the monstrosity that is Ogre DE, best stored in it's own room
Subquestion: for vertical games, should the text point left or right? Most books are printed such that text will point right (i.e. you tilt to the right to read it) but for a game it doesn't really matter...or does it???
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jason10mm wrote: Subquestion: for vertical games, should the text point left or right? Most books are printed such that text will point right (i.e. you tilt to the right to read it) but for a game it doesn't really matter...or does it???
Depends which way you can bend your neck with least pain.
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There are several reasons:
1) Vertical boxes tend to open to the side.
2) Components are harder to store vertically. You need to have the blockier, heavy components down or they'll crush the other pieces.
3) Boxes get worn from moving them in and out a shelf. This is not usually a problem but it can be for heavier boxes, like Terraforming Mars and Cosmic Encounter or games with bad packaging like 1825 . Having them horizontally makes it easier to get them in and out without scratching them or busting their corners.
Sadly, I don't have those metal thingies so mine are vertical. Oh well.
All games I've ever seen point to the same side. (Tilt heard to the right to read). In fact, the same of true of videogames, I've only seen two games that look the other way in my whole life across all platforms.jason10mm wrote: Subquestion: for vertical games, should the text point left or right? Most books are printed such that text will point right (i.e. you tilt to the right to read it) but for a game it doesn't really matter...or does it???
It's funny because books look wherever they damn please.
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FTFY. It's only anecdotal, but my bookshelf contains books in five other languages and the backs of four of them point in the same direction (tilt your head to the left).Erik Twice wrote: It's funny because books in English and Dutch look wherever they damn please.
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Looking at my shelf, I see both sides in English, French and Spanish. I also have a couple German books and they all have a left-tilt but I don't think those count.Nodens wrote:
FTFY. It's only anecdotal, but my bookshelf contains books in five other languages and the backs of four of them point in the same direction (tilt your head to the left).Erik Twice wrote: It's funny because books in English and Dutch look wherever they damn please.
Annoyingly, my Lord of the Rings book look the same at first glance, but they are all different printings from the same editorial. They have different styles, The Two Towers looks the other way and has red lettering instead of black. Oh no!
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