Counter Storage!

[JayTownsend]

My cross post from consimworld:

PG zip-lock bag counter storage breakdown

Heroes of The Soviet Union box:

• German, Infantry Attacks counters
  
• Russian, Infantry Attacks counters
  
• Peruvian, War on The Equator download counters
  
• Ecuadorian, War on The Equator download counters
  
• Peruvian, War on The Equator laser counters
  
• Ecuadorian, War on The Equator laser counters
  
• Alternate Tiger counters from AP’s home page.
  
• Homemade Jagdtiger counters
  
• Finnish, Arctic Front Deluxe counters
  
• Soviet, Arctic Front Deluxe counters
  
• German, Heroes counters
  
• Russian, Heroes counters
  
• Homemade Brazilian counters
  
• Austrian & German, Tank Battle counters
  
• Slovakia, First Axis counters
  
• German, Edelweiss Expanded Edition & German Gold-club Correction counters and AP Leader download
  
• Mixed Nationality DAF M39 AP download counters
  
• German, Black SS counters
  
• Lithuanian, Iron Wolves counters
  
• Homemade Runway and extra game counters
  

Airborne box:

• German, Airborne counters
  
• American, Airborne counters
  

Afrika Korps box:

• Australian, Waltzing Matilda counters
  
• Australian, Afrika Korps counters
  
• British, Afrika Korps counters
  
• German, Afrika Korps counters
  
• Italian, Afrika Korps counters
  

Battle of The Bulge box:

• German, Battle of The Bulge counters
  
• American, Battle of The Bulge counters
  
• German Luftwaffe, Battle of The Bulge counters
  
• American, Iron Curtain counters
  

Guadalcanal box:

• American Marine & Naval, Guadalcanal counters
  
• Japanese Army & SNLF, Guadalcanal counters
  
• Japanese Army, Waltzing Matilda counters
  
• Japanese SNLF, Waltzing Matilda counters
  
• Japanese homemade armor for Philippines, Download American extra LVT’s and extra large Naval Ships from AP
  

Desert Rats box:

• Indian, Desert Rats counters
  
• New Zealand, Desert Rats counters
  
• British, Desert Rats counters
  
• German, Desert Rats counters
  
• Italian, Desert Rats counters
  
• Italian Colonial, Desert Rats counters
  
• South African, South Africa’s War counters
  
• German, Dak ’44 counters
  
• Italian, New Zealand, Indian truck AP download
  
• Italian, Gold-Club 2007 counters
  

Beyond Normandy box:

• British, Beyond Normandy counters
  
• German SS, Beyond Normandy counters
  
• German, Beyond Normandy counters
  
• British, Secret weapons & corrected AP Firefly/Achilles counters
  
• Germans, Panzer Lehr, laser counters
  
• British & American airborne tanks from AP download
  

Eastern Front box:

• Soviet, Sinister Forces counters
  
• German SS, Sinister Forces counters
  
• Soviet, Red Warrior counters
  
• Soviet, Worker & Peasant counters
  
• Romanian, Eastern Front counters
  
• Soviet, Eastern Front counters
  
• Spanish, Blue Division counters
  
• Polish, White Eagle counters
  
• Italian, Fronte Russo & AP Truck/Black-shirt counters
  
• German, Eastern Front counters
  

Road to Berlin box:

• Soviet Army, Road to Berlin counters
  
• Soviet Guard, Road to Berlin counters
  
• Soviet, Iron Curtain counters
  
• German SS Road to Berlin counters
  
• German, Road to Berlin counters
  
• Hungarian, Road to Berlin counters
  
• German, Secret Weapons counters
  
• Hungarian homemade Turan tanks
  

Elsenborn Ridge, Battle of The Bulge II box:

• American, Elsenborn counters
  
• German SS, Elsenborn counters
  
• German Luftwaffe, Elsenborn counters
  
• German, Elsenborn counters
  
• Martians, 1938 War of the Worlds edition, download counters
  
• American, Patton's Nightmare counters
  

1940 The Fall of France box:

• French, Fall of France counters
  
• German, Fall of France counters
  
• Soviet & Mongolian, Power of The East download counters
  
• Japanese, Power of The East download counters
  
• Dutch, Australian, American, Nihon Silk download counters
  
• Japanese SNFL, Nihon Silk download counters
  
• Japanese Army, Nihon Silk download counters
  
• Austrian, Hopeless, But Not Serious counters
  
• Austrian Schutzbund, Hopeless, But Not Serious counters
  
• Austrian SA, Hopeless, But Not Serious counters
  
• German, Hopeless, But Not Serious counters
  

Cassino ’44 Gateway to Rome box:

• Polish, Polish Steel 1948 counters
  
• Polish, Cassino counters
  
• German Mountain, Cassino counters
  
• German, Cassino counters
  
• German Luftwaffe, Cassino counters
  
• American, Cassino counters American,
  
• American, Go For Broke counters
  
• Indian, Cassino counters
  
• New Zealand, Cassino counters
  
• British, Cassino counters
  
• Canadian, Cassino counters
  
• Indian, Indian Unity counters
  
• Hydereabad, Indian Unity counters
  

Kursk South Flank box;

• German SS, Kursk South Flank counters
  
• Soviet Army, Kursk South Flank counters
  
• Soviet Guard, Kursk South Flank counters
  

Infantry Attacks box:

• None
  

Also, 14 markers counter bags, one for each box.

So you can see, there are a lot of zip-lock bags in my PG games collection so far.

[Matt W]

Jay, I do something similar. I suppose I ought to put together a list as well. To date I have found ziplocks to be the easiest way to keep the leaders separate which is absolutely essential but it would be quicker to have the units available by nationality and type. I quail, however, at the space necessary to do so.

At this point I find that I spend less than 20 minutes or so setting up a scenario, including setting up a scenario log sheet so I will stay in ziplocks for the foreseeable future.

[JayTownsend]

Yeah Matt, I doubt I ever switch to plastic containers.

I also found another bag: Romanian, download extra type tank counters from AP.

[larry marak]

Well, we all know where you keep the counters Jay, the question becomes, where do you put the maps, rules, charts and scenario books that used to be in the boxes?

Since almost all of us have probably mixed up our leaders between games until we got wiser, we need a list of leaders provided in each product.

I've noticed that's a little hard to do with the laser cut sheets, as its easy to lose a counter or two when lifting the tree up the the xerox machine

[Matt W]

Larry,

Check on BGG. I think that someone has prepared a partial list of the leaders from many of the games.

[Dean_P]

I had been storing the counters in the Darice Deluxe Organizer with 32 compartments, but those don't fit inside the game boxes. I just bought the 20 compartment organizer for 1940:FoF and all the counters fit in it and the organizer fits in the box. I may go back and convert the other box games to those. I like them for two main reasons: the compartments have rounded bottoms so the counters come out easily and they snap shut so the counters can't fall out.

Currently on sale at Joann's for 2 bucks... not bad!
http://www.joann.com/jewelry-designer-de.../prd53261/

[Hugmenot]

I had been storing the counters in the Darice Deluxe Organizer with 32 compartments, but those don't fit inside the game boxes. I just bought the 20 compartment organizer for 1940:FoF and all the counters fit in it and the organizer fits in the box. I may go back and convert the other box games to those. I like them for two main reasons: the compartments have rounded bottoms so the counters come out easily and they snap shut so the counters can't fall out.

Currently on sale at Joann's for 2 bucks... not bad!
http://www.joann.com/jewelry-designer-de.../prd53261/

Thanks for the tip; I will give the Deluxe Organizer a try!

Trip to the craft store ... need more materials for my next PnP project!

[Matt W]

My wife just started "beading" (in essence costume jewelry making). Many of the solutions that people are suggesting are actually storage made for beading. She has watched me store my counters in ziplocs for years and when she started I asked her if she needed any of the storage solutions they were suggesting and she said that she would rather use ziplocs!

I am holding off for the six month itch when she will want to have her materials match everyone else's...