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    frankd9009
    Wizard of Wit
    Dash  ·  
    Jun 10, 2021

    Veilwraith: Destroyer of Shelf-Space

    in Your Latest Purchase

    Have you ever been surprised at the size of a game you bought?




    I was expecting a smallish-boxed game, that was basically cards and tokens. Imagine my surprise when I opened a slightly larger than average box.




    Not the end of the world and probably my fault for assuming. I guess room was included for the expansions.


    Now what to do with this beast?


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    JW
    Jun 10, 2021
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    Oh my. 😮 I know that box for Hostage Negotiator: Crime Wave is huge.


    One of our earliest posts was about this practice: The vast emptiness of space. It keeps surprising me.

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    Zerbique
    Jun 10, 2021
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    I remember that post! Storing boxers and socks in these boxes is, I think, a good testimony to their high-end games nature.

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    Athena
    Jun 10, 2021
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    @Zerbique LOL!

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    Athena
    Jun 10, 2021
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    A laughable statement indeed!

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    The Hank
    Jun 23, 2021
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    I had to smile reading the original answer by HoN-games...I guess it is this typical British humor, but I do agree looking at the picture of 1066 this is quite ridiculous...and there is more to it than only unnecessary shelf space...think about bulk packaging, transport and sending...could be delivered straight into your mailbox in my view.

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    Zerbique
    Jun 10, 2021
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    That's actually the standard with Hall or Nothing Games. The "historical battles" series (1066, 1565, 1815) are the same: they come in boxes of the exact same size as Veilwraith and they are basically empty (not for future expansions, as there won't be: by design).



    This was even addressed in the FAQ for 1565:


    Will the box size be different from 1066, Tears to Many Mothers?
    No. It’s the nature of high end games which are this expensive to produce that necessitate commensurate shelf space.

    I'm not backing Hall or Nothing games since. Games don't have a "nature" that "necessitate" any shelf space beyond the size they should actually take!

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    Athena
    Jun 10, 2021
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    Man, that's a total waste of space. And you can't throw it away due to the promise of expansions. 🙄 Storing little games inside like Mike says is probably the best way to go.

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    Cadet Stimpy
    Jun 10, 2021
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    Veilwraith looks as if it was 95% air inside. That's a lot of Expansions or it's a 'WTF'? You could put all your pee-wee games in Veilwraith, then have a bunch of little Post-Its on the box saying what games are inside. 😄

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