One of my game friends brought Merchants of Magick over before the two expansions (Draught of the Dragons and Dangerous Business) hit kickstarter because she KNOWS I loveeeee a good roll/flip and write, magic, and anything having to do with shopkeeping. Totally a me game! So when it showed up this week in the USPS, I was ECSTATIC....

...until I saw that it was in three boxes. Usually, I complain that boxes are ridiculously oversized for their content, but this time, my main complaint is that I HATE having to schlep multiple boxes all over Timbuktu to play one game with my friends. So. I combined the boxes into a One Box to Rule Them All sort of situation. (See FAQ for how!)

With everything brand new and no pages missing from the pads, all three parts of the game fit into basically the main box and the shorter of the two expansion boxes. If you don't want to actually physically combine the boxes, you can still use this insert and simply decide which box to fit it into - it will fit in either. Laminate the sheets for your group and REASONABLY, you could PROBABLY get it all in the main box. Maybe.

That said! Some quirks - there's a little tiny box built into the bag shelf for the extra dial hubs. If you don't want to keep them, don't bother printing the lid for it. Also, there are a couple little tip out pieces to help you get the cards out of the bottommost layer; the box fits ALMOST EXACTLY four decks of cards by two decks of cards with just enough room for separation between. If you don't care about easily tipping them out of their boxes, you can skip those parts as well.

Finally, to save filament and time, feel free to remove the top and bottom layers of most of the boxes in this insert. They're not necessary, and your typical hex infill will do fine to keep things contained.

FAQ:

1. What's a Frankenbox? A frankenbox is where you combine two boxes from the base and expansions of a game to create a larger box in which to store all of the components. This is done by cutting out the bottom rectangle of cardboard from the bottom of both boxes (Box A and Box B) and nesting the resulting surrounds in the opposite lids (the bottom surround of Box A in the lid of Box B, and the bottom surround of Box B into the lid of Box A - secure with tape or glue after doing a fit test).

2. I don't like cutting boxes; do I have to? NOPE. You don't. You can do one of two things. With THIS insert, it was designed inside the shortest of the expansion boxes, so you can choose to keep multiple boxes and simply use the insert inside one of them, storing the larger bits in another. Or, you can simply nest (without cutting) the bottom of one box in the opposite lid; it will result in a TINY gap between the two lids coming together perfectly, but it will be sturdy and dependable.

3. What does this insert hold? This insert holds the base Merchants of Magick, expansion Draught of the Dragons, and expansion Dangerous Business.