I want to thank mud for the awesome idea. I put it in practice myself! I got 200 coin sleeves on ebay, and have just finished sleeving them all. I didn't have to pre-stretch, fortunately, even if 16 sleeves were damaged (and discarded) in the process of sliding the tokens in. The easier tokens to slide in were aquatic monsters, for some reason. The toughest was the Dunwich Horror, I think it ruined 8 sleeves before managing to fit in one :D

Here's some pictures:

A sleeved cultist

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Front view of the cultist

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And some of my new storage solutions:

The token box

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Small card container

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A small box used for holding the Gate and Mythos decks

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And my hand-made gate holders :P

All 8 of them

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A close-up of 2

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I hope these will help someone find their own solutions for storing and protecting Arkham! :)

 Wow, Mud, your solution to protecting the monsters and improving the stands is the best so far!

I'm buying a pack of one of those felt thingies first thing in the morning and will definitely improve my stands. I was really worried that I would ruin the game after just a few sessions!

Thanks a lot!

Tox,

     If you're interesetd, you might want to check out Kickstarter for your idea.  There are a number of folks out here that might make it worthwhile.  I'm ready to launch a project (after many, many months) on Kickstarter, introducing card holders and component trays for AH.

The Professor

The Professor said:

I don't think so, I just picked a couple of plastic boxes for the token holders, and the gate stands are made out of the white clay stuff that hardens with air :P I do have some favorites between those, though (the ones that reach up the side of the gate token), but those were also mostly inspired by some pics I had seen online a year and a half ago.

I'm very interested at seeing what you're going to come up with, though.

Well, we just accepted by the KS Staff ~ so we'll launch within the next few days.  It's Crafthulhu!

 Wow, nice to see that people like the ideas :)

I just wanted to add to the lamination-of-investigators conversation:

Personally I would never, ever, ever laminate my game-pieces. But that's just me. I have spent a ridiculous amount of cashes on sleeves though.

These are the ones i use for AO and investigators. They fit like a dream.

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I have found a few of a decent Herald-size. But only in overpriced 1000-packs, and that just feels silly. Keeping them in a ziplock at the moment.

For storage I use a cunning combination of plano boxes, altoids tins, a munchkin box and homemade foamcore creations in a modified hardcased briefcase.

In the last six months I spent more time with foamcore construction than actual gameplay :/

//Mud

 Hey Mud, where did you find those overpriced Herald-size sleeves? I'm an inveterate sleever and can't find a satisfactory solution for the Heralds and Guardians.

 Actually gave it a new search today after writing the post and found these, fairly cheap, on ebay:

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(My links look awful)

These too, but they look to thin.

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The sheets are approx. 4" by 6 3/4". The sleeves linked are 4" by 7", but can easily be cut down to size.

The first ones are pretty reasonably priced as I said, but shipping to the fair fields of Sweden is more than the cost of the item :/

 I went ahead and ordered some of these (the thicker ones -- your first link) and they arrived today. They are high-quality sleeves but unfortunately they don't actually fit the Heralds. Both the Herald cards and the sleeves are exactly 4 inches tall. if the sleeves were even 1/16 inch taller it might work, but as it is there's no way to insert the Herald cards. Just an FYI for any other board members who might happen upon this post.

Thanks for sharing the info