Let’s face it: Most “Big Box” editions are horribly oversized and inefficient. Lancaster, however, is particularly egregious. There’s so much air in this box, and even with all that space they managed to make a terrible, nearly non-functional insert that makes it harder to set the game up.
Generally, when I re-box a game, I’m more concerned with changing the footprint of the box than saving space, so the boxes fit more nicely on my shelves. This time, I got the best of both worlds! In addition to the square footprint, the box is considerably shorter than the Big Box version, even including the metal coins and the custom bit boxes. This box is even smaller than the base game retail box!
I’ll start with some comparison shots between the new box and the original Big Box.
I had a lot of fun with the individual bit box designs on this one.
The tile boxes are all the same basic design and footprint, which I really enjoyed designing. I had some space at the end of their row, so I added the coin box into that same design too.
You’ll notice the coins in my design aren’t the ones that come with the game. That’s because – in traditional Mintage Monday fashion – I’ve replace the coins in the game with metal coins from FantasyCoin.com!
And finally, here’s a breakdown of how everything fits in the box:
I’m really happy with how this one turned out. It looks great and is going to regain me a bunch of shelf space!
