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Post Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:29 am 
 

I may finally clean out my cupboard, organise my collection and placate my wife.

Can anyone recommend a good source of bags, boards and boxes for D&D materials in the UK. I haven't a clue and a search turns up a few places but I have no idea what sorts of sizes I need for modules. I thought if any of the UK collectors are more organised than me they could lend a chap a hand by pointing me in the right direction.

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:31 am 
 

I buy mine on eBay whenever I need them.
Most of the comic suppliers sell boards and bags in various sizes/thicknesses, self seal/no seal etc, directly on eBay. I either buy direct from their eBay listings, or follow a listing link to an online store and buy from there, and as most of these things are manufactured in China (even the cardboard) and bought by resellers in bulk from the likes of Alibaba.com, they all have exactly the same stock. So I have no loyalty to any one supplier either.

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:44 am 
 

That is useful thank you. Is there a typical size for modules?  They are a US shape rather than a UK one.

  

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:56 am 
 

Sardan wrote:That is useful thank you. Is there a typical size for modules?  They are a US shape rather than a UK one.

The US stape module is the same width as A4 but slightly smaller in height. I tend to buy A4 whenever I can, so that I can use the same bags for UK magazines like White Dwarf/Imagine, and things like Tortured Souls and the Gamemaster Publictions stuff. To my mind, better to have the extra half inch of polythene to fold down the back than not enough.

You can also fit digect sized stuff in sideways and the size again is just right, and you can then either wrap the remained over or trim it and tape it behind. Mayeb buy your first pack of 100 and play around with them and see what works for you.

Boxed sets, and oversized things with maps sicking out the side (Wraith Overlord, Starstone, etc) will always require careful packaging.

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:11 pm 
 

Hi,

modules are AQ size.

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Post Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:06 am 
 

Versimilitude wrote:Hi,

modules are AQ size.

Cheers,
KAL


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