"Running Out of Room?" Topic

Are you running out of storage space for your miniature wargaming items?

Yes!

Tom

Not yet….

I ran out some time ago, too many miniatures & too many books, but I still keep on buying more…

Getting there

This is why we have an off-sight storage unit… 1/3 furniture, clothes, and household items, 2/3 books and gaming stuff.

Er…Yes!

Have done a few times.

I keep finding space by rearranging my game room. But this won't work forever…

Yes. I've had to cull my book collection to buy new ones and I buy e-books if they don't have excellent maps.

Nope I have wonderful Garage of Holding to keep my treasures

Nope, Big basement in the house!

Not running out of room so much as running out of boxes.

Yes.

Yes

Not yet but I did cull the collection a few years back.

Space is not an issue, access is.

Not really. And there will be more space in the new house.

No. I have already run out of space for minis and terrain.

Yes, unfortunately.

Not so much now, but that's because I've gotten rid of three period/scale combinations this year. At least four more to go.

Yes, even though I built an extra room to house my hobby.

Need to find homes for new units from last year on but no.

Mainly for terrain. I am going through my projects that I will never work on and getting ready to post them here for sale.

Matthew

Yes

Yes. Had so sell thing to make space.

Several times through the years with regrets each time on something I wish I had now.

Almost.

I had to take down my 6 x 12' table, and put up shelves so my basement is now a warehouse. Luckily I have a ping-pong table in the family room for gaming. Gave the big table to our new clubhouse host so it's still in use.

Not only am I running out of room I have to move house soon.

Robert

Yes, but I made decisions and reduced my supply to compensate. Also made decision to not buy new figures till current unpainted figures are all painted. Also cut out buying any magazines and sold off the ones I owned. These decisions have made a difference for my space problems.

Refusing to collect larger than true 15mm was the best decision I took over 40 years ago. Saved me from space headache, especially for terrain, as collections in my favourite periods slowly built up and old age eventually compelled a smaller residence!

Only 1 room in the house doesn't have war games stuff in it! Need a proper sort out but can't muster the courage.

Yes.

But where the first half of my wargaming career has been focused on amassing stuff, the second half has been about upgrading stuff. So the total volume remains under control.

I just buy new buildings to house everything.

Filled the house, bought a shed.

Filled the shed, bought a 2 storey man cave.

too many miniatures, and way too many books.

Hope that will do it.

Ah..The joy's of 2mm gaming. WWII Americans, Germans, Russians, and Terrain in one Plano Box.

Re-organizing and building new shelves but I'm rapidly approaching the saturation point.

I am obviously not alone! In spite of my best efforts more figures, books, terrain seem to keep appearing. Over- spil of terrain has gone to the shed, but figures need to stay in more even temperature. Thinking about new Bisley cabinets for my growing 10mm collections.

Building a house in Maine which will have a 32 by 22 ft hobby room next to a 32 by 24 ft garage on the ground floor.

Lots of space there and I won't have to schlep up the terrain and minist to the living room as I do now.

I commit one room to this madness…yet it creeps like ivy. The car. The coffee table. I can keep it contained but yeah. I am starting to see hard cuts coming.

Absolutely.

Yes. I'm winding down on buildings since I can only fit so many on the table. The problem is I like building them.

Yes! Help!

Yep.

Not yet ,
When we buy a new house -we just make sure that it has a large enough space. My wife is very good about that -she tells the realtor that I need the gaming space and the space for a walk-in wine cellar .

In our current place I converted the guest house into my gaming area (and kept 2 en-suite bedrooms for overnight gaming guest).

I also keep a bunch of gaming things at our summer home -That way my sons and I can play when we are there .

Yes. My collection of miniatures and terrain is spilling out from the basement into upstairs closets, much to my wife's disdain.

I'm not a collector and I just did a culling. I also don't buy for a project unless everything I have for it is done already or proceeds from the sale of *unpainted* miniatures funds new purchases. All of my stuff fits in a couple mid sized plastic storage containers and one set of those plastic drawers that fit under my work table.

At this point the only thing I'm running short of is display space for finished miniatures. I'm thinking I'm going to need to add more glass shelves to my ikea display unit. Until that happens, only 54mm figures get to be displayed like that.

Us single losers who rent 1 bedroom dumps have to be practical. Yes I don't have enough space. Have folding coleman camping tables for games in the future. Beats the floor.

No, but I'm working on it. Helps that I have 2 houses. The rarely used stuff is at my old house while the current projects are at the new one.

Yes