Board game display

[Wolfman]

A question for anyone who has a vintage board game that they have on display. Do you lean it against a wall, lay it flat, or perhaps put it in a display case? If the latter, where would you find one with those dimensions?  Reason I'm asking, I just acquired the Godzilla game from 1963, so I would greatly appreciate any and all tips.

Thanks,
JP

[Allhallowsday]

Congrats on a great game.  I would put it as the background of a display in a cabinet, with other items in front of it. 

[Mike Scott]

. . or perhaps put it in a display case? If the latter, where would you find one with those dimensions? 

You'd have to have one custom made. Google "custom acrylic display case".

[Wolfman]

You'd have to have one custom made. Google "custom acrylic display case".

There's one on eBay now for $95. Seems a little pricey. I have it in my display case, leaning against the glass as a backdrop. I'm thinking that should be okay, as it displays very well.

JP

[Mike Scott]

Seems a little pricey.

I hate it when the container to put things in (including poster frames) costs more than the thing you're putting into it!

[Wolfman]

I hate it when the container to put things in (including poster frames) costs more than the thing you're putting into it!

Yes indeed!

JP

[Monsters For Sale]

How about one of those "frameless" frames that is nothing more than a piece of acrylic with the same sized backing and unobtrusive plain, metal clips to hold them together?

Shouldn't be very expensive to have one cut to size at a place like Michaels Crafts.

[Hepcat]

I keep mine in an ordinary Buehler cabinet widely available in furniture stores:





But, as you can see, while the storage capacity is large very little of the box graphics are visible. Unfortunately board game collections require mega display space.

[Hepcat]

When I decided to expand my collecting efforts to board games and lunch boxes circa 2005, I knew I'd have to use a rifle shot approach or else display space would quickly become a very real problem given the size of these items. I wanted to avoid the Rick Polizzi scenario. He started collecting board games after stumbling upon one in a thrift shop in the late eighties that he'd had as a kid. By late 1990 his collection had grown to over 400 board games:



Evidently his collection would continue to grow to well over 1500!

I therefore decided to limit my purchasing to only those board games which looked like they could be new old stock. Still I succeeded in finding some on delightful themes/subjects!

Here are a couple of pictures showing super collector Desi Scarpone's approach to displaying a very few of the games from his collection of over 6000:





Like I say, properly displaying board games requires mega space!

[Mike Scott]

Holy crap! And that only a third of his (eventual) collection!

[mjaycox]

I just callously leave my displayed on the floor



Matt

[Hepcat]

How do you avoid tripping on them? And doesn't your wife mind?

[Hepcat]

A question for anyone who has a vintage board game that they have on display. Do you lean it against a wall, lay it flat, or perhaps put it in a display case? If the latter, where would you find one with those dimensions?  Reason I'm asking, I just acquired the Godzilla game from 1963, so I would greatly appreciate any and all tips.

So what then did you end up doing?

[Wolfman]

So what then did you end up doing?

Not on display. Still in the closet. However, I do have the Creature mystery game in my display case.

JP

[Mcfly22]

I just callously leave my displayed on the floor



Matt

I never knew they made a Jekyll and Hyde game