SMONEXWooden Organizer and Four Player Boards Compatible with Gloomhaven Board Game - Box Suitable for Storage All Gloomhaven Expansions - Insert and Storage

Yes, it's expensive - it's a similar price to the go7gaming organizer and a good $20 more than Broken Token. But it's reasonably priced for what you get and for me it scores over those two in a few ways. Most significantly: the player boxes. There are 4 of these and they're awesome. Despite a few reviews saying the contrary: you can store the health/xp trackers in them. It's in the instructions. Personally I didn't have trouble sliding in the player card as some reviewers reported, but ymmv. Unlike go7gaming, you don't have to decant EVERY character into a wooden tuck box - just the ones in your current party (so no risk of spoilers). Unlike Broken Token you don't have to use any of them: there's still space for all the original tuck boxes so you're not forced to keep 4 characters in wooden boxes even if you're only playing with two. The use of acrylic (etched with labels when needed) for dividers and lids works well functionally and aesthetically. The monster storage and the card storage are particularly well done and easy to find.Here are some pros and cons:Pros: Gorgeous to look at, well thought out, great character boxes, good labelling, high quality materials, excellent customer service.Cons: Doesn't *quite* fit into the original box - the lid will be lifted by 1" (doesn't bother me). You could probably avoid this by storing the map tiles in a file instead as a lot of people recommend. Takes time and care to build (see tips).BTW - I found SamSays Reviews on YT a really good resource for enumerating the pros and cons of the various Gloomhaven organizers. For me and my preferences Smonex came out on top, but go7gaming is probably a close second.Tips: Make sure you remove the clear protective plastic from the acrylic too. Generally you want to do this at the last moment but do remember before you assemble the character boxes as it will be almost impossible to remove afterwards without disassembly (ask me how I know). Use lots of glue. Important: put the acrylic lids in place WHILE the glue is drying. If you don't the lids will likely be a very tight fit (if they fit at all). Same goes for the character box lids - let the main box dry with the swing lid in place so that they are correctly aligned. Lastly, understanding the symbols on the card storage dividers is not easy for newcomers to the game (particularly as, I think, there are features intended only for the Forgotten Circles expansion. Maybe?). They could definitely improve their instructions on this part, but you can get glimpses of which cards go where if you play their promo video at 1/4 speed.All in all, very happy so far. Even if you don't pick the Smonex organizer (and I think you should) do pick some kind of organizer (there are plenty of DIY solutions out there) - I find I'm much more likely to play now the chore of set up and put away has been mostly eliminated.

We had waffled on which organizer to pick but we picked this one for the acrylic lids and card dividers and for the character boxes and are very happy we did so. The etched on names and symbols are a wonderful addition and will make set up and clean up far easier. The boxes are very nice (the damage and xp trackers go in these) and we don't have to spend $80+ for a different organizer and then additional 20-30 on each character box (which easily gets to more than this whole package).I opened the box and was super intimidated by the amount of pieces but everything worked very well and went far quicker than I expected! I'm not handy in the slightest. The boxes once assembled (and be very liberal with the glue) are stable and sturdy. They fit very snugly in the box (yes it rises out of the bottom a little, but an inch at max).The instructions could have had images enlarged a little since it wasn't always clear which slots pieces were to slide into but most things only fit one way so it was always smart to mostly preassemble to check before using glue. It just added some time. A couple boxes this preassembly is impossible to do so just glue glue glue.Another review noted a different order to assemble the character boxes (attach the hinge screw pieces to the lid first then glue them into the base). Do this! I followed the instructions for the first box and it came out slightly wonky from having to force things into place. It worked so much better the other way, though is still slightly tricky.The protective covering removal took as long as the assembly (even using a blow dryer) and I still don't have it all out from the middle of the symbols on the card dividers. A legend in the instructions defining the symbols on the card dividers would be amazing. The video linked isn't clear and it just would be far simpler to have a page, rather than pausing and enlarging a youtube video.Overall, very happy with this. Assembly was it's own fun project and it made organization so much cleaner.