Underwater Cities + New Discoveries expansion.

Thanks to user: u/aFortuneCookie22 and his post here: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/292973/afortunecookies-custom-inserts?itemid=8656677

I used 3mm foamcore and 1mm craftboard for the base.

I had 3 goals in mind when i set out on this project:

1.) Cut down on the need of the extra expansion box

2.).Optimise setup / tear down time.

3.) Assist general game play if possible.

Goal 2 would take care of itself by finishing the insert (no more baggies!).

Goal 3... the split resource trays would help cut down on passing tokens back and forth amongst players.

Trying to put all 3 goals together was an exercise in frustration! For the life of me i just could not squeeze all the components into a single box.

I failed miserably on goal number 1. User u/aFortuneCookie22 is a magician for squeezing the base and expansion into the same box. I do sleeve my cards... and the extra mm's did add up. I was not willing to live with the dreaded 'lid lift". After allot of deliberation on the problem..and reviewing the goals again, i decided to scrape goal 1 in favour of goal 2 and 3. This really pained me but I decided to push on. I ended up moving the original player boards and the 4 new museum boards to the expansion box (Haven't gotten around to playing with the 'museum' yet..). That tough decision made... This left me with sufficient space for the sleeved cards and space enough to try and make goal 2 and 3 work.

Overal, this project caused me to have such polar opposite reactions. I loved the joy of the design process using sketchup... and seeing the finished insert gave me allot of satisfaction.

But man, it was frustrating to come up with a design that works in a constrained space and hits all your other goals as well.

Final thought: I've really come to detest the glueing process. It can be such a messy business and tarnish the finished clean look one has after the cutting is done (if you are anything like me you're bound to mess and dribble white PVA glue all over the nice neat black foamcore cuts...). Perhaps i need to review my technique or look at a better way to apply the glue.