This post, or series of posts, has been in the works for a while now, perhaps as long as a year. The topic is about the best way for me, as the Gamemaster of a roleplaying that is played outside of my home, to transport the required items from my house to the place where the game is being held.

Because just throwing stuff into random bookbags, plastic bins, and cardboard boxes is not enough. Especially for someone like me who likes both order and to overcomplicate projects. So the goal here is to have a convenient system to move the necessarily elements of my RPG campaign in a car several miles, with flexibility and utility. And on a pretty tight budget.

So what needs to be transported? I am aware that some RPG’s are pretty minimalistic when it comes to gear and lean more into “theater of the mind,” but this game is D&D which means I will need dice, miniatures, a battlemat, at least one Player’s Handbook (I think the Dungeon Master’s Guide and Monster Manual are not necessary since most of the info I would reference in there is likely in the adventure description), terrain (if necessary), and assorted bits of paper and pens for notes, etc.

So what assets do I have for this, aside from a keen mind and the entirety of the internet? The first is four half-size SidioCrates. They are sturdy, a good size, stack on top of each other, and most important I already own them. I use one right now for moving gaming stuff back and forth, but it isn’t as organized as I would like. The are a little over than 19″ long, 7″ high, and 12.75″ deep on the outside. Thankfully I got them when they were having a sale, because they are definitely not on the cheap side.

The second is a 3D printer, specifically my Bambu Lab A1, which is a total workhorse, unlike the series of Creality Ender 3’s that I have that tend to be a bit finicky sometimes. My plan is to use Gridfinity, an open-source organizational system using a standardized size of bins. I have used Gridfinity to do some horizontal projects like organizing my desk, while I think it’s ecological counterpart Multiboard is best for vertical projects. It turns out there is already someone who has done the design work to make a grid base for a half-SidioCrate, so that should be a breeze. Like the SidioCrates themselves, Gridfinity bins are designed to be stackable as well.

The plan is to have all of the different elements in their own bins, each sized according to what is required, and then have those bins be able to fill the crate. If I need to swap something out, say a modular dungeon instead of a small building or forest of trees, then that will be easy to do while leaving everything else the way it is. That’s the plan, at least. Now to melt my way through a few kilos of filament.

Comments welcome, and more to come!