Yesterday, we were digging through board games because we needed some space in that cabinet. I suggested pitching some especially original Trivial Pursuit as it is now decades old and they make new more relavant questions.

It made me wonder if you have ideas for storing games. When you stack them on each other, the boxes on bottom crush. But if you stack them sideways, like books, pieces fall out.

So, when is too old for a game? Ideas for storing games welcomed!

I bought an old wire CD holder and have game boards "filed" in it with the game name written on it. For the pieces I put them in a ziploc bag and wrote the name on it. The pieces are in our game box sitting next to the boards. Of course both are alphabetized.
Our trivia games stayed in their boxes however.
I still have an original clue game. And we have three different versions of monopoly and 2 of the life game. I don't think games are ever too old to play or keep. It just depends on if you still use them or not.

I do like to contain pieces in a zippered bag. That way, if the box comes open, just one bag falls out!

We used a tall IKEA type books case which had height adjustable shelves to store game boxes vertically, just like books. During a period when games were an entertainment focus, we used the gameboards as 'art' on the wall in the family rm by hot gluing a lightweight 'O' device on the backside.

We bought most boxed games at yard sales cheap, cheap, cheap as DKs get bored when they've mastered the concept.

I really wish board game companies would help out with this more often. DD's Hungry Hippos, for example, came in a box that was useless for storing the game once it was assembled. For a period of time I was seeing a few games in sturdy cases meant to be stored vertically, and I GLADLY paid an extra $5 for that case versus the cardboard version. Do a search for "Book series" and put in Candy Land or Cooties and a bunch of different kids' games will come up.

I like the idea of the plastic game storage boxes on the market but unfortunately my oldest games with the most beat-up boxes do not have the appropriate dimension of game board for those to be useful. Our games are stored on a bookshelf with adjustable shelves and we just try not to stack them more than about 4 games, or stack them in a way to better distribute the weight.