I am thrilled to bring you another update for our Dear Readers about Cube4Me products – featuring new sets and storage solutions for our favorite board games. But before we dive into the details and, as always, showcase some beautiful photos, I have exciting news: Cube4Me has just celebrated its 5th anniversary, and to mark the occasion, they have launched a big sale!
As you can see, if you use the 5YEARS code at the checkout of your purchase, you will get a 15% discount. A good chance to get new sets or new products – the selection under Wargaming Sets…
…keeps growing month after month! The promotion runs until August 31st, so there is still some time to think it over – but not too much.
Let us now have a look at some interesting, new sets on the menu!
Three Days of Gettysburg: Deluxe Edition by GMT Games
Let us start with a real monster – Three Days of Gettysburg: Deluxe Edition from GMT Games. I had a pleasure to unbox this title not so long ago and the amount of components is simply staggering: eight counter sheets, multiple full-sized maps, plus a whole stack of charts and player aids. This is exactly the kind of game which desperately needs a proper storage solution – with regiments, batteries, leaders and dozens of markers to sort, playing without one would be a nightmare.
The set here is built from a whole stack of trays with long, narrow compartments, in which the counters stand in neat rows sorted by their color – so every command and unit type has its own dedicated place. On top of that comes a separate tray with square compartments for the numbered markers and the dice. With eight counter sheets to handle this is really the only sensible way to approach the game, and it turns setup from an evening of hunting through stacks into a matter of minutes.
Below the link to the full set – enjoy:
Baltic Empires by GMT Games
Staying with GMT Games – Baltic Empires: The Northern Wars of 1558-1721, designed by Brian Asklev, is a title I covered on the blog recently. As a player from this part of Europe, the subject is particularly close to me. From the storage perspective we have here five asymmetric factions – Denmark-Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland-Lithuania and Prussia – each with their own discs and tiles, plus the Dramatis Personae deck, a pile of coins and a handful of custom dice.
The solution is built around small, individual holders – one per faction color – so at setup each player simply takes their own and has everything ready in front of them. Next to those we have a tray with square compartments for the coins and the resource tiles, a separate holder gathering the dice and wooden pieces, and a card holder for the Dramatis Personae deck. Five players, five colors: this is exactly the case where sorting by faction pays off from the very first minute of the game.
Full description below:
Silver Bayonet by GMT Games
Silver Bayonet: The First Team in Vietnam, 1965 in its 25th Anniversary Edition is a true classic – the remaster of the very first game GMT ever published, back in 1990. Despite the modest, 2-inch box, there is a lot of game inside: counters for the US 1st Air Cavalry and the NVA covering the Ia Drang campaign, plus a whole stack of player aid cards and charts.
Small box, many counters – the eternal challenge. Here two trays with square compartments do the whole job: units of both sides sorted separately by their color, and a dedicated slot for each of the many markers – Assault, First Fire, Fatigue, Air Points, VPs, Replacements and Auto Victory among them. Everything still leaves enough room for the map and the charts on top, and the box closes properly, which with this title is an achievement in itself.
More details here – enjoy:
Infernal Machine by GMT Games
Infernal Machine: Dawn of Submarine Warfare from Ed Ostermeyer and Jeremy White is something completely different – a solitaire game in which you design, build and finally sail a submarine during the American Civil War. Instead of two armies we have here a whole set of card decks, a small forest of markers and a pile of wooden cubes tracking the progress of your project.
That variety of small pieces is exactly what benefits most from a dedicated set. The heart of it is a single tray with a large number of small compartments, where each marker type gets its own slot – Mechanical, Airlock, Diver, Leaks, Terror, Fatigue, Detection, Mission Success and all the rest. Around it sit the card holders: separate ones for the Location USA and Location CSA decks, larger ones taking the Navigation, Discovery and Section cards, plus a dedicated holder keeping all the colored cubes together. Setting up takes moments and, even more importantly, putting everything back afterwards is just as quick.
More details here:
An Impossible War by Bellica 3rd Generation
An Impossible War: The First Carlist War in the North, 1834-1838 from Bellica 3rd Generation, designed by David Gomez Relloso, covers a conflict which is rarely seen on our tables – the Spanish civil war of the 1830s between the Carlists and the Liberals. I unboxed it on the blog earlier this year and enjoyed the subject a lot.
From the storage point of view the challenge here is the mix of components: units for both sides, a solid set of markers, and several decks of cards with truly beautiful period artwork. Our set answers it with trays whose square compartments keep the Carlist and Liberal units cleanly separated – each color in its own slot – together with dedicated space for the VP and all the auxiliary markers. The card decks go into their own holders which sit neatly on top, so nothing shifts around when the box is moved or stored upright.
More details here:
Revolutions: France 1820-1880 by Fellowship of Simulations
We close this update with Revolutions: France 1820-1880 from Fellowship of Simulations – the very same publisher behind Vendee 93, for which we prepared a set last year. This one is a political simulation covering sixty turbulent years of French political conflict, with each player pushing their own faction towards the regime they want to see. The box is essentially all cards: several separate decks, each with its own gorgeous historical artwork, plus a generous pile of wooden discs.
Because of that, the solution here is built almost entirely around card holders – one for each of the decks, so every faction keeps its cards together and instantly recognizable by the card backs. Next to them sits a further holder gathering all the wooden discs in one place. Simple, elegant, and exactly what this title needs: nothing gets mixed, nothing gets lost, and the box closes as it should.
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Conclusion
I am really glad to see that the Cube4Me not only achieved 5th anniversary but it develops nicely, broadening not only number of titles but also its scope – from 18XX games, through various types of trays, game components and wooden pieces up to wargaming sets. And why not use opportunity and do yourself a present – especially if you can get a nice discount? Enjoy!