The situation came to a head a few weeks ago when Philip and I finally scheduled a game day after months of trying to game together. He brought the new Power Rangers game and I brought Arcadia Quest, games we knew we both wanted to play that day. We started off with a few other games, but when it came time to play Power Rangers or Arcadia Quest, we both let out a big sigh looking at all the minis and cards we’d have to wade through to set the games up. Time to fix this problem. Looking at all the various insert makers again, I took a look at The Broken Token’s insert for Zombicide: Black Plague/Green Horde. As another big CMON Kickstarter, Zombicide and Arcadia Quest both have tons of minis and exclusives that make it hard to organize. Could I use the Zombicide insert for Arcadia Quest?

Time to go to the source

I’ve worked with The Broken Token in the past for reviewing many of their inserts, so I sent them an email with my idea. After all, if it works for me, this gives them another game that they could market this same insert as supporting. Their chief designer, Derek, got pulled into the conversation as well, and he wasn’t sure they would be compatible. Arcadia Quest, he said, had a lot more variety in the bits/sizes of cards, that probably wouldn’t be much better than putting everything in bags. However, everyone agreed to send me a copy of their ORGZBM: ORG106 & ORG107 “Zombicide Medieval Fantasy Organizers” to try out. If it ended up being a flop, I also happen to have Zombicide Black Plague and could review the insert for that game, so win/win for them.

What were my criteria for a “successful insert”?

Reduce the number of Arcadia Quest Boxes I’m using the store the game (I started off with 4 boxes: Core, Inferno, Pets, and Riders).

Have the minis and bits organized so that it would be easy to break out the game and play (aka better than just throwing everything in bags)

Personal pet peeve of mine: An organizer that doesn’t lift the box lid at all!

(Spoiler Note: once I got the insert and assembled it, I realized that even for Zombicide the insert was designed to lift the box lid slightly, so I already failed that goal.)

Now the real game begins