@pillbox beat me to the inis play. But cyclades titans did the same trick.
The only game I’ve done this with is Kingdomino. Not a huge space saver but still satisfying
Ghost stories in the skinny expansion box was a satisfying squeeze.
Ooh, I shall have to try that. (Usually I just put things in the main box.)
I just dumped the full game rules in the main box and relegated it to the attic pile of expansion boxes. BGG can cover me if I need a quick refresh.
When I bought Age of Steam Deluxe edition. I thought, it’s one of my faves, so I’m more than happy to pay deluxe price with a deluxe box. Huh. Now I’m getting sick of the damn box. I have placed all the non-map components in the Expansion Volume I box, including all expansion contents. So they are all in one place. Then I put all the maps out where they can roam the shelves as free-range maps. And when I bring the game, I can mix and match which maps to bring, and don’t need to worry if I forgot to bring the associating expansion component with those maps. I did kept some component trays as they still fit.
I defo thrown away the dumb-as-fuck insert that houses the trains. I’ve seen people struggle getting them out. Whoever designed that insert deserves a slap in the face.
End result:
After some faff with Royal Mail, Bullet arrived!
And after removing the insert, I’ve managed to fit everything from both games into the new box (also the box for the first game was damaged, so I got it cheap).
Version 2 of GOA storage: bag all the heroes instead of putting them in dexk boxes. Put everything inside New Frontiers box and there’s still space.
Storage size reduce by approx 40%