SMONEXOrganizer Compatible with Gloomhaven Jaws of The Lion - Convenient Board Game Organizer Box with Four Player Trays

TL;DR buy one if you're on the fence of buying an organizational system for the game. Is this the best? It is very good for the money but not perfect. Very happy with purchase.Pros: cheaper than most. Made of MDF board, easy to assemble, comes with rubber bands, can store easily and save character progressCons: requires glue, not for beginners, missing storage for character sheets, instructions for assembly of character holder needs improvement, not all monsters and cards fit neatlyDidn't take pictures but took about 2 1/2 hours to assemble and glue all the pieces. Had to use a wet paper towel and toothpick to wipe excess glue. I used Elmer's wood glue max but the instructions recommend another glue. I found no issues using mine.Most pieces come on one sheet and the instructions point out what sheet to use. Comes with rubber bands to hold boxes together while drying but bought additional because it was not enough.Many comments about building the character holder. It was difficult and tried the instructions, tried my own way, and tried another way on YouTube. I didn't find an easier way to assemble. The problem is there is a screw and threaded holder that goes in the hole where the lid flips up and down. It was hard to get the items to fit properly without frustration and several attempts. Maybe someone has another way that is easier than what I tried.The character holder also doesn't provide a holding areas for the small character tokens used on your ability cards. You can use the plastic bag in the game but the bag is too big to fit as designed.The monster holder, in my case, didn't fit the monster cutouts and cards easily. Their video shows stacking certain types together. When I followed the video it did not fit as described. I had to rearrange the monsters a few times to get it to fit. They fit but the cards on 2 holders are not as secure as I would like.Overall it is a good storage system and is better than what the manufacturer provides.

This sped up setup and breakdown time tremendously! It has spaces for everything and I love the player boxes. Good quality wood. Must have!

I will say that you need wood glue for this, and that you should dedicate around a day to “arts and crafts” time. While Jaws of the Lion is a smaller game, this organize took quite some time to build.That said, when it was done and every piece slid into a perfectly designed place that only caused the box lid to rise a couple of mm above what it normally does is 100% worth it. It makes setting up and tearing down the game so much easier.

I know from reading the other reviews that people had some difficulty assembling this but I found it to be straight forward. I was able to assemble it in a couple of hours. One piece did snap on me but I was able to glue it back together and put it into place. A couple of the boards were slightly warped and I had to hold them in place to get them to adhere to each other but it was not difficult at all.I love the way that the player containers work and all of the wood is just beautiful and helps to keep everything where it needs to be. I am playing with my three teenage children and having a place for the cards that are not in use for the scenario is great. It cuts down on the clutter on the table as well as helping them not lose anything important.The time it took to set up the game and tear it down was significantly faster with this. I would recommend to people to get it for that alone. I have not played full gloomhaven yet but I am going to get an organizer before I do so set up and tear down are not longer then the scenario.

Holy cow, it all fits in the box. Box lid is raised up a thumbs width, but it was close to that when sealed anyways due to the books.Fantastic organization!Some rat tokens have to be bagged separately from the enemy organizer.There is even space for the "do not open" boxes.More of this review was written, but redacted by Amazon.

I just finished getting this organizer put together. While it is a significant improvement over the organization solution that comes in the box with Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, it does have some major flaws.First, the assembly instructions suck. They are sufficient to get things put together correctly, yes. However, you need to be VERY THOUGHTFUL during assembly for some components. Some pieces are "mostly symmetrical" and the instructions don't help call your attention to the minor details that you need to pay attention to. The monster tray is a great example of this.Then, with the status token tray, there is ONE PIECE that you're not supposed to glue. The instructions make NO MENTION of the fact that you should not glue that particular piece... other than the fact that if you look closely, the arrow in the assembly diagram is a different color. Could you have maybe put DO NOT GLUE next to the diagram, instead? It's especially egregious given that the instructions tell you to use glue on the very first page.Lastly, with the player board they cut a corner by shoving a whole bunch of stuff into step 1. It was an annoyance for me because it made it more difficult to see how the "base piece" was supposed to be oriented. It's one of those "mostly symmetrical" pieces I was talking about before.Of these things, the only non-recoverable issue is with the status token tray. That said, I would highly recommend to anybody building these that you DON'T take a break midway through building a particular tray. It is absolutely possible to half-build something incorrectly and if you glued it up, you're boned.Assembly itself will take a good chunk of time. Plan for multiple hours if you're trying to do a good job gluing every surface and wiping excess glue. Some of the pieces you need to assemble are a bit finicky. Some trays, like the event cardholder and stand tray, are not stable at all until you get them mostly-assembled. That can be frustrating.Let's talk about organization. Most things have a home in this organizer, but some things don't. And some things have a home that kind of sucks.The monster stat card envelopes have a bad home. They aren't secure and their corners aren't well-protected. Ditto for the monster stat cards. One of the two of these can be kept in the plastic sleeve that comes with the game, but not both.The element mat (where you track inert/waning/strong) doesn't have a place to live at all. You just toss it on top when you shove everything into the box.The character figures seem like they ought to go into the Smonex player boxes, but they live in their original game boxes, separately. This isn't a HUGE deal but it feels like something that could well have been handled more elegantly. I'm also not super thrilled about the initiative order tokens for characters being loose on top of the player box.I like that the monster ability cards live with the monster standees.This is a minor nitpick, but the monstrosity standees need to be arranged JUST SO into the monster box. Otherwise they don't come close to fitting at all. I actually figured it out by looking at their video on YouTube.If you need SOMETHING to organize your game, this will do. To me, this organizer whiffed on enough to be a slight disappointment overall.

Requiere de un concienzudo montaje, pero una vez terminado es perfecto, o casi. Al meterlo en la caja no queda exacto y la tapa no cierra hasta el fondo. Magnifico organizador que permite ahorrar muchísimo tienpo de setup.