Paladins of the West Kingdom – Storage Solution From Folded Space

And now we’re three for three.

When Folded Space was offering a bundle deal for storage solutions for the Collector’s Edition boxes of all three West Kingdom games, I jumped at the chance.

Having reviewed the Architects of the West Kingdom and Viscounts of the West Kingdom inserts, it’s now time to do the one that I haven’t played since February 2020: Paladins of the West Kingdom!

(Note: all three of these are available separate from Folded Space, but the bundle deal is long gone)

As with the other Garphill Games Collector’s box inserts, the original one that came with it is great at storage, but terrible at actually getting the game to the table.

It’s not as bad as the other ones, but there are still too many deep wells to pull stuff out of, and you have to put the whole box on the table to get all of the pieces out.

One of the best things about the Folded Space inserts is that it’s all modular. You can take all of the trays out and put them on the table for easy usage.

How does the insert work and look?

Let’s take a…gander.

First, let me get my one minor gripe out of the way.

This has to be one of the easiest inserts to remember how everything goes back in the box, because the card trays don’t have to be removed and all of the removable trays are easy to tell how they go back.

However, of the three, it’s probably the most difficult to put together (though still not that hard) for one reason: there are a couple of extra pieces that you don’t actually need, and no indication of that in the instructions.

I’m assuming this is because of the standardization of the press to cut all the pieces into the foam core.

Two of the trays have the same instructions (telling you which of the 5 foam sheets the pieces appear on) but one of the trays doesn’t use two of the pieces. So you’re left wondering whether they are going to be used for something else?

It all made sense, and I basically saved those two trays for last, but it was a bit confusing.

Otherwise, though?

It’s a wonderful insert.

The card trays are the hardest part to put together, mainly because of all the slots and everything, but even those aren’t that difficult. You just have to be careful with the glue and make sure you hold all of the pieces together long enough for them to stick.

And make sure (for all of these inserts) to let them dry for 24 hours before putting them in the box!

The bottom layer also has all the meeples (except the black and white ones) as well as the provisions and two removable player trays with all of their pieces.

On top of the tray for small cards, you put the white and black meeples. This is the exact height of the box and they fit perfectly in there (no standing them up, though!).

In the square well, on top of the meeples and two player trays, you put the other two player trays and the money.

The three center boards fit perfectly on the narrow side on top of the meeples.

On top of that is the extensions for the City of Crowns expansion.

And finally the player boards fit exactly in the remaining space.

That pretty much takes you right up to the top of the box, and it fits amazingly well so you can store the game on its side.

One neat innovation in this insert that I didn’t think was necessary until I saw it, is the last little board for City of Crowns, and how it fits on top of the solo deck of cards.

It’s not necessary to keep the cards in, but it’s a neat place to put what would otherwise be a board that might rattle around in there somewhat.

It’s such a little thing, but so cool.

Overall this is an amazing insert and worth the slight hiccup when actually putting all of the pieces together.

I really want to get this game to the table again, not just to test the insert but also because it’s been way too long and it’s such a great game.

What are your thoughts on this?

Let me know in the comments.