Unboxing Old Salt Board Game
gamesreviews.comIf you want to win me over before I even get your game down to the table to play, have a fantastic insert for all your pieces. I might be jumping a bit ahead on this unboxing article, but honestly Old Salt has one of the better board game inserts I’ve ever seen, and that gets this unboxing off to a good start!
Component Quality
First up, the component quality in Old Salt is fantastic. While the publishing team does offer an upgrade kit that makes many of the games cardboard pieces wood instead, I would argue that, while it would feel more premium, what is included in the base retail box is more than adequate.
The cardboard tokens are all very thick and solid, and popped out of the punch board with ease. No tearing, another major plus!
Old Salt Unboxing | Naval Combat on the High Seas
The game comes with 6 tuck boxes for each faction in the game. The boxes are meant to store all the pieces you’ll need to play that faction, including additional items that some factions get and others don’t. Regardless of how much stuff each faction has, it always fits neatly into the tuck box, without damaging anything when closing.
Far too often I’ve had games that provide a tuck box for various components, but they are woefully undersized, creating bulging and often damaging the closing flaps.
Another big positive here are the wooden ships. In Old Salt, players can build and deploy 5 different styles of ships, each associated with a specific colour. Each wooden ship has a bit of imagery on it to denote the bow and stern, and also has a small slot to place the thick, cardboard flags (which each faction has 10 of).
When placed on ships, the flags are sturdy, but don’t get ruined when they are required to be removed. Again, the
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