Federation Commander

[ElizabethB]

[jdemichele]

I've been using the Rabco sheet protectors in standard D-Ring binders. They're a bit pricey, but they've been worth it.
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[ElizabethB]

Yeah, the Rabco sheet protectors look great, I'm just being stingy about how much I'm willing to spend on shipping.

[jdemichele]

[ElizabethB]

I think someone else suggested 5 per, but 3 makes more sense and lets you group up ships according to class.

[Scoutdad]

I've posted this before, but it bears reiterating.

I use the half sized (5.5 x 8.5 inch) sheet protectors and binders from Staples.
I keep each variant... yes, variant... in it s one protector, so there are 3 CA's in one protector, three CC's in another, 3 CA (middle years) in a third, a CAD in it's own, and so own.

I then have a binder for the Feds, one for the Klingons, one for the Romulans, the Gorn, the Kzinti, etc...
The ISC, the Orions, and the Vudar all share a single binder.

While this works well for me, I wish I had gone with the Rabco sheets to start with. Unfortunately, I am too heavily invested in Fed Comm at this point [2 or 3 copies of all products] to even consider trashing what I have and buying a new storage system.

Now, that being said... if anyone ever wants to buy my binders and sheet protectors, I might consider changing horse in midstream...

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Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
Department Head, ACTASF

[jdemichele]

[Scoutdad]

Mine are arranged alphabetically , by ship class.

I have been playing since SFB was in a zip-loc baggie, I'm used to referring to everything by its designation... CA, CL, FF, etc.
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Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
Department Head, ACTASF

[mjwest]

Huh. Just to show everyone is different, I order mine by relative combat power. So, start with dreadnoughts and go down, putting tugs last. It ends up being:
DNH -> DN -> DNL -> BCH -> CC -> CA -> NCA -> CW -> CL -> DW -> DD -> FF -> Pol -> Tug -> LTT

This is, admittedly, a subjective order, as who is to say whether a CA or NCA (for example) is more powerful? But, it works for me!
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Federation Commander Answer Guy

[Scoutdad]

just goes to show you...
Ask 14 different people how they arrange their ship cards, and you'll get 15 different answers.

And all of them will be right, too.

Just not as right as mine...
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Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
Department Head, ACTASF

[ElizabethB]

Y'all are breaking down my resistance to ordering from Rabco.

Gonna be fun tomorrow with all those cards and nothing but a box to store them in, though.

I'd have gone to Staples by now but no good mass transit available and the only car we have out here in the boondocks is in the shop.

[djdood]

I use the Rabco protectors, in binders and organize them in a manner similar to Mike West's, in roughly descending combat power. It puts the most-used ships (cruisers and destroyers) right "at the fold" in the middle. It's also just fun to flip through.
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[ElizabethB]

[djdood]

I don't know if they've changed them in the interim (it's been about 10 years since I bought mine) and I don't have them handy to measure.

However, if you look carefully at the photo, you can see the cards sticking up about the discrepant 1/4" above the edge of the pocket. It actually makes them a lot easier to slide in and out.
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[ElizabethB]

That's helpful. If they stick out a little on the side, that is.

Now I just need to inventory my cards when they arrive.