Gambler’s Chest – Assembly Instructions

Equipment & Preparation

To assemble the Gambler’s Chest Box Insert, you will need:

• Wood glue, ideally quick drying with a fine nozzle on the bottle.
• Paper towel, for cleaning up excess glue.
• Old card/newspaper, to protect your work surface from glue.
• Elastic bands (optional), for holding tray together whilst glue dries.
• Sandpaper (optional), for cleaning up marks on boxes.

Each tray is delivered as one or more wooden punch out boards.  The rear of the boards will have burn marks from the cutting process, that optionally can be removed with sandpaper, this is optional, and has not been done on the pictures shown on the product page, or this assembly guide.  To punch out the components, work carefully round the edges of each part, gently pushing them apart when you find them joined.

Construction

The majority of trays in the insert are assembled by following exactly the same steps.  With this in mind, we will cover one tray completely, and then describe any relevant differences for specific trays.

Note: Run through the assembly of each tray without glue first, to ensure that all of the pieces have been correctly identified and located.

Small Standard Card Tray (all layout options)

This design of tray is also used for the Gear tray in layout option A. So if you have that option, follow these instructions again to build it, it’s just got different dimensions to the one pictured.

• Identify the pieces needed for the tray. Each sheet is labelled with the name of the tray, and on the bigger trays, pieces may be spread across multiple sheets.

• Once broken out, arrange pieces as shown.  Most trays are symmetrical and can be assembled with the burn marks on either the inside or outside of the tray.  Where this is not the case it will be identified on the instructions for the specific trays.

• Follow through the rest of the guide without applying glue, just to make sure that all of the pieces fit together as expecting.
• Apply glue as shown in the above image. Too much glue, that requires cleaning up later is better than too little, which will cause your insert to fall apart in use. Note the two lines of glue down the sides with the slotted rails, one is along the tabs that hold the tray together, the other line is along under the slotted rails, and this extends up the end piece.
• Fit the slotted rails into the appropriate holes.

• Fold up the two end pieces.

• Fold up the two remaining side pieces.
• Work around the outside of the tray, squeezing the joints together and wiping excess glue away with the paper towel.  Once squeezed together a couple of times, the pieces should stay together on their own whilst the glue dries, or if you want, you can hold them in place with elastic bands.

• Complete.  Leave the tray for the glue to dry thoroughly before loading game content in.

Knowledge Tray (all layout options)

The Knowledge Tray (x2 in layout option C) is essentially the same design as the small standard tray shown above, just bigger.

Add the glue as shown in the image below, then assemble as detailed for the previous trays instructions.

For layout options A & B, there is also a felt side piece to apply to one side of the Knowledge card tray. This is the side that goes up against the original Settlement box, to reduce scratches when sliding it out past the wooden tray.

Using the same wood glue, apply over one side of the tray, making sure to go to edges and around the finger hole.

Then stick the felt down on the side. You can slide it around a bit to spread the glue out, then push down firmly and leave to dry.

Terrain & Booklet Tray (all layout options)

The Terrain & Booklet Tray comes from a single punch board, identified below:

This tray has some extra pieces in the bottom to punch out, these reduce the weight of the tray, and give you access to poke fingers through to get out stuck terrain tokens!

Apply glue as shown below (remember to dry fit the pieces first!).

Fold up the sides. For pieces like this, it is easiest to fold up two of the adjacent sides to make a corner, then the remaining pieces one by one.

Wipe up any excess glue, then leave to dry.

Tokens & Dice Tray (all layout options)

This is the trickiest tray to build, so you might want to come back to it later, but it is present all in layout options, hence its location here in the build guide.

There are many extra pieces to punch out from within the pieces of this tray, take your time and don’t rush it.

The first thing to note, this tray is not symmetrical. One segment is larger to hold the larger tokens, this means the front and back pieces need to be lined up correctly with the base, which might mean flipping them over to sort out the orientation.

DRY FIT EVERYTHING TOGETHER BEFORE YOU ADD GLUE

So the next step is to apply glue (dry fit without glue) to the areas shown in the next image. Check carefully the side pieces shown on the left and right of the image, as they are have a slightly different set of holes to the pile of pieces that slot in the middle. Also, check the orientation of the central divider as the tabs on the bottom edge are not symmetrical.

If you’ve read this, you can go back and do it again with glue this time!

Next up insert the four shorter dividers. These are all the same and symmetrical, so you can’t get them in wrong.

Now insert the central divider. Check that the tabs on the bottom of it line up with the holes in the base (but this is your dry fit run, so it won’t be a problem, right?). Generally it’s easiest to ease is down from one end, rather than trying to push the whole length down in one go.

Once you have achieved this, now you can start folding up the front and rear pieces. As before, you’ll find this easiest to work from one end of the box along, moving the central dividers a little as necessary to align them with the holes.

Only the easy bit left, now fold up the sides, squeeze joints together, and wipe away excess glue.

Settlement Tray (layout options A & B) and Standard Card Trays (all layout options)

The settlement tray and standard card trays share a common construction, with three rows of cards in each tray. The Settlement tray is slightly more complex as the three rows are different sizes for the small cards, standard cards and knowledge cards. The parts on the Settlement tray are therefore not symmetrical, whereas in the standard card trays all parts are symmetrical.

The images shown are for the Settlement tray, but follow along for all the other trays.

Line up all the pieces as shown, checking the orientation of the side panels if you are making the Settlement tray.

Dry fit all of the pieces before adding any glue, but once you’ve done that, glue up as shown below.

Put the slotted rails in, then fold up the two long sides, finishing with the two shorter sides. Squeeze joints together and wipe up excess glue. Leave to dry for a couple of hours before putting the dividers in.