Familia Regis – Board game insert for The Anarchy

Features of the insert include:

• When packed according to our packing tips located here: (https://www.storeallthebits.com/site/2026/10/12/familia-regis-tips-and-tricks-for-our-board-game-insert-for-the-anarchy/), the game box can be stored horizonal or vertical with no migration of pieces
• Individual player trays store all the cards and playing pieces required for play and can go from box to table for quicker setup. No need to distribute cards and castle dice from baggies.
• The insert supports the Kickstarter Promo Token pack (Beer tokens and additional Plunder tiles)
• Game piece trays are provided for each type of worker, resource, and token.
  • Trays are generally color coded to the contents to aid in packing.  Trays can be ordered as a single color if desired.
  • The tray for storing silver will hold either the standard cardboard silver tokens or the metal silver coins from Garphill
  • Muster, Beer, and Plunder tiles are stored in a custom tray
  • A supplemental storage tray is provided in order to stabilize the top layer of the box.  It can alternatively be used for beer tokens if desired
• Card trays support sleeved cards.  Sleeves used in the attached pictures are:
  • Small Cards – Gamegenic – Just Sleeves – Mini European (46x71mm)
  • Large Cards – Sleeve Kings – North Sea – Standard (54x86mm)
• Two small card trays are provided.  Split the Attack cards and the Final Escalade cards between the two trays however you wish.
• Two large card trays are provided.  The shorter card tray stores the Player Aids, Path Cards, and has an inset for the first player marker.  The taller card tray holds the scenario deck.

Additional Player Tray Details:

Every player gets their own player tray that includes all the castle dice, their player tent marker, and their domain cards needed for the game. This includes:

• Player domain deck
• Player tent marker
• 4 castle wall dice
• 4 castle tower dice
• 1 castle moat die
• 1 castle gate die

As mentioned earlier, these trays can go from box to table and be used during play to store/stage castle dice. When the game is over, each player loads everything back into their tray and you are ready to put things away without the need to separate and corral the player cards; collect and store the tent markers; nor count and bag the castle dice.

Color Selection:

• Player trays are available in Color Matched (Standard) / Black / Grey / White / Custom
• Game piece trays are available in Color Matched (Standard) / Black / Grey / White / Custom
• If you’d like a custom color configuration, select the Custom configuration in both options and we will contact you after the order is placed to coordinate.

Lid Lift Design Note:

Designing this insert was a bit of a challenge due to tons of components and comparatively little available space.  In the end we decided that the best approach to provide a high quality and high functionality insert required making one of our basic design tenants “optional”.  That tenant being “no lid lift”. So, the tl;dr on this is that when packing a fresh copy of the game, there will be a fair amount of lid lift that is equal to about half the height of the pad of player sheets.  See what we did there? 

Consequently, you’ve got a couple of choices:

1. Live with it for now, and watch your lid lift disappear as you play more and more games, discarding the player sheets as they are filled.
2. Measure off enough of the player sheet pad (approximately half) to eliminate the lid lift and tear off the excess as a smaller pad.  Keep it tucked away until you’ve played enough that you need to backfill the box.

In order to maintain the ability to carry / store the box in any orientation, we recommend placing “spent” player sheets in the bottom of the box, thereby keeping the overall packing of the box the same.  The spent sheets will serve to keep the box level and the trays secure.

Historical Note:

If you are curious about the name “Familia Regis”, it comes from the small bodies of knights that were the basis for the headquarters for military campaigns between the two first cousins, Stephen of Bois and Matilda, daughter of Henry I as they battled for succession of the throne after Henry’s death.  This period of unrest with England has been referred to as “The Anarchy”, the namesake for this game.  Additional details can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchy