There is a specific kind of satisfaction that has nothing to do with how a game plays. It is the moment you lift the lid and everything is exactly where you left it. No loose cards. No dice rattling in a corner. No five-minute sort before you can deal. Just a box that is ready. That is what a proper insert does, and it is why we worked with e-raptor on a custom one for Lying Pirates.
Why e-raptor
If you have spent any time in the board game community, you already know the name. e-raptor is a Polish maker that has built its reputation on one thing: inserts and organizers that fit. Not “close enough” plastic trays that ship with half the games on your shelf, but laser-cut, properly engineered storage designed around a specific box.
We did not want a generic foam cutout. We wanted something made for our components, by people who treat insert design as a craft rather than an afterthought. e-raptor was the obvious choice. They are renowned for exactly this, and once you have handled their work you understand why people seek them out by name.
There is a difference between storage and organization. Storage is a bag and a hope. Organization is a system: a place for each thing, designed so that putting it away is as quick and as obvious as taking it out. The community knows the difference, which is why a maker like e-raptor has the reputation it does. You do not buy a custom insert because you ran out of room. You buy it because you want the box to work the way a good tool works.
What “perfect fit” actually means
A perfect fit is not a marketing phrase. It is a measurable, physical thing, and you feel it every time you open the box.
Every card has a slot sized for it. The metal coins have a tray that holds them in a stack instead of scattering them across the bottom of the box. The dice cups have a home. The dice have a home. When you tilt the box to carry it to a friend’s table, nothing shifts. When you set it back on the shelf vertically, the components stay put.
For a collector, this changes the relationship with the game. A box without an insert slowly degrades: cards bend, tokens migrate, and after six months the setup that should take two minutes takes ten. A box with the right insert does the opposite. The hundredth time you open it, it opens just as cleanly as the first. We made the same argument when we explained why we put metal coins and bamboo cups in the box: the components only stay special if they are stored like they matter.
Built for people like us
This post is not really a sales pitch. It is one board game nerd talking to another.
We know the type, because we are the type. You are the person who sleeves cards. You have opinions about box inserts. You think the ritual of setup and teardown is part of the game, not an interruption to it. There is a quiet pleasure in laying components out at the start of the night and a different, equally real pleasure in returning each piece to its slot at the end. The click of a component dropping into the place built for it is part of the experience.
That is who this insert is for. Not the casual player who keeps the game in a cupboard and reaches for it twice a year, but the one who wants everything in its place because the order is part of the joy. The one who demands more from a box than “it closes.” If that is you, you already understand. You did not need us to explain it.
We built it with the best material and the best system we could, with a maker who shares the standard. That is the whole brief: make the thing we would want on our own shelf, for the people who care about their table the way we do.
Whether you run the Base Game or the BIG BOX, the principle is the same. Every coin, every card, every cup, in its place. Open the box, and it is ready.
Custom Insert
Lying Pirates Custom Insert
Precision-cut foam by e-raptor. Every coin, card, die, and cup has a dedicated home. Works with the base game and BigBox.
The 4-Player Setup
One set of Bamboo Cups plus Crew Dice 20 pcs. The cleanest way to seat four for Liar's Dice.
Bamboo Cups
Warm to hold. Satisfying sound when shaken. Lift cleanly off the table without dragging dice.
Crew Dice 20 pcs
If you're looking for a premium Liar's Dice bundle, this is what you need. 4 cups and 20 dice.
Playing with up to 6? Both the Lying Pirates base game and the Big Box include enough cups and dice for 6-player Liar's Dice, with no extras needed.