PSA: A guy at the Gen Con library taught me to always bring a $5 pack of card sleeves for demo games.

My friend and I were trying a new deckbuilder there, and his sweaty hands totally wrecked the demo copy's cards... the volunteer just sighed and pulled out a fresh box, saying 'happens every year, but sleeves would've saved it.'

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campbell.robin21d ago

My hands are basically a humid climate zone, so I get it. I once left a thumbprint smudge on a friend's rare magic card that looked like a tiny modern art painting. That five dollar pack of sleeves is cheaper than the shame of watching a volunteer silently judge your clammy life choices. I should just buy stock in a sleeve company at this point.

grant.richard21d ago

Worrying about a volunteer's silent judgment seems like a stretch. Most people at those events are just trying to get through the day and don't care about your hands. That smudge probably looked more like a smudge than art to anyone else.