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[Barthheart]

Uncouth heathen. 

[mirth]

Uncouth heathen. 

Filthie Hippie!

[Barthheart]

Jealous.  :D

[mirth]

Jealous.  :D

No.

[panzerde]

And I am indeed going to use them with Nappy games. And maybe GBOH, though it's really the OSG games that need them. Counter stacking and then all of the status markers - I spend twice as long fixing knocked over stacks as I do playing, even with tweezers.


Plus, you know, how can you resist having a little vehicle for your counters to ride around in?

[Cyrano]

I do not like them Sam I Am.

They disrupt my aesthetic.

This, of course, is while playing NLB.  My attitude may change as I return to the later generation OSG games.

[Crossroads]

So, just out of curiosity, if a US citizen were to ship a 50 pound box (as in 3 1/2 Stone, not £50) labeled 'Paper Goods' or 'Presents' from the States to some bloke in the UK, private citizen to private citizen, and the bloke in question were to redistribute the contents of said box (which looked very much like table top games and game counter appearance enhancement devices) to other souls who also resided in the UK, how much trouble could all involved get into if the UK Customs or UK Postal Police (is that a thing?) were to open said box and, upon discovering it's contents, feel like some additional revenue aught to have been paid to someone (maybe themselves)?

At least here in Finland it is pretty much an automatic process. Goods purchased outside of EU coming over mail with value over EUR 20 (USD 22 or therabouts) get stopped in Customs, receiver gets a letter where he can opt to pay the customs via an easy Web page, after which parcel is shipped forward. This is true when shopping from stores, as they print the value in parcel.

For gifts, the customs threshold at least here is EUR 45 (USD 50). I've bought several bigger 2nd hand boardgames from BGG with that value, but none of these have ever stuck in the customs as they are sent by a private person.

So in that hypothetical situation I'd mark the parcel as Gift, name it a boardgame, and if necessary put a low monetary value to it. I see no risk especially if you'd mail these individually to different persons.

[JudgeDredd]

WHat's with the tweezers? I don't get that reference.

[Crossroads]

WHat's with the tweezers? I don't get that reference.

Tweezers. With soft coated tips, preferrably. They're The Next Level  :))

I'm not there yet, mind.  :-[  :))

[JudgeDredd]

Yeah - I know what they are... ...I was wondering what they were used for...picking up counters?

[Crossroads]

Yeah - I know what they are... ...I was wondering what they were used for...picking up counters?

They would mostly be used to show you've arrived at The Next Level?   :)

[bayonetbrant]

So in that hypothetical situation I'd mark the parcel as Gift, name it a boardgame, and if necessary put a low monetary value to it. I see no risk especially if you'd mail these individually to different persons.

This

[Barthheart]

Yeah - I know what they are... ...I was wondering what they were used for...picking up counters?

Yes for picking up counters, especially on very crowded maps with tall stacks. Helps the less dextourious of us to keep from plowing over piles of counters trying to make a move.

[panzerde]

I do not like them Sam I Am.

They disrupt my aesthetic.

This, of course, is while playing NLB.  My attitude may change as I return to the later generation OSG games.

I agree - I don't care for the look. OTOH, I'm tired of spending ten minutes putting on markers and dumping over stacks every turn, and for the price it was worth a shot. I may well find that I can't really stand them!

[Staggerwing]

Yeah - I know what they are... ...I was wondering what they were used for...picking up counters?

Yes for picking up counters, especially on very crowded maps with tall stacks. Helps the less dextourious of us to keep from plowing over piles of counters trying to make a move.

It sounds like the kind of tweezers used to remove contact lenses from glass vials would be ideal. They usually end in a short length of silicone tubing or soft pad adhered to the arms. I'll have to look around the office for one. They're not used much anymore since most contacts are now shipped in blister packs.