To clip or not to clip...

[Ubercat]

How can anyone pretend the untrimmed counter looks better? 

Ya got me. I find it incomprehensible.

[Cyrano]

AAAAAAGH.  The mutilation is, indeed, worse than the corner fuzz.

Just get the flipping Oregon and MOVE ON.

The only credible debate is +/- the .5 on the trim.  That is all.

And stickering your cards.

And miscegenation of your game components.

(I really should post pictures of my Memoir '44 collection.  Panzerde would be so pleased.)

[mirth]

I agree about the Oregon Laminations trimmer, but that isn't a terrible trim job. Far better than the tufted counter that won't stack for a damn.

And is there really a debate about the +/- on the trim? 2.5mm is the way to go.

I don't know what the stickering is about, but it sounds wrong. As is miscegenation of game components.

Laminating charts has become mandatory for me.

[Cyrano]

Not Brant's, GJK's ancients...particularly the status markers.  They're hurt-y.

Stickering:  Origins 16.  Out to lunch (literally).  We're discussing counter clipping (yeah, I know) and I off-handedly mention to Doug that when one plays Memoir '44 D-Day Landings one must have a Breakthrough deck for each of the six maps.  Now, one can buy a lot of Winter War expansions (not cheap) or one can use two regular Memoir decks.  The trick is that there are certain cards that have an extra ability in Breakthrough.  To remind one of this, there's a set of stickers one can download from Boardgamegeek and apply to one's cards.  Doug shot me a look that was one of the grandest admixtures of pity, revulsion, and disgust I have ever seen.  I laugh still to think of it.  I also mentioned that playing D-Day Landings requires at least four sets of Memoir '44.  As a storage convenience, I have one Memoir box that is all terrain, one that is all figures, one that is all maps, and one that is all the other stuff.  This is miscegenation and is also not approved.

Fast forward to the next day and my wife and I are wandering the con and there's a fellow looking to play "Triumph and Glory".  As I had just bought it I stopped by to chat.  He was particularly proud of the fact that he had carefully downloaded and stickered ALL his cards to make them, in some way, easier to use.  He did not understand why my wife and I politely stifled laughter.

[mirth]

Not Brant's, GJK's ancients...particularly the status markers.  They're hurt-y.

Those are an affront to decency. I had already blotted the image from my mind.

As to the rest of it, do whatever you like to your Memoir stuff. It's not a real wargame :P

[Crossroads]

I agree about the Oregon Laminations trimmer, but that isn't a terrible trim job. Far better than the tufted counter that won't stack for a damn.

And is there really a debate about the +/- on the trim? 2.5mm is the way to go.

I don't know what the stickering is about, but it sounds wrong. As is miscegenation of game components.

Laminating charts has become mandatory for me.

Mine is a 2.0mm cutter, works a treat for me. There's a few pictures somewhere here about how the corners turned out

EDIT: Here they are 



+1 for chart lamination  O:-)

[mirth]

I'd be fine with a 2mm trimmer as well. I split the difference when I ordered the 2.5. I could never go back to nail clippers for trimming.

[Bison]

I like the slightly clipped look Cyrano.

[Crossroads]

I'd be fine with a 2mm trimmer as well. I split the difference when I ordered the 2.5. I could never go back to nail clippers for trimming.

Just get the flipping Oregon and MOVE ON.

The only credible debate is +/- the .5 on the trim.  That is all.

Amen. Just pick the Oregon Lam cutter you like and you're good to go :bd:

[panzerde]

Stickering:  Origins 16.  Out to lunch (literally).  We're discussing counter clipping (yeah, I know) and I off-handedly mention to Doug that when one plays Memoir '44 D-Day Landings one must have a Breakthrough deck for each of the six maps.  Now, one can buy a lot of Winter War expansions (not cheap) or one can use two regular Memoir decks.  The trick is that there are certain cards that have an extra ability in Breakthrough.  To remind one of this, there's a set of stickers one can download from Boardgamegeek and apply to one's cards.  Doug shot me a look that was one of the grandest admixtures of pity, revulsion, and disgust I have ever seen.  I laugh still to think of it.  I also mentioned that playing D-Day Landings requires at least four sets of Memoir '44.  As a storage convenience, I have one Memoir box that is all terrain, one that is all figures, one that is all maps, and one that is all the other stuff.  This is miscegenation and is also not approved.

Philistine.


That doesn't hold a candle to the dude in the FB Wargamer's group that not only routinely hacks his counters to bits using an X-Acto knife and (apparently) a hacksaw, but slices his maps to bits and mounts them on foamcore to make them "3D."


But you're still a Philistine.

[mirth]

but slices his maps to bits and mounts them on foamcore to make them "3D."

That's not cool!

[mirth]

I like the slightly clipped look Cyrano.

That is because you, sir, are a man of quality ;)

[bayonetbrant]

but slices his maps to bits and mounts them on foamcore to make them "3D."

That's Clair Conzelman, and for about 7-8 years there, he was an OWC regular who occasionally pitched in with the CP Wargames. 

He's also a ring-knocker and was an active duty armor officer for a long time.

He was involved in one of the very early design sessions for the GEMSTONE system in 2010, when me, Cap'n D, Dr S, and LTC Galope were discussing the model we were originally implementing for the game.

I've never seen any of the 3D maps in person, but my understanding is that he's doing that w/ copies of the maps, not the originals.

[panzerde]

but slices his maps to bits and mounts them on foamcore to make them "3D."

That's Clair Conzelman, and for about 7-8 years there, he was an OWC regular who occasionally pitched in with the CP Wargames. 

He's also a ring-knocker and was an active duty armor officer for a long time.

He was involved in one of the very early design sessions for the GEMSTONE system in 2010, when me, Cap'n D, Dr S, and LTC Galope were discussing the model we were originally implementing for the game.

I've never seen any of the 3D maps in person, but my understanding is that he's doing that w/ copies of the maps, not the originals.

He's a crank.

[mirth]

I've never seen any of the 3D maps in person, but my understanding is that he's doing that w/ copies of the maps, not the originals.

That would be acceptable.