To clip or not to clip...

[MengJiao]

Panzerde's head is going to explode when he reads that... 

   It's actually less wear-and-tear on maps since they don't have to be folded back into the boxes and monster games like the Alexander the Great stuff with all its extensions and mix-and-match scenarios are easier to sort through.  Plus there's always the feeling of relief when you shovel an annoying scenario into a bag and turn it into a chaotic matrix at the bottom of all other possible scenarios.

[Barthheart]

Panzerde's head is going to explode when he reads that... 

   It's actually less wear-and-tear on maps since they don't have to be folded back into the boxes and monster games like the Alexander the Great stuff with all its extensions and mix-and-match scenarios are easier to sort through.  Plus there's always the feeling of relief when you shovel an annoying scenario into a bag and turn it into a chaotic matrix at the bottom of all other possible scenarios.

Oh, I agree with your methods. I use the same things for some of my series games... Doug however... well let's just see if he ever sees this thread....  :D

[panzerde]

Panzerde's head is going to explode when he reads that... 

   It's actually less wear-and-tear on maps since they don't have to be folded back into the boxes and monster games like the Alexander the Great stuff with all its extensions and mix-and-match scenarios are easier to sort through.  Plus there's always the feeling of relief when you shovel an annoying scenario into a bag and turn it into a chaotic matrix at the bottom of all other possible scenarios.

Oh, I agree with your methods. I use the same things for some of my series games... Doug however... well let's just see if he ever sees this thread....  :D

Vile, game component mixing heretics. If games in a series were meant to be mixed up, they'd come in one big box to start with. I warn you, you toy with the laws of nature here at your peril...
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[mirth]

So who's buying the 2mm trimmer? Hard to argue with that price.

[Staggerwing]

It'll be delivered tomorrow.

[mirth]

Good man!!!  O0

[Bison]

I should by a trimmer, but I'm going to devote that money to another game.

[Nefaro]

I should by a trimmer, but I'm going to devote that money to another game.

That's how I went.  For awhile.

Then it began calling me every time I saw cardboard counters.

[Barthheart]

Never! 

[Bison]

Panzerde's head is going to explode when he reads that... 

   It's actually less wear-and-tear on maps since they don't have to be folded back into the boxes and monster games like the Alexander the Great stuff with all its extensions and mix-and-match scenarios are easier to sort through.  Plus there's always the feeling of relief when you shovel an annoying scenario into a bag and turn it into a chaotic matrix at the bottom of all other possible scenarios.

Oh, I agree with your methods. I use the same things for some of my series games... Doug however... well let's just see if he ever sees this thread....  :D

Vile, game component mixing heretics. If games in a series were meant to be mixed up, they'd come in one big box to start with. I warn you, you toy with the laws of nature here at your peril...
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I'm with Panzer on this one.  Why would you mix components in such a cruel way?  Maps deserve their own picture frame.

[Bison]

I should by a trimmer, but I'm going to devote that money to another game.

That's how I went.  For awhile.

Then it began calling me every time I saw cardboard counters.

Lancaster is calling out to me with a siren song of desire.

[mirth]

The 2mm Trimmer is calling out to me

[MengJiao]

Panzerde's head is going to explode when he reads that... 

   It's actually less wear-and-tear on maps since they don't have to be folded back into the boxes and monster games like the Alexander the Great stuff with all its extensions and mix-and-match scenarios are easier to sort through.  Plus there's always the feeling of relief when you shovel an annoying scenario into a bag and turn it into a chaotic matrix at the bottom of all other possible scenarios.

Oh, I agree with your methods. I use the same things for some of my series games... Doug however... well let's just see if he ever sees this thread....  :D

Vile, game component mixing heretics. If games in a series were meant to be mixed up, they'd come in one big box to start with. I warn you, you toy with the laws of nature here at your peril...
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  Isn't Nature all in one big box?

[Crossroads]

I should by a trimmer, but I'm going to devote that money to another game.

Not responding to you as such but rather as a general comment I'd say either clip the counters properly or do not touch them at all. That's what proper clippers such as the fabs Oregon Lam 2mm does, immaculate corners. And that's what the Ethical Treatment of Square corners calls for as well, when you read the small print  O:-)

For resell value, I'd never buy a 2d hand game if its chits are clipped with knifes, nailclippers, or such. I don't mind punched, of course not as it'd be 2d hand game, but no mutilations either. Done otherwise manually, it is just an uneven end result.

I've bought a few games with Oregon Lam clipped chits though having ensured the seller credentials and asked about this as well, and why not, saves me the effort. Often the sellers themselves point this out too.

[mirth]

I prefer to purchase games with untrimmed counters. That way I can mutilate them myself :P