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[mirth]

As a not deeply involved board gamer... WTF is the controversy?

Start at the beginning.

[bob48]

..that's a very good place to start...

[Nefaro]

As a not deeply involved board gamer... WTF is the controversy?

This is easy:

Which of these pieces, notably the shape of the corners, would you prefer to play with?  And which the least?

[mirth]

As a not deeply involved board gamer... WTF is the controversy?

This is easy:

Which of these pieces, notably the shape of the corners, would you prefer to play with?  And which the least?

[Nefaro]

[Barthheart]

As a not deeply involved board gamer... WTF is the controversy?

This is easy:

Which of these pieces, notably the shape of the corners, would you prefer to play with?  And which the least?

But you don't have a pic in there showing a counter properly removed from the sprue that is still a square and doesn't need to be trimmed.  :timeout:

[mirth]

As a not deeply involved board gamer... WTF is the controversy?

This is easy:

Which of these pieces, notably the shape of the corners, would you prefer to play with?  And which the least?

But you don't have a pic in there showing a counter properly removed from the sprue that is still a square and doesn't need to be trimmed.  :timeout:

He also doesn't have a picture of a unicorn riding a dragon.

[Barthheart]

 :P

[Windigo]

???
One is clearly uglier than the others.
Sorry Barth.....

[Barthheart]

Agreed, but one does not need to mutilate their counters to make it look nice/play well. Just removing it from the sprue with a blade of some kind, I use a wheel cutter, will keep it clean and SQUARE, the way the Creator intended.

[mirth]

Agreed, but one does not need to mutilate their counters to make it look nice/play well. Just removing it from the sprue with a blade of some kind, I use a wheel cutter, will keep it clean and SQUARE, the way the Creator intended.

Which creator? The game designer? The art director? The person who invented the die cutter?  :))

[Barthheart]

Yes.  ;)

[Windigo]

Agreed, but one does not need to mutilate their counters to make it look nice/play well. Just removing it from the sprue with a blade of some kind, I use a wheel cutter, will keep it clean and SQUARE, the way the Creator intended.

the one on the right does look really cool though...

[Barthheart]

Agreed, but one does not need to mutilate their counters to make it look nice/play well. Just removing it from the sprue with a blade of some kind, I use a wheel cutter, will keep it clean and SQUARE, the way the Creator intended.

the one on the right does look really cool though...

#:-)

[mirth]

Agreed, but one does not need to mutilate their counters to make it look nice/play well. Just removing it from the sprue with a blade of some kind, I use a wheel cutter, will keep it clean and SQUARE, the way the Creator intended.

the one on the right does look really cool though...

And you won't poke an eye out with it. Those square corners are dangerous!