My friend insisted I should sleeve every card in my new game collection

When I bought my first big board game, Gloomhaven, my friend Mark told me I had to sleeve all 1,500 cards to protect them. He said it was a basic rule for any serious collector. I spent over $80 on sleeves and an entire weekend putting them on. After six months of play, I realized the cards we use most are still fine, but the sleeves make the decks huge and hard to shuffle. I think the advice was well-meaning but wrong for how I actually play. Has anyone else found that sleeving everything is more trouble than it's worth?

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juliam401mo ago

What do you actually handle a lot? I only sleeve the cards we constantly touch, like the attack modifier deck in Gloomhaven. The rest stay bare and it saves so much time and bulk.

abby_martin281mo ago

It's like that with so many things, only putting effort where it really matters.