Protecting cardboard game pieces

Store boxes and bins holding video games on a shelf or in a drawer that doesn't touch the ground to avoid water damage if there is a flood. Make sure there's plenty of space between the consoles and other material being stored. Also check the items in the room, as you'll want to keep game systems away from chemicals. Throw a fabric-softener sheet into the box to keep the game board from smelling musty.

Place clear tape on box corners and along seams to prevent tearing along the corners and wearing along the seams. Reinforce board folds with packing tape. Clean board games with a sponge and a little soap and water. Game Tokens. Wooden Pieces. Acrylic Cubes.

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I was really hoping for something that would be more like a spray on adhesive instead of an additional piece of equipment plexiglass. But, regardless Or do you get pieces to fit each board specifically? Just out of curiosity. I have a few pieces in varying sizes. They don't need to be exactly fitted to the boards, but if you have a piece the size of a ping-pong table for a board the size of a sheet of A3 paper, then it looks slightly ridiculous.

I use this method and it works great for modular games like Mansions of madness. If you put the perspex over the game, people can't spill beer on it, and the tiles don't move around whenever someone gets a little too enthusiastic. I found this on a BoardGameGeek thread : You can try this Warning, don't buy the frosted clear wallpaper, you can't see through it.

I'm not familiar with the wallpaper, but there's 'contact paper' in the U. The only disadvantage would be in the size of the rolls -- contact paper rolls are typically 18" 45cm wide, which will take more finesse when covering large boards aligning the edges at a seam in the board. I haven't used it on game boards, but I have used it to 'laminate' reference sheets so I can use wet erase pens on them. Rogier Rogier 1 1 gold badge 4 4 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges.

You could always use the original plastic shrink-wrap that the game shipped in. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.