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TIL you can use a sharpie to mark board game pieces so they don't get mixed up between expansions
I wrote a tiny dot on each piece from my Scythe expansion after a friend grabbed the wrong mech last game night, and it saved about 10 minutes of sorting afterward. Has anyone else done this or found a better way to keep expansion components straight?
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logantaylor1mo ago
Oh wow, I used to be totally against marking up game pieces! But honestly after losing one tiny worker from Viticulture to the couch void for three months, I finally tried a little dot on the bottom and it saved so much headache. Not gonna lie, sharpie dots are actually genius.
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the_miles1mo ago
Yeah, I did the same thing with my Scythe pieces after a similar mixup, and it's funny how something like a sharpie dot just becomes part of the game's story. @logantaylor, totally get being against marking at first, but after a while you realize it's like putting a key on your key ring for your car - small thing, huge time saver. I've even started doing it with my socks, honestly, just one little dot on the toe of each one from the same brand so they match in the laundry. It's like every part of life has this hidden thing where a tiny mark can save you from ten minutes of frustration, and board games just happen to be where we all finally admit it.
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