I was wondering what card protectors/sleeves you use and where I might be able to acquire them. All I find around me are poker sized and are too big.
THANK YOU!
I was wondering what card protectors/sleeves you use and where I might be able to acquire them. All I find around me are poker sized and are too big.
THANK YOU!
Fantasy Flight used to make sleeves, but may have packed that in. Found these:
https://www.maydaygames.com/collecti...o-card-sleeves
Or perhaps these, from a very good card protector company:
http://www.ultrapro.com/product_info...oducts_id=1122
Mike
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Hi Adam
The above link for Mayday Games is a good source. https://www.maydaygames.com/collecti...o-card-sleeves
Go for the 'mini euro sleeve' but make sure you get the 'Premium' grade and not the 'Standard'; cost a little more but well worth the extra.
I use these and they are perfect.
I have been getting most of mine from Mayday after someone posted here on the forum last year.
As mentioned, get the premium mini Euro sleeve.
As a matter of fact, I just sleeved several hundred of my WGF A-B-C-D damage decks this weekend in prep for the latest OTT-BE mission.
Their service is excellent.
I did get a few hundred Fantasy Flight sleeves from Keith a while back but the Aerodrome no longer carries them.
Last edited by Stumptonian; 08-21-2016 at 11:02. Reason: typo
ultrapro, swan,and mayday all make sleeves sized for standard wow/wog cards. personally i like the mayday games ones because all the others require a bit of trimming because theyre a bit too long. however the ultrapro appear to be the thickest so i use those on damage cards. standard magic the gathering sleeves fit the ww2 high performance fighter maneuver cards and ultrapro 65x100mm will fit ww1 bomber management and a/c cards and ww2 large fighter/2seater cards but are a bit tight.
Use this discount code on the Mayday site:
WOGAERODROME
That will save you $0.35 a pack on either their MDG-7045 100x Standard Thin Card Sleeves or their MDG-7079 50x Premium Thick Card Sleeves
I used to like Mayday sleeves, but their recent sleeves were so inconsistent in quality (mainly too short, hence the cards weren't protected at the top). I switched to Arcane Tinmen's Board Game Sleeves -- pitch-perfect quality build, albeit slightly more expensive then Maydays.
What is the difference between the Mayday Standard and Premium sleeves?
The premium sleeves are "125% thicker" according to the package. Premium come 50 to a pack rather than 100 for the standard, and a pack is about the same price. I much prefer the premium sleeves. I've always bought the premium sleeves until one day I tried one pack of the standard sleeves just to see if they were good enough, and I didn't like them. The premium sleeves have a bit of stiffness to them that makes handling much easier in my opinion.
I've liked the mayday sleeves, mainly because they were much less expensive at Miniature Market. I've had a little bit of issue with inconsistent sizing but mine have never been too short. Miniature Market recently stopped carrying Mayday though so my last order was their new line called 'Game Plus Products'. They told me that they were thicker like the mayday premium sleeves. I haven't received the order yet so I can't compare them.
If price is no object you can get these for your full size cards:
British Flag (sample)
The USA and British versions have not been "updated" like the German and Japanese flags, which are now stripes and a dot rather than swastika and rising sun.
Personally, if a game is premium quality I sleeve with FFG. I use nothing but their line for WoG:
Mini Euro Board Game Size
Standard Card Game Size
I have some Premium sleeves and like them but I think they are a bit heavy. I think a sleeved deck is almost triple the thickness and I'm not keen on this.
I'll get a pack of the standard like you did to see if I prefer them.
I think I got the last of Miniature Markets Mayday Premium sleeves when I ordered 20 packs!
I'll be interested in how the 'Game Plus Product' line compares.
I've got my damage decks in FFG sleeves as here I don't mind the longer sleeve. I prefer the Mayday for maneuver decks as there is no sleeve overlap so the bottom edge of the card is exposed ever so slightly keeping the maneuver true.
You can also order the Mayday sleeves right from their site using the promo code they offer to the forum. One of the Mayday guys games with our group at Origins as well.
Follow up:
I got my order yesterday, the Game Plus sleeves from Miniature Market appear to be as good as the Mayday sleeves. They are thicker like the premium Mayday sleeves and among the pack I opened they are all consistently sized. Compared with the Mayday sleeves these are about 1mm narrow and 2mm taller, which means I need to either cut them down a little, or update my tuckbox template because these just barely don't fit in my boxes. That's my only complaint, that they are a bit longer than they need to be.
I'll likely make my tuckboxes 1 or 2 mm taller, as a substitute for the Mayday sleeves these seem to fit the bill just fine.
Because I was already placing a large order with Miniature Market and had free shipping. With Miniature Market's already lower-than-anyone-else prices and free shipping, I decided to give these new ones a try. In the future I'll consider looking elsewhere for Mayday.
Last edited by brdavis; 10-20-2016 at 11:25. Reason: correct an error: mini market, not mayday
If only they had wgf sized sleeves with national insignia on the backs.......
I still get FFG sleeves from CoolStuff, "Mini European Board Game Size", and they work great as well.Fantasy Flight used to make sleeves, but may have packed that in.
Ken, thank you for the solid review of Mayday Sleeves.
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