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Is there any harm in leaving board games out in a car during cold weather?

Will any harm come to board games that I leave out in a car in that ['below -18°C/0°F'] temperature? No. I have had some board games for 30+ years that, during that time, spent two years in a ...
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MTG: Card Binder storage

From my experience, the UltraPro 9-Pocket Platinum Pages are some of the sturdier pages out there and therefore will be more resistant from the start to the kind of wear you're describing. You don't ...
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Storing Wooden Board Game Components

It allows the air to be removed from the bag so it takes up less space.
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Preventing/minimising damage from beer spills

You could potentially get sleeves for your cards. In your case it looks like some companies make sleeves specifically for 7 wonders.
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Do I need to keep the Ascension expansion boxes as I have the original one?

It looks like that version of Ascension has the Broken Token Box Organizer (or similar) included, which should allow for most, if not all, of the expansions to fit into the one box. The game normally ...
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How to store cards when game boxes don't have slots for them

I use Hugo's Amazing Tape. It works similarly to plastic wrap; but it doesn't tear like that does. And you can either re-wrap it around the deck each time, or slide the wrapped ring on and off the ...
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How long are trading cards expected to last?

Based on the condition of baseball cards dating back over 100 years, it's possible the cards could last that long or longer. See this list of rare, old cards for example - there are several from over ...
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How long are trading cards expected to last?

This depends very much on the what paper stock was used to print the cards. There are paper documents far older than the US Constitution (papyrus written with carbon ink dating back to the Egyptian ...
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Play set folders too small

I haven't seen anything bigger than 480, unfortunately, that wasn't a binder. Quadrow Collector Albums like this one are probably your only real shot at more than 480, and of course they're binders. ...
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How can I prevent my old card sleeves from sticking together?

I'd say if your deck is even relatively valuable, I'd upgrade from the penny-sleeve treatment. Penny sleeves are fine for protecting bulk rares and draft decks but the premium stuff is usually a ...
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Preventing/minimising damage from beer spills

In order to protect cards from being damaged in a situation like this you need to take two actions. First and foremost you need to sleeve your cards and generally you can find card sleeves designed ...
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Where can I get good-quality boxes of custom sizes, so I can store my board games compactly?

Dixit expansions come in boxes of size 8.1 x 3 x 12.7 cm. The cards from the base set, Journey or Odyssey should fit in one of those exact same boxes. Get a box for each expansion that you own. You ...
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How can I store all of the cards for my MtG Cube?

I highly suggest a cardboard box. I got a 1600 size box for about $10. On the topic of lands and tokens, I keep 60 of each basic land (so 300 in total) with the cube at all times sleeved. my cube is ...
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How can I store all of the cards for my MtG Cube?

Tolarian Community College did a fantastic review of MTG Cube Deck Boxes: Ultra Pro CUB3: 900 cards in 80 USD cardboard. Home use only. F Grimoire: 75 USD plastic. Home use only. C- Ultimate Guard ...
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What is an efficient way to organize my magic collection?

Although I'm new to the game and still trying to find a good way to sort the 3K+ card collection my brother just gave me I personally believe the best way to sort cards for a specific card would be ...
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