kevin_harris78•6d agoMost Upvoted

Pro tip: Dont ever let a stranger "help" set up your board game at a con

Guy at PAX South last year grabbed my copy of Scythe and started laying out tiles completely wrong. I spent 20 minutes undoing his mess before we could even play and now I wont let anyone touch my games until Ive personally sorted all the components.

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blake6916d ago

Ugh, I feel this so hard. What worked for me was I started bringing a little zippered pouch with my game's setup guide printed on a single folded sheet, and I just politely say "oh, I've got a system" and pull that out if anyone offers to help. I had a guy at Gen Con try to "help" sort my Terraforming Mars cards by color instead of by the actual expansion symbols, and I almost lost my mind. Now I just lay everything out myself while making small talk about snacks or something. It's awkward at first but way better than fixing someone else's mess for half an hour.

the_matthew6d ago

Wait, hold on. Someone tried to sort Terraforming Mars by COLOR instead of the symbols? That is honestly a new level of madness I wasn't prepared for. Like, did they even look at the cards or did they just see colors and think that's how the whole game works? I would have had to walk away for a minute to calm down before I said something I regretted. You are a stronger person than me for just smiling through that and talking about snacks. I think I would have just froze and stared at them until they stopped touching my stuff.