Author Topic: Non-standard uses for gaming material  (Read 1293 times)

Offline DIN0

  • Viscount
  • ****
  • Posts: 837
  • Merit: 37
  • Carcassonne is only complete with 11th expansion:)
    • View Profile
Non-standard uses for gaming material
« on: February 28, 2022, 12:01:27 PM »
I am someone who can find use in almost anything and it is not always a use intended by the manufacturer...
One category of such things is gaming material and components. This topic is dedicated to sharing your unusual uses for parts of the game material, leftover components, or gaming accesories. Here is my first contribution...

Card sleeves are certainly one of the most common gaming accesories and have been  widely used for years. But cards are not the only things worth protecting with the sleeves. I use the Mayday standard size premium sleeves to store nitrocellulose membranes for western blot analysis. For those unfamiliar, this is a method used for immunodetection of proteins utilizing specific antibodies (similar principle to antigen testing for viral infection)
The card sleeves provide great protection to fragile membranes. Pictures in the attachment.

What are your unique game material uses? Feel free to share them here  :(y)


Linkback: https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=5793.0
« Last Edit: February 28, 2022, 02:01:47 PM by DIN0 »

Offline Decar

  • Owner
  • Chatelain Grand Officier
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 6719
  • Merit: 317
  • Shut up and take my money!
    • View Profile
    • tehill.net
Re: Non-standard uses for gaming material
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2022, 01:19:53 PM »
I can't say I've utilized any game components for anything but their intended purpose. But I'm definitely giving you a +1 for sharing the idea, and also for your very specific use for card sleeves.  I'm also glad to see you're using premiums  :(y)

Offline DIN0

  • Viscount
  • ****
  • Posts: 837
  • Merit: 37
  • Carcassonne is only complete with 11th expansion:)
    • View Profile
Re: Non-standard uses for gaming material
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2022, 01:04:18 PM »
Thanks! I am interested to see what others have to offer/suggest. I know there are many uses for sleeves, dice, or empty token sheets  :yellow-meeple:


Share via delicious Share via digg Share via facebook Share via furl Share via linkedin Share via myspace Share via reddit Share via stumble Share via technorati Share via twitter

  Subject / Started by Replies / Views Last post
clip
New uses of the Travel Edition

Started by SxN

3 Replies
1549 Views
Last post March 03, 2022, 08:26:12 AM
by SxN
thumbup
9 Strange Uses for Beer

Started by rfielder

10 Replies
5486 Views
Last post June 08, 2015, 12:28:48 PM
by Hounk
xx
Standard version questions about putting a pawns

Started by merqn

13 Replies
6530 Views
Last post July 02, 2016, 05:00:20 AM
by Paul
xx
Looking for more standard tile expansions

Started by PapaGeek

9 Replies
884 Views
Last post April 17, 2023, 05:03:30 AM
by Decar
xx
HAVE: Empty Big Box WANT: Empty Standard Box

Started by AntisocialOcelot

1 Replies
2359 Views
Last post February 03, 2018, 12:11:13 PM
by Rosco