Kevin Whitmore
United States
Albuquerque
New Mexico
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Just opened my brand new copy of this game today. Spread it out on the table, and left it set up for a few hours while I was reading the rules, stickering the tokens, and laying out an example game in my way of learning it.
I am a bit disturbed that the board visibly warped while on my table! I've seen this before. Games produced in more humid areas sometimes react poorly to the single digit humidity we have in New Mexico. (My copy of Inotaizu from Japan did this too.)
The board is mounted, but it seems to be a lesser sort of board than say the new 1830 I also got today. I'm not pitching a fit over this. I will just play it with my plexiglass on top. But for those considering buying this game, this is an alert. Along with the other known component issues, you should consider the possibility your board will warp, especially if you live in an arid area.
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Ingo Griebsch
Germany
Bochum
North Rhine-Westphalia
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If you ever decide to contact Prime Games about a replacement I wish you good luck! And let us know if it will be a success...
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Rob Derrick
United States
Los Alamos
New Mexico
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Kevin_Whitmore wrote: Just opened my brand new copy of this game today. Spread it out on the table, and left it set up for a few hours while I was reading the rules, stickering the tokens, and laying out an example game in my way of learning it.
I am a bit disturbed that the board visibly warped while on my table! I've seen this before. Games produced in more humid areas sometimes react poorly to the single digit humidity we have in New Mexico. (My copy of Inotaizu from Japan did this too.)
The board is mounted, but it seems to be a lesser sort of board than say the new 1830 I also got today. I'm not pitching a fit over this. I will just play it with my plexiglass on top. But for those considering buying this game, this is an alert. Along with the other known component issues, you should consider the possibility your board will warp, especially if you live in an arid area.
Kevin,
I would suggest, for future reference, if you think it possible that a game might arrive with this defect, try taking it out, put a piece of corrugated cardboard on top, plexiglas over that, and weight it down from the start, and leave it there for a day or so. Might be able to get some of the moisture out while leaving the board in the shape you are looking for (flat!).
Another possibility for the current problem (I haven't tried this, but it kinda makes sense), would be to put it in a slightly humid place for a while, holding it flat to keep it from getting it worse, but open to the moisture (maybe a couple of 1x2s in a cross shape, e.g.), left there for enough time to absorb the moisture. And then, transfer it to the dry of the Bistro, flatten it with cardboard and plexi and weight as above, and let it dry thoroughly.
Of course, my usual technique is to just wet it down with a fine mist from a spray bottle, but this is not for the faint of heart, and by the time I'm doing this, the board or box is usually in desperate need.
-- rob
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