Mayday Games
United States
Layton
Utah
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We have had some people asking Mayday to make a "sleeve" for the tiles, they are 100 MM X 85 MM or there abouts... is anyone else out there interested in this size? Let us know and if we see enough demand we will certainly look at doing this!
How many sleeves per pack and premium or standard thickness?
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Stephen Gassett
United States
Fort Worth
Texas
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I would definitely be interested, but how would you make a hexagonal sleeve? I would think just a square would be cumbersome in trying to lay out the grid of tiles.
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Michael McFall
United States
Manhattan
AP
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How about finding a service that will make thick cardboard tiles vs card tiles??? Wouldn't that be much better?
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Mike Boyd
United States
Iowa
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Interested, but thicker tiles would be better.
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Purple Paladin
California
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I'm wondering if they would be useful or usable on games like Eclipse. The tiles are thich enough, sure, but you still want to protect the "paint job". And if they were covered, I would not worry so much about giving them a good shuffling.
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How about laminating them? SImple to do and most likely cheaper to do than buy special sized (if even possible) sleeves
/Thomas
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Lester Gash
United Kingdom
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This sounds like a great idea to me and I'm definitely interested! 50 per pack would probably be fine (that's the number of tiles) afterall.
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Drew Gormley
United States
Brockton
Massachusetts
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Would buy them in a heartbeat! 50 premium per pack would probably make most sense, but I would buy them regardless. Please do this!
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Mayday Games
United States
Layton
Utah
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We will check on the feasibility of making a hex shaped sleeve first and foremost. If we can cut and seal at one end along 2 sides of the hex then we should be able to get a hex shaped sleeve that would fit nicely, sorta like this:
We are checking into this. in the mean time does anyone have the exact dimensions? I am guessing from side to side it is 85 MM and from tip to tip it is 100 MM? If anyone can confirm that would be great. This is a strange project indeed.
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John "Omega" Williams
United States
Michigan
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From a pressing/sealing standpoint for the sleeve assembly thats possibly the way to go. Depends on how your machines cut the sleves and if they can be retooled to cut at those non-standard angles.
As for the sleeve itself. Having 2 sides open and the other 4 sealed is about the only way you are going to be able to do it without the sleeves flopping around too much or cards falling out. Its easy enough to prototype with typing paper to see even. (We learned this while making paper hexagon shaped card holders once.)
maydaygames wrote: We will check on the feasibility of making a hex shaped sleeve first and foremost. If we can cut and seal at one end along 2 sides of the hex then we should be able to get a hex shaped sleeve that would fit nicely, sorta like this: We are checking into this. in the mean time does anyone have the exact dimensions? I am guessing from side to side it is 85 MM and from tip to tip it is 100 MM? If anyone can confirm that would be great. This is a strange project indeed.
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Jim McMahon
United States
West Springfield
Massachusetts
Lookee what he can do! He wants a job!
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maydaygames wrote: We will check on the feasibility of making a hex shaped sleeve first and foremost. If we can cut and seal at one end along 2 sides of the hex then we should be able to get a hex shaped sleeve that would fit nicely, sorta like this: We are checking into this. in the mean time does anyone have the exact dimensions? I am guessing from side to side it is 85 MM and from tip to tip it is 100 MM? If anyone can confirm that would be great. This is a strange project indeed.
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Matthew Sigal
Canada
Toronto
Ontario
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I would be interested in these! The tiles are very thin and are hard to shuffle without damaging.
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Thanasis Patsios
Greece
Athens
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Definitely interested. 50/pack and standard thickness.
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Michael R. Keller
United States
New York
New York
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Keep in mind that these are NOT regular hexagons. They are slightly oblong.
EDIT: Jim beat me to it.
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Zippadeedoodah
Netherlands
Amsterdam
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I would be interested if they were available in Europe.
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If these are indeed feasible to make as hexagons, I would buy a pack assuming a price of like $5-10.
Ideally, I'd love if the set contained like 55 sleeves (assuming there are, in fact, 50 Location Cards in the game). Just in case a sleeve or two don't fit or are damaged, or if a sleeve or two rip or become damaged later. Always nice to have a few spares for those sorts of scenarios.
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Stephen Lovell
United States
Edgewood
Washington
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I would definitely play around $10 for a single pack of enough sleeves for the whole location deck.
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Marcel Pauly
Germany
Heilbronn
Unspecified
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You can count on my order ...
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Snappy Dan
United States
Wesley Chapel
Florida
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It would be a no-brainer purchase for me.
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Mike Compton
United States
West Valley City
Utah
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If you did it, they would probably have to have a black or solid color background - not just clear. There are a few tiles in my copy that had small blemishes on them when I opened the box - such that they are identifiable from the rest.
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I think its an intriguing idea.
Although, even as a huge advocate for sleeving, I think this might be overkill. Then again, it depends on how much the tiles get directly handled, and if there is a big enough market.demand for it, then that is what is really important.
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Ilias Sellountos
United States
Henrico
Virginia
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I would definitely buy a set of 50 (I would actually recommend 60 per pack for spares). Also, even though the tiles themelves are not perfect hexagons, I would make the sleeves perfect hexagons large enough to fit the tiles. It would make shuffling sooo much easier. Also, I would much prefer them to be clear, as I like to see the actual tile back.
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John "Omega" Williams
United States
Michigan
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They get shuffled. laid out and flipped over. And since they are card thickness, a sleeve could help with flipping them even.
The big question is indeed wether its worth the effort of reconfiguring the machines to make these odd shaped sleeves.
If expansions come out and they introduce more tiles then it becomes more viable a project. But is this is all there is. And Id be surprised if they didnt fet out at least 1 expansion. Then its probably less viable for a one-off pressing of hex sleeves that cant be used with likely any other hex tiles out as the ST:FC tiles are elongated hexes.
ejtracer wrote: I think its an intriguing idea.
Although, even as a huge advocate for sleeving, I think this might be overkill. Then again, it depends on how much the tiles get directly handled, and if there is a big enough market.demand for it, then that is what is really important.
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Mayday Games
United States
Layton
Utah
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Excellent info and feedback. I'm talking with the factory now to look at setup costs, minimum order quantities, etc. I should have a final answer on this in a couple of days and I'll let everyone know for sure!
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Stephen Gassett
United States
Fort Worth
Texas
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If they make them perfect size hexes, they may well be used for more than just this game, thus expanding the market for them.
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