sleeves Card Sleeves for Dark Souls™ - The Board Game

[Steamforged 878]

We've been inundated with questions asking about Card Sleeves. This is what we have been using in the Steamforged Office (other brands are available).

You will need the following amount of each:

• Large Sleeve - 73 (We have been using Dragon Shield for these)
• Small Sleeve - 177 (We have been using Ultra-pro for these)

[Replect 138]

Great, so those I've bought should fit just fine:

Large Sleeves:      

 

Small Sleeves:      

 

Was worried about the small sleeves, since in the KS comments 42x63mm were making it's round but I couldn't find any sleeves to fit 42mm with that height...

And I certainly have bought enough of all... should likely be enough for all the expansions and all the mega bosses later (and I mean all, since I'm all-in and hopefully won't get disappointed by this gameplay vise! I'm not hear to have nice miniatures to paint...)

Thanks for clarifying!

[Norintha 48]

The same brands when I played <s>the Decipher Star Wars CCG</s> MtG 15 years ago.  How are the Fantasy Flight slides on feel compared to the Deck Protectors or the Dragon Shields. 

 

 

[Latromi 0]

Are those numbers (73 and 177) for the base game or for the base game plus all Kickstarter backer expansions?

[Norintha 48]

Basegame. 

[Arcueid 16]

I'm using a lot of ultra-pro pro fit sleeves for other games (most for Magic some for SDA LCG), so I guess it will be good for DS.

I will buy FFG small ones at my local store.

[Norintha 48]

I just realized that the card count here doesn't match the card count on the advertising splash page.  I mean as people don't buy soft sleeves by the single it isn't an issue, but still guys.  

[alxndrhll 346]

9 hours ago, Norintha said:

I just realized that the card count here doesn't match the card count on the advertising splash page.  I mean as people don't buy soft sleeves by the single it isn't an issue, but still guys.  

The 252 displayed on the box/splash page is correct, 250 of those are cards used while playing the game (and that's the number that the cards listed in the rulebook comes to). However, the rulebook doesn't cover the 2 flag (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT) card toppers (one for the large cards, one for the small cards) that are found on the top of the decks that contain localised cards (because mentioning these cards isn't required in terms of rules).

So yeah, just to clarify. 252 cards come in the box, 250 of them are cards for use in the game and 2 of them are used to show the large and small card decks which contain localised cards. Some people may choose to use these cards to maintain separation after playing, some may not... but either way it'd be wrong to simply leave them out of the total card count.

Cheers,
Alex

Edit: Flag topper cards I'm referring to can be seen in the image below (Credit to BGG via Twitter for the photo)

[Norintha 48]

10 minutes ago, alxndrhll said:

The 252 displayed on the box/splash page is correct, 250 of those are cards used while playing the game (and that's the number that the cards listed in the rulebook comes to). However, the rulebook doesn't cover the 2 flag (GB, ES, FR, DE, IT) card toppers (one for the large cards, one for the small cards) that are found on the top of the decks that contain localised cards (because mentioning these cards isn't required in terms of rules).

So yeah, just to clarify. 252 cards come in the box, 250 of them are cards for use in the game and 2 of them are used to show the large and small card decks which contain localised cards. Some people may choose to use these cards to maintain separation after playing, some may not... but either way it'd be wrong to simply leave them out of the total card count.
 

So the "not actually used to play the game in any way" parts are getting used to artificially inflate the card count of an already beefy set of cards?  Like I really want this game and am happy to throw money at it, and I realise this is a ridiculously tiny quibble in the grand scheme of things in this game, but that feels disingenuous. I mean people COULD find a use for the paper sprues the punch out tokens come in on too, but counting them in the game components count is dishonest too.

[Goseki 55]

Whut... 

[Gervill Froad 173]

9 minutes ago, Norintha said:

So the "not actually used to play the game in any way" parts are getting used to artificially inflate the card count of an already beefy set of cards?  Like I really want this game and am happy to throw money at it, and I realise this is a ridiculously tiny quibble in the grand scheme of things in this game, but that feels disingenuous. I mean people COULD find a use for the paper sprues the punch out tokens come in on too, but counting them in the game components count is dishonest too.

FFS dude it is just 2 cards.

[Norintha 48]

I just think that the last thing that SFG needs to do now is make more tiny detail mistakes. 

[alxndrhll 346]

1 minute ago, Norintha said:

So the "not actually used to play the game in any way" parts are getting used to artificially inflate the card count of an already beefy set of cards?  Like I really want this game and am happy to throw money at it, and I realise this is a ridiculously tiny quibble in the grand scheme of things in this game, but that feels disingenuous. I mean people COULD find a use for the paper sprues the punch out tokens come in on too, but counting them in the game components count is dishonest too.

In the nicest possible way, I was simply stating that you receive 252 cards with the game. This isn't a lie, nor an attempt to 'artificially inflate the card count' that is quite simply the amount of cards provided in the tray that all of the cards come in. I simply made a post to clarify why the number of cards printed on the box, and the number of cards totaled up in the rulebook didn't match.

As I said intially, this isn't intended to come across as abrasive so I apologies if it does, but I literally jumped on the forums to check if any further rule clarifications were needed and saw that I could clear up some confusion surrounding this subject.

Ultimately you're welcome to any opinion you wish, and I don't ever want you to feel like I'll deny you of that... but yeah... I was just wanting to clarify, wasn't looking for an argument.

Cheers,
Alex

[Norintha 48]

I wasn't looking for an argument either? I asked why there was a difference in the count between the play materials and what the advertising splash says. I got the answer and offered commentary on why feels a tiny bit strange to me to count some of the assembly and packaging materials as game play elements but not other parts.  Nothing more nothing less.

[Replect 138]

@Norintha

You probably didn't intend to sound like you did, but your last 2 comments read pretty harsh and odd kind of... As you can see above I'm not the only one who took it that way. Apart from that, I don't really see the issue here... No offense! 

[Norintha 48]

Just now, Replect said:

@Norintha

You probably didn't intend to sound like you did, but your last 2 comments read pretty harsh and odd kind of... As you can see above I'm not the only one who took it that way. Apart from that, I don't really see the issue here... No offense! 

I will be honest, I have always had a bit of an issue with tone regulation. If anyone took offence from it then that was 100% my bad.

[alxndrhll 346]

No issues at all fella (or fellette? I guess it'd be wrong of me to assume your gender)! I'm extremely happy with the general tone of our little Dark Souls corner and would hate to see that diminish so it's sweet to see we're all on the same page :). I'm not here to dictate opinion, or quash healthy discussion... I'm simply here to give some clarity on matters I can, which generally speaking is just the rules bits (as you can imagine as a developer I don't have much to do with anything outside of my glorious spreadsheets).

Cheers,

Alex

[Norintha 48]

1 hour ago, alxndrhll said:

No issues at all fella (or fellette? I guess it'd be wrong of me to assume your gender)! I'm extremely happy with the general tone of our little Dark Souls corner and would hate to see that diminish so it's sweet to see we're all on the same page :). I'm not here to dictate opinion, or quash healthy discussion... I'm simply here to give some clarity on matters I can, which generally speaking is just the rules bits (as you can imagine as a developer I don't have much to do with anything outside of my glorious spreadsheets).

Cheers,

Alex

Yeah   I am just very excited for this product to arrive and I have been hoovering up every dram of information I can collect. 

[Cyberfizz 67]

Can anyone in the UK recommend a good place to buy the sleeves from? I did have some for MTG, but they weren't clear ones. Links would be great

[Goseki 55]

Ebay or amazon. You can get hundreds for a few quid. 

[Gervill Froad 173]

6 hours ago, Cyberfizz said:

Can anyone in the UK recommend a good place to buy the sleeves from? I did have some for MTG, but they weren't clear ones. Links would be great

Careful buying sleeves on amazon. For some reason FFG sleeves cost almost twice as much there compared to FFGs website.

[Norintha 48]

2 hours ago, Gervill Froad said:

Careful buying sleeves on amazon. For some reason FFG sleeves cost almost twice as much there compared to FFGs website.

Cause people are used to paying 10+ bucks for a pack of 100 deck protectors or dragon shields, seeing 100 FFG sleeves for say 9 bucks or so looks like a good deal to the uninitiated. 

[Cyberfizz 67]

2 hours ago, Gervill Froad said:

Careful buying sleeves on amazon. For some reason FFG sleeves cost almost twice as much there compared to FFGs website.

Thanks, I will take a look at their website direct

[Cyberfizz 67]

For anyone in the UK interested. Through amazon UK you can get all the sleeves from a company called docsmagic.de I have ordered all card sleeves required, plus a pack of 50 extra small for £12 (£7 + £5 delivery). Seem pretty cheap.

[TheAntsAreBack 6]

I use www.MagicMadhouse in the UK and they have always been reliable, with a lot of stock options.