Her name was Lady Skuln, and I was flirting with her. She was sixty points, which is moderately high for a hero in our revised point system. I was very attracted to her. But you see I only had sixty points. When you chose a single figure, you get one attack. When you choose a squad, you get three or four.

She was a Rawren. They're one of our custom factions. You might know her as a Varkaanan Blade Dancer, or a Wolfen of Yllia. In our game these creatures, the Rawrens, are much feared. They have vicious attack stats and good movement, giving them a long reach. Usually their defense is just so-so- for they usually kill and don’t have to deal with defenders. They have a taste for blood.

The Rawren squads are all fairly expensive- too pointy for my meagre sixty winks. So I could only choose from a few lesser heroes. Three actually. The Rawrens don't really have lesser heroes.

Did I mention it was midnight? Well, it probably was. It...

Sylvano the Wasabus

After a few very close calls with drinks on the Heroscape table it became very clear to me that I was going to have to invest in card sleeves to protect my coveted army cards. I did a lot of research into what sleeves would work best and what to avoid and purchased a few to see what I liked best.

Let me start with what I observed and then I will go into what I chose and why.

HouseMouseGames was selling card sleeves and these were touted as the best. One thing that made them the best was thickness and consistency in size. They describe them as:
Protect your Army cards with these heavy-duty protective vinyl sleeves. These sleeves are 5 1/4" x 5 1/4", are 7 mil thick, and fit PERFECTLY. Your cards will NEVER fall out and will not be damaged by constant play. Protect your investment with these inexpensive card protectors. Set of 20 sleeves. $6.95 or roughly $.35 ea.

Ok, $.35ea and I had a little over 500 cards came out to $173.75!!!...

Ztimster