sleeve

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7-day rolling share of analyzed posts/comments mentioning this entity · 90 daily points ending 2026-10-04

Final complete day: 2026-10-04. Attention was 0.8% — this entity appeared in 71 of 9,434 analyzed posts/comments in the seven days ending that day (113 mentions).

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1. 2026-10-04 20:12 UTCComment

   > Accommodating sleeves means increased volume which means increased shipping costs. This is pretty much a non-issue. It's *extremely* rare that a game box will come so stuffed with components that sleeving the cards means everything can't easily somehow fit back into the box. The issue is that the inserts a game comes with frequently don't accommodate for sleeved cards (usually by a fraction of an inch), despite the fact that the box contains plenty of space that would allow them to do so.

2. 2026-10-04 18:38 UTCComment

   Accommodating sleeves means increased volume which means increased shipping costs. The fewer cards in a game, the cheaoer it is to accommodate sleeves. Profit margins on games can be tight, so it's understandable that many publishers don't want to either lower those margins or increase their prices to accommodate a smaller segment of the market. Here's an unscientific survey showing that only about 17-36% (of people surveyed) sleeve all or most of they games.

3. 2026-10-04 13:24 UTCComment

   Only shuffling involved is in the setup. You can always do light shuffling or pile shuffling because each deck is also just 10 cards or 15 cards. There's also 5 extra cards for each set that counts as additional achievements and those are always unique (it doesn't matter if the sleeves are noticeable). Sleeving does indeed make the shuffling process better but that could just be the placebo effect. With just 10 or 15 cards for each deck, I think it's reasonable to not have them sleeved although I personally sleeved mine as I do most of my games. I'm from Asia so it's a bit more expensive to buy another copy. As per above, each deck is only 10 or 15 cards, so you can also mix sleeves. Just ensure that all cards for each deck have the same sleeve and there would be no problems. For example, age 10 base game, all 10 cards should be the same sleeve. Age 10 expansion 1 and 2 can have a second pair of sleeves and Age 10 expansion 3 can have a third set of sleeves, etc. All of these decks have unique backs anyways, so yeah, it's okay to mix sleeves as long as each deck have the same ones so you can't single out any card in a deck. Definitely start with the base game first. It might take a few games for you to be familiar with how the game plays and explore the unwritten rules to become a good Innovation player. Once you've grasped the basics and have seen most of the base cards, you can add in an expansion even if you haven't mastered the base game if expansions get too enticing (I know that feeling). Expansions always include the base game so it's best to play until you discover most of the base game first. As for which expansion to include first, Echoes, City and Unseen do a great job at being that. Figures is like the wild west with how much it can affect everything and Artifacts, I don't have experience with it yet but it also adds in a different dimension than what you'll be used to in the base game. The forementioned three expansions mostly add to the familiar dimensions rather than adding different dimensions like Figure and Artifact does. I'd go for those two once you've mastered the base game which you can do while playing with the other three expansions. Hope you keep an open mind and have a good time with my most favourite game at this moment. It's quite flexible although some players do prefer it at only 2. Many still do play with more than 2 and some even play with more than one expansion. You'll know where you stand once you get to playing it. Admittedly, it's also not a game for everyone but you've done some research so hopefully your purchase is worth your money here.

4. 2026-10-04 11:30 UTCPost

   Sleeves for Innovation ultimate - Hello there 👋 I recently got innovation ultimate after reading some reviews about how fun it is Since the box has 740 cards according to bgg, should I sleeve it ? It's quite a lot and I would like to understand how much shuffling and handling of the cards there is. I have quite a number of sleeves of this size but they are not uniform and if I decide to sleeve I will need to buy about 300 sleeves. Can I mix and match without interfering with the integrity of the game ? (I mean in the way you look at the back of a card and you know what it can be from the sleeve) Also what is your recommendation to start playing innovation? 😁 Thanks a lot and take care! Happy gaming

5. 2026-10-03 14:43 UTCComment

   The only reason would be for cards that aren't standard cuts or sizes. There are a lot of small cards I never sleeve but know Fantasy Flight used to sell sleeves for them, there are probably generic sleeves for them too but I never looked. Also, if I could sleeve my Heroscape cards, I would.