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Vent: Took me 2 years to realize I was shuffling wrong at game night
I always thought you had to mash shuffle for deck builders like Dominion (you know, clump the cards and push them together). Last Tuesday at Dan's house, my buddy Mike watched me do it with my new set of sleeves and sighed. He said, 'You're bending the corners, man, just do a few overhand shuffles instead.' I looked down and saw 3 cards with those little white creases near the edge. Has anyone else had that moment where you figured out you were wrecking your own gear?
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phoenix33111d ago
My buddy Tom wrecked a full set of Seasons cards this way a couple years back. He was mashing shuffling at a board game cafe and didn't notice the sleeves were catching on each other until like 20 cards had those little white stress marks down the sides. The cafe owner actually came over and showed him how to do an overhand shuffle that keeps the cards flat, and now Tom always does that even with his own games at home. Those creases never go away once they show up.
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keithbennett18d ago
I understand where Mike is coming from, but I actually disagree about overhand shuffles being the better option here. I've been playing card games for over 30 years, and mash shuffling is fine if you do it right. The problem isn't the technique itself, it's that you were pushing the cards together at a bad angle. If you line the edges up evenly and push straight down, you won't bend the corners. Overhand shuffles just move the top cards to the bottom without really mixing them well. In a game like Dominion where you want a good random order, a proper mash shuffle with sleeved cards is actually the way to go. Maybe ask Mike to show you how to do it without the angle next time.
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kimreed18d ago
Didn't Matt from Shut Up & Sit Down say basically the same thing about mash shuffling?
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