D&D 5E Deck of Many Things manufacturing issue from review to delay to dndbeyond article.

[Parmandur]

Curled foil cards? I’d return them. Have to tear the box the books were meant to be stored in? I’d eventually throw the box away and find something else, I’d be very unhappy about it. Different card sizes? I’d grow to hate the thing.

Oh, I hadn't really registered the packaging opening bit, that's pretty standard current sustainable packaging for these sorts of things.

The size is a result of some cards curling amd others not, and at different rates. Same QC issue thst scustomer support should be able to make right.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Curled foil cards? I’d return them. Have to tear the box the books were meant to be stored in? I’d eventually throw the box away and find something else, I’d be very unhappy about it. Different card sizes? I’d grow to hate the thing.

I haven't watched the video, but are we sure that you HAVE to tear the box? I watched someone tear their copy of the Campaign Case before we figured out how to open it. Sometimes the way to open it is just counter-intuitive.

 

[darjr]

Oh, I hadn't really registered the packaging opening bit, that's pretty standard current sustainable packaging for these sorts of things.

The size is a result of some cards curling amd others not, and at different rates. Same QC issue thst scustomer support should be able to make right.

Magic cards curl and from what I’ve been told don’t stack up that way in different sizes. Besides he measured them.

This is also the only box set from WotC where the slip case needs to be torn open. No thank you.

 

[Charlaquin]

I haven't watched the video, but are we sure that you HAVE to tear the box? I watched someone tear their copy of the Campaign Case before we figured out how to open it. Sometimes the way to open it is just counter-intuitive.

Not sure if you have to, but there is a perforated strip you’re clearly supposed to tear.

 

[Charlaquin]

Magic cards curl and from what I’ve been told don’t stack up that way in different sizes. Besides he measured them.

The different sizes is a result of the cards curling at different rates, which is absolutely also a common problem with foil magic cards.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Not sure if you have to, but there is a perforated strip you’re clearly supposed to tear.

Then I wonder why they didn't just make it open on the end, you know, like a slipcase?

 

[Willie the Duck]

I'm really enjoying the weird turn against Youtube that's been going on around here the last couple of months. It's fascinating.

Youtube, like Facebook, has reached the post-peak slide into relative frustration. The companies attempts to keep you scrolling, and people attempting to make a living off it, are now actively interfering with the audience having an enjoyable experience.

With FB, it was when actual posts from friends got drowned out 5:1 by suggested pages (and those pages became contentless clickbait).

With YT, it's increasingly misaligned algorithms trying to sell me on channels in which I have no interest, and successful channels being incredibly negative people wildly warping their video structure to conform to how best to monetize their product (forced video length, weird contortions to circumvent copyright claim demonitization, and again negativity selling).

At least for pop culture things like gaming. I also watch a bunch of channels about bushcraft, camping, anthropology, military history, economics, etc. Those are still pretty much the same as it's ever been (about half-good, many hosts not overly-charismatic but otherwise fine, have to differentiate the good/well-thought-out stuff from the 'discovery channel documentary'-style claptrap).

 

[darjr]

I updated the OP. And the title.

Are y’all saying that the size difference and curl may be temporary?
Also it seems odd that all the curled cards stack up together at the same size.
Finally if he measured them I’d think the curl wound count in that size?

 

[Scribe]

Are y’all saying that the size difference and curl may be temporary?
Also it seems odd that all the curled cards stack up together at the same size.
Finally if he measured them I’d think the curl wound count in that size?

The pic looks like its 2 different sets of cards. I'd be shocked if they are the same 'deck' in that regard.

They do not remotely pass the eyeball test.

 

[Parmandur]

Magic cards curl and from what I’ve been told don’t stack up that way in different sizes. Besides he measured them.

This is also the only box set from WotC where the slip case needs to be torn open. No thank you.

Mind yhet I am not defending manufacturing defects or low plastic packaging as such here. The perforated strip seems in line with what Magic has been doing to make more sustainable packaging for cards, si it just didn't register to me.

The Pringle effect and size differential seems about on par with what I have seen in Magic cards. Might be a vit more dramatic since they are much larger cards, so the curl can be bigger.