I was playing at an LGS, first time at that store with all randos Obviously, if you are on a special playing surface then that stuff has to go. Food is probably okay as long as you are primarily touching your cards and don’t have something that all my cards are going to be in someone else’s hands. My biggest issue comes with the cans of Mountain Dew that only take one clumsy play before we have 400 sticky cards. I know to sleeve my deck and I always play with at least 1 set of sleeves on them and 2 on my nicer decks, but those aren’t perfect and even if they were I could still be replacing sleeves.

I think it is an easier discussion to have with friends, especially in someone’s house, what is a good approach for people whose names you barely remember? Do you say something? What are the best things to say? What is the key to successfully having this conversation without embarrassing someone or making them feel bad?

Edit: changed “sleep my dad” to “sleeve my deck” lol