I sliced the printed top off the cardboard backing and laminated that. Then I laminated all of the cards individually. I left enough laminate off the edge that I could punch holes in the laminate but *not* through the paper inside, as that keeps the cards from being waterlogged. Each set (Chance, Community Chest, and properties) gets put on a snap-ring (like you can use for index cards) to keep them together, and each player gets a snap ring for their properties. Houses/hotels are easily marked in grease pencil on the laminated board, so we don't bother trying to use the plastic ones, but you have to keep track of the total as well, as there are a limited number available (we keep the available ones as empty squares in the middle of the board). We figured it was the 21st century, so we did away with paper money. The banker keeps everyone's balance on a slate (or wetnotes, if you'd rather). As for pieces, decorated binder clips, clothespins, or other similar devices seem to be the easiest. (Weights don't hold stationary very well, and magnets require additional work on the board.) The other required piece of gear is a transparent-lidded OtterBox or similar case for the dice. You cannot effectively roll dice underwater, so you put them in the "shaker box", which allows you to roll the dice in air.
This sub-thread reminds me that I never did get around to finishing our
ISOSAD group's
Monopoly Challenge. I lost track of my underwater-adapted Monopoly set during my big move, so I may have to start over. (Glad I have a laminating machine.) As soon as I can actually get a game done, I'll have to add it to our
ISOSAD Underwater Gaming HowTo, which hasn't been updated in far too long.
We play underwater cards all the time (with printed plastic playing cards), not to mention UNO and all variety of other games. It's great fun. Sure, it's a bit on the absurdist end of things, but if you can't have fun in completely pointless ways, how can you have fun at all? :biggrin:
