Man oh man, I feel this in my bones. I once sat through a three hour game of Dead of Winter where we spent 45 minutes debating if the zombie horde moves before or after the noise die is rolled. I literally printed the flowchart from the rulebook and taped it to the table for round two. So yeah, I'm the guy who resets because I couldn't figure out if my turn was before or after the monster's special ability. Your mileage may vary but I'm pretty sure turn order is the real boss in every cooperative game.

Sell the sleeves and buy a new game.

My grandpa taught me that EXACT same trick about 20 years ago when we refinished his old rocking chair. It's funny how simple mixtures like that work better than half the fancy stuff sold at hardware stores now. I've noticed that pattern with a lot of things in life - people overcomplicate stuff that used to be straightforward. Like how everyone tries 15 different cleaning products when plain white vinegar and dish soap will take care of 90 percent of messes. Same goes for fixing cars or grilling meat, people get bogged down in expensive gear and forget the basics actually work fine.

See I see it a little different. That $40 you saved is great and all but the real issue is why didn't you fix it sooner? A running toilet can waste like 200 gallons a day and you let it go for months. That's a ton of water just going down the drain and it adds up way more than just the bill. I get being busy or not wanting to deal with it, but a flapper swap takes ten minutes tops. Saving $40 is good but you probably could have saved twice that if you had done it right when it started.

Oh man, I feel your pain on the "gave up" part. I spent a solid 4 hours trying to sort by publisher alphabetical order and ended up just shoving everything back in the boxes by rough size. It's like the more you try to organize the more of a mess it becomes, I swear.