Wargaming Wine Dos and Don'ts

This Friday night I set off to Curt's to play out our first table top encounter in the Schnellenbach campaign.   Unfortunately, things did not go to plan and the mini game was scrapped.  Yes there was wine involved.

Having placed my figures and terrain carefully in the car and the messenger bag I use for other wargaming supplies on the passenger seat I set off.  After half a block, the car's idiot light came on to tell the passenger to buckle up.  I figured my bag was heavier than normal and lifted off the seat to move it to the back seat.  It was then they I found that the bottle of  red wine had lost its bottom and spilled its contents into my bag until it overflowed onto the car seat.

Full damage report as follows.

• One IPad cover in the bin - fortunately my IPad appears unaffected
• One bound copy of Sharp Practice 2 in the bin.  I could have salvaged it potentially but wine had hit every page and the front cover was do badly soaked that if curled into a tube.  Luckily I have an ebook form do can get a new copy printed.
• One deck if SP2 cards in the bin -  I tried to save these but they were wet enough that the laminations were separating.  Not a huge loss, as we tend to use wooden chits instead of cards.
• One upcoming trip to the auto shop to get the seats thoroughly cleaned so the car stops smelling like stale wine.

So, don't do what I did.

• Don't put your wine bottle sideways in the same with stuff you value.  Do keep the wine upright in a separate plastic bag
• Don't put your wine on the front seat.  Do find a secure place in the trunk.
• Don't put the bag containing your wine down in your concrete driveway while loading other things.  Do put if safely and gently in the car first.