Light abrasions, usually white streaks, that appear over time along game box edges due to friction against the shelf, or neighboring boxes.
- Shelf wear is caused by storage and affects mainly game boxes. Damage caused to game components by manipulation is called table wear.
- Game Box sleeving is sometimes used to prevent shelf wear.
- Book collectors use shelf wear to describe minor wear on books that haven’t yet been read.
References and Further Browsing
- Book Shelf Wear, on Biblio.com
- Protecting Board Game Boxes from Surface Wear, Shelf Wear, Corner Wear etc., on Boardgamegeek
- Preventing shelf wear, on Boardgamegeek
Ngram of shelf wear.
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