Man, that's such a classic life hack.

Oh man, that's brutal for a brand new game. I'd be so mad lol. Definitely contact them, Stonemaier is supposed to have great customer service. You paid for a new, undamaged product, not a factory second. The crease would drive me nuts every single time I set it up. Just shoot them an email with a picture, worst they can say is no.

Like leow90 said, it feels like basic reliability is just gone now.

Feel like I could win a gold medal in bad gift giving sometimes. I once bought my buddy a whole set of fancy grilling tools because he mentioned "smoking a brisket" one time, turns out he was just quoting a TV show. Totally get what @lucask11 is saying about mixing up a one-off thing for a real hobby. At least your sister was cool about it and you guys turned it into a shopping trip, that's a solid save. My friend just looked at the tongs like I had three heads.

Group texts work way better.