Very true, and cards also help you to draw in the group or the kids and wife into an intimate, distracting activity that gives you a good opportunity to set a mood and to monitor their emotional state.
I sealed them up in one of those food preserver things so they're air tight and water proof. Now there's one in each of our BOB's and Lurker Jr has a couple for his Boy Scout camping trips.
He said they were a life saver during one rainy weekend.
"Be Prepared!"
And for the record I don't think I spent 1500 bucks putting together our total of 6 BOB's.
L