Comments on: Review: Dwarven Sweatshoppe Custom Dice Tray

By: DwarvenSweatshoppe

DwarvenSweatshoppe — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:29:07 +0000

Hello again all, thanks for correcting my misspelling. I have just set up a site on google sites. this will be a little test run to see if there is still a big enough desire for my services, which I hope there is. please visit, but bear in mind it is a work in progress.
http://sites.google.com/site/dwarvensweatshoppe/

thanks

By: lenoriarose

lenoriarose — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:43:35 +0000

If you need any example pictures, I will be glad to send you pictures of our dice boxes. You made some beautiful custom made ones for my and my fiance last Gencon. Leather bottom with a phoenix in one, dragon in the other.

By: Martin Ralya

Martin Ralya — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:24:55 +0000

Christian, I assume you mean dwarvensweathoppe@gmail.com with the “e” on the end.

Glad to hear it! I’ll go spread the word — interest in your trays has never waned!

By: DwarvenSweatshoppe

DwarvenSweatshoppe — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:40:49 +0000

I am retracting my previous statement of sabbatical. There has been several inquiries and financial necessity is dictating that I continue making stuff for at least a little while. So, I hope that those who are still considering a custom tray will send me a line to dwarvensweatshopp@gmail.com and let me build something for you. Christian

By: DwarvenSweatshoppe

DwarvenSweatshoppe — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:22:38 +0000

I should have posted a comment here a long time ago… New contact info is dwarvensweatshoppe@gmail.com.

Things have come a long way for me since this project began in late ’06. What started as a partnership among friends deteriorated into the one man show that it is now. It’s not called a Sweatshoppe for nothing. Thanks to everyone who visited the booth at GenCon in ’08, and thanks to everyone that has ordered custom trays.

I am trying to take a sabbatical for a while, but there never seems to be a end to the line of people that want one of my trays. I have some projects on the bench now that I have to get finished before I start anything new, so those that can, please be patient. Send me a line and I will forward the catalog that I have for ordering.

I look forward to hearing from you all.

Christian

By: Alberand

Alberand — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:02:26 +0000

Update: I received the following email this evening from the GMail address.

Brian,

I am still making trays, but I have slowed down my operations quite a bit. I no longer have a website because the guy that was maintaining stopped doing it. I have attached the PDF catalog that you can use for ordering. Just send me an email with your design selections, and I will send you an invoice through PayPal. Thanks for the interest!

Christian

p.s. Carl was a character that my former partner had been playing.

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So, it looks like the dwarves are still in business, but lack website expertise. Wish I could offer to help them out with that, but my expertise and experience with web design ended around HTML 1.0.

For the time being you can still get trays if you email and ask for the catalog. Hopefully things will pick up or they can work with someone else to get a website back online soon. If anyone has been considering it, now would probably be a great time to buy to show that there is a market for good quality gaming products. I’m ordering mine tonight!

Brian

By: lenoriarose

lenoriarose — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:47:18 +0000

Actually, I just recently received an email from them about them getting an award and them going to Gencon. Here is the email that they mailed everyone from: dwarvensweatshoppe@gmail.com

By: Alberand

Alberand — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:05:52 +0000

Martin, did you ever get a response from these guys? I have been wanting to order a tray for months and keep putting it off and putting it off for various practicality reasons. Then last night, I finally decided to go ahead and do it…and the site is dead.

I was hoping it was just temporary traffic overload or an ISP outage, but it seems they have been down for some time now. Hoping that someone has heard from them and knows what happened and whether they will be back or if their trays are available through another avenue.

By: Martin Ralya

Martin Ralya — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:59:23 +0000

@Karizma - Bummer! I shot the owner a quick email at the addy I had on file for him; we'll see what he says.

By: Karizma

Karizma — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:01:58 +0000

Unfortunately, I went to the website today to see about ordering myself a tray. The website is no longer. If anyone can find out any news on them, I'd appreciate it!

By: lenoriarose

lenoriarose — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:29:49 +0000

These trays are worth every penny. I did the exact same thing for my fiance that Alan's did, except I also got a tray for myself. Since I bought them as an anniversary gift, the guys went all out and sent us the most sweet letter along with it. Our trays were made form the same wood, leather bottomed, and the leather itself is engraved with an image. My fiance has a dragon engraved in the bottom of his and mine is a phoenix. They are wonderful craftsmanship and will make anyone else at the table jealous. Both of trays came to about a $80 with shipping and all. I feel odd posting this so late! I was looking for their website again and was hoping to find it. I hope they haven't gone out of business in this economy.

By: Alan De Smet

Alan De Smet — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:15:40 +0000

I intend to write up a slightly more formal review, with photos. Unfortunately I just moved, and I have no idea where it is at the moment. I distinctly remember packing it, now I just need to find it in the land of boxes. So, assuming I find it, and assuming I remember to write the review, and assuming I remember, I'll post a link to my review here.

By: Martin Ralya

Martin Ralya — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:26:04 +0000

@Alan De Smet – Wow, “belatedly” is an understatement! Still, this is why we don’t close comments.

I’d love to see a photo of your book-box/dice tray combo. Any chance of that?

By: Alan De Smet

Alan De Smet — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:32:03 +0000

To belatedly follow up to my above post: My dear wife dissuaded me from contacting Dwarven Sweatshoppe about the custom tray for a long time. Little did I know that she did so because she had already ordered me exactly such a beast as a gift directly from them at Gen Con. I received it for Christmas and have been using it since. I love it. It's just big enough to hold several hardcover 8.5"x11" gaming books. So I toss my books in the box, then I can put the box in my bag without taking up too much space. The construction is solid. It looks sharp. It's quite satisfying to roll in. Highly recommended. The octagonal shape is neat, but I think the book sized box is more practical.

By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider

Kurt "Telas" Schneider — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:19:29 +0000

Ditto. I custom ordered one like the demo he had (irregular eight sided, 8" x 6", hand-rubbed walnut, brown leather bottom, no legs on mine), and should get it in a couple of weeks. It's easily the quickest money I've spent at Gen Con, and has generated the least "buyer's remorse" of any of my major expenses.