First of all thank you to Owlwood Gaming that sent us a product, the Elite Box, to make us write this review. Owlwood Gaming is an artisan business that deals with creating wooden accessories for roleplaying games. Its founder, Alessandro Amici, fifth genetarion of woodcrafters, decided to use his art to give shape to something beautiful and functional in order to complement his, and ours, greatest passion: roleplaying.
That’s how Owlwood Gaming was born. The whole story is fully explained on the official site. It is possible to stay updated following the Facebook and Instagram accounts. Every detail is made with attention and good taste, starting from the elegant and fluid site, up to the logo, which I find really beautiful.
The products from Owlwood Gaming
There are four products available so far. They are all handcrafted in Italy from quality wood from responsibly managed forests. Burmese Teak and Cherry were chosen as materials. Cherry is characterized by a warmer color, while Burmese teak, one of the most luxurious woods in the world, is characterized by various colors ranging from pale yellow to bronze.
There are the dice tray, the dice holder, the Elite Box and the six-sided dice. For precise information about the costs I suggest you to visit the site. A die costs € 5, while the rest of the products range between € 30 and € 70. There are also bundles and shipping deals to consider.
The Elite Box by Owlwood Gaming
Surely the Elite Box has been designed to give the possibility to carry everything a role player needs. Dice, miniatures and pencils mainly. But also tires, tokens, counters and many other small things. To the eye it is truly a beautiful object and the wood with its grain gives it a natural elegance. In the hands it is absolutely pleasant: it is well polished and the polished corners seem almost rounded as they slide nicely on the palm of the hand.
The robustness of this product stands out even more. The key to everything in my opinion lies in the closing method. Two powerful magnets placed on the sides securely anchor the two parts of the holder. The closure is perfect, sufficiently tight to ensure the almost impossibility of accidental opening, but, thanks to the front groove, it can be opened without too much effort. The absence of screws, hinges and other elements necessary for more classic closures allows the Elite Box by Owlwood Gaming to be elegant, resistant and I believe also durable.
On the inside a soft lining keeps safe fragile objects such as miniatures (even more those of our beloved character!). It can also be removed if you are not carrying fragile things and you want to gain some vertical space.
Final Consideration on the Elite Box by Owlwood Gaming
The Owlwood Gaming Elite Box is a product that convinced me 100%. Behind it there are passion, planning and attention to details. The same care that can be seen in the pictures on social media, in the creation of the postal package that arrived to us and, most of all, in the realization of the product itself. The cost of the Elite Box is 50€, in my opinion absolutely fair for the quality level offered. We are not talking about a stall gadget or a plasticky trinket. It is an artisanal product handmade in Italy with selected top quality materials. And quality has its cost. It is also available for a surcharge the possibility of obtaining a limited edition with the graphics of the evocation of a skeleton.
I hope the photos and videos can describe it properly. I am sorry not being able to convey, except in words, the pleasant sensation you get turning it over in your hands or to open and close it. I am sure that the Elite Box by Owlwood Gaming will not disappoint you, whether as your own personal dice holder or if you are thinking for a gift to a friend. It seems that some dungeon masters who received it for Christmas have granted the group that gave it a free reroll per session for life. But maybe it’s just a popular legend…